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Well 4 days to the gym this week again ^_^
I don't know if my routine is too soft or strong or what, my trainer at the gym made it for me, thing is I don't know how the machines are called
Let me put it this way, I come in and do 30 min of cardio in eliptical machine at intensity 6 in the weight loss or mixed course, the 150 abs then off to the machines...
On the first one I do 4x 20 repetitions with 20 pounds
On the second one I do 4x 20 repetitions with 40 or 50 pounds
On the third one I do 4x 20 repetitions with 40 or 50 pounds
On the fourth one I do 4x 20 repetitions with 60 pounds
On the fifth one I do 4x 20 repetitions with 10 pounds
On the sixth one I do 4x 20 repetitions with 30 pounds
On the seventh one I do 4x 20 repetitions in 3 different leg positions (middle, middle top and top corners) with 110 pounds
On the eight one I do 4x 20 repetitions with 10 or 20 pounds
On the ninth one I do 4x 20 repetitions (both inwards and outwards position) with 50 or 60 pounds
I usually work just legs or just arms and chest, in arms he also has me take the 10 pound dumbbells and do 3x 15 repitition or 4x 20 repitition (depends on his mood jaja) of each of those 4 excersizes in the tenth image, along with 4x 20 repetitions of another in which I kinda pull on a rope
(http://kbierek.powweb.com/shapefit-pics/triceps-exercises-triceps-pushdowns-with-rope-attachment.gif)
Sorry for being silly and so "illustrative" jaja, tell me, what do you think....!?
I don't know if my routine is too soft or strong or what, my trainer at the gym made it for me, thing is I don't know how the machines are called
Let me put it this way, I come in and do 30 min of cardio in eliptical machine at intensity 6 in the weight loss or mixed course, the 150 abs then off to the machines...
On the first one I do 4x 20 repetitions with 20 pounds
On the second one I do 4x 20 repetitions with 40 or 50 pounds
On the third one I do 4x 20 repetitions with 40 or 50 pounds
On the fourth one I do 4x 20 repetitions with 60 pounds
On the fifth one I do 4x 20 repetitions with 10 pounds
On the sixth one I do 4x 20 repetitions with 30 pounds
On the seventh one I do 4x 20 repetitions in 3 different leg positions (middle, middle top and top corners) with 110 pounds
On the eight one I do 4x 20 repetitions with 10 or 20 pounds
On the ninth one I do 4x 20 repetitions (both inwards and outwards position) with 50 or 60 pounds
I usually work just legs or just arms and chest, in arms he also has me take the 10 pound dumbbells and do 3x 15 repitition or 4x 20 repitition (depends on his mood jaja) of each of those 4 excersizes in the tenth image, along with 4x 20 repetitions of another in which I kinda pull on a rope
(http://kbierek.powweb.com/shapefit-pics/triceps-exercises-triceps-pushdowns-with-rope-attachment.gif)Sorry for being silly and so "illustrative" jaja, tell me, what do you think....!?
Tatyana
Elite Mentor
As you are new to training, what you are doing is great to get your body used to the movements.
As you are new to training, you will put on some muscle, or as most people refer to it 'tone up'.
You may find that you will need to modify your training routine as you will adapt to this one.
What I recommend for women is to train exactly the same way that men train.
As we don't have the same hormone profile as men, we don't develop muscle the way men do.
Basically this will mean training with free weights, barbells and dumbells and some of the plate loading machines, and training with intensity, so heavy weights with lower reps, rule of thumb around 8-12.
The beauty of training full on is that you can train about three times a week for 30 min to maintain a great physique.
As you are new to training, you will put on some muscle, or as most people refer to it 'tone up'.
You may find that you will need to modify your training routine as you will adapt to this one.
What I recommend for women is to train exactly the same way that men train.
As we don't have the same hormone profile as men, we don't develop muscle the way men do.
Basically this will mean training with free weights, barbells and dumbells and some of the plate loading machines, and training with intensity, so heavy weights with lower reps, rule of thumb around 8-12.
The beauty of training full on is that you can train about three times a week for 30 min to maintain a great physique.
Ok so I'm not that wimpy jaja....
Almost every week I modify the routine mostly adding weight because what was hard 2 weeks ago is now too simple today....
There's this big @ss dude at my gym (he could probably bench press me like 50 times and then break me in half) and yesterday I was lifting 50 pounds (img 2) and he told me "sweety you may wanna try only lifting 20 otherwise your gonna get all muscular
Due enlighten my ignorance on this question:
I DO want to get muscular but of course I'm quite chubby/fat, do I have to concentrate full on losing fat first or can I do both muscle and burn fat?
Tatyana
Elite Mentor
You can do both as a newbie to training, put on muscle and take off fat.
Take full advantage of this, as it doesn't happen very often or at all when you have been training awhile.
People have really odd ideas about women and muscle.
Muscle will give your body shape and women start to lose muscle at the age of 30.
I posted quite a bit of information about why women should weight train and try and put on muscle in the training sticky at the top of this forum if you are interested to read more.
Take full advantage of this, as it doesn't happen very often or at all when you have been training awhile.
People have really odd ideas about women and muscle.
Muscle will give your body shape and women start to lose muscle at the age of 30.
I posted quite a bit of information about why women should weight train and try and put on muscle in the training sticky at the top of this forum if you are interested to read more.
I did read it, I also read the one about weirdos in the gym thinking girls cant handle weight and other girls thinking they'll look like hulk if they lift weights 
Not to be impatient but I've ben in the gym for a month now and havent lost a single pound... I'm pretty sure I didnt lose fat and gain muscle 
I'm pretty sure I didnt lose fat and gain muscle 
Not to be impatient but I've ben in the gym for a month now and havent lost a single pound...
That could be a number of things. Water retention, you decreased your meals, snacking too much, your menses. Give yourself some time and stay consistent. I know is hard to stay consistent at first, but you'll get there..
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