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Author: leanbutt
Date: 07-30-02 09:25
O.K. I`m trying to make a better comitment to strength training as I know that it will benifit me as I get older...not that far away, yuk...So here is what I did today any input would be appreciated....
7 min warm up
3 @ 10 side leg lifts(each leg)
20 crunches
20 side crunches(legs bent to one side,10 each side)
20 crunches
10 jelly rolls(the ones where you bring knees in while you do the crunch)
3@10 overhead press /5.5lbs weights
2@10bent over rows/5.5lbs weights
3@10 arm curls/5.5lbs weights
2@15 squats holding 5.5lbs on each hip
5 minutes cool down followed by stretches for 5 minutes
did drink plenty of water before during and continuing thru out the day....geez I want to work those love handles!
:D leanbutt
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Author: Dee
Date: 07-30-02 10:25
Hi again,
Sounds similar to the routine I used to do (which proved very effective for me), except that i only did regular crunches and reverse crunches -- I avoid anything that twists me to the side since I have spinal arthritus and have to be careful of my lower back. It sounds like a good routine to me, except that i personally would add some tricep work to that (takes care of the underarms!!!) My fav has always been tricep kickbacks - I find them fun to do, and I can always use a little more weight on those than I can on overhead presses and side lateral lifts. The other tricep exercise I like (not sure what it is called) is the one where you hold a weight in the air with one hand, and then bend your elbow, and lower the weight behind your head. I love that almost as much as tricep kickbacks since I can really feel my triceps working!! Other than that, the only difference between your routine and the one I used to do is that I did chest presses -- my ALL TIME favourite exercise!!! I LOVE to work my pecs!! LOL, and never miss doing my chest presses!!! I favour a standing two handed row, rather than a bent over row, but again, that might stem from protecting my lower back! Sounds like you are really enjoying the whole exercise thing, and that's GREAT!!! If we enjoy working out (and I know you love your karate), and don't think of it as a chore to be done, it will keep us fit and healthy for many years to come! Kudos to you for all your recent healthy choices, and very best greetings of the day!!
Cheers, Dee
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Author: leanbutt
Date: 07-30-02 12:25
Thanks your continuing support means a lot....I forgot to write that I also did 20 woman push up and I`m not sure what muscles those would work...For tricepts do seated fly work the tricep also cause I alternate with those......leanbutt
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Author: GymMachine
Date: 07-30-02 22:31
yeah kickbacks are ok its a matter of choice...the one Dee was talking about is called a french press...but you could always do tricep pushdowns also...maybe a chest press into the mix would be good too...push ups are a chest exercise, triceps to a smaller extent..so perhaps a chest press machine work and the push ups could be an option.
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Author: leanbutt
Date: 07-31-02 07:26
I found this chatelaine.com site and in the exercises section of the site it has great info on work out programm done at home or at the gym and little videos of each exercises so that you can see how they are done...You can even chose a 12 weeks programm that you can print out for free and chose the level you want such as beginner, intermediate or advance etc...the programm will show you a calendar with which days to do the work out and which days to rest, proper warm up and stretches so for people like me it really takes the guess work out of it....I like that it shows and explain the exercises and I`ve started a binder of those....I just entered Sweat Central in the search box of the home page and voila....so this is it...www.chatelaine.com check it out it`s pretty informative....
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