Weight Lifting Beginner

[MIGrlNTPA]

A Personal Trainer is too expense.

Does anyone have a workout schedule for someone starting weight lifting for the first time? Including the technique, how often, how much, how long etc..

Thanks

[m@xpower]

when starting....

-dont go to heavy. Form is really important, and its essential that your get them right before lifting heavy weights.

-Plan is not important yet. Just go to the gym and do some shoulder, chest, etc...exercise randomly for about good 2 or 3 weeks. OF course, do legs seperatly. REason because when starting, your gonnna be very sore the couple of days and if your and if you do all chest on one day, your gonna be to sore to lift for shoulder or other when the time comes.

-Change your diet! Eat healthy foods and make sure to get enough protein + complex carbs in your diet. (look around diet and nutrition for more info)

-Supplements, Alot of people here take supplements but for the 1st couple of months, your not gonna really need it so save your money.

-Make sure you make each workout count! Dont go to the gym and slack off. Remember your there and if your not giving it all you got, your wasting your time!

here is my workout plan, alot of people have different plans, but this suits me teh best. Remember, if your starting, your might be to sore to follow it.

-Monday - Chest, forearm

-Tueday - Off, but will change to ABs and CArdio in about a month.

-Wednesday - Shoulders, Back

-Thurdays - Legs, Abs (abs will be moved to tuesday soon, and cardio will be added)

-Friday - Tricep and Bicep.

Saturday & Sunday - Off.

[mrzool]

working out at home is so different then going working out at gym.......................at home i usually pick up about 100 pounds at the gym i had alittle trouble lifting the bar.........so dissapointing--->why is that

[Jaster]

I would start off light with a full body workout 2 to 3 times a week for the first month or 2 to get the feel and form. After that I would move to a split
Day 1 Chest and Tris, Day 2 off, Day 3 Back and Bis, Day 4 off Day 5 Legs and shoulders, Day 6 off, Day 7 you can do abs if you feel you need to or you can start over.

[threenorns]

working out at home is so different then going working out at gym.......................at home i usually pick up about 100 pounds at the gym i had alittle trouble lifting the bar.........so dissapointing--->why is that

motivation. i HATE working out at home. in your case, perhaps you weren't used to all the commotion and fuss and the downright *publicness* of the gym so your mind wasn't into it fully.

also, have you accounted for the difference in the configuration of the weights? ie, the bar on a home set isn't usually the standard 45lb bar at the gym.