Review my workout plan? I'm new to this schedule so help is appreciated

Goal is to lose weight while simultaneously toning.
Really want to tone up abs and arms.
I have a wedding in may that I'm part of and want to look my best - so that's my close goal. But I still want to look good the rest of the year, too!

Plan:

-Tae Bo for cardio 5x a week - 45 minutes
- 100 push up challenge
- 200 squat challenge
- 200 crunches challenge

I plan to do those 3 challenges every day, as that is how they prescribed it. It increases in amounts each day.

Last night I did:

45 squats
67 crunches
44 push ups

Then , 3 days a week I want to do free hand weights for arms. Nothing crazy, just 8lbs and not a ton of reps.

Combined with a healthy diet. Currently on a juice cleanse now - day 4 or 5.

I'm surprisingly not that sore so far.


Thoughts? Can I tweak anything?

Thank you so much. I hope to be on this board a lot this year.

Re: Review my workout plan? I'm new to this schedule so help is appreciated

I think that is a really ambitious work out plan. If you can keep to it, then bravo for you. But be careful that you're not taking on too much. And try not to lose motivation if you can't keep it up everyday.

Re: Review my workout plan? I'm new to this schedule so help is appreciated

So my only advice if you're new to working out would be not to overdo it. Of course activity every day is great but maybe try alternating a high impact cardio day with a low impact cardio day.

I suggest this because I was in your position about a year and a half ago, and I ended up with injuries that now (when I've hit a pretty decent fitness level) are really impacting me. I started out pretty hard core and managed to keep it up for almost 7 months, when I started getting pain. My PT now tells me I probably went TOO hard on my joints/muscles right away, and I am now working my way back to a schedule where I'm not supposed to do high impact cardio more than 3 times a week (at this point I can't do any high impact cardio )

My suggestion: the push ups and crunches daily are great, personally I would do squats every other day but that's because my injuries are to the hip/knee. Maybe do Tae Bo three times a week and do something lower impact 2x/week.

But see what works for you and remember that soreness is okay but if ANYTHING feels off do not 'work through' the pain.

Good luck!

Review my workout plan? I'm new to this schedule so help is appreciated

Thank you both for your input.

I already see I'm going to have to go slow on the squats. I stopped short yesterday with those because I was a little sore already. My new rule is that I'm not going to push myself if I'm in severe pain.

I think you're right about every other day. I fear knee issues.

My abs feel fine so far and last night I must have done 100.

Re: Review my workout plan? I'm new to this schedule so help is appreciated

Looks good!

If you are following the 200 squat challenge, thats only 3 days a week.