What Is a good workout plan?

Well a site that I just came across seems to have valid points. There are four good stepping blocks towards making a workout plan:

Step 1: Determine your goal for your exercise routine. For example, if your objective is to prevent heart disease, then your objective is a healthy heart, which requires strenuous aerobic exercise rather than low impact exercise.

Step 2: Determine HOW to exercise - which exercises within each category do you want to do - pilates or walking (low impact), or running or group step classes (strenuous aerobic). If limited time is a factor, strenuous aerobic only requires 3 days a week, 20 minutes each day. If you have health issues, low impact may be a better choice. Strength training requires either machines or free weights and should be included 2 or 3 times a week.

Step 3: Determine WHERE to exercise - home, gym, or outside - time and money is a consideration. Also, most fitness facilities have daycare.

Step 4: Determine WHEN to exercise - what day and time of day is best for your workout schedule. Consider your obligations (job, family, etc.). A lunchtime workout may be best for you - could be a 30 minute walk on a treadmill or outdoors.

The site also has "Example" work out plans. Just surf over to the site below and scroll to the bottom where the samples are.

http://education.uncc.edu/ist/Health%20SH/personal...