Jazzing Up My Workout Routine (Suggestions Please!)

MeanderingMammal

cruzmom123 wrote: »

I watched an interesting YouTube clip by Jill Coleman. She gave advice on weight loss.

And I imagine that was a sales pitch?

Short, high intensity sessions have some application in improving capacity and maximal outcomes, but as they're short they don't actually consume a significant amount of energy.

If you want to lose weight, manage your calorie deficit, if you want to improve fitness and body composition then eat at a deficit, alongside a combination of CV work and resistance work.

MeanderingMammal

DaintyMonster wrote: »

For close to 7 months I've been doing basically the same workout routine.

Notwithstanding all of the debate about your diet, you need to continue to streatch yourself in any programme. That said, I recognise that if you're not eating enough you feel underfuelled and underperform in the training.

If you enjoy running, and you want to do it, then use it as the focus of your plan, and complement it with some resistance work. But you'll need to look at increasing your distance to get the most from it. Work yourself up to 6 miles, and then you can start working on speed.

I'd also suggest racing as a benchmarking exercise.

That said, you need to sort out your fuelling before you can really exploit it.

sheldonklein

OP-you are very stubborn/scared. Every poster is telling you you are undereating. Your body is telling you you are undereating. Yet you reject any change because it might make things worse. If changing your diet doesn't work for you, you can change back. No one is advising irreversible surgery.

47Jacqueline

I can't prescribe, but what you're describing sounds like an ED. You should check with a doctor. All this advice is great, but if you sabotage yourself, you'll get sick.

DancingMoosie

First of all: eat more. As for changing up your workouts, have you tried power lifiting? If you are at school, there should be a gym there you can use. As for workout dvds, you don't have to buy anything right away. I borrow dvds from my public library all the time. Some good ones I've found are from The Firm, Denise Austin, Tracy Anderson, and then I have my own Jillian Michaels (30 Day Shred and Ripped in 30). Try out several to see what you like.