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Puzzled with the program - planning a physical fitness program - Brief Article

Men's Fitness, May, 2003 by Charles Seligman

I borrowed your January issue from a friend, so I am just now getting my first look at your article "Fit For Good: A Better Body in Six Weeks." In the story, Melvin Jones writes, "You should do three days of resistance training, two days of cardio and stretching, and then take two days to rest."

Does that mean Monday through Wednesday are resistance days? And Thursday and Friday are cardio and stretching days, followed by two rest days on the weekend? Or would you break it up as such: Sunday, resistance; Monday, off; Tuesday, cardio/ stretching; Wednesday, off; Thursday, resistance; Friday, cardio/stretching; Saturday, resistance? This last part is how I have outlined my program, but I was afraid that you literally meant what was written, that you group all types of training together.

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--CHARLES SELIGMAN, OCEANSIDE, CA

The article was presented in such a fashion to allow you the flexibility to choose your own workout days, Charles. We know not all of our readers work 9-to-5 jobs, Monday through Friday, and it's our intention to make our programs as inclusive as possible. That said, it's not our policy to offer a seven-day workout split, which this plan is, and recommend you perform your resistance training on three consecutive days and then take four days to rest. In this program, resistance training is done on Days 1, 3 and 5, meaning we're instructing you to take a day off from resistance work after each weight session. For example, if you start your program on Monday, you'll work with weights on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Cardio and stretching days will be Tuesday and Thursday, with Saturday and Sunday as your rest days.

Puzzled with the program - planning a physical fitness program - Brief Article

Men's Fitness, May, 2003 by Charles Seligman

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