Weights vs. Cardio

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Registered: 10-16-2003
Weights vs. Cardio
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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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Registered: 01-07-2004
Thu, 03-18-2004 - 10:55am
True but I tend to bulk up. When I was younger and worked out, I tended to get pretty muscular. My thighs and calfs were becoming more pronounced than the running back boyfriend I had at the time. I just don't want to have that now and I am not sure if my body will do the same thing in this regard as it did when I was younger.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 03-18-2004 - 11:11am

Ditto with my church!!

Nichole

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Thu, 03-18-2004 - 11:38am
eww no me no like Lakewood. I go to Second Baptist. I am hoping they will start building on the second campus which is out here in Katy. They have a nice discount for members, but it's all the way in teh Galleria area.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 03-18-2004 - 11:51am

Me love Lakewood.

Nichole

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Registered: 01-07-2004
Thu, 03-18-2004 - 11:58am
i guess so...sigh!! :)

If you ever get a chance, check out Ed Young on Winning Walk. Those are about a week behind but they are current sermons.

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Thu, 03-18-2004 - 1:36pm
I hope I'll be able to post from down there! It won't be as often, prolly...I'm on the computer all day and half the night here, but she doesn't have cable modem, and dialup gives me hives now. :-D Luckily, I have a 24 hour fitness account down there that I never cancelled, so I'll be able to go to the gym.

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

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Registered: 10-16-2003
Thu, 03-18-2004 - 1:45pm
Shannon:

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

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Thu, 03-18-2004 - 1:51pm
Yes indeedy! I started off with the basic 20 minutes of interval working on the 5 5 6 7 8 9 6 7 8 9 6 7 8 9 6 7 8 9 10 5 thing, but now I start on level 7 instead of level 5 and I do 31 minutes with a 4 minute cooldown instead of 20.

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?

-Solenis

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Registered: 01-15-2004
Thu, 03-18-2004 - 3:50pm
Yeah, I really like BFL. I love how much stronger I feel and I have a bicep muscle now woohoo. I am always poking it. My SO says I am getting strong so I can keep him in line, haha. My body feels a lot healthier too.
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Thu, 03-18-2004 - 4:11pm
Hahaha, I do the bicep poking thing too! :-D And also stomach poking, cause I can feel how much harder the muscles there are. It's like my muscular work is already done, and I just have to unwrap them from the fat. :-D

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