Advice/Feedback

Congrats on the progress. Keep it up.

Now, here's my $0.02:

1) The first couple of times you do a leg workout, you'll probably get some serious delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). It's just something you'll have to work through, just like any other soreness when you first start working out. But once your body adapts, which should take like 2-3 leg workouts, you'll be able to lift for legs and still do elliptical the next day. Over time, you'll find that it will help your elliptical performance.

2) Ditch the "mostly free weight bicep curls and a few arm machines." It's a classic newbie strength training mistake to focus on arms. You need to focus on compound lifts.

I would start you off with:
Day 1:
-Bench press, 3 sets
-Overhead press, 3 sets
-Dips (use the assist machine), 3 sets
-Tricep extensions, 2 sets

Day 2:
-Pullups (use the assist machine, do NOT do lat pulldown machine it's worthless), 3 sets
-Deadlifts, 3 sets
-Seated cable rows, 3 sets
-Curls, 2 sets

Day 3:
-Squat, 3 sets
-Lunge with dumbbells, 3 sets
-Leg extension, 3 sets
-Leg curl, 3 sets

Day 4 - repeat day 3, day 5 - repeat day 2, day 6 - repeat day 3, day 7 - rest.

All sets load up to do 8 reps the first time through the routine, 9 the second time through the routine, 10 the third... when you can do 10 reps in any 1 set, increase the weight by the smallest increment possible and start back at 8.

That looks like a lot, but each of those days should only take you about 20 minutes to move through the 4 exercises. Pair that with 45 minutes on the elliptical and your whole workout is done in an hour and 10 minutes.

Now, if you don't want to do all of that, that's fine. But then just ditch weights entirely because doing 'a few arm exercises with free weights' is just wasting time.

"But SS...."

There are a lot of believers in SS. I'm not one of them, and neither are a lot of other strength trainers. The criticisms:
1- SS is usually done by young men who add their own accessory work. If you follow the routine verbatim, SS has a rather poor exercise choice.
2- It doesn't have enough frequency for a beginner. You need to be hitting muscles at least twice a week to maximize the effectiveness of what you're doing, otherwise you're likely to stall very early.

Great job! My advice would be to ignore any advice that says not to lift weights. haha. Honestly, the key is to keep on moving. Keep challenging yourself. Be consistent. Keep reading, asking, learning. It's a never ending process. You're doing awesome :flowerforyou:

You're wasting your time with the weight lfiting. Your goal is weight loss. That comes from diet. Yes, the cardio does burn calories, but it also drives you to want to eat more. Do the cardio if you want to build cardovascular fitness. Lift weights if you want to build lean muscle mass or get stronger.

I agree that the type of weight lifting OP is doing is likely a waste of time, but following an actual lifting program while eating at a deficit generates fantastic results in dropping body fat while maintaining lean mass.

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I'd also ignore the routine from pvarg - it's a tad complicated for a beginner.
Look at Stronglifts 5x5 and get a good base