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Not sure how to come up with a work out routine...

Meushichan
Meushichan Posts: 82 Member
edited February 16 in Fitness and Exercise
So I have access to a pretty wide variety of home work-out things, but I have no idea how to make the most use of my time.

I would prefer to work out 5-6 days a week, mainly because I actually do have the time now, and feel that I could make exercising a true habit and integrated part of my life if I did it almost every day.

I have a Bowflex PS1000 (i.e. no lat or squat bar), and have access to Tae bo, Power 90, 30 Day Shred **I don't currently have the weights for this but I would like to do this maybe in a few months**, pilates (I like Cassie Ho/ Blogilates), HIIT videos (also from Cassey), and yoga (Yoga Zone on Hulu Plus). And of course walking/ jogging.

I would prefer tae bo for cardio (weak knees and huge boobs make running/ jumping around pretty sucky) 3x times a week, pilates 3x a week, and yoga added in whenever.

This is basically what I came up with.

Sun Tae bo
Mon Weightlifting: Upper/ Pilates
Tues Weightlifting: Lower/ Tae Bo
Wed rest day with very light yoga/ walking
Thur Weightlifting: Upper/ Pilates
Fri Weightlifting: Lower/ Tae Bo
Sat Pilates/ yoga

I just joined MFP today, but I have been doing pilates 1-2 x a week for about 4 months (until a month ago), weightlifting 3x a week for 2 weeks, and just added in tae bo on the days I didn't lift for the last week or so (even though I used to do tea bo all the time, so my form is good and I picked it up again with the intermediate workouts). I FEEL like I've been upping my exercise slow enough that I just don't completely kill myself and give up the first week, but I am still afraid I am being too ambitious.

Obviously it's hard to tell you guys how hard/ intense these workouts have been, but would starting the routine I posted above be too big of a jump for someone who is still pretty out of shape? Should I continue to slowly up my time and/ or intensity? I don't want to hurt myself >_< But on the other hand, I haven't seen much in the way of fat/ weight loss in about 3 weeks and need a true schedule of SOME kind to stay on track. So far I've just sort of been wingin' it.

TL;DR - How big of an exercise increase can I safely do every week, and is the workout schedule I came up with legit?

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  • Meushichan
    Meushichan Posts: 82 Member
    So yesterday I did arms, tae bo, then walked for 15 min. Today I did legs, then tried tae bo and I made it 8 minutes. >_> My feet and legs hurt too bad to do all the footwork. But I was able to do pilates instead. Still trying to come up with a schedule, but now that I think about it, is it okay to do whatever I feel like doing that day (as long as my lifting still alternates between arms/ back and legs)?

    I had assumed it would be better to stick with one program, but now I I'm thinking I might do weights, then a different cardio thing every day, and not have to repeat any workout in any given week. is that bad? Like, one day tae bo, next day pilates, next day zumba, next day Jillian Michaels, next day P90x?
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