stellar1216
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I'm in the process of losing weight. I've lost about 40lbs and have about 60 to go (I haven't weighed myself in 2 weeks so I'm hoping it's actually 45 lost, 55 more to go).
Here's my current exercise schedule below. I exercise at home, I have a weight bench w/ bar, curl bar, adjustable hand weights, lots of weights to go on all of these. I don't have a personal trainer, but I've done a good amount of research and I came up with this plan on my own
Day 1- 45-60 minutes on the treadmill... as intense as I can handle it.
Day 2- Upper body strength & core (curls, bench press, boxer w/ hand weights, dumbbell flys, dumbbell hammer curls, dumbbell lateral raises, dumbbell pullovers, modified push ups, dumbbell shrugs, crunches, crunch w/ twist, dumbbell side bends, modified plank.... basically two exercises for each muscle... bicep, chest, upper back, shoulders, tricep, lat, abs, obliques... upper and core).... I do two sets 12 of each. I mix in cardio by doing 2 strength exercises then 5 minutes on the treadmill and continue to do so until all exercises are done.
Day 3- 45-60 minutes on the treadmill
Day 4- Lower body strength & core (Superman pose, squats, forward lunges, lying abduction, lying adduction, calf raises, single calf raises, lateral lunges, and I use the leg part of my weight bench to do leg raises and I also lay on my stomach and do I guess what you'd call a reverse leg curl??, bridge ups {core}, hip flexor, reverse crunch).... I do all of these in intervals like with the upper strength.
Day 5- 45-60 minutes on the treadmill
Day 6- repeat upper body
Day 7- DAY OFF
Day 8- 45-60 minutes on the treadmill
Day 9- repeat lower body
Day 10- treadmill.... repeat the cycle.
The cycle goes- cardio, strength, cardio, strength, cardio, strength, day off, repeat.
Now.... I'm thinking about adding in the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred video... BUT my concern is this- the exercises are only 30 minutes long and apparently doing two back to back is near impossible for people who aren't absolutely fit. Is high intensity exercise that's done for less minutes just as good, not as good, or better than exercise that is a bit milder but done for longer amounts of time?? I'm just worried about only working out for 30 minutes and being too pooped to continue doing something else. I'm worried I won't burn as many calories or that it may be a less effective exercise than what I already do.
Please critique my exercise plan. I'd love some input. I'm also interested in hearing what you think about the Jillian Michaels video.
Here's my current exercise schedule below. I exercise at home, I have a weight bench w/ bar, curl bar, adjustable hand weights, lots of weights to go on all of these. I don't have a personal trainer, but I've done a good amount of research and I came up with this plan on my own
Day 1- 45-60 minutes on the treadmill... as intense as I can handle it.
Day 2- Upper body strength & core (curls, bench press, boxer w/ hand weights, dumbbell flys, dumbbell hammer curls, dumbbell lateral raises, dumbbell pullovers, modified push ups, dumbbell shrugs, crunches, crunch w/ twist, dumbbell side bends, modified plank.... basically two exercises for each muscle... bicep, chest, upper back, shoulders, tricep, lat, abs, obliques... upper and core).... I do two sets 12 of each. I mix in cardio by doing 2 strength exercises then 5 minutes on the treadmill and continue to do so until all exercises are done.
Day 3- 45-60 minutes on the treadmill
Day 4- Lower body strength & core (Superman pose, squats, forward lunges, lying abduction, lying adduction, calf raises, single calf raises, lateral lunges, and I use the leg part of my weight bench to do leg raises and I also lay on my stomach and do I guess what you'd call a reverse leg curl??, bridge ups {core}, hip flexor, reverse crunch).... I do all of these in intervals like with the upper strength.
Day 5- 45-60 minutes on the treadmill
Day 6- repeat upper body
Day 7- DAY OFF
Day 8- 45-60 minutes on the treadmill
Day 9- repeat lower body
Day 10- treadmill.... repeat the cycle.
The cycle goes- cardio, strength, cardio, strength, cardio, strength, day off, repeat.
Now.... I'm thinking about adding in the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred video... BUT my concern is this- the exercises are only 30 minutes long and apparently doing two back to back is near impossible for people who aren't absolutely fit. Is high intensity exercise that's done for less minutes just as good, not as good, or better than exercise that is a bit milder but done for longer amounts of time?? I'm just worried about only working out for 30 minutes and being too pooped to continue doing something else. I'm worried I won't burn as many calories or that it may be a less effective exercise than what I already do.
Please critique my exercise plan. I'd love some input. I'm also interested in hearing what you think about the Jillian Michaels video.