Weights vs. Cardio
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Weights vs. Cardio
| Wed, 03-17-2004 - 6:14pm |
On my program I'm supposed to do cardio and weights on alternate days, as follows:
M: weights
T: cardio
W: weights
Th:cardio
F: weights
S: cardio
But I feel like my progress has slowed down a bit, and I'd like to get an opinion on whether or not I should do a small 20 minute cardio session before I do the weights. Can someone give me some pros and cons? I don't want to tear down my muscle tissue, but I don't feel like my workout is *enough* workout on weights days.
I do intensive 45 minute sessions for weights. Maybe just an increase in time? Help!

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Ditto with my church!!
Nichole
Biggest Loser Challenge
Me love Lakewood.
Nichole
Biggest Loser Challenge
If you ever get a chance, check out Ed Young on Winning Walk. Those are about a week behind but they are current sermons.
Now I just need to figure out how I'm going to do my Cardio on saturday when my plane leaves at 7:30! I'm going to have to get to the gym at like 5:00 in the morning and stumble around until I find the crosstrainer and just sort of hang on. :-D
I am doing BFL, and I love it. IT's a lot of work, but I don't *mind* a lot of work for the kind of results I'm getting. I journal all my food and I must admit I couldn't do the "portions the size of your fist" thing...I found I needed to quantify everything I ate to make sure I wasn't cheating at all, even by accident. Now I match grams of protein and carb for all my meals, and keep a general track of my calories and make sure I eat less than 20g of fat per day.
I'm slowly expanding my food repertoire to include things like cereal, though I keep it to once a week (carb control milk doesn't yet come lactose free, and I am mildly lactose intolerant). At first my protein was mostly lf or ff lunch meat and ff cheese (which has gotten a lot better since the last time I tried it!), but now I have eggwhites, tuna and some Carb Aware bread with an appreciable amount of protein in it.
I'll be honest. What really drew me to this plan was Sunday (or the day you choose to have off.) On Sunday you don't have to work out and you can eat *whatever you want*. I've asked around the BFL boards and heard that it makes no difference in your progress as long as you stay on plan the rest of the week, and it means that if I find I want something enough to kill for it during the week, I can just plan it for Sunday and enjoy it when I do eat it without any guilt.
I do hit the weights hard, and I asked the advice of one of the trainers at 24 Hour and he suggested I spend 5 or 10 minutes on the crosstrainer before I begin. It's enough to get me sweaty and my heart rate up, and it did make me feel like I was getting more out of my workout. I don't think it's going to damage my weights (as long as I get the weights done) or tear down my tissue if I only do 5 or 10 minutes, so I'll try that for a while and see what happens.
I could babble for hours, but I haven't read the rest of the posts in this thread, so let me know if you have any more questions. :-D
It's great to meet someone else on the 100+ board who's doing Body for Life! Are you liking it as much as I am?
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