Workout routine?

I was using the pelaton app 5 days a week. I’d walk on the treadmill uphill for 20 min, do a 20 min cardio class with weights and then a 20 min strength followed by a 10 min stretch.

I would alternate through the week doing a full body strength, Upp body strength, and core. Every other week I threw in a lower body strength. I find the 10 min classes aren’t much of a workout over time for building strength. The 20 min classes are better.

Yesterday I did walking uphill on the treadmill for 20 min followed by my aerobics teacher (from the community centre - She started zoom classes this week) doing a 1 hr full body strength class and it was much better. I realized these 20 min classes aren’t great for me, especially with my 8-10 lbs weights. The instructors are mostly using higher weights. Their light weights are more like 10-15 lbs.

I feel weight loss is about food intake. I love strength - I would try doing the 20-30 min classes on pelaton. I also feel like their advanced classes are more like intermediate classes so you could try advanced. I’d also try the full body - they do a good job of working everything. I’d mix up the full body with upper body / lower body / core when you want a change. Maybe pick one day a week when you don’t do full body.

Do you have instructors you like for strength? I like Jess sims and Rebecca Kennedy. I have no idea if I spelled those correctly. But I’d love some recommendations.

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I used to go to this gym until I found something closer to me.
But this guy has awesome workouts, and you will notice a difference soon if you stick with it.

I'm so frustrated! I went from not exercising at all to walking 3 miles a day 5 times a week (for the past 6 weeks). I haven't lost any weight! I probably won't bother any more as it's not helping me at all. I hadn't gotten on the scale for 6 weeks, and was so excited to weigh myself today. All that work for nothing.

I need to work on improving core strength and do some upper body workouts. I’m a cardio junkie and alternate between biking and running with yoga thrown in once in a while. I have lost 6 lbs over the last 4 months though since I got the bike though. I used to just run.

Hang on! I was faithfully doing cardio since the day we went into isolation. The first 6 weeks I lost and gained The same half pound multiple times. Don’t forget...you are building more muscle as you are also losing fat. I kept at it and I’m 9 pounds down now.

I don’t know all the science of it but your body will burn fat when your heart rate is maintained at a higher level for a minimum of 20 minutes. Yes, you are getting lots of miles in but are you working hard enough to get your heart beating much higher? Look up interval training and see if you can incorporate that. You work really hard in bursts and then slow down to recover but your increased heart rate still stays high and works for you during your low level exercise.

Of course diet is important too.

Good luck!

I don’t know if it’s the right answer LOL, but I’d be more inclined to do it all at once than to talk myself into doing it three different times. Plus you are building on your increased heart rate for a longer period instead of restarting each time...maybe an expert could chime in lol.

I do an interval work out in the morning...I walk/run 5 km (just over 3 miles) in about 35 minutes. Walk 3 minutes, run 2 minutes. As I continue I have increased my running speed so I finish quicker lol. I’ll bump it up again tomorrow so my running portion is at 7.5 km hour.

Because there isn't much social life going on I usually will get on the TM in the evening for a brisk walk or slow run while I watch TV...much better than sitting on the couch with a bag of chips!

I agree with the comments above about weight loss being about food choices. Specifically, calories. As we get older weight loss doesn't happen with exercise alone, although we should be exercising because it has so many health benefits. And on top of that weight loss is often slower as we age. I suggest you try My Fitness Pal to get a calorie goal and to track your calories. You can also use fat2fit to help you figure out your goals. Often times people feel that if they exercise and make healthier choices they'll lose weight and then they're disappointed when they don't. It's very easy to underestimate how much we eat. We don't need to starve on a super low calorie diet to lose weight. It just takes a calorie deficit and patience. Lots of patience and also maybe some adjustments along the way if we find we're not losing.

As far as lifting weights I strongly feel that this is the best way to go. I'd lift weights over cardio if I had to choose, although I do both. You can do 2-3 full body strength workouts per week - preferable 3. Or you can do 2 upper body and 2 lower body strength workouts per week. Your choice. Just keep in mind that if you focus on lifting weights the scale will not be your friend but the measuring tape will.
Look into doing supersets to make the most of your workout time.

I'm not really interested in losing any weight. Since my husband died, I've lost about 60 pounds--and my doctor wasn't too happy, but there wasn't too much I could do about his feelings! I didn't mean to lose it, it just happened. I was overweight when he died, so I wasn't too worried, until I couldn't stop losing weight. When the stay at home order came in, my son and ddil moved me to their home so I wouldn't be alone for however long it was supposed to last. I'm not having a problem with my weight any more. I am eating better, and more consistently. I don't know how much I've gained, but I'm filling in my jeans a bit better! Now I have to start exercising again. My husband and I used to work out together every morning, and we used to walk the dog a couple of long walks a day. I don't feel comfortable walking the dog by myself because some people don't keep their dogs on leases, and I don't want to be eaten alive! I do take the dog for walks now that I've moved, but I stay on my son's property. I have a pilates machine in my room that I've been using since I've been here, and a stabilization ball that I'm not too stable on!! I'm working on it though. I also have some light weights that I need to start using. I used to ride my bike a lot too, but I don't want to do that by myself because I've fallen a few times and needed help to get back home! So, I gave my bike to one of my daughters--and I gave my husband's bike to her for her husband too. I really don't want to fall off a bike again!!

So I'm using my peloton a lot. I set a goal for myself April 1 so ride every day in April, completed that, and did 377 miles. Then I decided to do the same for May, at 13 days in I am at 177 miles so far for the month. For May I added in a 10 min upper body toning/strength class daily as well. I am also doing 45-60 minutes of core and strength M, W, F with a personal trainer friend.

March 1 dh and I decided to start Whole30 again. We did it until Passover/Easter and then have done it since then except for Cinco de Mayo and Mother's day. The next planned day off is Memorial Day. So no gluten, no grains, no legums, no dairy, no sugar, and no alcohol. Which has been hard because normally I stress bake and I haven't been able to, because I know me and having stuff around is too tempting.

It is such a freaking slow process. I get very frustrated at times. But I am slowly seeing progress. I am down 15 lbs since Feb 1. But I realized that my body fat percentage went from 40% down to 27%. So things are happening, just not as quickly as I would like.

I still would like to lose at least another 60lbs. So I still have a long, long way to go.

I am not sure how it would work on the elliptical, but I would highly recommend checking out the power zone training program. I have seen huge progress since I started with it. Not in terms of weight, but in terms of strength and output.