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Originally Posted by ttu  so what about the exercise part....
how does this sound - tuesdays and thursdays 1hr in between my classes (break from 2-5:30) and monday wednesday friday after work 1hr (after 6pm)
30 minutes of cardio is a no brainer, but when it comes to weight training im useless... what sorts of basic exercises should i do? |
Well, since you haven't lifted in a while, you are going to want to start light with high reps to get your body started. You could try circuit training the first few times lifting weights, but in general you're going to want to take it easy at first.
Eventually after a few times you're going to want to start to lift heavier weights. Because you're creating a calorie deficit and looking to lose weight, what's most important is maintaining the muscle you do have. More or less lower reps and heavier weight is recommended. I would focus more on your core lifts, like squats, deadlifts, leg press, bench presses, shoulder presses, heavy back lifts, etc. You can do some heavy bicep tricep work as well, some prefer to do that, some don't because they do get worked a bit while doing other big exercises.
Since you're on such a tight time schedule and only have 30 minutes, I would do core upper body lifts say Monday, core lower body lifts say Tuesday, maybe weighted abdomen exercises (weighted situps, etc) on Wed, then upper Thurs, lower Fri.