Hello,

I have been trying to excerise for over a year now and I just think I have been doing it all wrong so I'm trying to do my homework.

I am a working mother of 3 who also attends school....so my time is extremely pressed. Most weeks I can fors ure work out on Wed, Thurs and Sundays. But I try to on the other days too but kids activities get in the way sometimes. So three days for sure and sometimes more if I'm lucky.

Now with that, I read that I should do weights 3 x's a week so for those 3 days should I do cardio and lift for sure? Then if I get the opportunity to work out on other days just do cardio?

With Cardio how many min should I warm up and cool down? If I am on a treadmill and doing 30min, is 5min walking 20min jog 5min walking good? Or should I walk less? I am going to try to do HIIT too. How many times a week should I do this and should I do it on the same days I lift? with HIIT I am going to walk 5min, run 1, walk 1 etc to 20min then walk 5min. Can this also be done with a jump rope? Like treadmill walk 5min 1 jump rope fast, then 1 min slow, 1min fast to 20 min then walk on the treadmill for 5 again?

I lifted heaver weights last night. 15lbs for biceps/chest/back and 8lbs for shoulders/triceps but I wasn't sore today...may just a very little bit. Normally I use 5lbs and 8lbs. AM I supposed to be sore? I'm going to buy 10lbs today and stick with 15lbs and 10lbs. I'm only 5ft 114lbs so I'm thinking that should be enough weight for me and I do have a hard time getting to 10 reps.

Thanks in advance for any replies!