Workout Tips & Advice

Indialove901
Indialove901 Posts: 71 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Lately, I’ve been adding more strength training to my workout routine and I’m starting to feel it today. How do you guys keep your momentum when you’re letting your muscles recover? Also, what are some of your go to at home cardio workouts as weight loss is ultimately my goal?

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  • rainbow198
    rainbow198 Posts: 2,245 Member
    Good for you!

    Now I take active rest days and do things like Pilates, deep stretching, yoga etc. I will completely rest when I need it which isn't very often.

    For home cardio I use a lot of Youtube workouts (aerobics, step aerobics, Leslie Sansone's Walk at Home channel and other fitness channels that I follow and I do live workouts). I also jump rope in my backyard, I'll do a workout that uses light weights with lots of repetition which gives a cardio effect, I have a mini-stair stepper that I use and sometimes I will just jog in place to get a burst of activity in.

    For weight loss though, make sure that your calories are in check and that you are logging and weighing things too.

    Good luck!
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    I just work through the sore muscles. They actually feel better when I work them out.

    NOTE: I don't work through injuries. Make sure you're sure it's just sore muscles and not injury.
  • Indialove901
    Indialove901 Posts: 71 Member
    Thank you both for your responses. I’m getting back to it right now. When I don’t workout, I feel like I’m losing focus - it’s definitely mental. I’m going to look into some of those YouTube videos and see which ones interest me most.
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    When strength training, you need to give your muscles a rest though and not work the same ones every day. Either rotate push/pull, upper/lower, or alternate days for full body.
  • Indialove901
    Indialove901 Posts: 71 Member
    I let them rest for a day but that’s it just because I don’t want to lose momentum as it’s easy for me to get unfocused. I think on my off days, I’ll just focus on stretching or maybe incorporate yoga.
  • Justin_7272
    Justin_7272 Posts: 341 Member
    As far as keeping momentum, any decent strength training program will have progressive overload (i.e. increasing amount lifted over time). For me, crunching the numbers (math nerd here) and looking at progress is motivation to continue. Apps like JeFit will help you track and give you visuals which can help.
    Reading various articles on strength training generally and watching various workout/body building documentaries is motivating and can also be highly insightful.

    As far as home cardio, I get up early and get it done, knowing even if I have to drag my a** out of bed I'll feel much better throughout the day. My FitBit also reminds me to get up and hit 250 steps/hour if I'm not there 10 minutes before the hour hits.

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