What is your weekly gym routine?

meganleighhh

I am a 21 yo female in search of some guidance. I am starting at the gym and need some pointers.
What do you do weekly? How do you change it up? How long do you do it for? What is a good before/after gym snack? Just trying to tone up and get my legs back in shape!
Thanks in advance

marissanik

20 year old female.

I strength train 3x a week (Mon, Wed, Fri). Cardio 3x (Tues&Thurs, then either Sat OR Sun)

For strength training, I basically just separate upper body on Mon/Fri and lower on Wed. Cardio: I do HIIT 20 minute sessions on the treadmill. I've recently been doing HIIT before my strength training as well as a warm up. You can search some stuff on bodybuilding.com for more information on routines or beginner workouts.

I generally do the same workouts but change up a few minor things. Try taking classes if you want to change things or using diffeent machines.

Before gym: carbs. Carbs are going to fuel you. After, protein. I normally wake up at 5am, eat a banana with peanut butter and let it settle for a half hour before going to the gym. I bring a protein shake and water with elctrolytes added to it for my post-gym fuel. Also after my runs I normally have more carbs too, as well as protein.

20 min treadmill (with 5 min warm up, 5 min cool down). Takes me 30 mins to get through weights.

Walter__

I strength train weekly - doing a full body routine 3x a week. Takes me about 1.5-2hours.

I usually have some peanut butter and carbs before working out. After working out I am hungry so I'll have a protein shake. Before bed I will eat a meal because I hate sleeping on an empty stomach.

Cherimoose

I am starting at the gym and need some pointers.What do you do weekly? How do you change it up? How long do you do it for? What is a good before/after gym snack? Just trying to tone up and get my legs back in shape!

My goals are different than yours, and my level of training experience is very different, so my gym routine is irrelevant to you at this point. What i think a newbie should do is follow a full-body strength training program (NROL, Stronglifts, Nerd Fitness, personal trainer, etc) every 2-3 days, and add 2-3 cardio sessions on non-lifting days. You can change up cardio if you want, but follow the strength program's advice about how to progress.