Tips for the gym? Workouts

 Anyone have any good workout regimens? 

Thanks!

O go to a boot camp 3-4 times/week. VERY occasionally walk 3-4 miles other days - but that is really very occasional. I like the intensity of the boot camp workout - more bang for your buck (or hour)...

I've done a few sessions with a trainer b/c I wanted a good routine to do on my own. My gym offers a free session every six weeks so you can change up your routine. Now, I mostly do classes b/c I find I work harder in them than on my own.

For people like us who are trying to lose a lot of weight, but keep muscle, I find a circuit training in which your heart rate stays up for almost the entire routine is the best. I stay away from machines and do things like walking lunges, sideways squats, rope pulls, push-ups, etc. I find those really can keep my heart rate up.
Eileen

When I was working out, prior to surgery, this is what I did.  I did upper body one day, a day break, and ABS the next day.  I did cardio each day.

Do half an hour of cardio…you can break this up into 3 ten minute intervals or do it all at once. 

Upper and lower body circuit 

Do this circuit 3 times:

- 15 basic squats

- 15 forward lunges on each leg, don’t alternate

- 15 backward lunges on each leg, don’t alternate

- 10 bicep curls

- 15 overhead presses

- 15 tricep kickbacks

- 10 push-ups

- 10 dips

 

 

ABS

Do this circuit 3 times:

-30 second basic plank

- 15 second side plank, on each side

- 25 basic crunches

- 25 bicycle crunches

- 15 leg raises

Of course, I always worked up to this :)  Sometimes I just did the ellipcial for 30 minutes. 

 I did 30 min on the elliptical and about 10 on the bike today!  It was a great workout!

I haven't had my surgery yet but when my husband was deployed I would do 45 minutes on the treadmill or bike then I would take a 55 minute Zumba class. Zumba is amazing. Then I would do weights. I would do arms and abs one day then do legs the next and just switch off.