What you're doing sounds good.

Two main things: variation and try not to mix cardio with resistance (weights) at the same time - work your muscles or build on them, not both together..

When doing weights work each mucsle group at a time - like you are at the moment - arms one day legs the next.

If you can manage to train four times a week (I try to) then do a weights/cardio/weights/cardio thing.

I do arm and upper body one visit, high intensity cardio the next, legs and trunk the next, and finish with low intensity cardio.

When doing cardio, don't just do the same things each time. Running is good, but mix it up with a row or a swim or something. Don't underestimate the benefit of low-intensity cardio for fat burning. It might feel odd, and be boring as f**k, but work out what your optimum heart rate is for fat burning, and work for an hour at that rate. For me (29 y.o. 5 foot 10, 11 stone 7 lb) it's between 138-148.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on June 1st 2006 at 14:02:13

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