#49: How many days per week should I train to build muscle and should I be doing cardio? with Craig McDonald.
So I decided to sit down with Craig (my partner in business and in life), fondly known as Coach Sausage in our program. One night on a round table I called him sausage and the name has stuck with him ever since. 🤣
Prior to meeting Craig I was stuck on the merry go round of restrictive diets and training two hours per day fasted. I was desperately trying to maintain a certain body weight and lower level of body fat. I fell head over heels with lifting as well as head over heels for Craig and I ended up competing in powerlifting for a few years. Now I just lift because I love it.
When it comes to training context is important. I think the better questions to ask yourself would be:
1️⃣ What is my goal?
2️⃣ What is my current state of metabolic health. So when I talk about metabolic health markers I mean resting temps and pulses, sleep, digestion, mood, energy, sex drive and menstrual cycle or menopausal issues and,
3️⃣ What do I enjoy doing?
In this episode Craig talks about
👉 Why he programs the way he does for the women in our program
👉 Why strength training is so beneficial for women, why its great for fat loss and how it can improve the resting metabolic rate
👉 The three things you need to build muscle
👉 How many days per week should you be training (hint you can strength train 2,3,4,5 and 6 days - programming is important)
👉 The different types of cardio and why and when they are appropriate
👉 Can you do other exercises and play sport outside of lifting
👉 Recovery and why it’s so important
👉 Weight/fat gain when moving to a pro-metabolic diet, when its appropriate, when its not appropriate and how we minimize weight/fat gain with women in our program
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