Starting up again - I just can't do it this time

[LiftGirl]

Originally Posted by jogym

Yes I am at a club. Could anyone give me a weight training routine to do. Do I split it into different body parts or do a whole body workout. Am not sure what would get better results.

I would go with full body twice a week choosing compound exercises. The best and most effective IMHO are deadlift, squat, rows, bench and overhead press. Start out with just one or two sets. You can work up to three times a week later if you want and it's not too much.

Keep up the hard work! You are starting to make progress, and it will take time. Don't worry about the scale weight. You have probably built some muscle, which adds weight, but is denser than fat, so you look smaller. 3% bodyfat reduction in 8 weeks is a great result if you ask me!

[Merrida]

Yeah, ditto to everything LiftGirl just said.


Had to add my $.02

Two women giving you a big thumbs up on your progress & choices. You're doing great.

[ajarvis]

Nice job getting your body fat down to 21%!! I agree with what Liftgirl said, and I like to add in dips and pullups. Assisted or unassisted. and pushups. They give your body a good overall workout.

[jogym]

Down at gym last night. Tough workout. Mixture of treadmill, bike, cross trainer, rowing machine all at low and high intensity. Have lost another 1lb and bodyfat now down at 20.4% Am really pleased. What would you say would be a reasonable target to reach for bodyfat? Don't want to look too small as v petite. Belly I can see slowly! going down. Must get these weight training workouts in!!

[jogym]

All this cardio is making my body shrink and it's not nice. Body fat is still dropping but I have a very small frame and I don't like the way am starting to look. I have v small shoulders. Can I say to my personal trainer that yes he's doing a good job but i'm not getting any shape to my body it's just dwindling away with all this cardio. I would like it if he could put in a few weight training sessions. Before when I was on my own and doing weights more I was getting that broader to the top half of my body look and tapering in but now there's not much difference to my top and bottom half and just getting like a smaller version of what I used to be! but still with the flabby mid-section. My tummy muscles are still separated. When I do a normal sit up it dips up in the middle. Is this why I can't get it back to the way it was. I don't want to look thin!

[.V.]

Did you not say you were four months pregnant? If so, then your abdomen is really not a priority for now. It's gonna get bigger and you will likely gain some body fat...it goes with becoming a mom. Priority for now is strengthening the back and pelvic floor muscles. The squats and deadlifts already suggested will do this for you...and they'll increase abdominal wall strength too.

[LiftGirl]

Originally Posted by .V.

Did you not say you were four months pregnant?

Andy, back in the OP she stated she was 9 months post. (I couldn't remember either, had to go back and check)

To the OP, I believe lifting weights will give you the look you want. Ask your trainer to show you the basic exercises, and find a new one if he/she discourages this.

[.V.]

oops. that's what I get for trying to read with no contacts in and only one eye working.

[LiftGirl]

Originally Posted by .V.

oops. that's what I get for trying to read with no contacts in and only one eye working.

LOL, that's why I got Lasik

[ajarvis]

you know what I wonder is how long do your abs stay seperated? I mean I know a few weekss ago mine still were (just checked and they don't feel that bad), but I mean I could get a finger in between them! If I started a crunch on the floor and put my finger in the middle they'd squeeze on my finger lol. They don't now, but it sure did seem to take an awful long time! I also wonder if you're "suppose" to do lots of ab exercises when they're still seperated....