Hi im a 17 year old girl... and i have been working out for about a year now, before that i just played sports, and jogged, but now i am into volleyball all year round on a top team so practices can be pretty intense, anyways, on top of that, i go to to the gym, right now its my 1 month of beach season so im not doing much practice, so im going to the gym more often, anyways i have school indoor tryouts in about 3 weeks,,, and does it matter when i do my cardio at the gym, i have been doing it at the start of my routine, but it seems alot easier to do after lifting a few wieghts and working on my legs, easier to breath i guess,,, is that cause i already have my blood flowing from lifting wieghts, or im i cheating some way, cause i heard its best to do 45 mins of cardio for women at the start of the workout... anyways let me know
2007-05-11 08:11:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
warm-up with cardio for 15 minutes to get the heart rate elevated and blood flow increased. then perform your resistance training and finish up with the rest of our cardio workout. you want to keep the total training time to 90 minutes or less.
2007-05-11 08:31:45 · answer #1 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From Denise Astin to Podcast fitness ,I always heard it is best to do like cardio for 10 minutes and strength training 10 minutes at least 30 minutes to and hour daily. I think it's wonderful someone as young as you is exercising and caring about your health .
God Bless
2007-05-11 08:22:27 · answer #2 · answered by 45lbs2lose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i personally like to do cardio first because if i get my heart up to its target heart rate then if i continue to do strength training i feel like my heart rate stays up and therefor i burn more calories and keep my heart pumping longer.
2007-05-11 08:24:54 · answer #3 · answered by daisy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋