Thu, Nov-20-08, 14:20
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Senior Member
Posts: 681
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Plan: low carb, carb cycling
Stats: 160/121/125
BF:under 10
Progress: 111%
Location: Longview, WA
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ive always found that doing sort of one muscle group at a time to be very effective....for example, on "leg day," work the calves, hammys, quads, glutes, etc. then chest day...you get the idea. i find when i do lots of different muscle groups in one day, i lose focus, sort of...i see better results when i really focus on one muscle group at a time.
as for the treadmill, and when you should do it...i dont know about that one. i do mine before, but houndgirl is right, i have heard that doing it after burns more fat. it does look like your doing quite a bit of cardio--120 minutes total. remember, its about intensity, not duration. i find doing interval sprints on the treadmill gives me much better results than an hour on the bike...
the toning exercises should be slightly difficult, yes. if its easy, add more weight. if you can do more than 12 reps, you may need to add more weight and do less reps.
i think people make this mistake with abs: they do like 100 crunches a day. well, abs are like any other muscle, they need resistance to grow strong as well. i can do hundreds of crunches without breaking a sweat, but some ab exercises that are done with weight, cables, medicine balls, etc, will totally fry me after a couple sets of 8!
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