I have stayed very lean throughout high school and now into my 4th year of college. Things I have done:
Swimming - up to 5x a week in high school, can get lonely unless you have a friend who also likes it, but probably the king of cardio exercises
Jogging - never really caught on with me, I used to run 26km one day per week in my sophomore year in HS, maybe that's why I didn't like it
Hiking - do it every week in the summer as I live by the mountains
X-country skiing - very gruelling, it's actually more tiring than hiking for the same distance
Walking - the only thing I do regularly now. I go out almost every night for 20-40 minutes, walking around the block(s). I really enjoy it and miss it if I can't do it every day. It keeps the fat off, but doesn't give you lean, hard muscles to be proud of. I generally don't like doing things indoors, so I don't work out or use cardio machines.
At 132 lbs, you don't sound very heavy for someone who's 5'9". I'm 5'6-5'7 (167cm), but 125 lbs. Mind you, there's not much you can pare off my body before I look like a starving kid from the third world.
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