I'm really excited to start working out again now that I've had my baby!
I plan to start power walking and streching next week when my baby turns 3 weeks old and running and stretching when my baby turns 4 weeks old.
After my 6 week post-partum check-up in late January, I plan to use the workouts in the Body Sculpting Bible Book for Women for weight training 3 times a week and cardio (running)/ab workouts 3 days a week with yoga on my rest day and one of my cardio days for a workout schedule that looks something like this:
Assume warm-up cardio of about 6-10 mins and stretching for stripper flexibility everyday,
Monday: Cardio + Abs
Tuesday: Weight Training per BSB workouts
Wednesday: Cardio + Abs
Thursday: Weight Training per BSB workouts
Friday: Cardio + Abs + Yoga
Saturday: Yoga
Sunday: Weight Training per BSB workouts
When I start working again, I'll prolly change my workout schedule by moving my ab workouts to the days I weight train so I'm just doing yoga, & a shorter run on the days I work.
I need to lose about 15 lb to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight of 170 lb (I'm 6 feet tall) but a total of 30 lb to get to my target weight of 155 lb. My body responds really well to a healthy diet of approx. 1600 cals (more now b/c I'm breastfeeding, so prolly about 2100 cals) and cardio so I don't anticipate the weight loss being a problem, but I'm concerned that the weight training though healthy and neccessary, will make it hard for me to reach my target weight because of the muscle mass it will add SO
HERE is my question:
I'm wondering if I should delay weight training until I have reached my target weight?
Also has anyone tried the weight training workouts in Body Sculpting Bible for Women? I'm looking for increased tone and definition, NOT bulk and I'm just a tad concerned that since I gain muscle fairly easily I may end up with bulk...
Any experiences with the BSB 4 Women regimen?



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