Today I met up with a Personal Trainer at Golds Gym, and u know he took all my measurements and all that good stuff, and I knew the results werent going to be good, but basically I feel like some of the things that I have been doin these past 3 months are no good even though I have been loosing and building endurance. I workout 5-6 days a week and do atleast 25-45 minutes of cardio, 3 days with weigh training, and i'll admit thats something that I need guidance on, cuz I want something thats going to challenge my muscles to wrk and burn. He basically said that I dont need to be doing that much cardio everyday, and that I need to focus on resistance. My major problems areas are my abs, hips and inner thighs. I get all these different sources, magazines, the forums, and this trainer telling me things, and I dont know what to do. I know the trainers are trying to make a sale and get that money so of course they say that " you really need this, because ur heading for some major major health problems", but do i really need a trainer??? Yes I will admit I do need to to work on my weight training so i wont be sooo flabby, but for one I cant afford it, and two I have come accross many of people who have been successful without a Personal Trainer. He also mentioned that I needed to switch up my workout so I could see results instead of doing the same thing over and over again.
For you guys out there that have lost 50lbs or more what did you accomodate in your exercise to loose soo much weight.
I have come along way in these three months with my exercise, I think atleast, I never used to sweat when i did cardio, now im sweating bullets after 10 minutes. Thats another thing, I feel like im not working hard enough if im not drenched in sweat.......thats another reason why I push for soo much cardio.
As far as nutrition he told me the basic, eat 5-6 small meals, try to have most of the protein in the morning, and if im eating carb stuff like bread, pasta etc, have that during the day too, and in the evenings do the fish. Thats pretty much easy for me to accomodate for myself.
my goal is to loose 70-80lbs by the end of the year, and I know I can do it, its safe and possible, im only 21 and have no health issues or bone joint problems either. I'm just carrying soooo much fat on my body...
Ladies please help me, cuz you guys are normal and dont have the mind set of a personal trainer, atleast not quite yet!!! lol
I know they are good to have, but I also know that they're trying to make a sale....
Sorry this is soooo long!!!