Wondering How Long It’ll Take to See Results From Working Out? We Asked 3 Experts

Working out is great for our physical health — strength training and cardio, for example, can help improve your metabolic rate — as well as our mental health. HIIT is effective for burning fat, and if you're focused on booty gains, sprints and inclines on the treadmill are your best friends. But how soon after you start working out will you start to see results?

We want to preface this by saying that everyone's fitness or weight-loss journey is different, and everyone's body is different. So no two people's results will be the same. That being said, we spoke to three experts on what to expect results-wise from exercise depending on your goals — because everyone's goals are inevitably different, too — and we broke it down for you right here.

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Be Warned! Your Arms Will Be So Sore After This 15-Minute At-Home Bodyweight Workout

No dumbbells? That's OK! You don't need them if you choose effective bodyweight moves like these. The 10 exercises below will target your upper body including your biceps, triceps, forearms, shoulders, and upper back. Be warned — you will absolutely be sore after this workout, but that's what you want in order to build strong muscles.

If you have access to a wall and want more of a challenge, CrossFit competitor and coach Dani Jenny said instead of the plank side walk, you can do handstand wall walks. For this entire workout, she also advised to focus on form over speed.

Bodyweight Arm Workout
Equipment needed: none

Directions: After a five-minute dynamic warmup, complete three rounds of the below 10-move workout (each round should take about five minutes). Try not to rest between exercises, but if you need a one-minute break between rounds, take it. After the workout, be sure to do a cooldown.

Exercise
Reps

Triceps push-ups
10

Side elbow plank leg lifts
10 per sid..

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