your workout schedule

berry99

Cathlete
I recently posted a question about everyone's favorite full body toning and got some great recommendations for full body as well as split dvds to try.

My next question is how do I fit this into my current workout schedule? I was thinking taking 2 days a week and either doing a full body or split workout. Is this enough??

What does everyone else usually do in their "typical" workout week?

Thanks in advance.

Karin
 
karin,

i change mine all the time to shock the body so to speak. but if you scroll down on the forum's main page there is a forum for rotations. this is how i usually work with the videos i have. cathe makes them for her own videos, but since i don't have them all i use substitutes and do my own thing that is similar to the workout.


kassia



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Two days a week full-body toning may be sufficient for some people (beginners, younger folks who have natural growth hormones working in their favor, someone looking just to "maintain"), but I think for many people, it's good to progress to three days a week (for most weeks---I wouldn't do a two-day split only one time per week each workout, unless I were very muscular and had developed as much as I wanted and were just looking to maintain) or even four days a week (if you do a two-day split0). It also depends on what else you are doing. If you run, for example, that could be considered a lower body workout in itself. As could some step workouts like the IMAXes or LowMax.

I personally don't have a "typical" week, as I change my routines quite often.

When I'm focusing on building, I prefer a three-day split, going heavy, and alternating days of weights and cardio. GS would work well for this (I also like P90X for this). But I also try to get in another leg-intensive workout (a plyometric workout or an IMAX) in the week, to work the legs twice.

When I don't have the gumption to do the above, I'll often just alternate a day of cardio with a day of weights, taking a break as needed (and if I still have DOMS when it's weight day again, I either do a different workout, or take that as my day off).

I will sometimes do both cardio and weights on the same day. If I'm short on time, I'll do an upper/lower body split routine (30 minutes each), each one twice a week (4 days a week total), combined with 45 minutes or so of cardio.

Different things work for different people, especially depending on their goals (to be as buff and muscular as you can be? to be strong, but not big? to maintain what you have? as a supplement to sports or other workouts, to maintain muscular balance?) Tell us what YOUR goals are, and we'll be able to give you some better input!
 
Hi Karin,

I guess I would be an intermediate exerciser, closer to beginner than advanced though and I typically do a full body workout like PH or ME once a week, I do it during the weekdays when I work and don't have as much time. On my 3 days off I do split workouts. I'll either do the S&H series for 3 weeks or I'll do PUB, Legs & Glutes, and Core Max. Each major muscle group gets worked out twice a week and I do cardio 4 days a week. That is the workout schedule I try to keep to. Good luck.

Amy
 
I also vary mine depending on what rotation I've put together...This week is Supersets, so my schedule is as follows:

Sunday-Supersets
Monday-Cardio (one hour)
Tuesday-car shopping!
Wed-Supersets AND cardio (split up)
Thursday-Cardio (one hour)
Friday-Supersets
Saturday-Cardio

I try to get in 4 days of cardio, and 3 days of lifting...If I'm doing a "split" weight routine, I'll do shoulders, biceps, triceps one day, chest and back one day, and legs another...If I'm only hitting each body part once per week, I lift heavy...2 times, moderate, and 3 would be a light weight week...

Hope that helps??
MJ
 

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