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My Personal Workout Schedule Cardio 4-5 times per week 30-60 minutes Start with a warmup, preferably 8 minutes long on the treadmill. Light stretches. Treadmill: fast walk at 4.0 mph or jog at 5.3-6.0 mph. Eliptical Trainer Rower Combination of any of the above for 30-60 minutes. At least once a week try interval training; alternating 1-2 minutes of high internsity with moderate internsity. Aerobic classes are my favorite, especially step aerobics. I'm taking a couple classes each week at the gym. I used to do step using home videos. Home videos that I think are great: Crunch Fitness Boot Camp Kathy Smith Peak Fat Burning Kathy Smith Step Workout Cindy Crawford's Next Challenge Workout Jane Fonda's Step Aerobics These can be purchased cheap through Amazon.com, or at other sites linked below. Strength Training 2-4 times per week, 3-4 sets of 15 reps. Upper Body Shoulders- Upright Row, Side Raises, Overhead Press Chest- Lat Pull-Down, Pectoral Flye, Chest Press, Incline Chest Press Triceps- Tricep Kickback, Overhead Extension, Dips Biceps- Bicep Curl, Hammer Curl Back- Dumbell Row, Dead Lift Lower Body Squats, Single Leg Squats Lunges, Reverse Lunge Standing Calf Raise Leg Lifts Hamstring Pulse Leg Press Hip Adduction Hip Abduction Abdominal To tell you the truth, I don't do abdominal exercises regularly. I'd like to start doing them more, especially Pilates. I've tried Kathy Smith's Pilates video and I've tried Brooke Siler's The Pilates Body, which is a great book. I'd like to get motivated to do ab work more because that's one of the places I'd like to improve the most! |
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| Hello Everyone! I'm new to webpage making, so please bear with me. This site will mostly be about exercise/nutrition, but later I will add in other interests, such as cats and cat pictures, favorite books and tv shows, and hobbies. I graduated from college last year, am 23, and live on the East Coast in Virginia. I'm an outdoorsy person, and I've had many outdoor jobs. Right now I'm assisting in a research project on the Chesapeake Bay, sampling fish for lesions. Other jobs I've had involve conserving an endangered species, and wildlife habitat research. Hope this page can be of use to someone out there trying to get in shape or lose a few pounds! I lost 15 pounds last year in 4 months (1 lb./week). My biggest motivation was getting the weight off before graduation, and I'm thrilled to say I did it. I'm still trying to get in better shape though, and have recently put more time into strength exercises. |
| A great site for workouts, expert advice and articles, different diets, and advice on losing weight. |
| They sell exercise videos, some that are hard to find. |
| Sells exercise videos and books really cheap, and you can buy them even cheaper used. Includes customer ratings and reviews. |
| A consumer giude to exercise videos. A wonderful site, with hundreds of ratings and reviews by comsumers. You can search for videos by fitness level, intstuctor, and exercise type. |
| Sara's Fitness Webpage |
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