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Old 05-04-2009, 05:28 PM   #9 (permalink)
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The only thing that really concerns me about your post is that you are looking to shift the last 10lbs, but you've not talen into account that with all the training you're doing, there may not be 10lbs to shift, especially since you would definitely have gained muscle weight; unless you have been keeping an eye on bodyfat levels but overlloked mentioning that point, which may be the case, if not, I would recommend you get your bodyfat levels checked to see where you are in terms of bodyfat weight and not just weight as an all encompassing term.

Doing high intensity everyday can become counterproductive because te body will have adapted, you may find that if you throw some lighter days in consisting of LIT, MIT, LSD etc that some of the weight will shift; I have found it to be good to have an all-round balanced cardio workout, so now I do 2 HIIT/Tabata workouts of 25 mins normally; 1 * 60 mins at LIT pace; 1 walk around the town with undulating hills etc at whatever pace, but battling the elements; with the other 3 days being weight training days.

Doing weights everyday is not a good option, unless you're doing separate body parts on those days, but it seemed to come across that you were doing full-body everyday, and alternating the abs only. If you are doing full-body, it would be wise to break on the day in between at least. That will also give you more time to concentrate fully on the cardio.

Making a few changes might see the results go in the direction you want; but I'm not sure that you are eating enough for this kind of rigorous workout, and if it is only to see the scales shift by 10lbs and not bodyfat...which is why you are really restricting what you eat at the moment, then what happens when you reach the target of -10lbs? Is it for a comp? If not, you may well gain a whole lot more back, because keeping that kind of intensity up for that long and restricting the carbs/cals etc cannot be maintained permanently. It may be time for you to rethink what is going on, so that when you manage to get where you want to be, you don't end up losing all your hard work as well.

Best of luck in reaching your goals, let us know how it goes.
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