Ladies & Weights... How did you start?

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  • JustMichelleB
    JustMichelleB Posts: 290
    I don't go to a gym, so I rely on DVDs. I started with various Jackie Warner strength workouts, progressed to P90X, and now have been doing various incarnations of Chalean Extreme for nearly a year.
  • lhergenr
    lhergenr Posts: 242 Member
    I'm doing NROL4W as well and love it. If you feel silly taking your book to the gym, don't. It's really not necessary. As others have said just practice the exercises at home. In stage one, workout A, you're only doing 5 different "moves" so it's pretty easy to remember. Same with workout B.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I read some books and articles online on different types of body weight exercises. I also have a resistance band that came with pilates instructions. I plan to get a membership to my local community center that has a weight room. I suggest doing some research. I also plan to read The New Rules of Lifting for Women, as it is highly recommended by many MFPers.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    The above is way more exercises than a beginner needs to bother with. Not that it matters since the OP said she got NROL4W way back on page 1.
  • MVY_
    MVY_ Posts: 253 Member
    1. how do you know what to do each day? Usually on each machine it'll show you what the machine muscles it is targeting.
    2. how do you know you're doing the sets properly (form, etc)? I know because if I am lifting and I can get up to 15 reps and still hurt with the weight I have then I'm good. If I go up to 15 sets but my arm is already torched that means I'm doing it tooo heavy.
    3. how do i NOT get intimidated with all the muscle-y people taking up the equipment? LOL. Just ignore them. That's what I do. Heck, I'm a woman and I'll be lifting small weights but at least I'm still gaining the same muscles they are. Lol.
  • alane15
    alane15 Posts: 121 Member
    This post is just what I needed, thanks for sharing everyone
  • fizzy123
    fizzy123 Posts: 220 Member
    great post
  • chellec23
    chellec23 Posts: 147 Member
    I first got started with a gym back in 2009, and it was a women's only gym. Their main thing was circuit training...first day, a lady took me around the room showing me how to use the machines and had me them out to see what weight to put on each. Every other day we did circuit training there.

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