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**jjenkins**
Wow (re: the copied stuff below from your post in my time-crunch question!)!
Now I can't resist -- if I give you info on my fitness levels, goals, etc etc, would it change your thoughts? Would you be willing to look at it?
ETA: Warning: I apologize for the ungodly long reply...I didn't realize I had written THIS much!!!
I definitely wouldn't run with a dog...so many dogs will just keep pushing themselves to keep the owner happy and they can get hurt especially as the weather gets warmer.
As a trainer here's my suggestions to maybe consider for your workouts...assessing the situation without knowing your exercise goals, history, body type, etc.
1. I would strongly consider trying some interval type training. One example would be do a little cardio (minimum of 10 minutes is needed to have a cardiovascular benefit) at a moderate-to vigorous intensity then move onto some weight training exercises then go back and forth through your workout. With this plan you would stay moving and keep your heart rate going throughout the entire workout as opposed to the traditional thinking of cardio then weights or vice versa. (I do this if I workout at home with the stationary bike...I bike for a little while then hop off and immediately start doing lunges or prisoner squats then hop back on the bike or jog on the treadmill then jump off and do hamstring curls with the stability ball, etc).
2. Do you go to the gym on weekends when you maybe would have more time than during the week? If so I would maybe keep that day to do a more traditional style workout (cardio then weights or whatever)
3. You could also change up your weight training by considering alternating upper body with lower body exercises. I've used this method when teaching strength training classes as part of our group exercise schedule. For example my early (6 AM) Tuesday morning class is 30 minutes of muscles toning and here's what an example of what the workout is (I change the exercise every week so no week is the same)...
15-17 exercises total all done as a superset so one immediately after the other and each exercise is done for 2 sets of 15 reps and I try to do all my standing exercises together then transition the class to lying/seated/floor work. So I do #1 then #2 then immediately back to #1 then #2 then move onto 3&4 repeating before continuing on.
1.prisoner squats
2. calf raises
3. standing bent over dumbbell row
4. standing dumbbell lateral raises
5. lateral tube walking with resistance band loops (hip work)
6. shin raises
7. Bent over tricep kickbacks or overhead extensions
8. 21's
9. stability ball dumbbell chest press
10. seated torso twists on top of ball
11. lying one leg hamstring curl with stability ball
12. hip squeeze with ball for inner thighs
13. reverse ball crunch
14. ball obliques
15. prone opposite arm/leg raises over ball
16. prone back extensions
my class does an entire list like this in 30 minutes sometimes less. I think you could be maybe going a little heavy on your abs exercises.
If you talk to a trainer at your gym I would try to talk to a woman. Not to be mean but there are alot of male trainers out there who I think have no clue how to train women so they just train them the same way they would train other guys. One of my co-workers used to be like that when I first started at my work then he seemed to have a big epipheny and changed how he trains.
I do give you credit though for changing your workouts up...alot of people will do the same workouts for years and years.
Re: **jjenkins**
No problem about the time frame - I'm at work and can't get to my personal email from here, so you probably won't get MY email until late tonight.
No rush -- anytime is fine for reply!