Here is what my next week will look like in the gym:
Monday: Upper body/HIIT on the stair climber
Tuesday: Lower body/moderate cardio - treadmill - incline fast walk
Wednesday: HIIT - sprints at the track (weather permitting)/abs
Thursday: Back and Delts/moderate cardio - stair climber
Friday: Legs/HIIT on the ellipticle
Saturday: Biceps, triceps, abs/Spin or moderate cardio - bike
I lift as heavy as I can - to muscle failure almost every set. Trying to build those muscles! For moderate cardio, I wear a heart rate monitor and keep my heart rate in the fat-burning zone (65-75% of max HR).
That's it! :)
I am not into working out at this level YET, but do you do weights or cardio first? I would think probably cardio because I have been lifting to muscle failure, like you said and I don't think I could do cardio AFTER weights. I only do upper body, lower body, or cardio in any given day.
ReplyDeleteI do cardio after - ALWAYS! You need all your energy for weights, it's the most important part of your workout. Then once you get to cardio, you have used most (if not all) of your glycogen stores (energy source), so you will be in fat burning mode for your cardio session. Cardio isn't the most fun post-weights, but you burn fat the whole time. Plus, moderate intensity is fine - just get your HR into that 65-75% zone and you are a fat burning machine!!
ReplyDeleteThis is, however if you do weights as often as I do - it is perfectly fine to do only weights or only cardio on any given day - but if you do both in the same day, I recommend cardio last.