taekwondomeow
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HI Cathe 
I just read this reply of yours to someone who was asking about how often you should take a rest day:
"Hi Beth! At least one day off a week is what I recommend so that the body does not go into overtraining mode and your mind doesn't burn out. Also, if your body is particularly sore from the day before's previous workout, especially a weight workout, you don't want to jump right back in and train those specific muscles again, because it is during the rest period that the muscles recover, rebuild, and become stronger. Outside of those issues, the amount of rest days depends on what your goals are. For instance, if you want to build a lot of extra lean muscles mass, doing high volumes of cardio on top of your weight workouts will keep the body from building optimal desired muscle gains. Or, if your goals are stress release and overall cardio and strength conditioning, you may find 5 to 6 days of cardio along with a yoga and couple of total body weight workouts to fit the bill. "
My current goal is to increase my proportion of lean body mass without necessarily gaining more muscle mass - i.e. I want to lose fat without losing muscle. In this case should I do daily cardio (e.g. a 30min run or drill max cardio) in addition to lifting (e.g. with Gym Styles or Power Hour)? I get very confused about what I need to do to achieve my goal and consequently I can't seem to stick to any particular trainign regime because I don't have faith in it! Your advice on this issue would be REALLY appreciated!!
Thanks
Sally
PS - Your 4-Day split dvd arrived today and I'm sooooooo excited about trying it out next week
I just read this reply of yours to someone who was asking about how often you should take a rest day:
"Hi Beth! At least one day off a week is what I recommend so that the body does not go into overtraining mode and your mind doesn't burn out. Also, if your body is particularly sore from the day before's previous workout, especially a weight workout, you don't want to jump right back in and train those specific muscles again, because it is during the rest period that the muscles recover, rebuild, and become stronger. Outside of those issues, the amount of rest days depends on what your goals are. For instance, if you want to build a lot of extra lean muscles mass, doing high volumes of cardio on top of your weight workouts will keep the body from building optimal desired muscle gains. Or, if your goals are stress release and overall cardio and strength conditioning, you may find 5 to 6 days of cardio along with a yoga and couple of total body weight workouts to fit the bill. "
My current goal is to increase my proportion of lean body mass without necessarily gaining more muscle mass - i.e. I want to lose fat without losing muscle. In this case should I do daily cardio (e.g. a 30min run or drill max cardio) in addition to lifting (e.g. with Gym Styles or Power Hour)? I get very confused about what I need to do to achieve my goal and consequently I can't seem to stick to any particular trainign regime because I don't have faith in it! Your advice on this issue would be REALLY appreciated!!
Thanks
Sally
PS - Your 4-Day split dvd arrived today and I'm sooooooo excited about trying it out next week
