Starting to Excersize, need help

[unkn0wn]

Hi all

Im just starting to excersize for the first time now...

I want to get back to shape fast, but then again I don't plan on joining any gyms or anything.

I'm not exactly overweight, its just my muscle to fat ratio doesnt look good, so I want to loose the fat I have and gain muscle.

I'm starting to run two miles a day(more like run as much as I can, walk, and run again. etc..)
Also doing push ups and sit ups. I plan on going to the park where I can do pull ups too.
I drink plenty of water, and my breathing isn't a problem, nice, slow and steady.

Now is it better to just go crazy on sit ups one and and push ups the other and let them heal, or just work on both moderately every day?
The ulternative excersized is what I dont realy understand..

Tnx

 

[unkn0wn]

I keep reading that I shouldnt excersize every day if i'm just starting out.

I plan on doing 5 sets of 20 situps(increasing every day) and 4 sets of 10(increasing by one every day til 20)

But thats the thing if i'm just tearing muscle i dont want to waste my time like that. My goal is to loose the fat and gain muscle.

By the way I also have Total Gym pro, so I'll be able to do different excersized too.

Also if I do different muscle groups every other day, is 1 day enought for previous ones to heal if I dring alot of water????

Plz ... I need help. :/

Edit: By the way when i do sit-ups I lay flat on the ground, feet suported under something, arms behind my head and i go up to almost a 90 degree angle. I think its the right way, i tried some stupid machines before but this works best for me i think.

And I dont know if it's possible but my goal is to look somewhat noticebly better by 6 weeks, and even better for New Years. Not like i'll stop right there, this is just the begining.

 

[malkore]

1. sit ups suck. crunches, reverse crunches are superior.

2. EXTREMELY difficult to lose fat AND gain muscle. to lose fat you need a calorie deficit, to gain muscle mass you need a surplus. see the paradox? You can pull it off, but you sacrifice speed (quicker results) on both sides...you'll only lose fat slowly, and you won't gain much muscle.

don't expect any significant improvement in 6 weeks either. you're only talking about a maximum of 12 lbs of weight loss, and probably only 10 of that will be fat lost, and it's from the entire body, not just your abs.

search the site, read the countless posts just like yours. situps and crunches aren't gonna get you far. don't expect the total gym pro to be an ideal piece of exercise equipment. for best results you need to lift heavy, and lower reps...6-8 reps per set, ideally where the final set, you struggle to get the 6 reps.

 

[unkn0wn]

After reading more material on this/other sites i've come up with somewhat of a plan(at least for now)

I'll continue to run/walk(like i said run as much as i can, walk the rest, etc) for two miles. Hopefuly I'll be able to run the whole distance in the next 3 weeks or so, at that point i will increase the distance.

3 days a week work out.
1 abs(different sets of crunches)
next two i want to work on upper body, including arms but not sure how to separate the two. Kinda following the link below, but I dont think I need to work on my thighs, since I run. Or maybe I'm wrong....


tnx