Home based weight workouts and CV training
bigmike12
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I have been using MFP for a while and have lost about 8kg in the last 9 months.
I'm currently about 83kg (from 90-92kg) and dropping, and BF% of 16% (ish), which has been achieved by diet and CV work.
The CV work that i do and enjoy are long runs (>1hr) and cycles (>2hrs), which burn a shed load of calories (>1,000 cals). The problem is that i have feeling as i am currently progressing i am going end up like the guy on the right as below, when in fact i want to be more towards the guy below on the left (though am realistic i won't get to be like that, just don't want to be a bean pole).
To avoid being the guy on the right i feel i need to start doing strength weight workouts and up my protein intake, though i don't want to drop the CV work i am doing as really enjoy that side of training, which i think means that i will need to eat plenty of cals to counteract the CV work so that there is enough energy to build muscle.
I have never really done strength weight workouts and need guidance on a program that i can do 3 times a week at home with minimal equipment.
My eventual aim is to have a lower BF%, not looking like a bean pole, and have CV fitness to be able to run and cycle.
Asking too much?
I'm currently about 83kg (from 90-92kg) and dropping, and BF% of 16% (ish), which has been achieved by diet and CV work.
The CV work that i do and enjoy are long runs (>1hr) and cycles (>2hrs), which burn a shed load of calories (>1,000 cals). The problem is that i have feeling as i am currently progressing i am going end up like the guy on the right as below, when in fact i want to be more towards the guy below on the left (though am realistic i won't get to be like that, just don't want to be a bean pole).
To avoid being the guy on the right i feel i need to start doing strength weight workouts and up my protein intake, though i don't want to drop the CV work i am doing as really enjoy that side of training, which i think means that i will need to eat plenty of cals to counteract the CV work so that there is enough energy to build muscle.
I have never really done strength weight workouts and need guidance on a program that i can do 3 times a week at home with minimal equipment.
My eventual aim is to have a lower BF%, not looking like a bean pole, and have CV fitness to be able to run and cycle.
Asking too much?
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This would be a good thread for you:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p11 -
"You are your own gym" by Mark Lauren. Those guys get ripped, it's 4 days per week, and no equipment necessary.0
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