3 days lifting and 3 days spin

JordanHealthCoach
JordanHealthCoach Posts: 14 Member
edited November 19 in Fitness and Exercise
Hey all, my goal is to lose about 15 lbs (5'3" 143 lbs) and I am thinking of doing 3 days of spin class (45 min to an hour) and a 3 day split for lifting. Can you see any issues w the spin and doing legs once a week? Maybe overtraining? I suppose I can adhust as I go...

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  • cardiovass11
    cardiovass11 Posts: 1 Member
    You need to keep your heart rate in 60/70 % heart rate zone in order to burn fat. Doing interval training with this. Too high of heart rate you will be burning sugar/muscle. That's not your goal. Check out my zone heart rate monitors online. No, I'm not a rep. Lol, just a fan of them!
  • MeltingMom17
    MeltingMom17 Posts: 9 Member
    I am doing zombies run (a 5k) 3 days a week and strong lifts 5x5 3 days a week :)
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    Certainly not over training. I'd like to see a bit more frequency in how often you hit each muscle group. While spinning may make you tired one it's no replacement for strength. At the very least maybe try a upper/lower/full split. That way everything is hit twice. But if the spinning and cardio is more important then once/week is better than 0.
  • Leadfoot_Lewis
    Leadfoot_Lewis Posts: 1,623 Member
    edited June 2017
    You'll be nowhere near overtraining if you do cardio 3x week plus legs.

    Also, if you have only 3 days to lift I'd highly recommend doing Full Body workouts or even an Upper Body/Lower Body/Upper Body. For most natural lifters, hitting a muscle group once a week with a "split" is an ineffective way to train. Your muscles don't need a week to "rest".
  • JordanHealthCoach
    JordanHealthCoach Posts: 14 Member
    Thanks all, this is helpful! I like the idea of doing the upper/lower/full or something similar - makes sense to hit muscle groups more than once.
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