Workout schedule

EilatanGrace
EilatanGrace Posts: 6
in Fitness and Exercise
Right now I work out 5or 6 days a week. Everyday I do cardio for 20-30 min then do resistance/weight lifting machines. I got my schedule a from the guy that signed me up for the gym. It's pretty much arms/chest Monday, arms/ back Tuesday, abs Thursday, legs Friday. Then I repeat it for the rest of the month. Does this sound like a good schedule? If not what is a better one? Can I continue to do the same plan next month or do I have to switch it up to continue to be effective? Also the days that I can't go to the gym, I try to make it up by doing one of the insanity videos. Is that okay? Thanks everyone!!

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  • mjpTennis
    mjpTennis Posts: 6,165 Member
    From my experience, it really depends on what your goals are as to where you concentrate your focus. I was doing a lot of cardio and weight training together for a while, and I wasn't seeing big gains in weight loss. I have switched my focus to being 90% cardio for the last 6 weeks and have noticed a better weight loss and I am certainly feeling in better condition. I read some where that mixing the two is counter productive and my results certainly justified that. So I would consider focusing on one for a while and then switching it up down the road.

    I am looking forward to others thoughts too. Good luck.
  • debbiestine
    debbiestine Posts: 265 Member
    It's 80% what you eat and 20%exercise. So eat well and you won't have to exercise 6-7days a week!
  • trini88
    trini88 Posts: 20 Member
    My trainer actually advised me to continue with my 2 day a week training schedule (which is a lot of circuit work and upper and lower body work). The 2 days I have training I also do about 15-20 minutes of additional cardio, the other days (3-4) I do 45mins to an hour of cardio.

    I would really like to do more, but as I work all day and my kids are usually at home waiting for me, it's the most I can put in in a day. On a plus however, it is working I'm seeing more definition in my arms and legs, and my back and stomach seem to be slowly getting smaller :) So I guess the trainer's not too far off!
  • thoeting
    thoeting Posts: 89 Member
    That looks like a good schedule - I'd add in more cardio since I love to get the body's furnace fired up. But as a start, yeah, that's just fine.

    Make sure you are varying your cardio - ellipitical, treadmill, bike, rowing, etc just to keep the muscles guessing what is going on.
  • thoeting
    thoeting Posts: 89 Member
    From my experience, it really depends on what your goals are as to where you concentrate your focus. I was doing a lot of cardio and weight training together for a while, and I wasn't seeing big gains in weight loss. I have switched my focus to being 90% cardio for the last 6 weeks and have noticed a better weight loss and I am certainly feeling in better condition. I read some where that mixing the two is counter productive and my results certainly justified that. So I would consider focusing on one for a while and then switching it up down the road.

    I am looking forward to others thoughts too. Good luck.

    Interesting...I cut back on my cardio a touch for the month of July and added MUCH MORE strength and am seeing wicked good weight loss for the first time in three months.

    every body is so very different isn't it?
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    From my experience, it really depends on what your goals are as to where you concentrate your focus. I was doing a lot of cardio and weight training together for a while, and I wasn't seeing big gains in weight loss. I have switched my focus to being 90% cardio for the last 6 weeks and have noticed a better weight loss and I am certainly feeling in better condition. I read some where that mixing the two is counter productive and my results certainly justified that. So I would consider focusing on one for a while and then switching it up down the road.

    I am looking forward to others thoughts too. Good luck.

    Interesting...I cut back on my cardio a touch for the month of July and added MUCH MORE strength and am seeing wicked good weight loss for the first time in three months.

    every body is so very different isn't it?

    I like your approach much better as most likely most of the loss doing cardio only after strength training was water weight. Since they no longer lifted the muscles would shed the excess water they were retaining. Not to mention some of the loss would have also been lean muscle.

    The importance of strength training while in a caloric deficit is to retain as much lean muscle as you can, not doing enough will lead to a large % of your loss coming from lean muscle.
  • firefly171717
    firefly171717 Posts: 226 Member
    It really depends on what your goals are, one thing that I have learned is that u want somethign that you can keep up with even if its only two workouts a week.
  • firefly171717
    firefly171717 Posts: 226 Member
    From my experience, it really depends on what your goals are as to where you concentrate your focus. I was doing a lot of cardio and weight training together for a while, and I wasn't seeing big gains in weight loss. I have switched my focus to being 90% cardio for the last 6 weeks and have noticed a better weight loss and I am certainly feeling in better condition. I read some where that mixing the two is counter productive and my results certainly justified that. So I would consider focusing on one for a while and then switching it up down the road.

    I am looking forward to others thoughts too. Good luck.

    Interesting...I cut back on my cardio a touch for the month of July and added MUCH MORE strength and am seeing wicked good weight loss for the first time in three months.

    every body is so very different isn't it?

    I like your approach much better as most likely most of the loss doing cardio only after strength training was water weight. Since they no longer lifted the muscles would shed the excess water they were retaining. Not to mention some of the loss would have also been lean muscle.

    The importance of strength training while in a caloric deficit is to retain as much lean muscle as you can, not doing enough will lead to a large % of your loss coming from lean muscle.

    Exactly, I wish people would realize how important strengh is
  • cathyf90
    cathyf90 Posts: 1
    You have to do what works for you. But you don't always want to do the same thing as your body becomes accustom to it.
    Weight training is a great way to tone up but also lose weight. Your body however does need rest and recovery. Take a day off.
    For me I do a weight training class two days a week and then about 3-4 days out of the week I do a run.
  • EilatanGrace
    EilatanGrace Posts: 6
    My goal is to just lose fat. I'm 22, 5ft 2in 210lbs. I just want it all to go away. Ive going to the gym for 3-4 weeks now. I've lost 6 Lbs. I just want to know if I should continue what I'm doing or if I should switch it up.
  • only1tcb
    only1tcb Posts: 23
    Everything is subjective! How much you workout and the type of workout so do is subject to your goals. Also, you have to keep in mind that everybody responds to different exercises differently. So just because a certain combination worked for Joe Blow, that does not mean it will work for you.

    I’d say go with what your trainer told you (after all that’s their business. ..right). If you’re not getting the results you want make sure your trainer knows your goals and then work together to come up with a new plan.

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