How long should I work out for each day and how many calories should I be consum!
Question: I am a 30 year old female, weighing 195 pounds, 5 ft. 2 in. I currently workout five days per week. 30 to 40 minutes of circuit training and 40 minutes of cardio (treadmill or bike). Today I did 90 - 30 minutes of circuit training and 60 minutes of cardio. I have only been working out for two weeks and I have lost 5 pounds.
I don't want to overdo it, but I want to make sure I am working out for a good while. I am planning to only do the circuit training only 4 days per week, and cardio for 6 days per week.
Answers: I am a 30 year old female, weighing 195 pounds, 5 ft. 2 in. I currently workout five days per week. 30 to 40 minutes of circuit training and 40 minutes of cardio (treadmill or bike). Today I did 90 - 30 minutes of circuit training and 60 minutes of cardio. I have only been working out for two weeks and I have lost 5 pounds.
I don't want to overdo it, but I want to make sure I am working out for a good while. I am planning to only do the circuit training only 4 days per week, and cardio for 6 days per week.
This website shows how many calories you need to eat a day to stay at the same weight. http://www.webmd.com/content/tools/1/cal... To lose weight you take away 500 calories from this so... I put you as moderately active....
So you need to eat 2562 minus 500 to lose weight so 2062 calories a day. Your workout sounds fine just as long as you have strength exercises in there. Strength exercises for your abs and your arms. Once you lose the fat I recommend getting a Pilates video or taking a pilates class to tone your body. Also, if you ever want to change up your workout try swimming! It's great! :-) Hope I helped!
I think that's really good. You could maybe add 20 min to your cardio to burn even more calories.
But keep it up!
Try working out one half of your body one day then dont work out on that same area again or you could tear something. And for time maybe an hour to one and a half hours. And for calories im not sure maybe try consulting a professional.
I agree with the answerer above in regards to working part of your body one day and then a different part the next day. Work out backside one day and then front the other day.
As for calorie intake, google in BMR calculator and it will show you how many calories you need to eat to maintain, lose, or gain weight. Just never go below 1200 calories and make sure you vary your calories each day. Eat 1500 one day 1200 the next and so on. That way your body gets variety and won't adapt as easily. Oh and you might want to rest two days a week so your muscles don't get fatigued and you don't burn out. Good Luck to you!!!
30 - 45 minutes of cardio each day is a very good start and you can always build up from there.
As far as weight training, it is recommended that you rotate between upper and lower body to give your muscles time to recover and to prevent injury.
It is also important to watch what you eat, when you eat and how much.
Keep in mind that since you are lifting weight, you will be building muscles, so don't use the scale to determine how much weight you have lost. Concentrate on fat loss, the only time I get on a scale is when I go to my doctor's :-)
I always use how loose my clothes fit to make that determination. Works everytime! :-)