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Alright. So I've been doing this typical exercising of walking/running at the parks, push ups, and sit ups. I've also been watching what I eat and all of the dieting. But my problem is that with the exercising is that I'm not feeling the burn anymore.

I'm going to the Rec Center at my campus and I know they have a weight room and the machines, but I haven't had the experience to ever you any of that. So my questions are:
1) What type of weight routine can I do with the dumbbells and all of that?
2) What can I do to get my core and my stomach more toned?
3) Does anyone have any tips on how to tone muscle that I already have?

Thanks for reading. I'm pretty sure tina138 is going to jump right on this thread, so I'm looking forward to the answers.

I increased my usual routine but I still didn't feel it. I'm think that once I use the weights more and the machines at the Rec more, then it will be a more efficient work out. I'm looking to tone my arms, and core/stomach more. My arms are already strong and there's muscle to then, but it's just not sculpted. My core/stomach needs some work done to it also.
Those are the only parts. Because for some reason my calves and legs are already muscular and have cuts to them, which I do not know how that happened.

Thanks for the tips and videos. I'll have to look up more on youtube and see where that gets me.

It's fine. I'm sure youtube has some. Youtube tends to have just about any thing that you want.

If you are looking to just tone alone, then you need to do high reps with light weight. High numbers of reps being (just my personal opinion though) about twelve to twenty reps, depending on how much your lifting, pushing, pulling.

Your core, just plain sit ups. But don't hold weights and do sit ups. That puts muscle on top of fat (not calling you fat by any means) and it will bulge out your stomach. But sit ups will work mostly the upper part of your core. But there are exercises that will work your lower core...heaven forbid you end up liking flutter kicks.

Cardio was key for me losing lots of fat percentage fast. As Heliko stated, run. Running is one of the best cardio you can do, as well as jump rope. It will increase your metabolism too, if I'm not mistaken.

Don't forget to work out all of your body. There have been known to be health issues with muscle imbalances.

And let me link you to this site...Exercises On this site you can pick what muscle group you may have trouble with and it will pull up step by step instructions and videos with; free weights, weight machines, medicine balls, you name it. You just have to find what works for you.

Sit ups can tone if you do high numbers of them without weights. Try doing thirty reps per set in sets of five. You can also work your core daily too, which will help make it more tone.

I can't guarantee that the iron bug won't bite you. That's all up to you if you feel you want to get bigger. But steroids do more than just shrink your berries. It also swells up, I may be wrong, your intestines making your six pack jut out like if you do core exercises with weights.

And this goes for most people. The more your shape your body into what you want the more your confidence will increase, and in turn and boost an ego and give arrogance (its happened to me, I've acted in ways I'm ashamed of).

After a while of that sit up routine, ad another set (like a couple weeks later. Or when ever you see fit.)

My boss used to take steroids when he was body building. I still ask for a picture of him when he was at his biggest. stare He keeps forgetting to find it...

Arrogance just happens. More and more of your friends and family compliment you and you get that 'proud of what you have achieved' feeling and that sometimes sticks and you get...well cocky! rofl

I agree that there's no problem with that but some people take it too far.