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Old 08-03-2008, 09:32 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Re: Newbie chick in need of some advice please :-)

Hey,

Your training looks good (certainly better than most female athletes I've dealt with!) but could definitely use a few changes:

Have you used the same program for a while?

Do you change the rep ranges, sets, exercises often?

Are your weights progressing?

It's personal preference as to whether you do cardiovascular training before or after your resistance training but are you trying to improve your aerobic fitness as well? If so it might be more efficient to move it to a separate session or another time of the day so you can focus on getting the most out of your resistance training sessions.

Definitely heed Pscarb's advice, he's written some very informative articles on this site and from what I've seen posted seems very knowledgeable.

In my own experience definitely start logging your food intake (you can use a dieting website such as fitday to make things simple in planning your meals) it's the only real way (in my opinion - others may disagree) of seeing what aspects of your diet are halting your progress and you can make specific alterations much more easily.

Good luck with your training, I'm new as well, seems like a great community we've got here!
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