Ive recently joined the gym but im not sure how long i should be spending on each piece of equipment. I just want to lose about 8 pounds and tone up.
I usually start with about 5 minutes on the bike, then 10 minutes on the cross trainer, 10 minutes on the treadmill- walking fast and at an incline (i hate running, i just cant do it for more than 3 minutes!!)
Then i would do about 100 ab crunches on the machine.
Then to finish i do 5 minutes on the rowing machine and 5 minutes on the stair machine.
I am going about the whole thing wrong??
Answer:
HiWhat you're doing sounds about right to me!! As long as you do that workout so that you are working up a sweat and at least 3 times a week - along with a healthy balanced diet (and loads of water!! About 2-3 litres aday.) You should see results really soon and the weight will vanish within about 4 weeks as long as you need to lose it that is!!
Hope this helps!
depends, sometimes its best to build a lttle muscle first as you'll burn fat quicker but then muscle weighs more than fat so you'll not see any quick results that way.
As long as you watch your nutrition, you will loose weight with the program you described.However, if you want to loose weight faster, and tone up better, you should be lifting weights at least three days a week. Don't worry, you won't bulk up. Do three sets of 20 for three weeks, then up the weight and drop to sets of 15 for three weeks. The last 1-3 reps of each set should be hard to do.Monday: Lunges, leg press, tricep press, dumbell bench pressWednesday: Pull downs, reverse grip pull downs, crunches, back extensions, curlsFriday: hamstring curls, seated calf raise, crunches, leg raise, incline bench pressif you don't know what these exercises are, get a trainer for a day just to show them to you, and how to do them safely. Do interval cardio on Tuesday, Thursday and steady cardio for maybe 45 minutes on Saturday. If you are eating right (go to www.spartafit.com to make sure) then you should loose those 8 pounds (at least, 8 pounds of fat) and tone up in six weeks or less. Seriously, it works really fast. You'll see results within two or three weeks.
Sounds like a good start, my best advise to you it to track everything you do in a journal while working out: time, weights, reps, and exercises that you do. If you don't track your progress you'll end up hitting a plateau and not pushing yourself harder. Good Luck
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