Combining workouts?

Linkex

Linkex

Linkex

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I've recently bought the "You are your own gym", which is a bodyweight workout program. This consists of 4 workouts per week, which I'm planning to do Mon, Tue,Thur and Fri. I've also been looking at the couch to 5k program, which has a 3 times a week workout.

So, the question is, if I also did the couch to 5k on Mon, Wed and Fri, alongside the bodyweight work, will this help or hinder me? It will mean I'm doing some kind of exercise 5 days a week, with the weekend off. Will I be giving myself enough time to recover? Is it a case of the more I do the better, or should I stick to just bodyweight workout to start with?

I notice the first thing asked in these threads is what the objective is. So, I've lost around 2 stone over the last few months through diet alone, I'm down to 17, but this seems to have plateaued, so its time to gear it up a bit. My goal is to get down to a low body fat % by the end of the year - I don't have a specific weight in mind and now I am starting to work out I will change to measuring body fat rather than weight. I'd also like to try and reduce muscle loss (I accept its inevitable) as much as I can. I'm actually pretty strong (For someone who does no exercise) simply from lugging my own weight around and I'd rather hang onto that muscle than loose all the weight and start building from scratch.
 
What is your body composition like at the moment?
What is your bodyfat percentage?

Also, when you say low body fat, what sort of lowness are you talking about?
 
I do cardio 5 days/week and weight training 3 days a week.. but I never jumped from 0 to this so I think you'll break in a couple of weeks if you try it.. and why are you buying routines! :O
 
I'm 6'3", 17 stone. I don't know my body fat % yet as I'm waiting on calipers to be delivered. Target wise, I again don't have something specific in mind. Ideally I would love to get to the point where the ab muscles show through, but frankly I would be happy at the point where my defining feature isn't "fat".

Both the plans have gradual build up. They are designed for someone who does nothing to start with. So, if I did this, day one would be a few pressups, situps etc and then a 20 minute run. Sounds hard but doable. But I don't want to do a harder workout if its not going to benefit me to do the extra work.

I bought a book, not a routine :P
 
Linkex said:
I'm 6'3", 17 stone. I don't know my body fat % yet as I'm waiting on calipers to be delivered. Target wise, I again don't have something specific in mind. Ideally I would love to get to the point where the ab muscles show through, but frankly I would be happy at the point where my defining feature isn't "fat".

Both the plans have gradual build up. They are designed for someone who does nothing to start with. So, if I did this, day one would be a few pressups, situps etc and then a 20 minute run. Sounds hard but doable. But I don't want to do a harder workout if its not going to benefit me to do the extra work.

I bought a book, not a routine :P
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Are you doing the fat measurements yourself?

I don't think it would hinder you, personally I'd go for it.
 
I'm planning to measure it myself, yes. I've read that its easy to get it wrong, so I'll make sure to follow the instructions carefully.

Having done the first day of the workout, I'm surprised how tough it was. Don't get me wrong, I didn't think it would be easy, but it took literally everything I had, which I didn't expect - my arms are simply done in. Tomorrow is legs focused, so will do that and see if I have enough strength in me to do any running. But if they feel anything like my arms do today, I'll wait a while before I start on that :)
 
Linkex said:
I'm planning to measure it myself, yes. I've read that its easy to get it wrong, so I'll make sure to follow the instructions carefully.
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Ah, yes - because clearly it is impossible to get wrong this way! It will nay be people tha don't read the instructions that duff it up! ;) :D

Stepping out of troll mode, consistency is key: different people will get differing measurements with the same technique, etc. best thing - IMHO - is to not bother, but then that's me. :)

Linkex said:
Having done the first day of the workout, I'm surprised how tough it was. Don't get me wrong, I didn't think it would be easy, but it took literally everything I had, which I didn't expect - my arms are simply done in. Tomorrow is legs focused, so will do that and see if I have enough strength in me to do any running. But if they feel anything like my arms do today, I'll wait a while before I start on that :)
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Welcome to the real world, and well done! If you come away from a workout fatigue free, you wasted your time, so awesome start! :)
 
Linkex said:
I'm planning to measure it myself, yes. I've read that its easy to get it wrong, so I'll make sure to follow the instructions carefully.

Having done the first day of the workout, I'm surprised how tough it was. Don't get me wrong, I didn't think it would be easy, but it took literally everything I had, which I didn't expect - my arms are simply done in. Tomorrow is legs focused, so will do that and see if I have enough strength in me to do any running. But if they feel anything like my arms do today, I'll wait a while before I start on that :)
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I wouldn't bother if I'm honest, so easy to get it wrong.

Use the mirror, its purely a measurement that means nothing (imo) and as long as your happy with flexing in the mirror BF % means he haw.
 
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