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2007/05/28, 12:16 PM
Hi Dave,
welcome to FT! If I may make a couple of suggestions, swap your cardio and weights around. In other words, do the weights first (after a warmup) and then finish with your cardio. That way you've more energy for lifting heavy to build some muscle. Muscle is your fat burning friend!
Depending on time restraints and your current fitness, you may also find it beneficial to make your cardio work HIIT (you don't say whether it is or not). 20 mins of HIIT is a good cardio workout, if it's steady state you might find it isn't enough (although of course some is better than none!).
Some of your split could be more efficient too. Forearms and neck for example could be worked using compound exercises rather than as a specific targetted area.
The split I currently use is back and biceps, chest and triceps, legs. Try putting your goals into the freetrainer program, it will work out a great routine based on your goals, experience and available time. The routine will work out a lot of those areas while you work out on others.
One last thing (honestly!), it's difficult but try to split your diet into 5 or 6 meals. I aim for a good breakfast, lunch and dinner with 2 extra top ups mid-morning and mid-afternoon; that keeps your metabolism fired up. Diet is a weird one and it took me a while to get my head around it. Watch the high-GI carbs, saturated fats and make sure you're eating enough to fuel your body for the exercise, otherwise you'll end up exhausted and not losing any of the extra pounds (that's what I did).
Hope the comments help, and good luck!
Jon
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