early stages of a running training plan

[Cbelle]

In the early stages of a beginner running plan when you're only doing 30 mins or so and more walking than running, should I add other workouts into my plan to get maximum weight loss? I'm trying to lose weight and was thinking I needed to add something to this. my plan has me run/walking 4x week, walking 2x/week. All for 30 mins at a time. I was considering adding a ctx rotation to this. Not to omuch to overtrain but enough to add to it to get my cardio volume up as well as weights. AFter this initial training of 8 weeks I will be doing a marathon training plan that lasts 30 weeks.

 

[dianet]

I am in a beginning running plan too! I am run/walking 4x a week for 30 minutes, each week increasing the amount that I run. What I am currently doing looks something like this:

Monday: 30 min walk/run + core
Tuesday: full body endurance workout
Wednesday: 30 min walk/run + core
Thursday: cross train (step, kickboxing, or elliptical) + upper body
Friday: 30 min walk/run + core
Saturday: Leg workout (Legs & Glutes, GS Legs etc.)
Sunday: 30 min walk run

Next month I am going to switch it up and do something like this:

Monday: 30 min walk/run + core
Tuesday: full body endurance workout
Wednesday: 30 min walk/run + core
Thursday: cross train (step, kickboxing, or elliptical) + lower body
Friday: 30 min walk/run + core
Saturday: full body endurance workout
Sunday: 30 min walk run

I am just mixing it up and seeing what works best for me. After that, I might add more circuit workouts instead of endurance workouts to add some more cardio.