Exercise ADHD

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Can someone help me make some sense out of my exercise ADHD...lol

I get bored pretty easily doing the same thing everyday, sooo I have several different "programs" going at once. But I just don't know if I'm too all over the place to see any results from it. I take taekwondo 3 days per week, one of the days being a sparing class which is serious cardio, the others vary on intensity. I have the p90x series which honestly I do more like 3 days per week than the everyday like I'm supposed to. I also have a total trainer that I work out on with no real program about 3 nights per week while I'm watching tv. I have a heavy bag available to use, some hand weights, a jump rope and a pool. I may also be getting a trampoline this week...lol Is there any sensible way to used these things as decent workout schedule or do I just have to pick one grouling route. I like things to be fun...jeesh, you'd think by reading that, that I was 7, not 42...lol I live too far out to make going to a gym or getting a trainer a posibility.
 
OK, you're not touching that one w/ a 10-foot poll. Here's my theory...lol I'm a mom of 2 little boys, they're scrawny little things and they never say, "Hey, I've gotta workout," they just play and have fun. It seems like if I just keep moving that I'll stay in decent shape...I think. But I would like to organize my fun in some kind of way that makes sense, at least to me. Maybe I need a sticker chart on the refrigerator...lol Me thinks, I need to get out and talk to grown up people instead of just my kids or make a Romper Room Workout video and become rich and famous.
 
Hehhe. Ok that made me laugh. I actually missed this post the first time around, but honestly - I don't know that I have any words of wisdom anyway.

I tend to be the opposite. I like routine, so it's really easy for me to get into a rut with my workouts. I like knowing what I'm going to be doing each day and changing it up too often just makes me a little crazed. :)

Maybe someone else has thoughts on the matter.
 
Got the trampoline up today. OH my goodness! What fun and I'll tell ya, it's a bit of a workout too. Hope I never grow up....lol
 
Depends on the goal of the tapes - if what you want is 5 days a week cardio, then you can mix & match cardio tapes as you like. (Although don't do 2 days in a row of HIIT)

If you're trying to do resistance training, here you want to use more planning. You want to figure out a system that makes sure you don't go more than 5 days without working a specific muscle, but that doesn't focus on a muscle two days in a row. If you have a lower body resistance workout from one tape, and an upper body from another, and a core workout from a third, you can alternate between them. Or you can just plan out your own workouts for weight training, and use the tapes just for cardio (that's normally what they focus on anyway).

Mixing things up in cardio so you don't get into a rut is good! Being totally random on your resistance training not so much. Hope that helps!
 
So I need to think about categorizing them into cardio types and wieght lifting types for starters, right? And since you've mentioned the videos (p90x) were basically cardio (even the pull up and hand weight ones?????), how many days should I be doing those and my total trainer will have to be it for my weights (cuz that's all I have...lol), how many days for those?
 
Yeah i get bored with the same thing all the time, i turned to sports, and not just one!
 
It kind of depends - you shouldn't super stress your body out every day regularly.

Minimum for weights would be 2 times a week if you're doing full body. More often if you split it up. I'm not sure on the P90X weights - if it's doing bicep curls etc. with almost no rest, it's probably cardio. If you're doing squats and lunges and push-ups, it might be more resistance. I don't have the videos myself so it's harder for me to judge. You can do every other day, or every 3rd or 4th day, or something that works for you :)

The cardio should be at least 3 days a week, more if you get bored ;) Do them after weight lifting if you're going to do both in the same day. And try to get one day of rest in when you're just letting your body recover.
 
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