Weight Training

FrnkLft

My mother got me a book that seems to be a pretty good one. It's called strong women stay young by Miriam Nelson - it is mostly exercises with light free weights 10 lbs and under and ankle weights. It has a good basic routines - my mother has her book strong women strong bones - focusing on exercises that help bone density.

How does lifting 10 lb qualify as strong for anyone?

FrnkLft

i wondered about the fact that you hit each muscle group only once week - wondered if it was enough .....i'm going to complete the 12 weeks and develop the "habit" but how would you tweak his schedule ???

You tweak it into a 2x routine by doing an upper/lower split. So you have your upper body routine (bench and overhead press with isolation movments) on one day, and lower body routine (squats and deadlifts) on another. Then you just alternate them, doing each twice a week.

One important note though, alternate which lift you do heavy, and which you do light for each day.

For instance, on my first upper day I would do heavy/low rep bench, and light/high rep overhead press. Then on the next upper day, I would switch to heavy/low rep overhead press, and light/high rep bench. For the higher rep stuff, try 3x10-12.

Groovyca2022

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