Workout Plans For Women

Workouts for men and women should be different because men and women have very different bodies. Workout plans for women need to be suited to their body and different from a man’s workout. Men often focus on muscle since they have more muscle and women tend to focus on fat loss since a woman’s body has more fat than a man’s. Things like fat and muscle have to be considered when putting together an exercise routine, no matter what it is that you want from a workout.

Some of the basics will work for both men and women since, as humans, our bodies are quite similar. However the goals of workouts for men and women are usually very different. Unfortunately women tend to have unrealistic ideals regarding what they think their bodies should look like based upon the Hollywood examples displayed in the media. This truly is unfortunate because there are many women who spend their lives worrying about what they look like and wonder what else they can do to make themselves look more like their idols. Women are not alone since many men also worry about how they look and will do anything, including taking illegal drugs, to get huge muscles.

It is important for everyone to stay fit and strive to stay in good shape throughout their lives, but it is also important to remember that just because someone looks good physically, that doesn’t mean they are truly healthy. Most people do not understand the difference between being fit, and being healthy. Just because you have such a low body fat level that you can see your abs, does not mean you are healthy. If you really wanted to you could diet for weeks, eating nothing but drinking plenty of diet soft drinks, and you would lose weight. Is this healthy though? Not at all. There is a balance that you should strive for that includes eating healthy and exercising, but not going to the extreme with either.

First you should start with a solid workout plan.

The best workout plans for women all have these two things included in them:

One – Focus on resistance training

2) Interval Cardio

If you want to see results you need to train for an hour around 3 days a week, while slowing down your calorie intake in order to cause a deficit.

Strength Exercises

Strength exercises can be something you do in your home or you can go to a gym. If you do not wish to go to a gym or would rather not exercise around some of the steroid popping gym rats, then just workout at home. However, it is a common misconception that everyone that goes to the gym is already in excellent shape and that you will be the only one there that needs to lose weight. Once you actually go to a gym you will be surprised to see that most people are your average person who are there for the same reasons you are. However, every gym has that one person or super couple that looks like they could grace the cover of the top fitness magazine without any air-brushing, coaching or extra work. If you just try the gym once you may be surprised at the atmosphere, and maybe even meet some new people who become friends.

Resistance training can involve light dumbells, stability balls, resistance bands, or what I feel may be the best type, bodyweight exercises. With bodyweight exercises you get a great workout and won’t even need any equipment. This makes them perfect for home training, you won’t have to spend much on anything with these exercises. A lot of people really swear by the results that they have achieved just through doing body weight exercises alone, so if you’ve never tried them you should give them a chance. The U.S. military uses bodyweight exercises in training and nobody will say their workouts are not strenuous, such as the Navy where they do their routines using only body weight and in the woods. You can make any workout, even without weights, very intense.

You will burn more calories when you increase the amount of lean muscle mass you have. This is one of the reasons that men can sometimes lose fat a little easier than women. Usually if a man and woman diet together, it will be the man that will lose weight faster even if they are following the exact same diet and exercise routine and every aspect is exactly the same, just because of the fact that the man has more muscle, which burns more calories. Resistance training is so important because it will help you boost your ability to lose weight. In order to achieve the maximum results, it is best to have a progressive increase in resistance or overload with each training session. The idea is you do not do the same amount of reps or use the same weights as you used in your last workout. Your body requires a progression in order to continue making changes, such as shorter rest periods, added weight or added repetitions, so you can achieve your goals. As you do this you will notice your body adapt to the workouts. You will begin to grow your muscle mass, which takes more energy to maintain. This increases your metabolism and you burn more fat and calories all day long! That is what resistance training can do for you, the next type is interval cardio.

Interval Cardiovascular Training

Interval cardio is going to be a little different than what most do and is going to be a lot more effective. Interval training lets you get faster results so you work out less for better results. It will only take up around 15 minutes of your time.

Here is an example of what interval training on a stationary bike will look like. You can do this type of training on a treadmill or any other type of cardio machine, it is just a little easier to adjust the speeds up and down on a bike. I am going to use a scale of 1-10 with one being very low intensity and ten being that you are pedaling as fast as possible.

-Warm up at a slow pace for around 2 or 3 minutes at about a 3 or so.

* Then bring it back up to around a 4 for about a minute.

-Speed up to around a 9 for 30 secs

+ then spend a minute on 4

- Go back to a 9 for 30 seconds.

- Stick with this, alternating between the 4 and 9 for about 13 minutes total.

+ then stay at a 4 and slow down to a 3 for the final 2 minutes

If you do these workouts 3 times a week you will end up finishing your workout in 45 minutes. You should aim to do the cardio for 15 minutes and the strength training for about 30 minutes. Give it a try because this really is one of the best workout plans for women.

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