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i quit ballet last year because i didn’t have time.. now i’m regretting it oh so much and i’m determined to go back. but i missed a year of pre-pointe. and i’m worried that my instructor might not let me go back or that i might be a year behind. does anyone have any tips on where i need to be in order to begin pointe and not injure myself? or any tips on how to workout this summer before classes start? (its not like i’m going into this professionally or anything. its just a hobby, but i always give 100% no matter if its a hobby or not..)

If you quit for a year, you need conditioning before you go to pointe…that’s for sure. If you still have it, you can pick off where you left off to condition for pointe. Stretch, Stretch, Stretch. And take any summer classes that will prepare you. Good luck! (:

I get side aces really fast ):
I haven’t worked out probably in years!
And how do you get over embaressment of running in public n not lookin like a fool ahahaha

The first step is to slow down. Side stitches commonly happen to beginners who are pushing themselves beyond what they should.

The second step is to drop the idea of "lookin like a fool". Unless you are dressed in something unusual, or you are especially attractive, nobody is going to give you more than a passing glance when you run by. If you’re dressed funny, well, you were asking for it. If you’re attractive, people would look whether you were running or just standing around.

I just got a gym membership and really need to get in shape, early 30’s 6′ tall and weigh about 220, i feel like i need to lose about 30lbs.. any suggestions on what i should be doing at the gym? how long should I run? what type of exercises should i be doing?

3 rules to being healthy.

1) Don’t overeat. Forget all those complicated food rules, just don’t over eat.

2) Eat food as close to its natural form as possible.

3) 30 minutes of aerobic exercise a day along with 30 minutes of strength training 3 times a week.

DO THESE EVEN IF YOU’RE HEALTHY.

mmkk im a teenager and over the years my stomach has gotten a bit bigger due to uncontrollable eating but im not fat.
im going on vaction next summer so i want to start to get my body in shape now.
i want to lose about 2 inches off my stomach so that it can be flat like how it use to be.
any suggestions how i can go about doing this?
and roughly how long would it take?
please and thanks.

Lots of cardio. I don’t suggest you do any sit ups cause i think that only builds muscle and you cant build muscle under fat cause then you will never get rid of the fat.
I don’t think running would be good cause that ruins your knees. lol
Go jogging or power walking in the mornings. Not at night, cause it wont work. Sweat, sweat, sweat!!! swimming is good, also.

I would like to lose around ten to fifteen pounds (I’m 16) but I don’t have access to a gym,park,or anywhere I could run. I also have no workout equipment besides a few ten-twenty pound weights. I’m completely out of shape but sick of it. So what should I do? Any suggestions would have to be able to be done at my house.

Buy P90X. It’s a great video for exercises that can be done in your living room. Also, change your diet. Eat a high protein, low carb diet and the pounds will fly off. No Carbs!!!

I am not fat, but I am not in shape either. I have a lot of cellulite though. I hope to have the perfect legs by June and want to know what is the most effective way to tone the muscle.

Running does AMAZING things for your calves! Yoga also helps if you do specific poses to target your desired area of improvement, in your case, your legs. Squats, like the other person said are great too, but they do more for your butt than your legs

Yeah, I’m one of those girls who constantly worries over her cup size, but I also want to be in shape, I’m not over wieght or anything, I’d just like to be fit I guess. And I’d really hate it if I went down a cup size, any suggestions?

Well unless you just have natuarlly big boobs then yeah they will go down. or just tone up or something? Mine have always been big I was a d when I was a size 0 so no matter what they stay the same haha.

i practise one muscle per day, doin 5-6 diff exercises for 12-15 reps wit good weights.. muscles got big… but lacks in shape.. hw to tone my muscle to get good shape?
thanks in adv

If by shape, you mean definition, maybe, you need more weight on your body. Or maybe the way you look is fine. You could try to vary your repetitions and do super sets, as I have seen the men do that at the gym. Or you could book a few sessions with a trainer. My BIL did amateur body building contests. I am pretty sure he used supplements, so I would investigate that end of it. I once belonged to a gym where the men worked out in the middle, and they spotted each other. There was a lot of competition between them regarding bulging biceps and the like. Maybe you need this type of hardcore gym and a good group of comrades to help in your goals.

What if i cut a magnet in a triangular shape, what would be the position of its poles, what would happen to its magnetic properties, will it have a single pole, will it become monopolar, will its magnetic location or properties will get distorted? Please answer the following question’s, one of my friend is kind of researching on it? Ani..!!

The simplest way to put it is that the alignment of the poles would remain the same as in the original shape. I assume you are thinking of starting with a bar magnet with a N pole at one end and a S pole at the other. If you make the N end the base of the triangle, and make angle cuts to create a triangle with the apex like an arrow pointing toward the original S end, the apex will become a S pole, and the base will remain an N pole.

If you now put the triangle magnet under a piece of paper and scatter iron filings on top, their pattern around the apex will differ somewhat from that around the original S pole, but the pattern around the base should be pretty much the same as around the original N pole. You cannot make a monopole magnet simply by cutting up a dipole magnet. Monopole magnets are very specialized artifacts.

I am 13 years old, I’m 5 foot 1, and I weigh 110 lbs. I also want to lose my belly fat. I just want to look good naked. I tried dieting but it’s too hard. Is there any exercises I can do per day that will help me get in shape fast?

It’s not that difficult. What’s 110 lbs – 50kg? I guess that is a little heavy for 5ft 1. But don’t worry, you can turn it around in a couple of months. Here’s what you do.

1. Fix your diet –

Cut out all foods and drinks which contain sugar. Or caffeine. And anything with high-fructose-corn-syrup in it. And cut out fruit juice, or limit to no more than a small glass per day.
Cut out any foods in the supermarket in packets – breakfast cereals, crisps, corn chips ….
Cut out foods with refined flower – bread, pasta, ….
Cut out foods with preservatives, colourings, artificial flavours.
Cut out all vegetable oils except olive oil or coconut oil. And preferably in glass bottles.

Foods to eat include:
Fruit – don’t overdo it tho.
Vegies – eat a lot every day, fresh not from a packet. Salads or coleslaw (more often) or cooked (less often).
Eggs – 2 or 3 a day; boiled, poached, scrambled. Fried or in omelets less often.
Full cream cows milk – ONLY if it’s UNpasteurised and unhomogenised.
Have meat or fish no more than once every couple of days.

2. Exercise –

I’M NOT A QUALIFIED EXERCISE INSTRUCTOR.
YOU SHOULD CONSULT A QUALIFIED TRAINER FIRST AND HAVE A MEDICAL CHECKUP IF THERE IS ANY REASON NOT TO DO THESE EXERCISES OR IF YOU MIGHT BE PRONE TO INJURY OR SERIOUS ILLNESS.

(a) Interval training
Do this first thing in the morning before eating, three times a week.
This is the BEST exercise for fat-loss and will also help build up muscle if you also do weight training.
This is what it looks like –
It can be running, walking up hill, cycling, treadmill or stationary bike.
You do it gently for 3 minutes to warm up (i.e. run, or walk up hill, or cycle etc).
Then you go hard for 30 seconds.
Then you go slow again for 1½ minutes (90 seconds).
Then do the 30 second hard/90 second slow cycle 7 more times. So you do it 8 times all told.
30 secs plus 90 secs = 2 minutes. X 8 = 16 minutes. Plus 3 minute warm up plus 2 minute warm down at the end = 20 minutes.
You know you’re doing it right if after 3 cycles you’re puffing and sweating. If you’re not make both your hard and your slow bits a little faster.
The first time you do it you might only do the 2-minute cycles 3 times. That’s OK. Gradually work up to 8.
Remember, do it in the morning before you’ve had anything to eat. Just drink 2 big glasses of water when you get out of bed.
So do that every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning and you’ll burn all your fat and start to grow muscle. Why? Because it promotes hGH (human growth hormone) production.

(b) As well, if you’ve got spare time get some general aerobic exercise every day. Don’t sit in front of the TV or computer every spare hour. Take the dog for a run. Run round the block. Mow the lawn.

(c) And finally, join the local gym if you can afford it and start pumping iron. You don’t need to lift heavy weights. All you need to do is 1 set of 10 or 12 reps to start with and as you get stronger increase the weight a bit so you’re doing 8 reps per set.
But do each rep SLOWLY, and with perfect form.

I like these weights exercises best:

1. Squats – go all the way down with light weights. Do a warmup set as well, with light weight.
2. Lat pulldowns.
3. Seated rows..
4. Bench press with bar or machine seated chest press.
5. Seated shoulder press.
6. Single hand cable arm curls.
7. Single hand cable tricep extensions.

For each exercise do just 1 set of 12 slow reps. 3 secs contraction -1 sec squeeze – 3 secs extending.
Put your mind in the muscle/s being worked – concentrate hard.
After you get the hang of it swap these for other exercises which work the same parts of the body. Ask the gym guy.

3. GET TO BED EARLY EVERY NIGHT if you want the exercise to work. 8pm is optimal. Stop watching TV at night.