How can i balance my cardio and weight-training routine?!
Question:
I have started a weight-training program and want to know how to best balance it with my Cardio program. I was doing 90 min cardio 6 days a week. Now i do weight training 4 days a week and wonder how much cardio I should do.
With the weight training i am working on a more defined body, not much bulking up. With Cardio i am still working on some annoying belly/mid section fat, but am otherwise very lean.
How much cardio should i keep doing?
My Weight-training is mon, tues, thur, fri.
Answers:
First of all, you are working out far too much. Strength training 3 times a week is better, work separate parts of the body 1 time per week.more than that and you will not have fully recovered from the last time you worked those body parts.
You do not need to do separate cardio if you do circuit training. Most larger gyms have a cario setup . all body parts worked to failure within a given amount of time..say 40 minutes.your heart rate will be held high and you will work your body's muscles for conditioning and strength, endurance. Circuit training has been around for about 20 years and does do the job.you excercise all muscles, including the heart while doing this routine. 90 minutes of cardio is excessive! To get rid of midrift fat, try doing a serious crunch routine 3 times a week after you get done with the circuit.you will be very happy with this routine. Good luck
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well you don't want to workout/do cardio 6 days a week. even if you are eating perfect, your body still needs to rest and recover. i'd say maybe do weight training 2-3 days (lower body/back, chest/shoulders, arms/abs or something like that.or 2-3 total body workouts) and then do maybe 2-3 days of 90 min cardio.
i'd say try to keep your exercise days to 5.
I think you should do as much cardio as you can handle, as long as you let yourself rest from time-to-time. If you are in good health, you shouldn't have a problem keeping your cardio up.
The FDA recommends that you workout 3.5 hours doing moderate activity a week to maintain a healthy fitness level.
If your cardio is getting boring, you could try plyometrics. It will continue to provide cardiovascular exercize but will also develop muscular strength.
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