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. Fundamental differences like this should be taken into account when coming up with workout plans for women.

Although this is not to say that many things which work for men while working out, will not work for women. However the goals of workouts for men and women are usually very different. One issue is that due to pressure from the media and a horrible self image, most women look to lose fat and achieve a stick thin body that is not normal. Women seem to constantly be worried about losing weight and achieving a look that is very unrealistic and impossible. Men are no different and will do close to anything, including taking illegal and dangerous drugs, to get massive arms and a huge chest.

Being healthy is an admirable goal, however it is important to realize that having a body that looks great, may not always mean we are healthy. I think that people incorrectly use the words heath and fitness in the same context. Just because you are very fit and have a low body fat content does not automatically make you healthy. Think about it – if a person were to not eat food for weeks and just live off of cases of diet soft drinks they could lose a lot of weight and body fat. is this the most healthy way to go about getting thin? It definitely is not. You should strive to find a healthy balance in life that is based on eating well and exercising regularly, that does not go to any extreme.

Now for the workout routine.

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

1) Resistance Training

2) Interval Cardio

In order to achieve the best results, it is recommended that you train at least three times a week for an hour each session and at the same time reduce your caloric intake to create a deficit.

Training with Resistance

Resistance training can be done in a gym or at home. Many people do not want to go to the gym because they don’t like the atmosphere, so feel free to stay home and workout. Many people wrongly believe that a gym is full of people who have great bodies and that are in amazing shape. If you have never been to a gym, I think that you will be very surprised to see that most people there are just normal people trying to get in shape. Out of all the gyms I have been to, there has only been a handful of people who looked like the next mr or miss universe. So don’t be intimidated and try one out, I think you will like it once you start to make a few new friends.

Dumbbells, workout balls, resistance bands and body weight exercises, which may just be the best, are all involved in strength exercises. Bodyweight exercises are great and do not require any extra equipment. When you are working out at home, bodyweight exercises are ideal because you won’t need equipment. If you are thinking that you can’t get in to great shape with just bodyweight exercises, I think you will change your mind if you really give them a try. I have seen some brutal workouts done by some of the most elite special forces such as U.S. Navy Seals, that only involve bodyweight exercises and are done in the middle of the woods! Believe me, this type of training can be as intense as you want it to be.

It works to help you develop more lean muscle mass, which helps your body to burn calories at a higher rate. This is how men will often lose fat quicker than women. Not always, but if you have a muscular man and an overweight woman both go on a diet, and all things being the same according to their size, such as calories and amount of exercise, the man with the muscle is going to lose more fat than the woman. Resistance training is so important because it will help you boost your ability to lose weight. You need to have a progressive overload or progressive resistance each time you train. The idea is you do not do the same amount of reps or use the same weights as you used in your last workout. You have to keep progressing, either increasing repetitions or weight or just reducing the amount of rest time in between sets. As you do this you will notice your body adapt to the workouts. Ultimately, your muscle mass will be increased, requiring your added energy in order to maintain the newly built muscle. Your metabolism goes up and you burn more calories and fat throughout the whole day, not just when you workout. The next part of this plan is to add what is known as interval cardio.

Interval Cardio

This type of exercise is probably a new concept to most people, but in the end it is very effective for weight loss. Not only is it effective but it doesn’t take as long as a conventional workout. It will only take up around 15 minutes of your time.

As an example lets use a workout bike. You can use this blueprint and apply it to a treadmill or any other cardio workouts, however on a bike you can change speeds easier. First lets make a scale, 1-10, 10 being pedaling as fast as you possible can and 1 being practically resting.

* Start by warming up at a really slow pace for about 2-3 minutes at a pedaling pace of about 3.

-Go back down to around a 4 for 1 minute

* Bring your speed up to around a 9 on the scale for approximately 30 seconds.

+ then spend a minute on 4

-Speed back up to 9 for 30 secs

+ Do this for about 13 minutes

* Then bring it back down to a 4 for a final time and slowly decrease your speed down to a 3 or even less during the final two minutes of your workout as a cool down period.

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