Advice on new schedule

pistachiopeas

Hi everyone!
I've been doing the 30DS everyday since April 1. I will do it every day until April 30th. After that, I want to start a new program, and I would love to get feedback from everyone.

I was thinking:

Mondays: C25K + 30 min strength training
Tuesdays: 30 min Blogilates
Wednesdays: C25K + 30 min strength training
Thursdays: 30 min Blogilates
Fridays: C25K + 30 min strength training
Saturdays: rest
Sundays: rest

(But when I say "rest" I will still be walking my dog at least 3 miles).

I'm 32, 5'2, started at 150. Now at 146 and trying to get to 135.

I'm also confused about what kind of strength training I should do at home. The heaviest weights I have are 8 pounds. On M/W/F, should I run to the Y during my C25K and then do serious lifting there instead?

Thanks for any advice!

WordWhimsy

Once I'm done with 30DS I think I'm going to do the C25K too, I'm planning on alternating in the Jillian Michaels 6 weeks to a 6 pack.

As for lifting, I do like how doing 30DS has tightened me up, so I want to continue to lift.

Great job on losing 4# too! I have really gone up and down and up, and it's frustrating.

Personally I'm not great about lifting on my own, so I'll have to look online for a schedule to follow, or join a class or something.

Linnaea27

I'm mostly posting to tag this for future reference-- I am doing something similar to your post-30DS plan at the moment. I just started strength training with my limited range of dumbbells at home last week. The heaviest ones are 14 lbs each, but I have teeny 2 lb ones with velcro hand straps, so I strap those onto the heavy ones if I want a little more weight! I want to keep my workouts at home, since I think if I had to go anywhere for my exercise routine, I'd shirk it frequently.

Anyway, I run, cycle, and occasionally do Zumba for cardio, every day except for weekends, depending on the weather and how I'm feeling. I've begun doing the AllPro beginner strength training routine, 3 days a week as suggested: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=4195843

That strength routine was recommended as being good for those with access to "lighter" weights only in this fantastic thread about doing heavy lifting type exercise when you only have dumbbells: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/902569-barbell-routines-when-you-only-have-dumbbells

And on weekends, I do a lot of gardening (great cardio and strength!), vigorous cleaning, and take long walks. So what I'm doing is a lot like your plan. And I think your plan sounds great! I am consistently losing weight doing my highly varied exercises, but I don't know how the strength routine will go since I just started and I'm still eating at a deficit.

I really want to hear what people have to suggest about the dumbbell strength workout thing. I'm sure people will say 8 lb dumbbells aren't heavy enough. . . for some things, my 14 lb dumbbells aren't heavy enough either (deadlifts and squats especially). When I'm done spending my disposable $ on big gardening projects this spring I will be buying myself a set of heavier, adjustable-weight dumbbells.

Arg, sorry for the long post.

Linnaea27

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pistachiopeas

Thanks for that link, Creiddylad! Your plan sounds really good to me. I am so torn about what to do. I just looked into the Jillian Michaels Extreme Shed and Shred and I think I might do that on Tuesdays/Thursdays/Saturdays instead of Blogilates. But then there is also a part of me that wants to join the Y on my partner's membership and go there to take classes and just mix it up a bit. I am a graduate student so I feel like I am always home (either working on my dissertation or working out). Haha. It might be good to mix it up a bit, but then it is also more $$$.

I'm mostly posting to tag this for future reference-- I am doing something similar to your post-30DS plan at the moment. I just started strength training with my limited range of dumbbells at home last week. The heaviest ones are 14 lbs each, but I have teeny 2 lb ones with velcro hand straps, so I strap those onto the heavy ones if I want a little more weight! I want to keep my workouts at home, since I think if I had to go anywhere for my exercise routine, I'd shirk it frequently.

Anyway, I run, cycle, and occasionally do Zumba for cardio, every day except for weekends, depending on the weather and how I'm feeling. I've begun doing the AllPro beginner strength training routine, 3 days a week as suggested: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=4195843

That strength routine was recommended as being good for those with access to "lighter" weights only in this fantastic thread about doing heavy lifting type exercise when you only have dumbbells: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/902569-barbell-routines-when-you-only-have-dumbbells

And on weekends, I do a lot of gardening (great cardio and strength!), vigorous cleaning, and take long walks. So what I'm doing is a lot like your plan. And I think your plan sounds great! I am consistently losing weight doing my highly varied exercises, but I don't know how the strength routine will go since I just started and I'm still eating at a deficit.

I really want to hear what people have to suggest about the dumbbell strength workout thing. I'm sure people will say 8 lb dumbbells aren't heavy enough. . . for some things, my 14 lb dumbbells aren't heavy enough either (deadlifts and squats especially). When I'm done spending my disposable $ on big gardening projects this spring I will be buying myself a set of heavier, adjustable-weight dumbbells.

Arg, sorry for the long post.