gym routine..please help

I use dumbell weights. So if the gym has them, and you have a smart phone, Jefit is a great app that gives you suggested workouts. You can use the workouts they have preset or you can make your own. I have used it a few weeks and love it. Hope this helps

You could also look up dumbbell workouts for Crossfit. Since Crossfit is real big right now, you will see lots of videos all over of both men & women doing the exercises in case you don't know them. And most of the exercises that use kettle balls could be modified to use dumbbell with some caution to as not to drop them on your head.
Hell, just doing lunges with the dumbbells above your head, step forward keeping the rear foot in place and slowly lower the rear knee until it barely or almost touches the floor. Then stand back up. Step forward with that foot and repeat with the other leg. That is one repetition. Great on the legs & butt. Then you have the typical dumbbell press, flys, curls, incline press, etc. It's really all about what muscle groups she is wanting to work.

It is best to have a plan when hitting the gym. This prevents wasting time between sets and allowing the body to cool down too much and not getting much gain from the fat burning process and helping define those muscles. Plan out the workout and have her hang it on the wall so you can go from one to the next with short breaks barely long enough for water and it will give you a cardio workout while doing weights. That is the concept of Crossfit & the Insanity workouts. Shorter, more intense workouts.

Here are some good Crossfit Dumbbell videos: http://www.learncrossfit.com/?page_id=8

Hi there, If your'e not too au fait with the gym keep it simple. Warm up on the bike or spinning bike if they have one for 10-15 mins. You will warm up your whole body and you can recognise what a bike looks like ! It will give you some time to look around the gym and see what other people are doing. If you don't like running on the treadmill walk on it briskly for 10-15 mins and add an incline so that you feel you are walking up a small hill. The incline will help to burn more calories without you having to run. Once you have reached 20 mins warm up you will now begin to burn some calories. The rowing machine is good too for warm up and the cross trainer but get a gym instructor to show you how to use. I like to use a few simple gym apparatus: for general toning- kneel down twister with weights where you twist from side to side and this tones your abs. Pull down bar with weights for toning chest muscles and back. I don't overdo the weights though and spend about 20 mins in this area. Hope this helps.