Originally Posted by joewee350

She wants me to help her tone up. The problem is, I dont know what to tell her to do. She jogs 5 miles 4 times a week. She works out with me 4 days per week lifting weights. She works at a ladies workout express 2 days per week and eats a fairly balanced diet. She is 5'3 117lbs. She isnt cut at all. The only way I can describe it is thick skin. Dont flame me for this because I am happy with her but she is very frustrated as to why she cant get cut. Tomorrow she is going to do some HIIT on the treadmill for 15-20 minutes. Is there anything anyone can suggest to help her out?

She does running in the early morning and weight training in the early afternoon.

Originally Posted by joewee350

Tomorrow she is going to do some HIIT on the treadmill for 15-20 minutes.

Originally Posted by Tough Old Man

The problem is most likely diet. Hey she may also have more LBM then you think making it hard for her to lose weight.
Make sure she is eating 4-5 small balanced meals a day. some protein, low Gly carbs and good fats. have her add 1 tb of olive oil to one of her meals. Good fat burns fat. Also some green tea caps wouldn't hurt anything

Originally Posted by The13ig13adWolf

#1 - tell her to stop using the word 'tone'. she wants to build lean muscle mass. muscles do not tone, they grow or shrink.

#2 - too much cardio. drastically overtraining in that respect and it's counterproductive to her goals. no more 5 mile runs (maybe once a week if she absolutely insists). tell her to incorporate 2-3 sessions of HIIT/interval style cardio....that's all.

#3 - is she weight training with you 4 days a week AND going to that ladies express whatever to train 2 days a week TOO??? why the express thing? i'd scrap that, stick with a real gym and start with full body 3 times per week. 5-6 exercises including a compound movement for each major muscle group. she also need to train across various set/rep parameters. ie. MON=6x4, WED=3x8, FRI=2x12 of each exercise. exercises should be varied from workout to workout also.

#4 - is she eating ENOUGH of the RIGHT FOODS???? or is she eating a couple times a day and calling it healthy? diet is important. she won't make progress if her body is in starvation mode. just as counterproductive as overtraining if not moreso. clean foods, between 4-6 times a day. protein at every meal.

hope this helps a little. it's the best i can do without knowing more about her. this is a great site but maybe she'd feel more comfortable on a site like Oxygen where there are more women. just a suggestion. if she steps foot on the Shape boards i'll cyber slap her...

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

Beautiful!

(I love this lady)

Originally Posted by joewee350

Why are you jumping on me? I am not the one doing this. She is. I told her that if nothing changed no matter what I ate or how much cardio I did, I wouldnt be working out or dieting. Whats the point of eating grilled chicken or steamed vegetables if you stay the same weight and body fat as eating double cheeseburgers? This is her idea so stop bashing me for her wanting to be lean. MyCATpowerlift I hope that is an old pic of your upper body because I wouldnt take advice from you on dieting or lifting knowing you looked like that.

Originally Posted by joewee350

Whats the point of eating grilled chicken or steamed vegetables if you stay the same weight and body fat as eating double cheeseburgers?

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

Beautiful!

(I love this lady)
(zero BS)

Originally Posted by kbm8795

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Originally Posted by myCATpowerlifts

Where did I jump on you at?
I said it sounds like her diet, and that low carb diets are stupid.
What's the point of eating grilled chicken and veges??
Hmm, Not too sure on that one. Maybe she should start eating french fries covered in gravy?

It's not too old a pic. But granted, I had just come off a bulk ( that means, you gain weight children ) And I was sitting...
But if that's your opinion, than that's your opinion.

Originally Posted by MyK

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