Originally Posted by
xroadcharlie
The weight training takes about 45 minutes to complete, After which I'll do 45 minutes on the treadmill with 2 high intensity intervals. I do these exercises Mon, Wed, and Fri. On Saturday I'll do 50 more minutes on the treadmill. Here I maintain 70 - 80% of my max heart rate.
Thanks Charlie, this was actually what I was after in my original post, duration / frequency / intensity but the conversation went in another direction.
I have been bumping things up lately, I am up from 15 to 25 minutes every other day so "3.5 times per week". In terms of the intensity, I started to use a heart monitor so I can see I get up to 80-90% of max when I am lifting but I rest quite a bit between sets back down to 60-70% before the next set. This also is higher than when I started; my kettlebell book suggests you pass the "talk test" between sets so I am aiming for that. My current routine is taking 25 minutes so 25x3.5 = 87.5 minutes a week. The only cardio I am doing is on the bike.
You are doing 45x3 = 135 minutes a week of weights, I might not get all the way there but I hope to get to 100+ minutes a week in the near term. All my cardio is on the bike (well, plus yard work etc), probably 4 hours a week total.