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Originally Posted by AD720
What do you guys think of this routine to get started?
http://www.muscleandstrength.com/wor...s-workout.html
My plan is Mon, Weds and Fri for weight training with a 20 minute cardio warmup and cool down. Then for Saturdays the plan is to do a solid 2 hours of cardio + abs.
Does anyone think I should switch the Legs and Shoulders to Weds and the Biceps and Back to Fri so I'll have fresher legs for my Saturday cardio? |
It doesn't look like a bad program for a beginner. I would trim to warmup from 20 minutes down to 5min and spend a little time stretching and warming up the muscle that will be used during the training. Instead of 20 min cool down, just do 30 min cardio at the end of your workout. Get your heart rate in the fat burning range and plug away. Doing this will add a little fat burner to your workout and economize it too.
I would skip the 2 hours of cardio on Saturday and do 45 minutes of steady state cardio or something shorter but higher intensity. 2 hours is just overkill honestly. If you are just going to do steady state cardio on Saturday, legs on Friday is fine. If you plan on doing something a little more demanding I would move leg day. You can also move shoulders too Saturday and make it a 4th training day combined with cardio if you'd like to spend a little bit of time there.