Strength Training Help Needed

sarah829522
sarah829522 Posts: 139
edited September 30 in Fitness and Exercise
I need a basic strength training routine I can follow at my gym. Where are some good places to look for routines that I can do a few times a week? I've been training with two different trainers 2-3 times per week since last October but can't continue more than once per month.

I know it's not what I should have done, but I mindlessly followed them around the gym and did whatever they said. It was 6 a.m. so I wasn't really paying attention. I didn't think I would have to stop seeing him.

Yes, I've asked him to send me what I should be doing but it's been a week and still haven't heard so I'm really just not sure what I should be doing.

Thanks for the help.

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  • MrBrown72
    MrBrown72 Posts: 407 Member
    http://www.bodybuilding.com/guides/

    has some pretty good stuff.
  • nyctraveler
    nyctraveler Posts: 305 Member
    Bump
  • silkysly
    silkysly Posts: 701 Member
    P90X
  • Wibikerlady
    Wibikerlady Posts: 73 Member
    http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/

    That is an AWESOME site to look thru...Find the muscle groups and find an exercise you want to do, then go to the next muscle you want to work and do the same...Create your own... Its not hard but remember, you need to change the workout every so often to confuse the body. In the *Body Sculpting* class I teach, I use this site for different ideas. We use NO machines as you get a MUCH better workout using free weights and your own body weight & stability balls.
    Muscles to hit:
    WARM UP FIRST
    CHEST
    ARMS (BICEP & TRICEPS INDIVIDUALLY)
    SHOULDERS
    ABS
    QUADS
    HAMSTRINGS
    GLUTES
    STRETCH ATLEAST 5 MIN AFTER!!! Stretch all parts you worked.
    BACK

    Best of luck and if you need help with somethings, dont hesitate to ask.
  • Momalicious69
    Momalicious69 Posts: 6
    I bought theSupreme 90 day Get Rip. The excerises are great and can be used in the gym and at home. You need yoga mat, weights, and excerise ball. Also, look at excerise tv . Good Luck !!! ;-)
  • kimtpa1417
    kimtpa1417 Posts: 461 Member
    30DS is a combo of cardio and strenth and its 20 minutes a day. I got the video at walmart
  • MandyCanDo
    MandyCanDo Posts: 53 Member
    Sarah-I usually break up my strength training by upper body/lower body routines on the advice of my trainer. A sample of what I do is

    One visit - Bicep curls with dumbells, ez bar curls with barbell, hammer curls with dumbells, overhead tricep extensions, tricep pushdowns, tricep kickbacks

    Next visit - Machine chest press, bench press, flys with dumbells, Overhead pulldown, one armed rows, seated low rows

    Next visit - Leg press, step ups, squats with medicine ball, shoulder press, side lateral raises, front & side lateral raises combined.

    I also do abs with each of these routines ranging from crunches, hanging pullups, roman chair knee ups, leg lifts and planks.

    Two days a week I do just cardio and with one of the strength training visits I add 30 minutes on the treadmill or elliptical.

    This is everything I did to lose my first 41 lbs prior to MFP. I fell into old habits so I am just starting this routine up again with the assistance of this site. Hope this helps! Good luck with your journey~you can do it!
  • martinh78
    martinh78 Posts: 601
    http://www.bodybuilding.com/guides/

    has some pretty good stuff.

    BRILLIANT website!

    Thanks
  • sarah829522
    sarah829522 Posts: 139
    http://www.bodybuilding.com/guides/

    has some pretty good stuff.

    Thanks! I have bought supplements there and protein powder but never thought they had things like that. Wow. Very impressed. And best part is it's FREE!
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