Topic: Post your work out routine here.

[Karyn]

I try for about 40 minutes 4 times a week on the elliptical.  30 seconds out of every 5 minutes is high intensity.  I keep my heart rate around 155, with spikes to 173.  This is a recent change from jogging 1.3 miles from home to work and 30 minutes on the elliptical without high intensity.  I also walk everywhere, and get in about 3 - 4 miles a day in addition to the cardio.

[xenu]

Well your doing everything right. Keep it up.

[lonely moa]

I have this potbelly that refuses to submit.

You might read "Wheatbelly" for some new ideas.

[khendar]

Mine is on Fitocracy, but for the non-members:

Cardio
20+ min intervals on the bike
20min interval walk/run
1km swim

Weights (10 reps 3 sets):
Lat Pulldown
Underhand pulldown
Machine bench press
Seated cable row
Leg Press
Leg Extension
Shoulder press

Bodyweight:
Straight leg raises
Bent Knee leg raises
Lower Back Extensions
Planks

3 times a week.

[Plastique]

I try for about 40 minutes 4 times a week on the elliptical.  30 seconds out of every 5 minutes is high intensity.  I keep my heart rate around 155, with spikes to 173.  This is a recent change from jogging 1.3 miles from home to work and 30 minutes on the elliptical without high intensity.  I also walk everywhere, and get in about 3 - 4 miles a day in addition to the cardio.

Shit, good effort if you can keep it up. Those cardio machines drive me nuts.

[Karyn]

I try for about 40 minutes 4 times a week on the elliptical.  30 seconds out of every 5 minutes is high intensity.  I keep my heart rate around 155, with spikes to 173.  This is a recent change from jogging 1.3 miles from home to work and 30 minutes on the elliptical without high intensity.  I also walk everywhere, and get in about 3 - 4 miles a day in addition to the cardio.

Shit, good effort if you can keep it up. Those cardio machines drive me nuts.

They drove me nuts at first, too.  I've discovered that doing intervals and having good music really cuts down on my desire to run screaming from them.  My knees are shot from carrying 100lb packages across concrete for 4 - 6 hours a day back in college.  Running for any length of time just irritates them, and I don't want to spend the money on a good bike, and I absolutely hate swimming.  I'm pretty much stuck with elliptical, stationary bike, and taking Zumba if I want cardio.

[lukebourassa]

This is an ideal workout week, which I don't always complete:

Monday: P90X chest routine (it's either chest/back, or chest, shoulders, triceps depending on where in the schedule I am)
Tuesday: Run appox 2 miles (More if there's a race coming up)
Wednesday: P90X bicep routine (same deal as above)
Thursday: Run appox 2 miles
Friday: P90X legs/back routine
Saturday or Sunday: Run appox 2 miles

Take the other day off.

Basically I took P90X 1 and removed the non-weight days because I like running more than yoga or karate.

Also, you don't really need to buy P90X (not sure if that's been pointed out). You can easily find the sequence of the workouts online. I've never looked at the diet book, I just eat a fairly balanced diet and try to skew more towards protein than carbs. The videos are helpful at first, but once you know the routines, they're more annoying than anything else. I prefer the workout to music/podcasts.

[Plastique]

You devote a whole day to chest, one to biceps, then do legs and back (big muscle complexes and very demanding to work with any intensity) on one day? Shit, son!

[lukebourassa]

You devote a whole day to chest, one to biceps, then do legs and back (big muscle complexes and very demanding to work with any intensity) on one day? Shit, son!

No, it's just short-hand for the P90X vids...

The way the program works is for 3 weeks you do "A" then do a recovery week ("B"), then you go 3 weeks of "C." Then B, then 3xA again.

Where A = Mon (chest/back for about an hour), Weds (shoulders, arms for an hour), Fri (Legs and Back).
and C = Mon (chest, shoulders, triceps), Weds (biceps, back), Friday (Legs, back).

Sorry for the confusion.

[Squarebanks]

Muscle Confusion: It's science.

[lukebourassa]

Muscle Confusion: It's science.

Oh Tony... you corndog.