AboutBonnie Hardie Expertise I am a personal trainer/boot camp instructor in SouthEast Florida. I am certified in:
personal training,aerobics,nutrition,womens,senior,youth and boot camp fitness.I can answer questions about workouts,sets and reps.Pyramid training,drop sets,etc.I can give suggestions on the best exercises to do for different body parts.Machines vs free weights.Home workouts or gym workouts.I can tell you what to look for when planning to join a gym.
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Experience I have been a personal trainer,aerobics instructor,nutrition advisor and boot camp instructor for several years,in South Florida. I generally prefer to train people outdoors in a park setting.The workout outside is just as tough as a gym workout.I can give people a excellent workout using just their bodyweight.I do a bootcamp style class with groups of 5-10 people.
Question How many days a week do I need to lift weights, if I work out only for 20 minutes? I'm not interested in bulky muscles, but only basic toning of the body and the abs. So I do basic exercises like bench press & overhead press for 15 mins, followed by ab exercises for another 10-15 minutes. I'm controlling my diet and I walk half an hour daily.
Considering my goal mentioned above, if I want to stick to only basic low intensity lifting, and if I do not want to increase the time spent in lifting weights, how many days a week should I lift? Currently I do it for 6 days a week. I suppose the 3 day workout is for who are heavily into weight training.
Kindly advice.
Answer Hi Kj,
Why don't you try a 4 day a week upperbody/lowerbody split routine.
2 days upper body-and 2 days lower body.
Upper body exercises can include:
bench press
pec flye
lat pulldown
row
tricep pressdown
bicep curl
dead lift
lower body exercises can include;
leg press
calf press
squat
lunge
These should take 20-30 minutes-just make sure that your form is correct and the weight is heavy enough to challenge you.
Thanks,
bonnie
