Work-out priorities

[bounceswoosh]

Yoga, yes.

Also, if you have an indoor rock climbing gym near you, you could start that. I'm having a blast with climbing, and for the first time in my life my arms aren't flabby, and when I flex my biceps something happens =) Climbing shoulders also look great in a bikini *big grin* ... and climbing definitely requires a strong core, although my core has never been so awesome ...

My general understanding of the way fat works is, you can't spot reduce. And getting muscle in your mid-section can push the fat out front, so it's more obvious. So the fat that starts to show first will probably be your hardest to get rid of =/

[OakLeaf]

I'm seeing the answers in this thread going in a different direction from the OP's question

The question was about priorities, and that's something that everyone has to answer for herself.

In everyone's life, there are certain things: cardio (maybe more than one sport), strength, work, family, friends, "me" time, and health (think overtraining, buying prepared meals or ingredients, and/or sleep deprivation). If you want to increase one of those, you have to decrease one or more of the others. If you want to maintain your strength training program while increasing your cycling mileage, one of the other things has to suffer.

I also don't have the upper body strength that I did when I was doing heavy gym workouts. Right now I'm more oriented toward being out in the sunshine, cycling and running. I've actually lost body fat this way, which is typical for me.

Sure the veins on my biceps don't pop as much as they used to, and yeah I miss that, but I'm enjoying the cycling and I'm comfortable with the way I've arranged my priorities, for me, right now.