Ok, almost to the end. Continuing from Training the Obese Beginner: Part 4 today I want to start start to bring together everything I’ve talked about in this series. First I want to address why I think the inclusion of both weight training and cardiovascular/aerobic training of some sort is important for the obese beginner along with why I think both should be done from Day 1 of the training program.
Then, I’m going to describe how I personally approached the first workout with the obese (and usually the non-obese) beginner in terms of structure along with talking about some generalities of training. I’ll finish up in Part 6 (next week) and talk about progressions in the weight room, on the cardio deck, etc.
Let me note up front that some of what I’m going to write simply represents what I did/found to work in this population when I was working as a personal trainer all those years ago; some of it will be more what I would do now were I still working with that population.… Keep Reading