Felt like a bada** -- strength training

cessi0909
cessi0909 Posts: 653 Member
edited November 15 in Fitness and Exercise
After reading many posts here I went to bodybuilder.com and started doing a lot of reading. I found a great beginner strength workout and today at the gym did my first workout using weights over 10lbs ever! Normally I use 5lbs, 8lbs and 10lbs when using dumbbells.

Today I did 70lbs deadlifts, 4 sets/6reps
20lbs dumbbells in each hand for bench presses, 4 sets/6 reps
30lbs one-arm dumbbell row, 4 sets/6reps

Felt pretty great! After that finished up with 30 minutes of the TRX workouts and I am feeling like a bada$$

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  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    Congrats! Sounds like you're off to a great start!
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Congrats, way to go!
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    Congrats!!!
  • Dano74
    Dano74 Posts: 503 Member
    Welcome to Bad@**ville.
  • ishmallow
    ishmallow Posts: 23 Member
    Grats! I live for deadlifts, awesome feeling picking up all that weight.

    I kind of want to change my 5 day split to all something where im doing the big 3 multiple times a week.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    my only suggestion is to find a program for compound movements with barbells like Stronglifts

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/4601-stronglifts-5x5-for-women
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/560459-stronglifts-5x5-summary

    Here is the link to the group here and the summary of the program I mentioned.

    I only say this as compound movements work more muscles and there by imo are better to start with than isolation with dumbbells.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    my only suggestion is to find a program for compound movements with barbells like Stronglifts

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/4601-stronglifts-5x5-for-women
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/560459-stronglifts-5x5-summary

    Here is the link to the group here and the summary of the program I mentioned.

    I only say this as compound movements work more muscles and there by imo are better to start with than isolation with dumbbells.

    Dumbbells do not mean isolation. In her description of what she did, there were no isolation exercises mentioned. While a program is preferable, she hit most (if not all) major muscle groups with what she did. In fact, what she did was pretty good.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    edited January 2017
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    my only suggestion is to find a program for compound movements with barbells like Stronglifts

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/4601-stronglifts-5x5-for-women
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/560459-stronglifts-5x5-summary

    Here is the link to the group here and the summary of the program I mentioned.

    I only say this as compound movements work more muscles and there by imo are better to start with than isolation with dumbbells.

    I agree with this, although it seems the OP in that particular instance used them for bench press. She is only lifting 40 pounds total (or 5lbs less than an empty barbell). I'd say it's totally fine to build up that strength until a barbell is used and assuming she's on a good program from bb.com.

    Great job OP, keep it up and you'll watch your strength increase pretty rapidly.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    TR0berts wrote: »
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    my only suggestion is to find a program for compound movements with barbells like Stronglifts

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/4601-stronglifts-5x5-for-women
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/560459-stronglifts-5x5-summary

    Here is the link to the group here and the summary of the program I mentioned.

    I only say this as compound movements work more muscles and there by imo are better to start with than isolation with dumbbells.

    Dumbbells do not mean isolation. In her description of what she did, there were no isolation exercises mentioned. While a program is preferable, she hit most (if not all) major muscle groups with what she did. In fact, what she did was pretty good.

    I say isolation mainly because I've worked with dumbbells at first too and found that it causes uneven strength build up partially because dumbbell bench needs more bicep work and the barbell bench engages the tricep more than the dumbbell one.

    She did dumbbell bench press and dumbbell rows but if the gym has those barbells with set weight build on them those would be ideal to build the strength.

    and I was just offering a suggestion to another program that may suit better.
  • cessi0909
    cessi0909 Posts: 653 Member
    Thanks all. I am certainly open to suggestions of other workouts.
    This was my first go at lifting anything heavier and am continuing using a program found on bb.com
  • canadianlbs
    canadianlbs Posts: 5,199 Member
    it's a great feeling. :)
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
    Keep up the great work! Just make sure to track that progression and always be hungry for more
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