-- Posted by A6stringpoet at 9:27 am on June 5, 2009 I've gotten into a fairly intense exercise regimen with my sister, and I was wondering what the fitness conscious among you think of it/ what suggestions you could give. Every Day: Cardio Prep: Stretches (Sit and Reach, Cross overs, Stork Stand ect) 25 push ups 45 crunches (15 front, side, side) 25 Bunny hops 30 High Knees 1 Mile Run 1 Mile Elliptical 5 Mile Bike Ride Every Other Day: 10 rep, 4 set curls 10r/4s set  tricep 10r/5s set hip exercises 10r/4s set chest/shoulders 10r/6s set glute, lower back The Plan is to exercise every day of the week, all year, but only do weight lifting 3 to 4 times a week (alternating days) Our Daily Diet is high protein, high leafy greens/veggies medium amount of carbs, low fat = or < 2000 calories. We also drink a fruit smoothie about an hour before workout time.   Any suggestions out there?   -- Posted by blacksash7022 at 9:28 am on June 5, 2009 sounds like a good idea all you need to add is something like jump rope to your cardio that way you have more variety -- Posted by Guest92898 at 7:26 pm on June 9, 2009 What exactly are you looking to accomplish? Is this to lose weight, or to build muscle, or to maintain your current physique, or what? Only concrete advice that I'll give that would be of benefit to anybody would be to switch the crunches out with inclined leg raises. Far easier on the back/neck. -- Posted by shot1o1 at 7:29 pm on July 18, 2009 oookay your workout is whole body ever other day, that doesnt do anything you want to single out your muscle groups. this is very important ie. tricep/bicep/shoulders day1; legs/lower back day2 also, i'm not sure about your fitness level, but 25 push ups doesn't do any thing at all. neither does 45 crunches. push ups and crunches aren't usually considered cardio prep, they are very good workouts, however, and i suggest you swap em from your everyday cardio prep into your chest day. If you wanna keep the pushups and crunches effective, you need to go for sets, ie. 25x4 your cardio stuff sounds very impressive, there's no way in the world i can do the run and bike and all the stuff in one day. BUT aside from the cardio, your described workout isn't intense at all, sorry if i sound like a dick. if what i said sounds like too much, work your way up. if you're going for muscle mass, higher weights, less reps if you're going for lean muscle/endurance, lesser weights, more reps but ALWAYS work sets into there. do 4 sets of 20 as opposed to 50 a pop once hope that helped your workout needs more variation, for example, widefront pushup, military pushup etc; or squats, wall sits, lunges etc -- Posted by truesociety at 5:00 pm on Dec. 6, 2009 you think your work out is intense here is mine. "100 pounds of pain" -arms- 20 curls 20 push ups 20 pull ups from dead hang and all four different grips 20 curls with single handed dumbbells following the pattern of left hand right hand both hands that equals 1 rep. 20 tricep pull down 20 lat pull down 20 barrel roll 20 military press 20 bench press while gradually increasing weight after every circuit 20 man makers ( its hard to explain) and 20 punches each hand. Do all of that and that's one circuit repeat that 5 times and that 100 rep's of each exercise. -ABS- 20 leg lifts you have have your legs straight out 20 crunches front and both sides 20 double crunches 20 russian twisted 20 full regular sit ups with weight on your chest 20 flutter kicks repeat 5 times -Legs- 20 squats 20 up downs 20 jumps 40 quick steps 20 lunges 20 kicks each leg 20 weighted squats 20 dead lift 5 times then you will have completed 100 pounds of pain. I suggest that if you try this work out that you stretch and that one day you do arms and another day you do legs, ABS you can do everyday if you want.