What's a good mix of excercise?

lrichardson2360

My schedule allows me to work out 4 to 5 times a week. I haven't done much weight lifting, though I would like to. I usually stick to cardio (HIIT, spped walking, Zumba). What would be a good mix to add in the weights, i.e. how many days of weights vs cardio?

ilovedeadlifts

I'd try weight training 3-4 days per week

sjohnny

Weights 3x cardio 2x. There's your 5x/week.

Start with a beginner's full body compound program like Starting Strength or Stronglifts.

taso42

^ what they said

EatClean_WashUrNuts

Anything which is out of your "norm"

Move your butt, lift the kids...whatever it is...once or seven times a week....anything is better than nothing

Sarauk2sf

^ what they said

What he said about what they said!

lrichardson2360

Thanks everybody! I'm going to start tonight!

Ejourneys

The main thing to remember is to give yourself rest days between weightlifting sessions for the same muscles. Weightlifting creates small tears in the muscles exercised. The body repairs those tears during rest days; those repairs make the muscles stronger.

I currently alternate abs exercise days with other weightlifting days. My sessions are comparatively light and don't take long, so I also do cardio on those days.

Bottom line: Do what you feel you can maintain and tweak as necessary.

yoovie

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/yoovie/view/current-plans-what-the-hell-im-doing-list-459342

CorvusCorax77

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/yoovie/view/current-plans-what-the-hell-im-doing-list-459342

that's rad.

I just on my own decided to do a half marathon every month to track progress I also rock climb. I was actually doing that as my warm up for lifting...maybe not the best idea! LOL! but it's so much fun I had to play!

Matt_Wild

Weights 4-5 days a week and 2-3x HIIT for 20 mins a time.