if you did 3 alternative days of full body heavy strength training, what would you do on other days?
halimaiqbal00
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would you do hiit or go for a walk? if so, what intensity? I'm curious
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I do cardio on one day, running about a 5K usually and take the other two days off.0
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I do about 3 to 4 days of heavy lifting.... depends on the week and the kids, on the days that I do not lift I will do circuit training which can sometimes be moderate to extensive depending on how my coach is feeling that day. Or I will get on the treadmill do a jog/ run. It just depends on how I am feeling after a good leg day all I want to do is an easy walk0
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There's a huge range of cardio between HIIT & walking. And a multitude of breakdowns about what to do with the 4 days not lifting.0
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I do 3 days of heavy strength training (2 body parts per day) with about 20-30 minutes of cardio and a couple abdominal exercises each day, do about an hour of cardio on 1 day (usually intervals on the treadmill) and a 30 minute abdominal workout, and yoga on 1 day. Then I take 2 days off, usually the weekends.0
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Yoga 1 or 2 days a week.0
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I might do lighter (cardio) circuits that include movements I don't get on my lifting days.0
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halimaiqbal00 wrote: »would you do hiit or go for a walk? if so, what intensity? I'm curious
I would do one HIIT, one long slow walk and one day of yoga. Or one day devoted to developing a new skill. For me it's a handstand...0 -
I am all over the place. I usually do 4 days of strength. The other days depend on how I am feeling. If I am sore, but want to do something, I swim or walk. I will get at least one really good cardio day, hopefully two that is usually HIIT or intervals of some sort.0
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I've always alternated between strength & cardio (because I combine them together) with an active rest day, which for me would be yoga/stretch/work on flexibility + foam roll. You could also do light cardio, someone told me that light cardio following lifting helps with soreness if you're experiencing it.0
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Once you lift heavy enough (300lbs+ barbell squat) you shouldn't really do much on the rest days save for... rest. Maybe some yoga / light movement and walking. Save your strength for the days you lift!0
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I usually lift MWF run TR (3-5 miles each) and then play a full 90 min soccer game on Sunday right now. If I'm not playing a game, I might go for a longer run (6-10 miles) on the weekend.0
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Monday - 15 mile easy flats ride AM/Lift PM
Tuesday - Hill repeats on the bike.
Wednesday - 15 mile easy flats ride AM/Lift PM
Thursday - 12 mile Tempo/Time Trial ride
Friday - Rest Day (walk/yoga/etc)
Saturday - easy 5 mile spin to the gym to lift and 5 mile cool down spin home
Sunday - 30 mile ride.
Note that my lifting is periodized to train in various rep ranges...I don't lift "heavy" all of the time. I tend to do cycles of undulating periodization where I have a heavy day, a moderate weight/moderate rep day, and a light weight high rep day; cycles of 3x 8-10, and cycles of low weight high rep stuff. My long heavy cycle tends to be in the winter when I'm on my bike a lot less...I do some short cycles here and there, but really, too much heavy work in the weight room interferes with my cycling.
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Rest. Since the weights were progressively getting heavier, I needed to focus on recovery. I was able to tolerate more stress, so I added some extra sets / accessory work after all the main lifts.0
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Lift 3 days, run a 5k two days, whatever I want for the 6th day (hike, kettlebells, some random class at the gym, etc.).0
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