Need help adjusting new routine for fat loss

[saechaka]

Well, I started working out almost 2 yrs ago. I'm 5'7 and was 190lbs and have slimmed down to 165lbs. I feel like I'm at the point where I need to do more to lose the fat where I want it gone the most and thats around my midsection. So for the last month my routine has been:

5 days a wk
Mon:
5 min warmup treadmill/eliptical
30 min weights Back/bicep 2 reps of shoulder routine to stimulate that muscle
20 min row machine (roughly a little over 200 calories burned)
5 min cool down

Tues:
5 min warmup
30 min weights Chest/tricep 2 reps of leg routine
20 min treadmill I set incline at 4 and run at 6 mph and peak at 5 and 7mph
5 min cool down

Weds:
15 min bike
15-30 min ab routine
15 min stairs

Thurs:
5 min warmup
30 min weights shoulder/forearms 2 reps back routine
20 min eliptical

Fri:
5 min warmup
30 min weights leg day w/2 reps chest
20 min treadmill at 2 incline and 5 mph (more or less depending how tired my legs are)

I eat pretty well and believe my total calories per day range between 2000-2300 cal. I was wondering if I should cut back on how much weights I'm doing b/c I just trying to lose fat. If I should than do I need to add something else. Thanks

 

[SociallyChallenged]

If you're not bodybuilding, you probably shouldn't be doing each body part once a week - it's pretty inefficient and limiting. The idea behind lifting each body part once a week was that you needed plenty of time for it to heal from intense overload (4-8 reps of extremely heavy weight that you failed on every set). I would look into doing an upper body workout 1 day, then a lower body the next and do that 4-5 days out of the week.

 

[saechaka]

It seems keeping weights in the routine most days is a good idea then. I'll try out your routine for about a month and see what results I get. Thx

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: saechaka
It seems keeping weights in the routine most days is a good idea then. I'll try out your routine for about a month and see what results I get. Thx

No problem. Make sure you don't forget any muscle groups. And yeah, keep weights in there. They're a must unless you want to be the "skinny fat guy" as so many people have coined it. You're not only building up your strength, but keeping the muscle you already have and getting rid of the fat. Hope it works out for ya. Good luck!

 

[saechaka]

can anyone suggest and good upper body routine that hits most areas? i'll be splitting my workouts to 4x wk w/2days upperbody and 2 days lower body. i was clueless last night on what to do first for my upperbody and how to finish the weight portion of my workout. thx