Toning up at home

[Brimstone]

I am looking for some input on the best way to tone up at home. I am in good shape (especially for 43). I run approximately 45+ miles per week and eat right, but I am missing muscle tone. I am not looking to cut back on my running, just add 30-45 minutes per day of strength training. Would I be better off with a regimen of sit ups, push-ups, pull ups and body weight squats or adding in something like kettlebells?

[Atlshaun]

Pushups
Pullups
1 leg squats (2 to start)
Lunges

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[crazymoose]

If you want to spend the money, a set of dip bars is good, too. Between dips and pullups/chin ups (both can be easily weighted once you get strong enough), you're working almost all of the muscles in the upper body.

[dirt_diver]

I'm a fan of manmakers and burpees as a foundation for at home workouts.
YMMV

[chuckman]

If you want to spend the money, a set of dip bars is good, too. Between dips and pullups/chin ups (both can be easily weighted once you get strong enough), you're working almost all of the muscles in the upper body.

A power tower is an awesome and versatile piece of gear. This plus the basics of push-ups, burpees, and an at-home bodyweight circuit will get you in shape and will tone.

[Rekkr870]

Pushups
Pullups
1 leg squats (2 to start)
Lunges

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What he said.

[WTDeBerry]

Look up the Push-up, Sit-up Drill and the Climbing Drill. I am sure those can easily be found on the internet. Incorporate those exercises into a daily routine and you should add some muscle at a pretty good rate, with proper diet. There are also conditioning and movement drills, as well as running, but I feel with the amount of running you do, you should have that area pretty well covered. Hope this helps!

ETA:

Push-up, Sit-up Drill:

Conduct the push-up first for 30 to 60 seconds; the same process is repeated for sit-ups. Timed sets continue like this, alternating between push-ups and sit-ups until all the desired number of timed sets have been completed.

Climbing Drill 1:

Exercise 1: Straight-Arm Pull
Exercise 2: Heel Hook
Exercise 3: Pull-Up
Exercise 4: Leg Tuck
Exercise 5: Alternating Grip Pull-Up

You will need to look up those exercises and maybe find a video demo to understand the movements maybe, but that is basically it. Again, there are also Condtioning Drills 1 & 2 if you would like to incorporate, but imho, I feel as if this should serve your purpose until you feel the need to tailor/make it more advanced depending on your needs.

-WTDeBerry

[T2C]

Circuit training is something you can do without much equipment. Push ups, pull ups, squat thrusts, lunges, skin the cats, crab walks, flutter kicks and crunches can be integrated with 1/4 miles runs between each exercise. If the weather is lousy, you can do bench steps on an ammo crate, concrete blocks, 1st step of a stair well, etc. between each of the exercises in lieu of running.

[theblackknight]

Muscle toning is a fallacy created to help not scare off women from doing weight training.

If you simply want to see the muscle you have, you need to adjust your diet to lose body fat.

[Litpipe]

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