Balancing Diet, Cardio and Weight training. 1/11/’10.
Okay, so one of your New Year’s resolutions was to get in shape and start taking better care of your body, but where do you start and how should you proceed? There’s usually a learning curve involved because it’s hard balancing your Diet while getting your Weight training and Cardio in. For most people that’s easier said than done so assuming that you’ve started making dietary changes you can next work on getting a handle on the Cardio and then gradually phase in Weight training. The most important thing is getting to the gym on a regular and consistent basis.
If you’re trying to get fitter and/or lose weight I’d recommend that you focus more on doing lighter weights with higher repetitions. Unless you’re a bodybuilder trying to put on serious muscle mass, there’s absolutely no reason to spend anything over forty-five minutes on the Weight training portion of your session.
Try to maximize your time at the gym so that you can get the most out of your workouts without spending too much time there. My motto is get in and get out. If you’re a beginner or just starting over again, start out with maybe three times per week combining both Cardio and Weight training. If you find that combining both is too much try doing three days of Cardio separating each day with two days of weights which gives you a total of five days in the gym. Once you ’ve mastered balancing all three then you can decide which area (Cardio or Weight training) you’d like to devote more time to.
So with that said, get to work, there’s no time like “now time”!
do u suggest a rapid wt loss program can be effective n what’s the consequences of such a program. What;s the min can one lose/wk. Thus, runnin and how far or is time such as 30 mins a better tool to used.
Thanz
Hey Knox, sorry it took so long to get back to you. I never condone doing rapid weight-loss programs because it’s unhealthy and also, you’re mostly losing muscle mass and water weight. What happens when you come off that program is you generally gain all of the weight back and then some. A gradual weight-loss program where you’re losing anywhere in the 1/2 lb-3lb range is much more realistic and healthy.