Aliena
Well-Known Member
I thought having a thread about different exercises would be a good idea. I hope I was right. I liked the idea of having a thread about weight lifting, because I do weight lift, but it seems it's kind-of-sort-of off topic. (understandably so, by the way)
Anyways,...
My hubby and I work out 4-5 days a week. We do both cardio and weight lifting on those days. We've decided to cut back on the weight lifting, because we feel so sore afterwards, thinking we're not giving our muscles time to rest.
So, we're going to take one day to work the bottom part of our body with the weights and the next day with the top. (something like what Vickie said)
Everyday that we do work out, we'll be doing a minimum of 20-30 minutes of cardio.
I get my cardio by working on the bicycles. I do a level 7 on a setting of random hills, and usually end up with an average heart rate of 140-145. This is in the fat burning zone.
I sometimes hop on the artic trainer (sort of looks like the eliptical, but not as intimidating) but have only managed to get up to 4 minutes. (I started out only being able to do just less than a minute)
On Wednesday mornings, we do a fit-ball class. I love this class, because it really works my abs and legs.
Sometimes we do an aqua-areobics class, but those are few and far between anymore.
I hope that you'll be willing to share what sort of exercises you do and how often. By sharing, I'm thinking we can get different ideas of what to possibly try in our own routines.
When I read some of y'alls weight lifting-weights, I got a bit intimidated, because my upper body strength (and lower) is weak. For instance, when I do the "fly" machine, I'm only pushing 17.5lbs. This low weight is a challenge for me.
Also, my trainer told us not to do more than 2 reps with that of 12 moves. I'm curious to those of you that weight lift, how many reps you do and moves?
How often do you *up* your weights? I'm still virtually sitting where I started, because I still feel the workout with what I do.
What do you guys do for exercise and how much?
Anyways,...
My hubby and I work out 4-5 days a week. We do both cardio and weight lifting on those days. We've decided to cut back on the weight lifting, because we feel so sore afterwards, thinking we're not giving our muscles time to rest.
So, we're going to take one day to work the bottom part of our body with the weights and the next day with the top. (something like what Vickie said)
Everyday that we do work out, we'll be doing a minimum of 20-30 minutes of cardio.
I get my cardio by working on the bicycles. I do a level 7 on a setting of random hills, and usually end up with an average heart rate of 140-145. This is in the fat burning zone.
I sometimes hop on the artic trainer (sort of looks like the eliptical, but not as intimidating) but have only managed to get up to 4 minutes. (I started out only being able to do just less than a minute)
On Wednesday mornings, we do a fit-ball class. I love this class, because it really works my abs and legs.
Sometimes we do an aqua-areobics class, but those are few and far between anymore.
I hope that you'll be willing to share what sort of exercises you do and how often. By sharing, I'm thinking we can get different ideas of what to possibly try in our own routines.
When I read some of y'alls weight lifting-weights, I got a bit intimidated, because my upper body strength (and lower) is weak. For instance, when I do the "fly" machine, I'm only pushing 17.5lbs. This low weight is a challenge for me.
Also, my trainer told us not to do more than 2 reps with that of 12 moves. I'm curious to those of you that weight lift, how many reps you do and moves?
How often do you *up* your weights? I'm still virtually sitting where I started, because I still feel the workout with what I do.
What do you guys do for exercise and how much?
