Change in Goals

opr

Thought this might get a bit more attention here.

I'll give a little background and would like if people could advise me a little further on my new goals

I was overweight and very unfit which i decided to change a few months back. Since then i have been in the GYM at least three times a week, often 4 times and occasionally 5-6.

I had been training for about 13 weeks doing the following.

15-30 minutes - Treadmill (Every session)
15-30 minutes - x-Trainer (Every session)

1000-2000 metres - Rower (I hated rowing and really only did this about once every week)

Weights consisted of 10 different excersies

Chest press, seated row, lat pull, should press , leg press , leg curl , bicep curl , tricep curl doing 10-14 reps of 2-3 sets.

Diet was very minimal something like this

Breakfast - Scrambled egg + water
Afternoon - wholemeal bread toasted + tea
Dinner - Chicken fillet + veg etc
Night - Beans + toast

I have never been a big eater the problem was i got in a huge habit of eating loads of junk food , takeaways etc.

I went from around 13.5 to my current weight of 11.5 stone which it more or less my ideal weight.

Now i am trying to do more weight sessions and would like to put on some upper body muscle. I still have some weight around the stomach that i would like to shift but i know that the only way of doing this is to lose fat from all over. This is my second week of the new training schedule. I am doing 5 sessions a week of up to 2hours with a mix of cardio, a new weight program and abs+oblique exercises.

Would increasing the above diet a little with maybe another protein rich meal and also adding an after training shake be ok ?

I am just a little worried that i am training hard at the minute and am maybe burning muscle rather than fat ? Or just not getting enough in general of what i need for what my body is doing ?

Should i still be doing Cardio or should i cut this altogether now for my new goals ? I currently do around a 5k run maybe every other session along with weights.

Thanks for any help.

Opr

CoachBoone

Who did the programme for you?

Are you using free weights or machines?

Have you looked into doing a strength specific programme? Starting Strength or the Stronglifts one?

opr

It was a program done by the gym i go to after my initial fitness test. Since then i have had another one and my fitness,weight breathing all have improved dramatically.

I was using all machine weights but in the new program i am now using free weights and the cable pull machines.

Thanks ill have a look around on google at the Starting Strength programs.

Opr