Another exercise thread ..

[Marshallj]

Originally posted by: Deslocke
I've been doing situps, crunches, and curls with dumbbells before and after running each night (one to two miles for now). I'm hoping to increase stamina and maybe tone my muscles a bit so I don't look so skinny (pic). I'm wondering what else I should be doing .. preferably things that don't require going to a gym. Thanks.

How many reps are you doing?

If you work out with light weights and do a lot of reps, you'll get skinny like that. You need to do heavier weight and less reps. Put on as much weight as you can do 8 times.