Try and have something in your stomach before your workout. You really should try and eat something before because you need the fuel. Try a healthy carb, a bagel, toast etc. I know most people are carb phobics but we really don't have to be.

Your body needs to get fuel from somewhere and if you haven't eaten all night it will take feul from places it shouldn't be.

As far as increasing your cardio minutes after you hit a plateau it's a good idea but you don't necessarily have to increase the time. You can switch it up. You can either do a different activity for that same amount of time or change the intensity of what you already do. Try high intensity intervals for the same amount of time you were doing steady cardio for.
Just my .02!
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Just had to post that this is a great thread!
I'm learning so much! heh

ive had some very limited fitness training from the army but i do know from experience that if your going to the gym 6 days a week, your not allowing your body to heal therefore alot of the weight training your doing might be doing you no good because your not giving your muscles the time the need to repair themselves, and until muscles are healthy they wont help u burn calories. u might try lowering the weight u lift and doing more reps or just do weight training 3 times a week, i think u can never get too much cardio..

if u try it hope it works for you
joey

Here is my 2 cents:

In our society today we are mostly sedentary compared to earlier times. Think about it......so many things do our "work" for us that used to be done by hand. Like washing clothes, dishes, working in a garden to get food, etc. Today we don't need to do all that from dawn till dusk because we have modern conveniences.

I said that to say this......the little bit of workouts we do daily are probably barely adding up to what men/woman did years ago. They had muscle and low body fat from hard labor, today we must do "workouts" to get that. We just need to "move" more!

I think your workout plan looked great and just stick to it because it takes 4-6 weeks to REALLY see results on any weight training plan. Take care!

Newbie here... I just have to jump in here and say....WHOOAAH....

There are A LOT of people on here quoting A LOT of wrong information, that the so-called TV "Diet experts" have been spewing for years.

#1 - Cardio should be done 5 x's a week. It can be done more than that or less, it is a personal decision but that seems to be a good safe number.

#2 - Cardio should be done first thing in the morning BEFORE eating or drinking ANYTHING except water. The thought that some carbs should be ingested prior to performing cardio is WAYYY wrong. Have a protein loaded meal after the workout (approx. 15 mins.) followed by carbs approx. 30-45 mins after that.

#3 - Cardio should be done for 30-45 mins and performed at no less than 60% of your Max Heart Rate and no more than 70% of your max heart rate.

#4 - Weight training should be performed no more than three days per week and if weight loss is the desired goal than a full body circuit style regime should suffice. Once you near your goal you can start targeting certain aspects.

I am not sure if I missed anything but that is a good basic grasp of cardio for weight loss rules.

Sorry to hi-jack the thread all, but there is alot of mis-information being tossed about.

Hi guys, I pump iron around 3-4 times a week and usually do my cardio immediately after the weight training session. So, that makes 1-1:30 hours weights and then about 20-25 minutes of cardio.

For cardio I either do a jog from the gym to my home at a fairly fast pace, or some interval training.

My interval training is as follows:

5 minute jog
30 sec sprint
30 sec jog or walk
30 sec sprint
30 sec jog or walk
30 sec sprint
30 sec jog or walk
30 sec sprint
30 sec jog or walk
30 sec sprint
30 sec jog or walk
5 min jog

It depends on how wied out I am from the weight training. If I am super exhauseted, I do a jog, if I'm fresh, I'll do the intervals.


You should definetely weight train for fatloss in order to preserve you Lean Body Mass while stripping of fat. Thus you body will be more toned and harder and less jiggly