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    Adispatcher Posts: 53, Reputation: 1
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    Nov 9, 2010, 09:51 PM
    How often should I be working out?
    I just started working out again, haven't worked out in a few years & finally getting back into the groove (GO ME!), though I have done cardio quite awhile, I enjoy running 5K's in fact. I also just had a baby, he's 11 weeks old. I work 12 hour work shifts, which rotate from day to night every few days. I got w/a trainer on what I should be working out & when. He set me up w/my own work out regimen which works for me, I've done it for the past week & I'm loving it. My husband is a paramedic so he works 24 hour shifts, so there are sometimes I won't be able to work out because I'll be home w/the baby. Now, I worked out today (weights), tomorrow I was planning to do cardio, Thursday work out w/weights, Friday cardio again, Saturday I have a 5K I'm running. Sunday my husband works so I won't be able to work out that day. Monday & Tuesday I work dayshift (7am-7pm) so I don't even get home from work until 715pm which I only have a couple hours at that point to spend some time w/the baby before we put him to bed, so I hadn't been working out after working day shifts, but now come Wednesday my husband works so I cannot work out that day either, which basically means I would be going Sunday, Monday Tuesday & Wednesday without working out. How can I fit my work out plan into my schedule or should I just go to the gym anyway after working day shifts & spend the following day w/my baby? I always feel so guilty if I even so much as think about going to the gym after a 12 hour work shift instead of coming home to the baby. I need to balance all this.
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    Nov 13, 2010, 02:19 PM

    You are only 11 weeks after giving birth. Take it easy, and don't kill yourself at this stage.

    Are you breastfeeding?

    Generally, a good balance is three days a week of weights in the gym, and three days of cardio/outside exercise. You can combine some of the cardio with walking the baby.
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    Nov 14, 2010, 05:17 AM
    Im a qualified exercise scientist and a keen distance runner, if you post an email address I could send you a flexible program to try. If you don't post your proper email, make another one up for me to contact u.
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    Nov 17, 2010, 09:54 AM
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    Thanks Mattwill! That wld be wonderful & greatly appreciated. I will definitely check it out. Please send to [email protected].
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