Beginners recomp

stellaella22
stellaella22 Posts: 10 Member
edited December 19 in Goal: Maintaining Weight
Does anyone have any good beginner exercises in mind for recomp? Like before lifting weights what would be some examples of good exercises that I should work on to prepare for lifting?

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  • OncologyChick
    OncologyChick Posts: 236 Member
    Do you mean warming up exercises?
    I do a 10 to 15 minutes warm up on my elliptical.
  • stellaella22
    stellaella22 Posts: 10 Member
    Not necessarily warming up exercises I meant to say body weight exercises like push ups, triceps dips, etc
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    edited January 2019
    Not everyone knows where to start, and sometimes a 45lbs bar is to heavy for the beginner. (It was for me)

    Have a look at the Nerdfitness bodyweight routine in the list above.
    There is also a good dumbbell routine in the list.

    Hasfit, on YouTube has some good basic routines.

    There is also a machine workout that you could start with.

    I will go and find a couple of links, hang on.

    Cheers, h.
    Here is the machine routine.
    https://www.bodybuilding.com/content/ultimate-beginners-machine-workout-for-women.html

    Here is a link to Hasfit.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U0bhE67HuDY

    Here is another good link for you.
    https://bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/beginning-weight-training-part-4.html/
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Bodyweight training is weight training, your body is the weight.

    Upside is no equipment or special facilities required.
    Downside is that it can be hard to modulate your progression and can also be harder (by no means impossible) to get a balanced routine.

    It's fine to start with bodyweight but by no means necessary.
    What can you currently do and what can't you do?

  • asochable
    asochable Posts: 43 Member
    It’s expensive, BUT I would highly recommend either an on ramp class/short term membership at a crossfit box or time with a personal trainer. The reason I say this is because I learned so much about form when I started crossfit 2 years ago and the coaches at my gym are so knowledgeable in how to modify movements and they have all the equipment (like 15# trainer bars) to get you going. I still am a member at my gym because of the community aspect, but it only took about 1-2 months of going to classes 3 days a week to get a good grasp on proper technique and learn ways to modify movements so if I had access to the equipment elsewhere, I could do the workouts on my own. A few one-on-one sessions with a fitness trainer would do the same thing for you.
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