Lifting & Weight Loss

Phoenyxlove
Phoenyxlove Posts: 150 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I see a lot of people are 'lifting'. My question is to lose weight are you just lifting, or incorporating cardio too. What is your routine like?

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  • Turntec22
    Turntec22 Posts: 20
    Def diff for females.

    But

    I lift and do cardio. Slight emphasis on cardio. I shoot for at least 200 mins on elliptical per week.
  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    Monday: walk two miles at lunch, moderate pace. Gym: HIIT for one hour, 20 minutes of stretching.

    Tuesday: walk two miles at lunch, moderate pace. Gym: 10 minute warm up on cardio machine. super sets, full body, 20 minutes stretching.

    Wednesday: walk two-three miles at lunch, moderate pace (depending on schedule--sometimes I'm booked solid with meetings). Gym: None--I teach Wednesday nights.

    Thursday: walk two miles at lunch, moderate pace (depending on schedule--sometimes I'm booked solid with meetings). Gym: 30-40 minutes elliptical, moderate pace. 60 minute power yoga class.

    Friday: walk two miles at lunch, moderate pace. Gym: HIIT for one hour, 20 minutes of stretching.

    Saturday: 10 minute warm up on cardio machine. Lift heavy, moves involving multiple muscles, full body. 20 minutes stretching.

    Saturday: 10 minute warm up on cardio machine. Lift heavy-moderate, isolated muscles. 20 minutes stretching.

    Any week night except Friday can get thrown off because I end up having to work. :/

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