RATE MY EXERCISE PLAN!!!

Apeck87

Hi All,

So I just wanted some advice on my exercise plan. Right now I have a membership to a studio that has kickboxing, spin, and zumba classes. My membership expires at the end of this month. I am planning on continuing zumba and spin until my membership expires and beginning in November I would like to start doing the 30 day shred in the morning and rockin body in the evening 7 times a week. I am hoping to do this for two months so once I am done in January I can start doing insanity 7 times a week.

However, I am concerned about my plan. Is it going to put too much on my body? I have been going to that studio since August but lately I feel like I am getting bored, and I am not pushing myself as much as I can.

Your advice and comments are greatly appreciated!

Thanks much!

Ani

Apeck87

no one willing to help?

Apeck87

seriously.. is no one willing to help me??? this is just sad.. oh well....

Gallowmere1984

For what it is, it looks solid. I'd give it a 5/10, and most of those points are for the sheer effort that this will require.

For the other 5 points, add in some heavy freeweight training. To me, things like boxing, kickboxing, etc. are something you train for, but they are not training in and of themselves.

thethingirlinside

I would say you need aleast one rest day if not two morning and night blah!! I would stitch it up add strength training. In there.

heybales

So I just wanted some advice on my exercise plan. Right now I have a membership to a studio that has kickboxing, spin, and zumba classes. My membership expires at the end of this month. I am planning on continuing zumba and spin until my membership expires and beginning in November I would like to start doing the 30 day shred in the morning and rockin body in the evening 7 times a week. I am hoping to do this for two months so once I am done in January I can start doing insanity 7 times a week.

However, I am concerned about my plan. Is it going to put too much on my body? I have been going to that studio since August but lately I feel like I am getting bored, and I am not pushing myself as much as I can.

Your advice and comments are greatly appreciated!

Diet is for weight loss, and if done right, hopefully just fat loss.
Exercise is for heart health and body improvement, which can help or hinder weight loss, and potentially cause non-fat loss.

Diet is a stress on the body.
Frequent intense exercise with no chance for recovery is a stress on the body.
You got other stresses?
Stress messes up hormones that impede fat and weight loss.

So now that those facts are out of the way.

What's the purpose of all the cardio, and yes, 30DS basically is?

In order to eat more with the exercise eat back?
Dr's orders to help improve diabetes or cholesterol?
Or for weight loss?

If the latter , you'll get more bang out of your time doing heavy for you lifting 3 days a week, and 2 or 3 sessions of LIGHT cardio to allow the lifting to have max benefit.

All the cardio, especially if done at high intensity, is just training the body to burn carbs since that't what it does.
Don't know where your diet is, but if underfed for this level of activity, excessive cardio will also make it much easier to tear down muscle for energy to replace carb stores that never get replenished.
And since you never get a recovery day of rest or lighter activity, you don't even give the body a chance to improve.
Plus with cardio, body is trained to store more glucose, so not weight loss, but gain.

Yes, too much exercise, especially with your future goal, is counter productive. At least P90X has yoga days in there, Insanity at 7 days a week, dare you to look at their calorie goal recommendation and actually do it.

BelindaDuvessa

Honestly? I think part of your overall problem is that you're burning yourself out. Do you take *ANY* day off from exercise at all?

heybales

Just saw your diet.

Yes do it, and keep doing the diet the way you are now, 1200 without eating any or much of your exercise calories.

Please record your weight and most importantly, bodyfat% from one of those 9 site calculators.
http://www.gymgoal.com/dtools.html

Record how much weight you lose each week.

Then report back in 2 months, with same stats, and how the weight loss went.

It'll be a great written lesson for other people ready to do the same thing. Of course, there is a group on MFP of probably 2000 that majority already did what you are about to do, and know full well what is going to happen.

So you have to ask yourself - in your life, are you one that can learn from the lessons of others, or do you have to go through the school of hard knocks and experience it yourself?

Obviously, one way is a whole lot easier to get through life, but not everyone is that way, so no need fooling around. If you need hard knocks do, log it, and be back for advice. And hopefully not too hard or too many months to recovery the metabolism at that point.
Some in that group went 6 to 9 months with no weight change. If they'd done it right, would have been losing the whole time.

Your choice.

http://www.burnthefatblog.com/archives/2011/04/cardio-and-metabolism.php

Apeck87

Just saw your diet.

Yes do it, and keep doing the diet the way you are now, 1200 without eating any or much of your exercise calories.

Please record your weight and most importantly, bodyfat% from one of those 9 site calculators.
http://www.gymgoal.com/dtools.html

Record how much weight you lose each week.

Then report back in 2 months, with same stats, and how the weight loss went.

It'll be a great written lesson for other people ready to do the same thing. Of course, there is a group on MFP of probably 2000 that majority already did what you are about to do, and know full well what is going to happen.

So you have to ask yourself - in your life, are you one that can learn from the lessons of others, or do you have to go through the school of hard knocks and experience it yourself?

Obviously, one way is a whole lot easier to get through life, but not everyone is that way, so no need fooling around. If you need hard knocks do, log it, and be back for advice. And hopefully not too hard or too many months to recovery the metabolism at that point.
Some in that group went 6 to 9 months with no weight change. If they'd done it right, would have been losing the whole time.

Your choice.

http://www.burnthefatblog.com/archives/2011/04/cardio-and-metabolism.php

My goal is weight loss, I dont have high blood pressure or cholesterol. I am actually in pretty good health. I will do exactly as you say and report back in two months.

Thank you very much for your assistance. I appreciate it!!!