There are many ways to make the perfect workout. Four day split routines work the best! Monday-chest, biceps, abs. Tues-Quads glutes and calves, Wed-shoulders triceps and abs, Take thurs off! Friday you’ll hit your back, hams, abs AND calves. Make sure your doing cardio up to three times a week! Always remember HARD intense cardio burns 300% more bodyfat than moderate!! So if you hit the treadmill or the bike do 1 minute intervals of hard sprinting then recover with 30 seconds to a minute back to moderate!

eaiello, Your routine looks awesome! I’m working on adding yoga/pilates to my routine but I don’t have the time. I’d love to have a nice, relaxed setting for yoga. Yoga doesn’t work unless the mood is right. Any suggestions on a “quick” yoga session?

And you’re so right…stretching is critical!

I’ve been working out with a personal trainer for about 5 months now. It’s expensive, but SO worth it! A really great trainer will combine strength training with cardio (which is great!) My weekly workout schedule is constant and has become a routine for me, so I feel like I need to follow it:
-Monday: Indoor cycling class (cardio AND leg strength!)
-Tuesday: Personal training session (cardio and strength training), and aerobics class (also includes strength training)
-Wednesday: Yoga/pilates class (balance/flexibility), and indoor cycling class
-Thursday: Yoga/pilates class, and stability ball class (balance/flexibility)
-Friday: Personal training session
-Saturday: Aerobics class (including strength training)
-Sunday: usually a walk and some yoga on my own

Strength training helped me build up a ton of strength…I’m stronger than EVER! When I first started out, my comfortable bicep weight was 10 lbs….that’s a piece of cake now!!
One VERY important thing: DON’T FORGET TO STRETCH after weight lifing…I learned that the hard way!

Since I have a farm and animals, I perform daily chores of feeding, dumping old water and hauling fresh water by long hoses I must drag around or buckets. I also must carry 50 lb. bags of feed sometimes as I unload these from my vehicle. To add to this, I’ve decided to pitch and haul out a minimum of five wheel barrows full of manure at least 3 days a week. This will be a good strength training routine and my animals and I will all benefit from clean barns!

for me strength training + running is happiness

yes, instead of just doing half hour of cardio, i started doing some strength training to tone and tighten . I love it now that I have started doing it again. thanks

so i am at school and living in a dorm, so i brought some arm and leg weights, and a few resistance straps to use to! they work great!

When you exercise make it fun and change it daily. Always do something different to avoid bun out.

I “bond” with Denise Austin M-F before I go to work and do strength training during the commercials. Today (Saturday) I added an extra day to my weekly exercise routine.

i walked for a whole hour i am pround of myself because i usually just walk30 minutes.i knew i could do it.

have been taking Charle for a good walk at the hight school. Plan on getting back to lifting wts.