Coming up with fitness plan

Drdmike

I have a gym membership and want to get the most effective workout possible. I want to lose fat and gain muscle. What sort of training should I undertake?

froeschli

Anything you can stick to? Probably some cardio for warmup & cool down, and then some strength work inbetween...

rachelg145

Totally depends on what your starting height and weight and body type are. If you're just a soft guy who wants definition:

Definitely start to lift weights. If you don't know what you're doing find someone who does or watch for a few weeks and figure it out.

For cardio, since you're in 30-something land you'll benefit from HIIT. Short, burst cardio exercises for 20-30 minutes will probably do it for you. Get the free NIKE training club app - I don't care if girls are doing the exercises - consider it eye candy. The cardio workouts on there and/or sprint intervals on the treadmill and/or spin class will be good for cardio. I know lots of guys that love that app - it's like having a trainer without paying for a trainer.

34 is not too late to get muscles - my husband was skinny until late 20's and started lifting and now he continues to get more definition and he looks great.

Drdmike

Totally depends on what your starting height and weight and body type are. If you're just a soft guy who wants definition:

Definitely start to lift weights. If you don't know what you're doing find someone who does or watch for a few weeks and figure it out.

For cardio, since you're in 30-something land you'll benefit from HIIT. Short, burst cardio exercises for 20-30 minutes will probably do it for you. Get the free NIKE training club app - I don't care if girls are doing the exercises - consider it eye candy. The cardio workouts on there and/or sprint intervals on the treadmill and/or spin class will be good for cardio. I know lots of guys that love that app - it's like having a trainer without paying for a trainer.

34 is not too late to get muscles - my husband was skinny until late 20's and started lifting and now he continues to get more definition and he looks great.

I only have about 30 minutes in the morning to work out.

_HeartsOnFire_

Check out Stronglifts program. Though some days it may take a little more than 30 minutes.