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Follower12 Posts: 20 Joined: 2007/03/26	2007/07/05, 03:59 PM Hello everyone! Well I use to jog every weekday for 1hr. I then started weight lifting(nothing to serious) but i read that i shouldent be jogging for 1 hr every weekday so i dropped it down to 30min. Im still losing weight however it seemed to have slowed down since i stopped running for an hour. I went from 211 to 195 since i started by just a hour jog every weekday. Then when i dropped the running down to 30min and started weight lifting i got to 188. What i want to do is start jogging for an hour again(along with afew sprints here and there) and then weight lift after. Im trying lose about 10 pounds in 2 weeks so i really want to push myself. Im going on vacation and want to be atleast 180. What i dont want however is to be jogging running so much that i will lose all the muscle i gain from weight lifting. Should i move running to an hour again or keep it at 30min? How will I burn a lot of fat with weights, more reps at a lower weight? Also do you think it will be a good idea to throw in an advanced taebo tape i have to change it up a bit? Finally, i do about 60 situps and then 30 sit ups for each side of my abs twice a week. Once monday and once friday. Do you think it will be safe for me to do it on wednsday too or will that be to much? Thanks!
dart368 Posts: 113 Joined: 2005/05/20	2007/07/08, 01:44 AM For your running, I would do sprint intervals or HIIT runs. Do a search on the fit buddy down below for details. This has been proven to be one of THE BEST for fat loss and so as to not lose muscle. Sprint the straights and slow jog the turns for 8 to 10 reps. Or, sprint a half lap and slow jog a half lap. You can do this 3-4 times a week. I wouldn't worry about the weight as a number. What if you didn't lose any weight but lost all of the fat and were 90% solid muscle...wouldn't you be happy? To burn fat with weights and to build the muscle, you have to mix up your workouts. 5-7 reps total for 3-4 sets for a couple of weeks and then 8-12 reps for 3-4 sets for a couple of weeks. This is from info I read in Men's Health Magazine for maximum muscle growth to get to the various muscles in your body. The number of sit ups you do won't matter as much as the intensity of the exercise. Do slow reps and you can do them 4 times a week. Good luck.