[j00n]

Hi,

I am starting (again) a workout plan and thought i'd post it for critiques. I took a workout plan originally from my college soccer fitness program and modified it. I'm not taking any supplements because i heard they can screw with your metabolism, and i'm not sure which brands would be right for my body. Of course i will be drinking lots of ice water, and watching what i eat, although i have decided not to calorie count at this time, or go to pre-packaged diet meals like Lean Cuisine or something. Your thoughts welcome!

GOAL:

• fat burn
• weight loss of 20lbs

TIME: 2-3 months, M-Sa, rest on Sunday

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OVERVIEW
*3 sets of 10 ABS every day

• M-W-F (treadmill, bycles, total body eliptical)
• T (lifting, upper body)
• TH (lifting, lower body)
• Sat (light workout, maybe swimming?)

MONDAY: (CARDIO-TREADMILL)

• 5 min. walking warm up
• stretch
• treadmill for 45 min.@ speed 4.5 - 5.0
• 5 min. walking warm down
• stretch

TUESDAY: (LIFT-UPPER)
(everything is 3 sets of 8)

• 5 min. treadmill warm up
• bench press
• flys with dumbells
• lat pulldowns
• tricep pulldowns
• rows

WEDNESDAY: (CARDIO-BIKE)

• 5 min. warm up
• stretch
• 45 min. bike
• 5 min. warm down
• stretch

THURSDAY: (LIFT-LOWER)
(everything is 3 sets of 8)

• 5 min. treadmill warm up
• squats
• leg extensions
• leg curls

FRIDAY: (CARDIO-TOTAL BODY ELIPTICAL)

• 5 min. warm up
• stretch
• 45 min. eliptical
• 5min. warm down
• stretch

SATURDAY: (LIGHT Workout)

EITHER...

• swimming 30 min. laps
• soccer game
• tennis
• 30 min. treadmill

[lovetoday.]

oooooooooooooooooooooooo .
thats look good to me !
ah goodluck! i want to do it tooo
but i can't do it ; to hard im gna give up before u know it .
im so lazy ! >< i need something to motivate me !!!!!!!

[Slug]

Sounds good, but I think you should hit the treadmill every day, to warm up before your work out. And if it's you're doing 3 sets, I think it'd be better to do 12 repetitions. And if you're going to be lifting, you probably won't lose a lot of weight unless you're obese. Expect to lose some weight at first, but then start gaining it back due to muscle mass.

[MUSIClLOVElLIFE]

Those are like what I used to do.
Or TRY to do.
I found them realllly boring after awhile.
So now, I just do fun cardio everyday
But if that works for you, thats great!
My workouts get boring if I stick to plans like those. Haha

[j00n]

Sounds good, but I think you should hit the treadmill every day, to warm up before your work out. And if it's you're doing 3 sets, I think it'd be better to do 12 repetitions. And if you're going to be lifting, you probably won't lose a lot of weight unless you're obese. Expect to lose some weight at first, but then start gaining it back due to muscle mass.

Definitely i'm trying to slim down, most of my problem areas are around the gut...but i want to "tighten" overall. Good idea to warm up on the tread before lifting, i'll add that.

[hae mee]

If you lift weights or do any strength training before you do cardio, you'll burn 10% more body fat. It takes about 30 minutes of cardio to lose all of the carbs before you even start burning fat. When you strength train, you burn all of those carbs so once you hit cardio, you're just burning pure fat by then.

[j00n]

Um, if anyone wants to try this with me - maybe we can do some sort of support thing where we check up on each other, exchange cell numbers or something. Let me know.

[~koe*no*sainou~]

sounds a bit extreme =/ well at least you gave yourself a day of rest ^ ^ but still >.<

i hope you have good stamina and hard-to-sore muscles because this would hurt me if i did it o.o;;;

[needlepeople]

Good luck! I think you can definitely pull it off, and I hope you look amazing by the end of the summer

I'm doing something similar myself except it's more like cardio everyday (bike and elliptical) with light weight training and stretching...yours will probably be more effective IMO

[j00n]

^Thanks for the encouragement, i'm going to need it. ROFL.

I'm going to Korea end of August so i'm trying to get in shape as much as possible here. Of course i will continue in Korea but the idea is to have a routine down beforehand.

[Xiaoba1tu]

That's a lot of exercise in a week.
Hope the results turn out well. (:
Keep us posted.

[imALiCEE]

WHOAA
i applause to you if you done it all!
good luck:]