Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Stairclimbing

melissaewebb
melissaewebb
Posts: 5
Joined: 2008/05/19
New Zealand
2008/05/19, 10:16 PM
I've recently started exersizing, and am 3wks into it, what i do is between 30-40 minutes of stairclimbing and running (outside my house) 6 x per week, this includes aprox 1000 stairs... I also do 20 mins of pilates (dvd) 4x a week, I also do about 20 min of upper body weights 3 x per week (free weights).... I am wanting to loose 10kgs, i have also adjusted my diet... do you think what i am doing is effective? and do you have any suggestions?
melissaewebb
melissaewebb
Posts: 5
Joined: 2008/05/19
New Zealand
2008/05/19, 10:33 PM
just to add to my stairclimbing and running its HITT... as i am sprinting uphill inbetween
ecle5c
ecle5c
Posts: 1,312
Joined: 2003/07/10
United States
2008/05/20, 09:10 AM
Assuming that all you say is true, yes it sounds effective. I might add/modify so that you do lower body freeweights once per week at least.

Biggest thing is your diet though, make sure you keep it in check.
melissaewebb
melissaewebb
Posts: 5
Joined: 2008/05/19
New Zealand
2008/05/20, 09:41 PM
thanks for your advise.... i thought that maybe the stairclimbing would be effective enough for the lower body???
i will give you an examaple of what i am eating today

am 2 x weetbix 1/2 cup trim milk
lunch 2 x small baked potato and boiled egg
pm snack 1 x small orange
dinner 100 grm chicken breast grilled, 1/2 cup rice & stirfry veges (capsicum, brocolli, spinch, mushrooms etc) stirfried in 1/4 teaspoon of olive oil... with soy sauce