Re: Cardio frequency/weights frequency in rotations (was Monday)

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nancydewolf wrote:

> am wondering how many days

> of cardio versus strength to include.

hi nancy, i think that this is an individual thing that one needs

to experiment with. and just when you think you have it figured

out, it is time to change the routine. so, to start out with,

i suggest an even split of 3 days cardio and 3 days strength

training which will probably keep status quo. then, for the

sake of variety and to keep the body guessing a bit, change that

to 4 days weights, 2 days cardio in your next rotation... then

the next rotation change to 4 days cardio, 2 days weights... then

back to 3 and 3 again.

:*carolyn.

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nancydewolf wrote:

> Any idea about

> how long to go before switching it up again? I know it is individual but

> do you think 6 weeks is a good place to start (or more or less) and then

> experiment with that too?

yes, thats right nancy. 4-6 weeks.

:*carolyn.

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Stuparyk wrote:

> BUT, how do you work in a high calories-burned total with say, 4 days of

> weights....? I'm always adding on a short walk, just to up my calories.

that is what i do too. also, i think that on weight days,

which might burn only 250 cals, then one has to make up the other

250 through diet restriction. and, yes, i think that focusing

on cal burn can get out of hand, because it is the workout that

is the most important thing and not the cals... so, it is

helpful to have a weekly cal burn goal instead of a daily one.

:*carolyn.

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You can actually walk everyday as long as you vary "how" you are walking. You can do intervals one day, a long endurance walk the next (alternating those) then on the 7th day you can do a short walk with a long stretch dvd. I think I will be doing that along with an exercise video/dvd 5 or 6 days a week. Jen Donna M-P wrote: Hi!Lord knows I'm no expert on nutrition but from whatI've been reading lately you don't want to restrictyour calories too much when building muscle, and,also, too much cardio can interfere with muscledevelopment - your body needs energy to build/repairmuscle tissue and depriving it of calories or overdoing the cardio will not give your body enough ofwhat it needs to build/repair muscle. Of course, itis hard to say what is right as we're all differentand our bodies need different things. I think it ismostly trial and error. I think when I did the p90xrotation I would have developed more strength if Ididn't add on cardio - my rationale for adding on thecardio was that I'm not very active in my daily lifeso I thought I needed it. I also probably would havedone better with a cleaner diet. It really is hard totell. Although I suppose some

moderate walkingwouldn't hurt anything and would increase the day'scalorie burn......And, remember more muscle = a higher resting metabolicrate which in and of itself will burn more caloriesfor you even at rest!Take care!Donna--- Festival City Concrete/ & Carolyn Visser<pvissercyg (DOT) net> wrote:> Stuparyk wrote:> > BUT, how do you work in a high calories-burned> total with say, 4 days of> > weights....? I'm always adding on a short walk,> just to up my calories. > > that is what i do too. also, i think that on> weight days, > which might burn only 250 cals, then one has to make> up the other > 250 through diet restriction. and, yes, i think> that focusing > on cal burn can get out of hand, because it is the> workout that > is the most important thing

and not the cals... so,> it is > helpful to have a weekly cal burn goal instead of a> daily one.> :*carolyn.> __________________________________________________________OMG, Sweet deal for Yahoo! users/friends:Get A Month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. W00t http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text2.com

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I know mine do! :-)

The mental work is good for us too, just in different ways so we can't count it as calorie burn (oh well).

RE: Cardio frequency/weights frequency in rotations (was Monday)

That's a good way to look at it, . And I've read that a good weight lifting session actually has more of a calorie 'after-burn' than cardio, so that has to be factored in as well. I like to think of my sore muscles as sponges sucking up the calories all day. Think they like cake as much as I do??? LOL

, thinking all this mental work has to be good for us too :-)

-----Original Message-----From: exercisevideos [mailto:exercisevideos ]On Behalf Of nancydewolf

This weekly versus daily calorie burn sounds like the recommendation to weigh yourself weekly instead of daily. You can make yourself completely obsessed and crazy if you're trying to hit a daily target for calorie burn I'd think. The weekly sounds like a way to stay on top of things but from a slight distance. Keep in mind too that the weight workout is helping to increase your overall metabolism so even if you're not burning tons of calories doing the workout you are building lean muscle mass and your overall calorie burning all day long will (gradually) go up. Keep things in perspective so that your workouts stay enjoyable.