To ask you all for gym tips as trainer is clueless?

[OverTheHammer]

My blood pressure at the gym yesterday was 88/55. I expressed my concern only to be told "don't worry, it's normal to have a high blood pressure after a work out" !!! I was so shocked I just didn't say anything.

But he seems clueless about everything else too so my question in, what's the best equipment to use at the gym to lose fat and get skinny legs?

Diet. You need to be in a calorie deficit overall.

What did your trainer say that .adequate you think he was clueless?

A good mix of weights and cardio and flexibility will bring myriad health benefits. I'm not dismissing fitness at all. But you need to eat less.

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Ditto diet. Although 'skinny legs' can be difficult to attain if just aren't built that way. If what you want is to be skinny the a lot of cardio is what works for me (running outside though, I don't like the gym). If you want to be strong then that's a different matter.

I'm not sure about the blood pressure thing. If you normally have high or low blood pressure it's probably an idea to speak to your GP.

Personally I've found the best and quickest way to lose weight is HIIT (bursts of super high intensity followed by a rest period on cardio equipment- e.g. On exercise bike do 2 mins warm up with it set to a low resistance level, then 30 seconds of the highest resistance level you can go to followed by a 1.5min rest back at low resistance. Do this for 10 mins then do the same on rowing machine or elliptical if you can).

I also do squats, lunges and leg lifts to tone and slim my legs. You want to aim for the heaviest weight you can while keeping full range of movement- I squat 50kg doing 3 sets of 12 reps. For leg lifts I'll do 20-30 either side for 1-2 sets until I can feel my muscles burning. Lunges holding 10lbs dumbells in both hands- I aim to do 1-2 sets of 20-30 lunges each leg, again until my muscles start burning. You also need a rest day in between working each muscle group so they can repair themselves. By the way the weights I mention are just what I use, you'll want to have a play to find what works best for you but aim for high weights low reps for best results. I'm not bulky even though I squat 50kg.

Of course any exercise plan to lose weight should be done in conjunction with a reduced calorie diet- depending on your body type you'll want to adjust your carb/protein/fat ratio. I'm naturally an endomorph so find a moderate daily carb intake of 100-150g helps me maintain my weight. Good luck!

You are in the low blood pressure range not high, anything under 90/60 is classed as low and normal is 90-120/60-80! If you feel faint at times you may need to talk to a GP.
I find running and weights help me lose weight but only when teamed with healthy eating. Find a challenging weight and do 4 sets of 10 gradually upping each time you do them, have a play about to find your starting weight and also have a look on bodybuilding.com to give you exercise ideas and show you correct form.

It's a combination of healthy diet and training (cardio and weights). You can't iut train a bad diet.

What did your trainer say about diet and what training schedule did he give you?

That should say. You can't out train a bad diet.

Zebra is spot on - training won't do you much good if it's in combination with a poor diet. Training-wise, a combination of resistance training (weights and stuff) plus cardio is useful, as weight training increases your metabolism incrementally, so this will help you burn more calories during your cardio training (not a lot more, but it all adds up).

For sustained weight loss you should be aiming for a least 35 mins total cardio per session. This doesn't all have to be on the same thing, though, so you could do 20mins treadmill and 15 mins on the cross trainer, for example.