Ladies-what do you do for strength training?

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  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I mostly do bodyweight - pushups, tricep dips, mtn climbers (because I hate planks LOL); bridges, various types of squats and lunges, sometimes w/ weights and sometimes w/ resistance bands and sometimes with just bodyweight, wall sits; the wheel, etc.

    But occasionally I lift weights, play with my kettlebell, or use resistance bands. For a few weeks I was doing ChaLEAN Extreme, but I didn't enjoy it so I never completed the schedule. I do still occasionally throw in the DVD and do one of the workouts though.

    I also occasionally climb a tree to have my pic taken when we're hiking. Then there is the weed eater, ax, shovel, gardening rake and hoe, mulch, dirt and fertilizer and various other things needed to keep my little hobby farm going. :wink:
  • paygep
    paygep Posts: 401 Member
    I only have dumbbells right now, I'm doing a variation of this:

    http://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/dumbbell-only-home-or-gym-fullbody-workout.html

    Will be checking out some of the other programs listed here, thanks ladies :)
  • LisaPower123
    LisaPower123 Posts: 1,837 Member
    Started strong lifts 5x5 this week. Loving it.:happy:
  • toronto_j
    toronto_j Posts: 206 Member
    I lift heavy at the gym with a trainer 2x a week...upper one day with machines and dumbbells, lower the 2nd with machines...also do some body weight exercises for core. The rest of the week I may do a class like Bodypump or Shred, as well as a home routine that is less strenuous than the heavy lifting, using dumbbells and body weight.
  • lindzgayle
    lindzgayle Posts: 131 Member
    I'm just lifting freeweights for the most part.

    You know, like a boss.

    Well, a slightly sick and weak boss.

    But still pretty boss.


    I'm not doing a program, but I probably should be. I just go in, decide what muscles I'm working and go from there.
    Me too! :happy: Like a boss.
  • Platform_Heels
    Platform_Heels Posts: 388 Member
    I do my own program. I work one muscle group per day and alternate legs and abs.
  • young1726
    young1726 Posts: 347 Member
    We have a home gym that came with a poster of three different full body workouts. I alternate between them.
  • AMHouse85
    AMHouse85 Posts: 285 Member
    I'm doing StrongLifts 5x5 and reading NROL4W. I like the simplicity of StrongLifts but really like the variety that NROL4W offers up. Regardless, you have to find something YOU enjoy. If you don't like it you won't stick with it.
  • craftywitch_63
    craftywitch_63 Posts: 829 Member
    I use an app called "5 Day Bodybuilding Schedule." That's literally what it is: a 5 day schedule of exercises explained in detail, number of sets and reps, . Then, to track the weight that I use, I have another app called "Lifting Log." I can track reps, sets and rest periods.

    Sort of a "Weight Lifting for Dummies" type of thing (what can I say? As a girl, weights were lifted by guys, not girls. I had no idea where to start.)
  • f1redshoes
    f1redshoes Posts: 79
    I'm pretty much just stepping up my gymnastics training! The muscle I already have is fairly decent and that was from dance and only dance. I very much want to stick with the dance/gym look. Also, I can't really lift thanks(!) to injury.

    I can, however, lift - and dance WHILE lifting - a 100lb human, which I think is quite impressive for my size!

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