i've been training for about a year but very on and off, however more recently in the past month ive been working out 6-7 times a week. i do a simple hour everyday, mostly involves 20 min of cv, 20 mins of upper body free weights, and 20 mins of stomach exercises. obviously being a woman i hold more weight in my stomach thighs area, im taking a meal replacement twice a day and also fat metabolisers three times a day. i know i cant expect results already but wondering if this all looks ok, is there more i can do to lost weight and build my body up too???
Looking OK, you could tweak it by ensuring meals are small and well balenced in the region of 5-6 a day, ensure a 40% per meal intake of protein as it speeds the motabolism and will help with putting some lean mass on, keep the carbs clean and get some essential fats in.
Be sure to do the cardio after wieghts as weights increase metabolism too. Doing some core body exercises will be beneficial to fat loss ie lunges, squats, bench pressing. Dont overtrain tho, I think you should definatley take 1 or 2 days off perhaps just a brisk walk for an hour if you feel you need to do something.
Good luck
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Well done for wanting to try hard and achieve a better body, and it is harder for a woman Wether you are a body builder or just wanting to lose excess body fat, the priciples remain the same for every one. When i aim to lose body fat i start with 20 mins cardio before breakfast on empty stomach for the first week then increase it doing this daily. After 3wks of this i increase cardio to 30 mins for 4 weeks and then 40 mins. This will carry on for nearly all the time that i diet, when things start to get hard i will increase this to 1hr (that i hate) There is roughly 3.500kcals to 1lb of fat. If you burn 500kcals from cardio daily (minimum) that will equate to 1lb of fat burned off through exercises and if you lower your carbs slightly it will be possible to lose another 1lb from carb reduction. This is a simple methodical theory that i have used for years. My personal opinion on your program would be to do 30 mins cardio, 20 mins weights, 10 mins stomach. Everyone has abs (stomach muscles) somewhere it just takes time. Also the extra cardio will benefit you more, especially if you train late after work becouse it will take around 20 mins to burn stored glycogen (carbs in the muscle), once the body depletes these levels then fat burning can begin, as long as your heart rate is around 65/70% max to accellerate this process. Also reduce the time inbetween your sets to keep your heart elevated throughout the traing session. Hope this has helped a little!
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