Creating Home Workouts & Need Help!

easy...

do you have any equipment? or access to any?

best bet is to join a gym if not. not a ****ty commercialised gym though that these days seem to be missing all the good equipment...

instead look for a smaller strength focussed gym(somewhere that trains powerlifter is what you really want). you'll find these places to more friendly and care more about your goals. they are definately not the intimidating hell holes some people might think they are. plus in these gym's you'll find real coaches, not useless personal trainers.

also, go and read NROLFW book. (new rules of lifing for women).

please dont bother with anything on a dvd. or anything that says it will deliver results in 36hours, or 4 weeks or whatever.

I workout at home and started out with just some resistance bands, some dumbbells, a balance ball, and a yoga mat. I found this website: http://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/conditioning-workout-for-women.html to be an invaluable resource for weight lifting schedules. I've worked through the workout I linked to you and moved on to some of the workouts provided in the Muscle and Strength success stories; I've lost about 20 pounds so far and am in total love with it!

For equipment I have expanded to a bench with a rack for a barbell and instead of buying more dumbbells I get kettle plates; they can be used in place of a dumbbell or put onto a bar like a regular plate weight, so its more diversity for your dollar.

The best thing you can do is be safe and be consistent! Good luck and happy lifting

Don't create a program... find one that's already proven and effective and do it. Good programs are ones that are suited to your goals and that line up with how much time you have and what equipment you have access too.

Theres a couple really great workouts I actually found on pintrest. This one you could start with its all cardio and abs but your sore for at least 3 days, Im talking the kind of sore where it hurts to even sit down its called the 100 workout.

100 jumping jacks
90 crunches
80 squats
70 leg lifts
60 jumping jacks
50 crunches
40 squats
30 leg lifts
20 jumping jacks
10 minutes of running

if your not used to working out they suggest that you dont do it all at once, it takes about 20-30 minutes to get thru and promises results in 2 weeks if you do it about 5 days a week with a diet. And look on pinterest they have a bunch of ab workouts like this and arm workouts that you could make into a regime. Good luck!

What was it about the OP's desire to start strength training that made you post this routine as a possibility for her?

Hey! I live way out of town and a gym is outta the option for me. My room mate and I set a goal and track our workouts and calories per day on a "dry erase board" that we hung in the kitchen and after each planned workout we mark off what we've done.

*** Large dry erase boards were expensive! So we bought a large poster frame at Walmart turned the cover photo over to the white side. + a pack of dry erase markers ****
It kept us on track and organized! Hope this helped a little : )