Help With a current Plan!

[Wildman4life]

Hey everyone,

I am new to this message board and was glad to find it....
i am 5'11 and i have basically grown from 190 lbs (15 % bf) to 230 (30% bf) in the past 14 months....and i guess it hit me last week or so that i really need to get my ass back in shape again...i never worked out before, all i did was play sports....but then i got injured bad.....

So for the past week have been running for an hour or two every day and loading up on the creatine to begine hopefully tomorrow with weight lifting...

What i am concerned with is trying to loose bf and gain shape rather than too much bulk.....
so basically what my question is....whether my workout plan that i have been trying to make for the past 10 days(after reading tons of threads on here) will do me good or not...

This is what i have so far...feel free to critisize change and knock out what i have....critisism would help out a lot

Monday:
Early morning-----1 hour cardio + 8 minute abs
Afternoon/evening---- chest and bi's

Tuesday:
Early morning----1-2 hours cardio + 8 minute abs

Wednesday:
Early morning-----1 hour cardio + 8 minute abs
Afternoon Evening----Tri's and shoulders

Thursday: "Same as tuesday"
Early morning----1-2 hours cardio + 8 minute abs

Fridaymy most dreaded weighlifting day!)
Early morning-----1 hour cardio + 8 minute abs
Afternoon/evening---- LEGS!!!!!

Saturday: same as tuesday and thursday
Early morning----1-2 hours cardio + 8 minute abs

Sunday: Rest day...

I am taking:
4 pills of xenadrine a day
5 g of creatine a day
3 g of HMB
and about 1200 mg of L-Glutamine everyday
ohh yeah and protein shake drink after working out...

Is it wiser to do cardios in the morning before weight lifting or after weight lifting.....or should i do everything together and not seperate them...

Thanks to all for your time in reading this
Take Care

Amer

[geoknight2002]

I find it best to do cardio right after workout, because your body is warmed up and stretched out, and your adrenaline is really pumping after workout, making cardio more sustainable. The only thing about your workout I thought was odd was hours of cardio. I'm not sure why so long on the cardio, because after a time period you are just burning muscle, you should try maybe some burst jogging for maybe 30 minutes or so. Just jog fast, then sprint your ass off, then walk for alil bit, then jog again, then sprint, just keep doing that till you think you're going to vomit, "seems to work for me". Also, you should concentrate more on the bodybuilding part of your workout in your routines each day, but try not to surpass 45 min. which will also just start to lose your gains in strength. The only true way to lose fat, and keep off is weight lifting, if you just do mostly cardio, which kinda seems to be the main thing, you will gain that fat back after you stop your cardio for what ever reason you do in the future. That is also what will cause some stretch marks in the future. Now these are just my comments, but I'm sure I will get ripped on for this, lol.

[Wildman4life]

Thanks for you advice buddy...
i usually think that if i start with cardioi would be using my fat reserves(i have plenty of those ) and then when doing weightlifting i build muscle that way i play it both ways
i dunno if i am right or wrong....that's why i asked...

thanks again