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Originally Posted by Bigger&Stronger 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!  |
Hi Bigger&Stronger!
Thanks for your advice, in answer to your questions, weights slowly progressing, but I have only recently been seriously incorporating them into my routine. Plus, the gym I go to is normally rammed with polish meatheads so its difficult to get in and use the machines or free weights :-( My program is structured loosely around the one I listed, but I vary the cardio aspect from day to day and don't always do the resistance training if I'm in the gym two days running. An I already complete a food diary! Helps me regulate my calorie intake!!
The intention is to separate the cardio and resistance workouts rather than doing them together, time is sometime an issue though!!!
Thanks for your advice, much appreciated!!
Kate x