Seeking criticism and advice about my proposed gym schedule
My fitness goals are to be lean and have good core strength/balanced physique but not ripped or anything. I currently weigh 188lbs. and I am 5 ft 9. I think I have a bit too much excess fat on my body. So I guess my goal is to lose about 10-15 pounds of fat and improve or at least maintain my muscle mass and strength (I am fairly strong as is though I may be neglecting certain muscle groups). A lot of my concentration is on diet but that is a separate discussion. Here I am wondering about my gym schedule.
Recently I've found that I'm feeling very muscle tired especially in my legs, and I think I may be doing too much. I'm wondering if anyone has any criticism or ideas about my proposed new gym schedule. I'm not that interested in upper body stuff so I figured I could cram that into my running day, but that might be too ambitious I dunno know. On my non-running days, I also do a light cardio warm-up to begin my workout.
Here is my CURRENT routine:
Day 1: Running 30 minutes
Day 2: abdominals/back
Day 3: lower body
Day 4: upper body
-- return to day Day 1 with no rest days
Here is my PROPOSED routine:
Day 1: Running 30 minutes + light upper body
Day 2: full rest day
Day 3: abdominals/back
Day 4: full rest day
Day 5: lower body
Day 6: full rest day
Day 7: full rest day
repeat
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If you want to lose fat while maintaining muscle, its going to be very hard, unless you are an absolute beginner. From your question I deduce that you are indeed a beginner. If so:
dont do a split routine. As a beginner youll have better results doing whole body workouts.
switch to resistance training, preferably weight lifting.
In order to maintain muscle mass, you have to give your muscles proper stimuli. Doing jumping jacks or bodyweight lunges may not be enough. You could have a look on some popular beginner programs, like 5x5 or Starting Strength.
mind your diet. Proper nutrition is 80% of success in weight loss.
track what really matters. Dont pay too much attention to your weight alone, as it may be misleading. Try to find a convinient way to measure your BF%.
check this site for more info. There are many questions that are a bit more specific than yours and cover most of what interests you. Take a look around and check if after reading existing questions and answers you still have doubts. Here's an example of a question that might pick your interest.
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