What’s a good workout routine for a female beginner?

by Workout Fiend on February 8, 2010


My apartment complex has a gym so I’m gonna get my fat butt in there after work today, but how should I start? I worked out in high school for swim team, but it’s all a little foggy by now… do I start with the treadmill and then weights, or can I just do weights, or what? The gym has pretty basic stuff, just treadmills and a couple machines, no free weights.

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Ryan February 8, 2010 at 8:25 am

you ought to think about trying what’s called supersetting or Interval Training…which is periods of high intensity work followed by periods of rest or low intensity work. combines both a strength component(for lean tissue building) and a cardiovascular component(for fat burning).

this type of training causes an effect known as EPOC…Excess Post(exercise) Oxygen Consumption. the EPOC phenomenon causes an increased rate of oxygen intake, an elevated consumption of fat for fuel and increases your metabolism up to 48 hours AFTER you exercise! burning fat while you rest!

Not only does this type of training torch bodyfat, it also saves you time. no more splitting up your days…1 day cardio, 1 day weights…more time for family,friends,work,sports. you also don’t need an fancy or expensive equipment to complete these workouts. most of them you can do at home. example:

squats
push-ups
pull-ups
planks

do each exercise for a set # of reps or time back to back without rest in-between. that equals 1 set. rest 30-60 sec then repeat whole sequence. do 3-5 complete sets. you can plug in more exercises(I do one where I pick 10 exercises and do 1 min of each) or mix in different exercises. train this way 3x/week and you will definitely see some results.

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