Trying to establish a good routine: any advice?

kwb87

Hi,

I'm 26 years old and only just started to exercise regularly, I joined a gym last month and have started 3 classes as well. I was hoping for some advice from the more experienced on my fitness routine and what types of workout I could perhaps add to it as I've been doing this for a month now and starting to recover very quickly from the workouts and not seeing much of a change in body shape or weight (only lost around 1-2kg in a month).

At the moment my week looks roughly like this....

Mon - 50 minutes at gym*
Tue - As above plus 30 minutes areobics and toning class.
Wed - 50 minutes at gym*
Thur - 30 minutes areobics and abs class. 45 minutes spinning.
Fri - rest day
Sat - 5km run
Sun - rest day

* (includes interval training on treadmill, cross trainer, bike, rowing machine. Plus chest press, 10kg, 20 reps)

My gym is near to work so I don't go on a weekend. I have a treadmill at home so I just do a 5km run.

Extra info: I want to lose around 10kg. I hold most of my excess body fat on my waist. My hips and thighs are quite slim and my bust is big. My measurements at the moment are 40-30-39. I've put weight on my middle this year and can no longer fit in most of my clothes which are a size 10. I'd like to lose the weight from my belly and tone all over as well as improve my fitness, strength and stamina.


Thanks for reading x

SideSteel

You cannot spot reduce fat. So in short, there's no specific exercise that you can be assigned that will cause fat loss from a given location.

What you CAN do, is monitor your diet and exercise regularly, and cause overall fat loss which hopefully will reduce those problem areas. My only point though, is that you can't intentionally cause fat loss from a given location outside of surgical methods.


This is a long post but it should cover most of the basics:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

kwb87

Thanks very much for your help and advice. I do understand that you can't spot reduce fat. I'm just looking to lose the 10kg that I've gained over the past couple of years and it's just that this occured mostly to my middle. I realise that I cannot target this area of fat but I can lose excess body fat. I'm hoping that a healthy diet and my new workout routine will help reverse that effect.

Thanks very much for the link, will have a look at that now.

sarahrbraun

Hi,

I'm 26 years old and only just started to exercise regularly, I joined a gym last month and have started 3 classes as well. I was hoping for some advice from the more experienced on my fitness routine and what types of workout I could perhaps add to it as I've been doing this for a month now and starting to recover very quickly from the workouts and not seeing much of a change in body shape or weight (only lost around 1-2kg in a month).

At the moment my week looks roughly like this....

Mon - 50 minutes at gym*
Tue - As above plus 30 minutes areobics and toning class.
Wed - 50 minutes at gym*
Thur - 30 minutes areobics and abs class. 45 minutes spinning.
Fri - rest day
Sat - 5km run
Sun - rest day

* (includes interval training on treadmill, cross trainer, bike, rowing machine. Plus chest press, 10kg, 20 reps)

My gym is near to work so I don't go on a weekend. I have a treadmill at home so I just do a 5km run.

Extra info: I want to lose around 10kg. I hold most of my excess body fat on my waist. My hips and thighs are quite slim and my bust is big. My measurements at the moment are 40-30-39. I've put weight on my middle this year and can no longer fit in most of my clothes which are a size 10. I'd like to lose the weight from my belly and tone all over as well as improve my fitness, strength and stamina.


Thanks for reading x

i would knock the cardio on your gym days down to 20 minutes, and use the other 30 minutes for more weight training.

I worked with a trainer for several months, and this is a collection of some of what I did. The last 4 workouts are the ones I have been cycling through for the last 2-3 months. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjHTTg3U

kwb87

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i would knock the cardio on your gym days down to 20 minutes, and use the other 30 minutes for more weight training.

I worked with a trainer for several months, and this is a collection of some of what I did. The last 4 workouts are the ones I have been cycling through for the last 2-3 months. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjHTTg3U
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Thanks for this! I think I've always focued on getting my heart rate up to burn calories and reduce body fat instead of thinking about weight training. Am definitely going to work more weight training into my routine from this week. I don't have very good core strength or balance so would be good for me to spend more time on weights etc...

Thanks again