Im weight-training 3 times a week....medium poundage,high-repetion work-outs.To maintain muscle tone and to burn calories mainly.
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This is a tricky question. You really need to talk to a nutritionist because everyone has different needs.
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You need to talk to a personal trainer about your routine. There are terms we use called microcycles, macrocycles and periodization which are short-term and long-term variations in programs that work together to keep your fitness moving forward.  Each week's change in exercise focus gives the body a new stress to adapt to while providing a chance for the body to recover from the previous stress.\n\nHere's a sample:\nhttp://www.exrx.net/WeightTraining/Periodization.html\n\nJust as a side note, just because you don't feel delayed muscle soreness that doesn't mean you're not having an effective workout.  That's a misconception.\n\nIt's too lengthy to explain further for the purposes of this forum, but the concepts are readily available in several text books that focus on strength conditioning.
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do circuit weight training for the entire body. if you work out with weights, say 5 sets of 8-10 reps on each muscle group and no break.\n\nexample: if you finished a set of bicep curls, don't rest for a minute and then do your next set. Instead, do your triceps. when finished do your biceps again and so on.\n\nyou are resting one muscle but immediately do another. the point is it will keep your heart rate up. you are getting your cardio this way and will shed the lbs fast.\n\nAlso, the more muscle you build will burn fat faster at rest!
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I have heard so much stuff just like that in my 12 years of training.  You will hear one person say, do very heavy for 3-4 reps and you will also hear people talking about doing 30 reps like the lady who offered you (probably unsolicited) advice.  In the world of bodybuilding, sometimes the info we get on the street is more valuable that what is in the books.  \n\nI don't really recommend what that lady said.  I would stick with the 15 reps.  If you are going to build muscle, build muscle.  If you are doing cardio, do cardio.  Don't try to combine them. \n\nI truly think after all these years is that it is very important to FEEL the muscle contracting.  This is more important that pushing the weight.  The weight is only a tool to build the muscle, not the final goal.  You are training the muscle not moving the weight.  This is the concept.\n\nI think that with too many reps like 30, it is hard to "feel" it.
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You can to to the gym almost every day, but never 7 days a week. The maximum even professional athletes are recommended to train is 6 days a week. Your hormonal and cellular systems need to be rested, which is why many bodybuilders train 2 days on, one day off, etc. And if you do train regularly, do not do the same type of workout 2 days in a row. Use variety. I suggest a maximum of 5 days a week training for the average healthy person, using variety in sessions. Look at it this way, if you have limited training sessions you look forward to them more and will train with more intensity. There is a quality as well as a quantity approach to exercise.
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Then y our metabolism is sluggish and you need to kick it up by doing some type of cardio. Walking, running, dancing, something, and you will begin to lose again. 3X per week, for 30 min. or so.
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Cardio at low and medium intensities can be done every day and you can mix in one or two high intensity sessions but if it is always high intensity then you should limit it to 4 or 5 times per week. \n\nAs for weight training, as long as you do not exercise a particular muscle group more than once a week then you should be ok training everyday but remember, you mind needs rest too. The rest period between workouts is where you get all your gains, as you probably know, you break down your muscle fibers in the gym then when you rest they repair and grow.\n\nAs always, you MUST listen to your body, when it feels over trained you must give it some rest to avoid injury. You will know if you are in an over trained state if your heartrate will not increase with exersice or if it drops inordinatly in BPMs druing training.
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Cardio isn't going to tone you up much. It's more of an aerobic activity. You need weights. Weight training will allow you to tone your muscle, and/or add size and strength to them. Start with machine training if possible. You can do a full body workout 2-3 times a week with light weights for toning, or you can work upper body one day, rest day, legs next day, rest day, stomach and back, rest day, etc. If you stay with the same weight and do high reps for each exercise (20-25) you will tone. If you go heavier and do less reps (8-15) you can add strength and size.
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depends on your goals:\n\nbodybuilders lift medium to heavy weight for medium reps\n\npower or real strength lifters lift very heavy weight for low reps\n\nendurance/strength like boxers will do combos of diff exercises mostly cardio and power stuff.\n\nfor purely looks, i guess you could start a bodybuilding routine,  i don't feel like typing, there's a ton of info out there.  someone else probably has more than me.\n\nbut to put it simply -- ya, if you want more muscle, cut back on the running to 2 or 3 days a week and add in some weights.
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30 minutes a day, 4-5 times a week.  I've done this since January and have lost 12 pounds so far.
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My trainer told me to eat 3 meals a day plus 2 meal replacement shakes (Ensure, protein shake, etc.).  It works.
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I do both. Cardio helps me lose extra flab and makes me feel energized afterward, but weight training helps you burn more calories because of muscle mass. Both have great benefits, especially when they are done together.
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A safe bet, is to workout 3 times a week doing cardio and weights on the same night.\n\nOr do 3 nights (Mon, Wed, Fri) using weights and do 3 nights (Tue, Thurs, Sat) doing cardio.\n\nJust don't do weights 2 nights in a row. Let the muscles relax.
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More weight, less reps. That builds power... the other way around builds endurance.
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you best bet is to only take in 1500 calories a day, and to exercise with cardio and weights 5 times a week. buring more calories then you take in is key to weightloss. also, cut out fats and refined sugars.
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Although adding some resistance training would probably be ideal, exercising every other is fine regardless. Generally there's a huge difference between exercising 3 times a week vs. none, with rapidly diminishing returns being added as you add more days. For instance a 3rd workout in a week might give you considerably better results than only two, but you wouldn't find much difference between adding a 6th compared to only 5. \n\nI think this holds true regardless of which form of exercise you choose so long as there is a sufficient degree of intensity.
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It takes heavy weight to develop bulk. light weights with more repetitions will tone and slenderize