First question: I've gotten into the habit of doing resistance exercises on my Weider and kickboxing on the same day, usually back to back. I tend to do specific body areas on different days (arms one day, chest/back/shoulders one day, legs/abs another day), I usually only get in three days per week. The Weider part typically takes 30-50 minutes depending on how many different things I try to do. I've been following it up with 30-35 mins of pretty solid kickboxing, some days that turns into a HIIT workout, some days it is is steady, but high intensity. I'm pretty even with leg and arm activity during the boxing session. Is it a bad idea to do these two things together?
Second question: I want to buy some free weights because I know that the Weider isn't the most effective thing to use all the time, or maybe I just don't know the best way to use it...
The fact that I sometimes find myself doing ten different arm exercises for 50 minutes says maybe it might take some time to see improvement this way. (I do see some muscle development, so it is doing something, I just wonder if there are better things...) The question is what do I need to get to start out? Small dumbells? Kettleball? I have some hand-me down blue girly weights that are 5 & 8 pounds, but that is it. I still haven't gotten the NROLW book, I know I need to get that...