Hmm ... I just looked at your stats. Dang, girl, you are THIN. I'm guessing that you are probably a ruler, so I'm going to give you a bit of advice on that front. If it turns out that you're a spoon, just let me know. I'm guessing that your uneven results are based on uneven exercises; the stuff you've been doing bulks mainly the bottom half, although, if you're a ruler, I doubt you've really been bulking TOO much.
In a way, rulers are pretty lucky. They don't have to avoid any exercises unless they are overweight. You just want to make sure that you ALWAYS warm up and stretch; rulers are especially prone to low back pain because of poor hamstring flexibility and weak abs. Here's a list of exercises that are great for rulers. You've got to do a balanced routine, though. You need upper body/ab exercises as well as lower body stuff.
EXERCISES FOR A RULER SHAPE
Stretching, especially hamstring and quadricep muscle groups
Full situps without locking feet, upper and lower abdominal crunches, and leg-outs
Step classes
Spinning
Squats, lunges, and leg presses with moderate to high weights
Hand and ankle weights
Stationary biking with moderate to high resistance
Walking, jogging or running on an incline or on hills
Elliptical machines with moderate to high resistance
Stepper/stair climbers with moderate to high resistance
Push-ups
Chin-ups, pull-ups
Dips
Chair push-ups and introverted push-ups
Sprinting
Water aerobics
Swimming
Ski machines with resistance for both upper and lower bodies
Roller blading on hills
Kick boxing
Jumping rope with a peg or weighted rope
Inner-outer leg machines with moderate to high weights
Rowing with moderate to high resistance for both upper and lower bodies
All upper or lower body exercises using moderate to high resistance or weights
As you can see, the key for rulers is pretty heavy resistance, although he says that they only need to work out three times a week. He also recommends that you do your ab work in the beginning of your workout, when your motivation is higher.
The kits are pricey, but you can find them on eBay a lot of times for way cheaper than what his site sells them for. (I got the deluxe kit for about $30.) But if I were you, I'd buy the book and check out the detailed ruler workout. It can be done pretty inexpensively with some creative thinking. Also, sometimes on eBay people just sell the tapes; they end up going for just a few bucks.
If you can't buy anything right now, just remember this when you work out: warmup first (10 minutes of mild to moderate exercise), then stretching, then your workload, and then a cooldown period. Do your abs first because they will be hardest, and work equally on both your upper and lower body with medium to high resistance.
|