changed up my workout! thoughts and suggestions welcome/need

311Phil
311Phil Posts: 397
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
so....i started working out the beginning of this year. lost a good deal of weight in the beginning-then the loss started to slow, and i got unfocused.

i was going to the gym and doing 20-1/2 hour of cardio, then 20-1/2 hour of strength training....

I switched it up to:

7 minute warm up on the spinning bike
15 minutes of strength
10 minutes on cardio setting on the elliptical (goal is HR @ 150)
25 minutes of strength
10 minutes on cardio setting on elliptical
15 minutes of strength

refocusing on my diet, and hoping the change in workout will help me to start losing again.

thoughts/suggestions?

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  • Roadie2000
    Roadie2000 Posts: 1,801 Member
    How often are you doing this? What types of strength training exercises do you do?
  • 311Phil
    311Phil Posts: 397
    i try and get to the gym 3-4 times a week. 3 at bare minimum.

    Strength training wise I am doing mostly upper body (bench press, deadlifts, cable crosses, dips, shoulder presses, rows, squats, lat pull downs etc)
  • trac3
    trac3 Posts: 134 Member
    Do you break up your routine to rev up your metabolism? Or do you just like switching it up? I'd start doing some longer cardio in one block ~ work my way up to at least a half an hour, and then start increasing the intensity. My body doesn't like to let go of weight without high amount of cardio, but that's just my physiology. I tend to focus on weights more after my weight gets down (I still do them, just not to the same degree)..

    Have you thought about getting a personal trainer to help you switch up/change your weight routine? I know the body adapts pretty well after 6 weeks, and you need to do different exercises to challenge it! I have about 3 routines that I switch around and mix up (the weights). Keep up the good work!:happy:
  • 311Phil
    311Phil Posts: 397
    this is the first time i've really switched it up. I was doing 20 minutes to 1/2 hour of cardio, then 20 minutes to a half hour of weights...

    I figured doing shorter bursts of high intensity cardio with short burst of intense weights (3 sets, each set adding more weight dropping reps)
  • 311Phil
    311Phil Posts: 397
    bump for more thoughts...

    Just to give you a bit more info...I started my journey in January of this year @ 315+, I rapidly lost weight in the beginning. Around April/May i stopped losing. I was going through some job changes and that took my main focus away from my weightloss journey that seemed routine at the time. well, here it is almost mid june, and I am the same weight I was 2 months ago...I teeter between 275 and 280.

    I admit I had slacked off going to the gym-because I got discouraged that i wasn't seeing more results.

    Im now refocused and back in action....just looking to see more weight loss, Ideally I want to get to 250 by the mid to end of August, thats 25-30 lbs i need to shed.

    I need as much guidance as possible.
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