Expert: Bonnie Hardie - 1/16/2009

Question
QUESTION: ok heres my weekly workout, im not gonna go day-by-day as most of it are just basically "impromptu"..i mean i have a tight schedule now that school hs reopen so i squeeze in the exercises...

1 gym session per week in the morning without eating anything, consists of:

-5 sessions of HIIT, each session consists of speed 14 on treadmill for 1 min and speed 7 for 30 secs...i repeat this 2 times.

-weights and machine training..mostly working on upper body.

-lastly, a 1 km jog on treadmill at speed 9-10.

1 basketbal training(2-3 hrs) per week:

- 5 round jog around court for warmup
-doing basketball drills
-3 sets of suicide( each set consists of 1 suicide, 10 pushup, 10 sit ups and 10 burpees)


occasionally on sunday morning, i would go for a jog for 20 mins or sometimes a halr an hour swim( freestyle moderate)

the rest of the days, i do abs and chest workout at home

and also not to mention controlling my diet

will this work??? my main motive is to burn fats so will this work??? thanks

ANSWER: Hi Charistance,
Thank you for your question.
Yes-your workout will help you to burn fat.
Make sure that you are doing enough weight training to augment all of the cardio that you are doing.An effective workout will have equal amounts of weight training and cardiovascular training in it.
Thank You,
Bonnie

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QUESTION: thanks for your answer...i have 2 more questions though..i heard that too mmuch cardio can result in a backfire, muscle and lean tissue loss...am i doing too much??? and also, when should i eat after my gym session and what should i eat? thanks alot

Answer
Hello Charistance,
It is true-too much cardio can result in excess lean tissue and muscle loss-that is why it is important to make sure that you are doing equal amounts of aerobic and resistance training.
You should eat within 60 minutes of working out.
You should eat some lean protein after working out:
turkey
chicken
tuna,etc.
Thank You,
Bonnie


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