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2005/03/27, 11:30 AM
I am happy to report that my venture into the world of weight training has been a fairly successful one, resulting in the loss of 15 lbs and a few inches. My question is this: I got my initial fitness plan from this site but I have since changed my routine (listening to other, more seasoned lifters on this site), working each muscle group only once per week. Now, should I do several exercises per muscle group or, to start, only do one or two? If I should be doing more per group, what are the best ones to do, considering I do not go to the gym and have only hand weights and resistance bands at home to contend with.
My routine is this:
Day 1: chest (push ups and inclined/flat chest fly) and biceps (dumbell curls and hammer)
Day 2: Shoulders (front and lateral raises) and abs (crunches, twisting crunches, leg tucks, lying side leg raises – only do about 15 – 20 each of these cause I’m pretty weak)
Day 3: rest
Day 4: Legs (quadriceps - squats – and hamstrings – these pelvic thrust thingies I do lying down with a stability ball) and calves (raises)
Day 5: Back (seated rows with resistance bands) and triceps (triceps extensions and dips)
Back is a real problem for me because I really don’t know what I am doing or what I am trying to accomplish here. I tried the pull ups (broom stick with two chairs) but I didn’t feel like there was enough room for me to really pull through…I couldn’t feel anything other than arms.
OK…now I do 15 – 15 – 12 – 10 of each (or as much as I can do) Am I missing something? Along with this, I do two sessions of HIIT (about 15 minutes…I’m working on it) and 20 – 30 mins cardio (BORING!) per week.
I am looking for fat loss and a long, lean, strong body. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
Thank you,
Caroline
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2005/03/28, 03:52 PM
Well you go girl, great to see the dent you have made on your target!
Given your goals, you should submit to the train at home section and you'll get a decent routine, I suggest that after the training period expires that you re-submit and you'll get a variety of exercises back that you have n't done.
Once you start moving the wait and inches off and your goals shift to bady shaping, outside of regular toning, then you can increase the number of exercises per muscle group, but then your goals will have changed and you'll need to note that when requesting a new schedule.
Keep at
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