Hi,
I'm new here, and just wondering, I haven't trained for a bit over a year now (got pregnant and got a little girl) and started training again for 4x a wk now last 3 wks.
As before I am doing the same thing i kinda gave myself a own schedule after gaining way too much weight couple yrs ago. long story short:
I am doing the treadmill for 45 min on a steady pass, after that i do abs for 12x25 (all sets consist of 25) and then full leg press 4x25 and so on for all the other groups.
question now is (as i have been told do the weight less if i want to loose weight) is this actually true or should i just add more weights?
muscle burns fat so the more you build the more fat you'll lose....muscle is built with resistacne training (wts, body weight etc) so yes, the more of this you can do the better
what wts/equipment do you have to use?
for treadmill alternate fast and slow intervals for qmin each x 10 - 15mins...if you can go longer then you're not doing the hard intervals hard enough
So actually ( i was reading a bit after posting this post) i should do 8 reps and taking more weights into it, rather than doin 25 reps of lower weights.
I am going to the gym (YMCA) so basicly have all the equipment i need.
meals or at least what im eating really really is poor!
Sometimes i have an oatmeal bar in the morning but most of the times i dont eat breakfast at all, in the afternoon its also lacking, sometimes i have a small yoghurt or a sandwich but most of the times i only eat at dinner time (yes, i know pretty bad) but im so used to not eating, and with the baby, i hardly have the time, and i dont feel hungry, i dont snack, well ones a month, i really crave for some chocolate, but thats just that time of the month.
Dinnertime meal consist out of small portion of patatoes (have been told patotoes and bread are bad) large portion of veggies and steak/chicken etc, etc..
Welcome dana....i agree with swanso, you definitely need to up the weights. Barbie weights with millions of reps wont do much of anything. Ive learnt that going heavier with the weights transforms the body faster, as long as your diet is good and you are getting your cardio in there as well. Also, vary yoru cardio exercise and really push yourself: jog, cycle, swim, etc.
I'd include high impact step classes as well.
- food is over the half the game so it does need to be organised sooner rather than later...you'll lose wt with a clean diet and crappy program but not the other way around
- go to diet section and read the stiucky "read before posting..."
