Cathe...please clarify goals

[divagirl]

I saw your answer to the girl wanting to build mass (with her wine ) and not to cut calories. Here's where I'm confused.

Can I define my muscles while slimming down or losing fat? I'm doing strength training 4 days a week with your tapes and cardio 3 times a week. I eat 1500-1600 clean calories during the week and a little more on the weekend. I'm not trying to get bigger anywhere just more sleek or defined. Am I on track with my exercise/eating set up?

I guess I"m confused because I wonder if you strength train do you have to eat more and then stop weight training to do mostly cardio and reduce calories at that point?

Tina

 

[Cathe Friedrich]

Hi Tina!

Regarding your question: "I guess I"m confused because I wonder if you strength train do you have to eat more and then stop weight training to do mostly cardio and reduce calories at that point?"

It is best and healthiest to always do some form of weights and cardio activity. It's the combination of weights (how heavy and how often) and cardio (days per week, and length per session) along with your food intake (how clean, how many per day) that will vary your results.


Regarding your question: "Can I define my muscles while slimming down or losing fat? I'm doing strength training 4 days a week with your tapes and cardio 3 times a week. I eat 1500-1600 clean calories during the week and a little more on the weekend. I'm not trying to get bigger anywhere just more sleek or defined. Am I on track with my exercise/eating set up?


It is really to hard to know the EXACT answer to your question without actually knowing your whole fitness/health profile, so what you really need to ask yourself is: Am I happy with my current program? Am I seeing steady progress with my current program? After about 8 to 12 weeks of this program am I seeing the results I am looking for? If yes, continue on with only very SUBTLE changes to your program ever couple of weeks. If not, you need to tweak things to enhance your definition (since this is what you stated your goal was) which can be done altering your food plan, or adding another day of cardio, or varying your strength training workouts.

Hope this helps!

 

[divagirl]

Thanks Cathe! I definitely see a difference with my new program just don't know if its slimming me or not...I'll reassess in 4 more weeks. I appreciate your help!