What's your exercise schedule? Beginning again....

At home dvds and pole dancing works for me!

2 workouts a week Btw!

I use fitnessblender.com, right now I'm doing FB FIT (8 week plan, 5-6x 50 min aprox) but I started with their low impact plan.

My week looks like this more or less

HIIT + Lower body
Upper body (sometimes with cardio sometimes without)
cardio + abs
HIIT and lower body
Upper body
Yoga/ stretching

All you need is weights for most fitnessblender workouts, they are free on youtube and lots of people build their own workout plans. I paid the 16 CAD for mine because I just didn't want to make my own. I can't recommend them enough.

I started with Beachbody programs. Quite sure I didn't actually get much done the first week because I was so horribly sore after the first workout (who am I kidding, I didn't even get through the warm up LOL).

So that was basically 4-6 days a week. I've changed things up since (did other classes, did some running, did some elliptical) but I try to do something every day. Typically nowadays it's 90 minutes on the bike or at the gym (I do rowing, weights, incline walking, or just incline walking), and my 'rest' days are usually a 3.5 mile walk in the neighborhood (or at the gym with a lower incline - so 6% instead of 8+).

I do some form of exercise everyday for at least 30 minutes.

Walking the dog in the am and pm. Doing a 45 minute cardio/aerobic workout video. Strength training. Now that it's nicer bike rides, racquetball, swimming.

At home I'm currently doing CIZE and then either Zumba or Walk away the pounds every morning.

Gym after work every weekday for cardio, 2-3 days a week either at night after supper or 4am before work I do weight lifting. I am trying to get a better schedule for the weights but my weekday cardio is spot on...love it. I want to get my bike tuned up and start riding now that the weather is nice.

Walk as part of my commute before and after work.
Walk at lunch.
Climb stairs periodically throughout the day to a total of 30-40 flights.
Walk or cycle ... and sometimes lift weights ... after work.
Cycle on the weekends.

Balaru wrote: »

Just finished my first seven days. I know from past attempts that it's best to mix things up. I did mostly cardio (walking 3 mph/ 3 miles and 20 minutes on stationary bike and stretching (yoga) every day this week. Coming from complete couch potato stage my legs are sore today but I want to keep going without getting hurt. (I.e. plantar fascia, twisted ankle or spraining something which has happened several times in the past from being too gung hoo in the beginning wanting to get it done)

I want to add a dumb bell workout and get a schedule going.

Have been tearing my house apart looking for my P90X dvds to no avail. Grrrr!!!!!

I remember Tony worked a different part or way each day. Back, chest and abs on day 1 then plyometrics jumping the next.

What's your routine right now? Or is there a new way to do this.

My first goal is consistency. Which means not over doing and getting hurt but pushing hard enough to get serious results. Makes sense?

Is your actually question "What's a way to increase activity without hurting myself by overdoing, as has happened in the past?"

Current exercise routines for people who have been exercising for years are not really relevant to your situation.

Balaru wrote: »

For those of you who do weight training - how did you get started and do you have a routine for that as far as which parts you work or do you work all of it every time?

Full body workouts produce less stress on each body part, so they're better to start with.

An excellent program for your age group is New Rules of Lifting for Life.

I mix up cardio and strength. I do strong lifts 5x5 probably only twice a week sometimes 3. I am following a training program for a 12km run, the program has 1 long run and 2 shorter runs each week.

Monday- Stretch & Strength (I do stronglifts 5x5 plus some core and lots of stretching)
Tuesday- Easy pace run building up to 1/2 my race length so by week 10 its a 6km run (started @2km)
Wednesday- Cross training (no running, but walking, swimming, cycling)
Thursday- Short fast run 2-3km plus strength (Strong lifts 5 x 5)
Friday- Rest
Saturday- 20-60mins cross (sometimes I'll do strength sometimes i'll just do heavy household chore such as lawnmowing)
Sunday- Long run builds from 4kms in week 1 to 10-11 kms week 6-9. Week 10 being race day.

I was tending to also run/walk on cross training days but have ended up getting plantar fascia so I will really have to par it back otherwise I'll end up too injured to race. Been making sure I wear proper shoes when doing lawnmowing/walking up and down stairs a lot etc and also stretching regularly. I can already feel an improvement in my foot.