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Fitness and working out
| Tue, 03-23-2004 - 12:11pm |
I've just started phase 1 and wanted to know if or how much others are working out (cardio and weights) to help with the weight loss?

Hi,
I could not exercise while on Phase 1.
I think that's the key to exercising in every phase...pick something you like and can stick with and build the rest of your exercise around that. If you're already a big exerciser and feel like you're losing your energy in Phase 1, just pare down your routine to the basics: a cardio activity that you enjoy doing and can get through without injuring yourself while you're feeling less energetic, a simple strength training routine (maybe skip the weights and do pushups instead). If you're a beginner at exercise, concentrate on adding in one new thing at a time until you're comfortable with it and it becomes part of your routine.
Eventually, you'll get into a rhythm and it will be almost addicting :-) I've gone from yoga by itself five days a week to four days of yoga, strength training (pushups and crunches, both dojo style), karate, and cardio. Three of these days I work out at home, and the fourth I spend in the dojo at class. It's becoming quite a commitment, because my workouts now take close to two hours to fully complete, but it's worth it. You'll get more comfortable with exercise as you go along, don't push yourself to work to anyone else's standards, just push yourself to go a little further each time than you did the last, and you'll be a gym rat in no time!
Shan
I do weights 3 times a week and have been doing cardio & abs 3 as well but I need to bump that up to 4. I have been running on the treadmill for 30 minutes. My goal is 3 miles in 30 minutes. I went from the elliptical where in 30 minutes I could do 3.23 miles to a treadmill where I can only do about 2.1 in 30 minutes. It seems that you have to work your body harder on the treadmill :)
Good luck - vonnie:)
I started out with Walk Away the Pounds for Abs (my absolute favorite) doing the 2-Mile workout, and last Saturday I switched over to the 3-Mile workout. I have done it 3 times so far, and I am getting comfortable with the increase in time and intensity. I love it!
I also do lunges and arm work with 3-pound weights. The funny thing is, I have on a show about Extreme Makeover, and it is like a behind-the-scenes. The trainer that they have just said (as I'm writing this) that women generally should not do lunges because all they do is make the quadriceps bigger. I don't want big, muscular thighs! Maybe I should stick with aerobics to make my butt smaller and then work on toning it with specific butt-targeted exercises :)
Good luck!
Becca
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Becca
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