weight routine without personal trainer?

karolinacorrea
karolinacorrea Posts: 22 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hello people

The more I read these forums, the more I grow conscious about my need to include weights into my exercise routine. I can afford paying my gym membership I definitely cannot afford a personal trainer!. I wonder If you people always hire a trainer or if you get your routines somewhere else. Can you recommend a good website/tutorial/book?

I'd like to know what has work for people in the long term. I am very concerned about doing it wrong and cause an injury , I know a few cases now.

Thank y'all :)

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  • yeraldin03
    yeraldin03 Posts: 28
    Hello,

    I do Boot Camp classes at my gym. It's interval training so you have cardio and lift weight! Although the scale doesn't move as fast, I can definitely say my stomach flab has gone down and I have baby bumps on my arms :)

    Best of Luck!
    :)
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    Starting Strength. Stronglifts 5 x 5. New Rules of Lifting for Women. Nia Shanks.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Starting Strength. Stronglifts 5 x 5. New Rules of Lifting for Women. Nia Shanks.

    Don't know much about Nia Shanks, but two thumbs on the other rec's. Super simple, self guided.
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    Starting Strength. Stronglifts 5 x 5. New Rules of Lifting for Women. Nia Shanks.

    QFT... also, New Rules of Lifting there is a version for men and women. But I'd go with Starting Strength for reading about form and then either do the workouts there or SL5x5, personally. As a beginner those two programs are hard to beat.
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    if you want to lift weights stay away from the cardio based "lifting" programs like Body Pump. they are cardio and not weight training.

    listen to the poster above and do something like Starting Strength.
  • Rayman79
    Rayman79 Posts: 2,009 Member
    Starting Strength. Stronglifts 5 x 5. New Rules of Lifting for Women. Nia Shanks.
    Quoted for further emphasis. There are some good video tutorials on Youtube that can help guide you too.

    Remember to start light, do LOTS of reps and get your form dialled in before increasing the weight too much.

    You won't regret starting a decent strength program!
  • Mustgetbuff
    Mustgetbuff Posts: 267 Member
    You could try starting out with a website like this:

    http://www.divine.ca/en/health/exercise-finder/c_266/

    Pick a few exercises for each body part and you should be able to put together a decent workout. There are other more comprehensive sites out there as well, but this one is nice and simple for beginners.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,049 Member
    Hello people

    The more I read these forums, the more I grow conscious about my need to include weights into my exercise routine. I can afford paying my gym membership I definitely cannot afford a personal trainer!. I wonder If you people always hire a trainer or if you get your routines somewhere else. Can you recommend a good website/tutorial/book?

    I'd like to know what has work for people in the long term. I am very concerned about doing it wrong and cause an injury , I know a few cases now.

    Thank y'all :)
    My opinion: you can get a good workout program online for free. Doing it with correct form is another issue. It's may be worth the while to save up some money and pay for 1 session to get a trainer to show you and correct you on form on exercises you choose to do. People hire me all the time just for this reason.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness industry for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

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