Opinions on my exercise regime appreciated!!

shaazzap
shaazzap Posts: 18
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey guys!

If youre anything like me....i suck at getting motivated for the gym...or im mega motivated for a week then it fades. So what im doing is a 5 min weight regime including sit ups, press ups, tricep curls etc....then 10 min on cross trainer at 90% heart rate....then weights again, cross trainer then weights. It takes me about 30-35 mins and i dont have any breaks so im exhausted by the end.

Im planning to do this 7 days a week.....is this enough to generate any weight loss with a controlled diet?

Any tips or opinions very much appreciated :) xx

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  • scrmngdsy
    scrmngdsy Posts: 54 Member
    The only advice I might give is that you take at least one rest day a week, two when you need it. I've noticed much better results with my loss since I've been resting more. (I was working out close to 7 times a week before.) Your body needs time to recover.

    Good luck!
    x
  • krisiepoo
    krisiepoo Posts: 710 Member
    I 2nd the rest day (or two). Your muscles need to repair themselves and it's easier (for me anyways) to set a regimine that I can actually stick to -- because 7 days a week isn't realistic for me
  • mcarter99
    mcarter99 Posts: 1,666 Member
    I third the rest day. Also, if you're really pushing the muscles to failure with those pushups and stuff, you might want to shuffle things so you're not working the same muscle group on consecutive days. They say we do better with more than one day of rest in between. So for example do your upper body stuff (pushups, triceps, crunches) on one day and the next day don't do those but do squats, lunges, deadlifts (lower body). The next day if you're back at the gym, you can go back to the pushups, etc.

    And if you do the same workout for a long time and quit seeing results, prepare to change things up. It's easy to comfy and the body gets less challenged. Switch cardio machines, switch types of strength training, that sort of thing. But you're probably good in 3 month blocks or so, of one 'program'.
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