Planet Fitness

BGingerTX
BGingerTX Posts: 10 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I've been doing a low carb eating lifestyle for a couple of months and it is working really well for me but I want to firm up and build some muscle to gain strength and burn more calories to lose weight. I do not know how much cardio to do, 20 - 30 minutes prior to working on the machines? Do I do arms one day, legs another? Do I work out each day or skip a day? I'd love to hear your experience/expertise/what works/etc. Thanks!
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  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    I do not go to Planet Fitness, but I prefer to do alternate days of cardio and weights. For weights, there are a lot of different plans out there to choose from. Choosing a plan depends on a variety of factors, like how often you want to work out, what your training goals are, how much time you have to work out, etc. If you gave us a better idea of what you are looking for in a plan, people could probably point you to a few existing plans that might work for you.
  • JessAndreia
    JessAndreia Posts: 540 Member
    If your focus is strength, I would do the cardio after to avoid losing energy.
    There's a couple Planet Fitness workouts here. https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/beginner
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    jessandreia92 wrote: »
    If your focus is strength, I would do the cardio after to avoid losing energy.
    There's a couple Planet Fitness workouts here. https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/beginner

    Plus doing work with the weights before cardio tends to be safer. You're not as tired so less likely to drop a weight on yourself.
  • CarvedTones
    CarvedTones Posts: 2,340 Member
    Packerjohn wrote: »
    jessandreia92 wrote: »
    If your focus is strength, I would do the cardio after to avoid losing energy.
    There's a couple Planet Fitness workouts here. https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/beginner

    Plus doing work with the weights before cardio tends to be safer. You're not as tired so less likely to drop a weight on yourself.

    At PF, most strength workouts are on machines, so dropping weights usually isn't an issue. and if cardio makes you that tired, then I think you need more cardio' I do cardio first and then machines, but my legs are in good shape and I rarely do anything but the cardio (ARCtrainer) for them. I do mostly cardio - 30 to 60 minutes (sometimes longer; I will download a movie and watch the entire thing) and a half hour of upper body weight machine work
  • IGbnat24
    IGbnat24 Posts: 520 Member
    Focus on compound lifts: squats, deadlifts, lunges, step ups, pushups, pull-ups, rows, lat pull downs, chest press, flys (there are machines for most of these if that’s where you feel more comfortable). Skip out on bicep/tricep/shoulder isolation exercises. No need to avoid cardio.
  • BGingerTX
    BGingerTX Posts: 10 Member
    Thank you everyone for your replies!

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