What program should I put my girlfriend on?
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ryanquora
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So my girlfriend wants to workout with me . Her weight is 85 KG and she is 5'3 tall.
Right now I am following the following routine for myself
Mon - Chest and Triceps
Tues - Back and Biceps
Wed - Legs and Shoulders
and repeat
Should I put her on the same programme?
The diet part is taken care by her but I am not sure how female training works.
Right now I am following the following routine for myself
Mon - Chest and Triceps
Tues - Back and Biceps
Wed - Legs and Shoulders
and repeat
Should I put her on the same programme?
The diet part is taken care by her but I am not sure how female training works.
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In what way do you think 'female training' would be different?30
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TavistockToad wrote: »In what way do you think 'female training' would be different?
Ha ha ha, this is fantastic!
Also, in the spirit of being helpful, which is what the OP appears to want to be doing for his GF is to ask her what her goals are. Does she want to lose fat? Get stronger? Run a marathon? And then set her up with an appropriate program that any person (male OR female) would do to reach those goals.
The OP should take a look at a 'ladies' gym or a 'ladies' area of a co-ed gym, I'm sure he'd find the same machines and equipment that he finds in a 'male training' area or gym.5 -
Female or not, a beginner lifter should start with full body workouts 3 days per week, focusing mainly on compound lifts.7
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Assuming she actually wants to do this...
My boyfriend helped me get my workout routine down. I do his exact workout - just lighter weights. There is only a couple of exercises I don't do because the beginning weight on the machine is too heavy (generally for an isolated muscle exercise) or scares me a little to do without a spotter.
Makes it much easier when we workout together as we can work in together.3 -
More cardio!!!! [/flamebait]12
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OP, as a woman who just started lifting, who girl crushes on the ladies deadlifting as much as they weigh or more, let me help a little.
Ignore the quoted post completely. In order to build bulk, you need testosterone, which women's bodies don't exactly have in abundance. Lifting does not make women bulky. At all.
A good place to start is to figure out what she needs physically. Check her strength imbalances, left to right, and push versus pull. My triceps, lats, and abs are stronger than you would think, and most women don't have trouble with lower body strength. My biceps, delts, and chest are sad. I work the sad ones twice as often to try and fix imbalances, and will eventually progress to more compound lifts when the risk of hurting myself decreases.
Try her out on something like that, and empower her to find her own fitness routine. You guys can totally workout together, you don't have to be working the same muscles to share benches side by side.
On cardio, she can do whatever feels right, but I recommend 15 minutes on the treadmill or stationary bike of something before lifting just to get muscles and joints warmed up.6 -
I don't understand posts like this, if your girlfriend isn't sure what to do why doesn't she come here and ask the question herself? We don't know what her goals or abilities are.5
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So my girlfriend wants to workout with me . Her weight is 85 KG and she is 5'3 tall.
Right now I am following the following routine for myself
Mon - Chest and Triceps
Tues - Back and Biceps
Wed - Legs and Shoulders
and repeat
Should I put her on the same programme?
The diet part is taken care by her but I am not sure how female training works.
how is that a routine? you're just listing body parts and days of the week. and you're doing upper body nearly three times as often as you do legs.9 -
As for the original poster. I started on Stronglifts 5x5 to learn the basics of lifting and to make sure my technique was correct. I enjoy it, it is simple and a great starter for men and women.3
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Does she want to lift weights?
In my opinion she should workout by doing an activity she enjoys. If yes, there's no reason she needs to train differently than men.
But assuming she's a beginner I would put her on an endurance progressive program so that she learns proper form, lifts, corrects any issues she has (beginners are notorious for having poor posture/imbalances/etc.).
Then move her on to a hypertrophy program, a strength program, continue with endurance work, etc. depending on her goals.3 -
Sounds a little sinister, like you're in control of her. A Svenjolly if you will.3
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Really depends on what she is aiming for and enjoys.
I do weight training 3 times a week but I am also a bellydancer and a trained classical indian dancer.
I dance instead of the treadmill so that is my cardio as I dislike running.
Your girlfriend needs to work out what she wants to achieve and what activities she likes.
My parents do 50km bike rides and marathons, I cringe at that stuff.
Either way, we both stay active and build strength; I have lost weight from what I do for workouts as this is my goal and to get stronger muscles.3 -
smotheredincheese wrote: »I don't understand posts like this, if your girlfriend isn't sure what to do why doesn't she come here and ask the question herself? We don't know what her goals or abilities are.
SO much this.2 -
Here are a few programs that I like for beginners. By no means are these the only good beginner programs but it gives you a starting place. Men and women can train the same btw. The list is in alphabetical order, not order of quality.
* A Workout Routine (beginner) - http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/the-beginner-weight-training-workout-routine/
* All Pro's - http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=4195843
* Fierce 5 (note that there are several variations from beginner to advanced, 3-5 day, plus a dumbbell program) - http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=162916931&p=1266578971&viewfull=1#post1266578971
* Frankoman’s Dumbbell Only Split - https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/frankoman-dumbbell-only-split.html
* Lyle McDonald's barbell and machine routines - http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/beginning-weight-training-part-4.html/
* Practical Programming (book) - http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Programming-Strength-Training-Rippetoe/dp/0982522754?ie=UTF8&qid=&ref_=tmm_pap_swatch_0&sr=
* Strong Curves - http://bretcontreras.com/wp-content/uploads/Strong-Curves-Workout-Templates.pdf
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I am not sure how female training works.
It works exactly the same way that male training works given that men and women are subsets of a much bigger group - human beings.
So all the things that apply to men - balancing frequency, intensity, duration and recovery, progressive overload, specificity, specific adaptation to imposed demands and all that jazz - also apply to women.
Knowing this your GF can pick any reasonable plan that aligns with her goals which are currently unstated.2 -
Why doesn't she just get evaluated by a personal trainer who will take her goals, needs, and desires into consideration and let them design a program for her? Just a thought3
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Put her in the same program but her weights need to be lower than your carrying. You have more muscle mass than she does. So she has to go lower.0
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Monday - pink dumbbells, eleventy million reps.
Tuesday - abductor/adductor machine.
Wednesday - legs, bums, tums and unreasonable expectations class.
Thursday - light shopping.
Friday - cookery class.
Weekend - surgery to replace her uterus after it fell out while lifting the vacuum cleaner.
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Put in her the kitchen making a sandwich where she should be. Even better if you can knock her up and keep her barefoot.
Or find out her goals and what she's interested in and go from there....15 -
Monday - pink dumbbells, eleventy million reps.
Tuesday - abductor/adductor machine.
Wednesday - legs, bums, tums and unreasonable expectations class.
Thursday - light shopping.
Friday - cookery class.
Weekend - surgery to replace her uterus after it fell out while lifting the vacuum cleaner.
My kinda training! Can I use your pocket book?5
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