Austrian_Babe
New member
Hi everyone,
I´m 5´8, currently 125 pounds, and finally got off my lazy ass to join a gym. Yay me! I´m constantly look up information on various workouts to achieve my goal: the Victoria´s secret model body (skinny & lean). I think I used to be (and am still a bit) skinny fat, due to being naturally skinny and being able to eat what I want (well, until I turned 22 at least..now I´m 25). I had my body fat % measured on a special scale (but I hear that´s not the most accurate way?) and it came out to 20%, after 2 months of working out. I thought it would be higher so I was quite happy, but then again I think I need to drop mode body fat.
So what I do at the gym is:
3 sets of 15 reps (with weights that are heavy to me, I can barely do 15 on my last set)
interval training cardio (I tried the actual high intensity interval training to burn fat quicker, but my endurance is just not good enough yet). I do cardio (around 40-50min) everytime I`m at the gym, after my weights routine.
My questions: is the low weight, high rep route really the way to go? I´ve been going to the gym since the beginning of January, and I am seeing results. But I´m impatient, and since I was slim to begin with I though my body would magically transform within like months. I figured if I go from a pizza eating couch potatoe to a fitness lover with a healthy diet I would see results SUPER fast.
Now am I just being impatient and should I give my body more time? Or am I doing something wrong? Do I need more cardio, or do the high weight, low rep route instead?
I´m 5´8, currently 125 pounds, and finally got off my lazy ass to join a gym. Yay me! I´m constantly look up information on various workouts to achieve my goal: the Victoria´s secret model body (skinny & lean). I think I used to be (and am still a bit) skinny fat, due to being naturally skinny and being able to eat what I want (well, until I turned 22 at least..now I´m 25). I had my body fat % measured on a special scale (but I hear that´s not the most accurate way?) and it came out to 20%, after 2 months of working out. I thought it would be higher so I was quite happy, but then again I think I need to drop mode body fat.
So what I do at the gym is:
3 sets of 15 reps (with weights that are heavy to me, I can barely do 15 on my last set)
interval training cardio (I tried the actual high intensity interval training to burn fat quicker, but my endurance is just not good enough yet). I do cardio (around 40-50min) everytime I`m at the gym, after my weights routine.
My questions: is the low weight, high rep route really the way to go? I´ve been going to the gym since the beginning of January, and I am seeing results. But I´m impatient, and since I was slim to begin with I though my body would magically transform within like months. I figured if I go from a pizza eating couch potatoe to a fitness lover with a healthy diet I would see results SUPER fast.
Now am I just being impatient and should I give my body more time? Or am I doing something wrong? Do I need more cardio, or do the high weight, low rep route instead?