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2003/01/13, 09:34 PM
okay.......I've been working out at the gym for over a year now and haven't seen much change in my body shape, although my strength has really increased. A few questions..........
1) the way my routine is set up now is: 30 minutes cardio, then weights, then 15 minutes cardio. Should I just do my weights first, then 45 minutes cardio instead? My aim is to tone up.
2) Because I wish to tone, should I increase my weight or my reps? or both?
3) I use a heart rate monitor. I can't seem to get my heart rate down when I do cardio. I hardly move and my heart rate goes right up. I feel like I'm not working hard enough. I mentioned this to my Doctor and he told me to take the monitor off and just work to what feels comfortable to me (this didn't sound like very good advice) Help....what can I do?
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2003/01/14, 01:14 AM
Stop doing all that cardio and start lifting some more weights!!
Okey you say that you have been working out like that for one year and haven't seen much change, well honestly I'm not very surprised.
To really SHAPE the body you need to work with a certain resistance and with more muscles your metabolism will work better and you'll loose weight.
If you want to work with your heart rate, then start to do HIIT (read the article in here).
Finally, please fill in your profile.
Good luck!
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2003/01/14, 04:11 PM
I feel that resistance training should always come before cardio. The calorie burning effects (both immediate and over time) of resistance training are far superior to that of cardio. Preceeding resistance training with cardio severely reduces the amount of intensity you'll be able to maintain, thereby impeding your opportunity for calorie burning. I would also suggest shortening your cardio sessions. The calories/time results from steady state cardio quickly diminish after about 30 minutes. Anything after that and you're exerting more effort for fewer results.
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