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2006-08-01 08:25:55 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
running targets your heart rate.When your heart rate is up, your body uses calories, so you replace muscle for fat in your legs, and lose fat everywhere else
2006-08-01 08:31:20 · answer #1 · answered by midnight_shinobi619 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Running will increase the rate at which you burn calories, so that will benefit your entire body weight-wise. The act of running will tone and lengthen your leg muscles, and also but less so for hips and buttocks.
Genetics is responsible for where we lose or gain weight, some add it to hips, others belly first--same with losing. I can lose ten pounds and only my face shows it--life is so unfair :-)
2006-08-01 08:33:02 · answer #2 · answered by chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't spot lose...only spot tone...running burns calories so that you will lose weight all over, however since the activity mostly involves the legs, the leg muscles do also get toned in the process.
2006-08-01 08:30:23 · answer #3 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You gain and lose weight the same way. Everywhere. It just more apparent in some places then others. So you will lose weight ALL over, but you will build more muscle in your legs then other places so it will appear you are losing more in your legs, at first. Make sense?
Enjoy your run!!!!!!!
2006-08-01 08:32:10 · answer #4 · answered by ma_zila 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just about, yeah. Cycling is a better option for focusing on legs muscles for excercise but running along with swimming is a good full-body sport.
2006-08-01 08:30:32 · answer #5 · answered by I want my *old* MTV 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cant just burn calories from one part of the body. So you would be losing weight from everywhere but, strengthing and toning the muscles in your legs.
2006-08-01 08:30:53 · answer #6 · answered by msadvicegiver 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the great thanks to drop more effective pounds is to count number your ability, and sport probable. workouts like Pilate's which understanding on your midsection muscle mass will help shave off the tummy fat. i have worked out and counted ability on and stale for the previous the previous 8 months and function lost 25 pounds, and about 5 inches in the course of the tummy. because you're so youthful, all you've were given to do is devour perfect and be lively, you need to be surprised how a lot tummy fat falls off at the same time as you artwork the right muscle mass.
2016-10-15 10:41:01 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It burns calories ALL OVER. It also helps strengthen your cardiovascular system. But it mostly firms the underlying muscles in your legs and butt. So it might LOOK as if you're spot-reducing. But you're not, really: Fat comes off all over your body, pretty-much evenly.
2006-08-01 08:32:49 · answer #8 · answered by Cyn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't target areas of your body for weight loss. You can target specific muscles to build, but when you lose weight it comes off sort of all over, regardless of what exercises you are doing to lose it.
2006-08-01 08:30:45 · answer #9 · answered by effin drunk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Entire body, I really don't like running, but when it comes to taking off pounds it's there is no substitute.
2006-08-01 08:30:05 · answer #10 · answered by -J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
throughout your entire body. But, see a doctor first to make sure you are healthy enough to do this
2006-08-01 08:30:46 · answer #11 · answered by Martin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋