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What should you do during your workout? First you need to know what your goal is. I am going to pick 2 of the most common goals, fat loss and general fitness. A good exercise session should be no longer than 1 hour or you may be effecting your body’s hormones and preventing optimal fat loss. I really believe this because I watch many fat people who never seem to change their apperenece and they usually work out slow for 2 hours. Worrying about how many calories the machine says that a person burns is a big mistake. Also if you burn 2000 calories in 2 hours on the treadmill you will put that back on when you eat unless you know how to count calories and space out your meals throughout the day.

So for fat loss, I will make one general tip for how long to workout, 1 hour no more! Your workout should be effecient moving from exercise to exercise always keeping the heart rate up but don’t to hardand be unsafe. Here is your time:
10 min warm up
20 min core and weights
20 min cardio(I will expain the difference between cardio and aerobics in the future)
10 min cool down
This is a very balanced and effective method. Don’t go around the gym and talk you will not lose body fat that way. Nobody wants to lose weight we want to look better so forget about diet and weight loss which never worked.
Focus on quality not quantity. This method works best 5 days a week.

So for general fitness some things are the same but you may need more weight training and less cardio than someone who needs to lose weight.
10 min warm up
20-30 min weights and core
10-20 min cardio
10 min
I firmly believe cardio as we know it is way over rated. If I were wrong everyone who walks or goes to the gym would be in great shape. Everyone can strengthen the heart and lose body fat through weight training. With general fitness the most important things are being strong enough to live a long injury free life.

Joint health is very important because it will produce strong lower backs, stable knees, mobile hips(most people have tight hips and use their lower backs instead of their hips), shoulders that do not click and pop, and necks that are pain free.

Many of the killer extreme workouts that are popular produce short term gains with long term pains and tightness. So your hour should be enjoyable. Learn routines that develope a strong, firm, body, that will not get injured playing with the kids or cleaning up around the house.