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Originally posted by jjfigure
Ugh!
Maybe if she actually lifted some weights (I assume this is a woman), she'd figure out she didn't have to do tons of cardio. This looks like your typical uneducated chick kind of training program. I can get to 12% bodyfat or less with 1-2 cardio sessions/week (usually sprinting). I only increase the cardio if I need to get into single digits, but even then, I'm talking about only adding in a couple more 40 min steady state sessions,
Doing reps in the 20-30 rep range is pointless; you won't gain any muscle from this type of work, but you will increase your chances of dying from boredom. That's an endurance rep range, which *may* help an athlete who specializes in endurance activity, but it's useless for the general fitness population.
Please don't follow this program!
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Well said, jj. That much cardio will just wear you down physically, increase your appetite, and drive you buggy mentally. The real purpose of cardio should be to improve your cardiovascular health, but somehow we've been brainwashed into believing that "real athletes" should all be running marathons.
As for the weight routine--sounds like a good one for the little-pink-dumbbell girls.