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K4j4 S1n1s
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Hello forum
I have 90 minutes 3 times a week to spend in the gym. What balance of weights and aerobic training do you think I should do? I was thinking about 50/50. 45 minutes of each.
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Bon
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It's up to you really..
Personally, I'd spend my time doing weights instead of cardio, because cardio can easily be done at home, and the gym has machines which cost too much to buy and stick in your garage.
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Knuth
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Try running to the gym.
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Jack
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Then again Bon, theres no need to do weights for periods longer than an hour at a time anyway. With 90 minutes, you could have an hour's weight training with 15 minute warmup, and 15 minute cooldown.
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SaiFightsMS
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| Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 9:59 am Post subject: |
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Another way to maximise the work load is to do things like jumping jacks between sets. That will keep the heart rate up and add to the cardio benefit.
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K4j4 S1n1s
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| Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 10:12 am Post subject: |
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Hello forum
There are some good points there. Running to the gym would certainly get me in shape. It's about 8 miles each way. I don't think so.
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Knuth
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How about biking to the gym?
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spinninggumby
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how about parking 1 mile away and running (2 miles total  ) to the gym??
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K4j4 S1n1s
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That's an interesting idea Spinningumby. The problem is that by running back to my car I would be in my training gear & sweaty. No fit state to go back to work. I could try that at the weekend but I have more time then anyway.
I have tried a few of the ideas here over the last few weeks and have settled on a 5 minute warm up on the bike then about an hour on the weights and then 25 minutes cardio. It seems to be going ok but if and when it starts to get boring I will change it around I think.
Thank you for the input and ideas.
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Jack
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What movements are you using with the weights, in the gym?
The movements that tend to benefit martial artists the most are the simple compound movements, like bench press, military press, deadlift, chins, and squat, among a few others.
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