A lot of people ask, when is the right time to workout, before a meal, or after?
My first response is the general disclaimer: every individual is different. Some people find they get a better workout right after a meal, some people say before. To each their own.
But my personal advice is that one needs to find that happy medium between not being hungry and not being full.
In my opinion, you should never eat a meal and then workout immediately afterwards. You're going to spend your entire workout just burning off what you just ate, instead of making a dent in your calorie deficit. Also, in my personal experience, you don't get as good of a workout if you have a full stomach. You're going to feel sluggish and therefore not work to your full potential.
One also should not be starving when they workout. You need fuel to exercise. Would you take your car onto the expressway without any gas in it? Of course not. So it's best not to be extremely hungry when you go to workout.
You need to find that happy medium in between the two. Eat a reasonably sized meal, and wait an hour, then workout. By the end of your workout, you should be ready for another meal.(If you're following the small meal, every few hour routine, which I highly recommend for weight loss and strength building)
Find that happy medium between being hungry and being full and you will have a better workout.
Last but not least, exercise is pretty much always a good thing to do, regardless. I'm not saying do not workout if you're full. I'm just saying you're going to have a more energized and efficient workout if you follow this advice.
The Blizzard Workout
This weekend, in Maryland, we were hit with a blizzard, leaving many of us stuck in the house with nothing to do but sit around and eat. The only exercise most of us are getting is shoveling snow, which in itself is fantastic exercise. You are burning about 300 calories an hour handling that shovel, however this statistic is not cut and dry because while shoveling we are constantly taking breaks when talking to neighbors, getting a rest, etc.
In any case, if you're all done shoveling, or you are just tired of the cold and the mess, I have created this in-home workout you can do while you're in your living room watching TV. The mixture of cardio intervals combined with strength training each muscle group is going to burn lot of those "blizzard" or "superbowl" calories while creating lean muscle at the same time.
You don't even need a lot (or any) equipment. So there is no excuse to miss a workout just because you can't get your car to the gym in the snow. All you need here is a little bit of room and about 30 minutes.
Another great thing about this workout is it is tailored to pretty much any fitness level, it's not too hard, but not too easy, just intense. I personally do this workout on days when I can't get to the gym, and I just did it today.I don't know about you, but after being snowed in all weekend coupled with the superbowl yesterday, I really needed it.
If you don't know what something is, feel free to message me and I will explain it.
But without further ado:
*I've broken the workout up into 4 cycles, 2 sets per cycle, then one set per cycle. We hit every muscle group, get cardio blasts in, all the while finishing up in about 30 minutes.
*The idea here is to superset each exercise, with no breaks in between cycles.
cycle 1
*shadowboxing 2 min.
*simulated jump rope 1 min.
*squats 20x
*pushups 20x
(2 sets)
cycle 2
*jumping jacks 50x
*situps 20x
*walk stairs 2 min.
*dumbbell rows 20x (no dumbbells? use soup cans)
(2 sets)
cycle 3
*mountain climbers 20x
*pushups 5x
*stationary lunges 10x (5 each leg with dumbbells or soup cans)
*one arm rows 10x (5 each arm-dumbbells or soup cans)
*one arm shoulder press 10x (5 each arm,-dumbbell or soup can)
*shadowbox 1 min.
(1 set)
cycle 4-core concentration
*reverse crunch 15x/supermans 6x
*cross crunch 20x/table top 20 sec. hold
(2 sets)
*russian twists 1 min.
(1 set)
*cooldown and stretch
In any case, if you're all done shoveling, or you are just tired of the cold and the mess, I have created this in-home workout you can do while you're in your living room watching TV. The mixture of cardio intervals combined with strength training each muscle group is going to burn lot of those "blizzard" or "superbowl" calories while creating lean muscle at the same time.
You don't even need a lot (or any) equipment. So there is no excuse to miss a workout just because you can't get your car to the gym in the snow. All you need here is a little bit of room and about 30 minutes.
Another great thing about this workout is it is tailored to pretty much any fitness level, it's not too hard, but not too easy, just intense. I personally do this workout on days when I can't get to the gym, and I just did it today.I don't know about you, but after being snowed in all weekend coupled with the superbowl yesterday, I really needed it.
If you don't know what something is, feel free to message me and I will explain it.
But without further ado:
*I've broken the workout up into 4 cycles, 2 sets per cycle, then one set per cycle. We hit every muscle group, get cardio blasts in, all the while finishing up in about 30 minutes.
*The idea here is to superset each exercise, with no breaks in between cycles.
cycle 1
*shadowboxing 2 min.
*simulated jump rope 1 min.
*squats 20x
*pushups 20x
(2 sets)
cycle 2
*jumping jacks 50x
*situps 20x
*walk stairs 2 min.
*dumbbell rows 20x (no dumbbells? use soup cans)
(2 sets)
cycle 3
*mountain climbers 20x
*pushups 5x
*stationary lunges 10x (5 each leg with dumbbells or soup cans)
*one arm rows 10x (5 each arm-dumbbells or soup cans)
*one arm shoulder press 10x (5 each arm,-dumbbell or soup can)
*shadowbox 1 min.
(1 set)
cycle 4-core concentration
*reverse crunch 15x/supermans 6x
*cross crunch 20x/table top 20 sec. hold
(2 sets)
*russian twists 1 min.
(1 set)
*cooldown and stretch
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