? about Gym Style workouts....

[Renee McFar]

How are you using the Gym Style wokrouts? One body part per day? Is that best?

What if you only have 2 days a week to devote to the Gym Style workouts? How would you split it up? I was thinking: GS C&T + GSL standing work one day, the GS BSB + GSL floor work the next day.

Then I would do Muscle Max,ME or SJ&P a couple of days later.

So many workouts that I love make things so hard to choose....any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Renee

 

[KathyH]

Hi Renee! The rotation sounds good to me or you could also put a cardio day in after your weight training instead of doing 2 consecutive days of weight training. But otherwise its very good. Kathy

 

[momto2bratz]

Hi Renee,

I have been doing a one body part per day rotation with the GS, so I can fit in my pilates and cardio. It seems to be really working well for me. I will probably switch in a week or so because I have been on this rotation for three weeks now. I will probably do two total body endurance workouts for the following 3 weeks along with my cardio and pilates. I think your rotation sounds good too. I may actually try that.

Aila

 

[Renee McFar]

Hi and Thanks Kathy and Aila.

Yes Kathy, I would do cardio and the Gym Styles on these days. I am sadly enough a cardio junkie and do cardio 6 or 7 days a week. So, I try to fit strength training around my cardio work. Although since I started using the Hardcore strenght workouts, with the band, I love the muscle definition that is forming. I am trying to figure out a way to fit the Gym Styles into my week. I have been on a Muscle Max kick, throwing in the floor work from GSL as extra. I do not work on Wednesdays,Thursday,Saturdays and Sundays, so I use Wed.,Thurs and Saturdays as cardio and strength/ab days. All the other days of the week are cardio and ab days.

I wonder if people doing one body part per day are doing legs all in one day, then breaking up the upper body into seperate days?

Thanks for you help....

 

[momto2bratz]

Hi again,

I do the full leg workout in one day and break up upper body the rest of the week.

Aila

 

[clareMc]

Renee:

"What if you only have 2 days a week to devote to the Gym Style workouts? How would you split it up? I was thinking: GS C&T + GSL standing work one day, the GS BSB + GSL floor work the next day."

This sounds like a plan to me.

I hate doing one body part per day. I'm just not a "mix and match" person. I'm a "do one thing at a time and do it bloody well" person, so I separate cardio and weights days. When I do the GS, I do the whole leg workout in one day, add some core work and I'm done. When I do upper body I will probably do 4 body parts in a day, like GS chest, back, biceps and bis. Then later in the week, I will repeat it to include shoulders and leave out some other body part, and keep switching the body part I leave out and will include later.

I like a single focus. I can't bear split foci. I refuse to multi-task for the rest of my life.

My single minded focus has brought me great results.

What you do depends upon your personality and time you have available.

Clare

 

[KathyH]

Hello again Renee! You could also cut out some "cardio" days (gasp!) & instead really hit it hard & do Hardcore Extreme (especially 2 or 3) to get in your cardio. When doing too much cardio, the cardio will eat up all the muscle definition that your trying to attain. Just my .02. HTH, Kathy

 

[Renee McFar]

Thank you Clare..that is food for thought. Thats why I like total body workouts. These one part per day/per week workouts are new to me.

Kathy...cut back on cardio.....whew...thats probably like trying to give up crack! Hardcore Extreme is the one Hardcore I did not order. I pre ordered the 10 disc set. I have the Terminator and have not found myself using anything but the IMAX Extreme workout very much.

Tell me, I can't/don't allow myself to cut back on cardio because I am so afraid I will gain weight. I have a bit of a sweet tooth..:9 that causes me calorie trouble sometimes. Will cutting back to 5 or 6 days of cardio lead to much/any weight gain? Probably depends on eating habits,etc...

Thank again! Renee