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bluestetson asked in HealthDiet & Fitness · 1 decade ago

How can I improve my workout regimen?

I'm a 23 year old female at 5'4" and 160 lbs. My ultimate goal is regaining the strength and flexibility I had as a dancer, and I'd also like to get back down to 120 lbs in the process. I had shoulder surgery this past June to repair a torn labrum, and I'm still working on getting it back to full strength and flexibility, though it has improved immensely over the past 7 months.

Current exercise:

Per week, I do about 3 hours of pilates and 6-8 hours of yoga, including 3-3.5 hours of relatively intensive Astanga Vinyasa yoga. I know I need to add cardio back in, but I'm just sort of getting used to this routine for now.

Here's the question:

Apart from adding cardio, what should I do to improve my overall level of fitness? How much weight training would be appropriate given the fact that I'm already doing a fair amount of resistance training using my own body weight? What muscle groups would be the most beneficial to work on? I do not have access to a gym and can't afford a membership at this point, though I do have some dumbbells at home.

I know weight training is important to achieve and maintain desirable body composition, I'm just not sure how to incorporate it with what I'm already doing. I'm only asking about how to improve my exercise regimen, as I have already looked at my diet and made improvements where necessary.

Thanks for any advice, I appreciate it!

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Are you placing the machines at like 5 pounds or are you in basic terms a woman physique builder? reason for a woman you in basic terms want 3 reps of 15 with a heavier weight. to verify which you to work out abs you may desire to have a low physique fat proportion meaning you may desire to diminish out maximum fat on your physique and sugars that are no longer fruit. consume total grain and finished wheat vs. white grain products. additionally change up your work out. Do 10 minutes of aerobic then your greater physique work out then 10 extra minutes of aerobic then your mid physique then 10 extra minutes then your decrease physique then you may calm down with 10 extra minutes so which you finally end up doing 40 minutes of aerobic and all your muscle artwork outs. however determine you come approximately the aerobic machines. So do the stair stepper for like the 1st 10 then the treadmill the different 10 then the bike for the subsequent 10 then the elliptical for the final. change that order daily. additionally carry out a little sit down united stateson that bench for sit down united stateswith a 10 pound weight on your palms collectively as your palms are prolonged. once you sit down up the burden could desire to to pass the bar the place you ft are being held down. you may desire to do 3 gadgets of 15 of those.

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