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Is this a good weeks workout?

Kalanchoe
Kalanchoe
Posts: 400
Joined: 2003/02/18
United Kingdom
2003/04/04, 05:16 AM
Hello!
Just wondering if this was a good weekly workout plan:
WEEK 1
Monday: upper body (inc. upper back) + abs
Tuesday: 45 mins cardio (fartlek, elliptical, stationary bike)
Wednesday: lower body, lower back, abs, trampolining
Thursday: 45 mins cardio (as above)
Friday: as upper body
Saturday: rest day
Sunday: cardio (as above) + trampolining

WEEK 2
Monday: lower body as week 1
Tue: cardio as week 1
Wed: upper body as week 1 + trampoline
Thur: cardio as week 1
Fri: lower body as week 1
Sat: rest
Sun: cardio as week 1 + trampoline

And so on, so on monday of week 3, i'd start with upper body, like i did in week 1. Upper body includes behind the neck pull downs, pull downs for triceps, bench press, shoulder raises, bicep curls and press ups.
Lower body includes hamstring curls, leg press, leg raises and a couple of machines that do your outer and inner thighs.
Abs includes a variety of sit ups that target all 4 areas.

I think this seems like a reasonable workout week cos each major muscle group has 5 days rest, but i'm being active every day, and managing to incorporate a rest day.
I would just like some feed back from the experts to make sure that this is a good plan/where are its weaknesses, etc.
I've been following it since january, and due to other priorities, i haven't done anything this past week, and before i got back into it, i thought it would be wise to make sure i was doing the right thing.

Thankyou!

xx

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Philia2
Philia2
Posts: 4,078
Joined: 2001/10/19
France
2003/04/05, 01:10 AM
How do you feel about it? For me it looks okey. If you feel tired or something then take another rest day. Make sure of eating enough and get your beauty sleep! (o;

Later I would include more exercises (and rotate them week to week) but this is still a nice start.

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