Beginners advise needed

BoB_BoT

Hey all, I've finally gotten a bit of motivation in me to get back to some sort of training. I've more or less been idle the past year, so my plan is to follow a basic workout (found online), with a bit extra thrown in by myself. Essentially I'm looking to build fitness slowly and work up towards a sustainable more intensive set of workouts.

I'll be spending the next week or so checking out workouts and food but if anyone can throw in some suggestions it'd be appreciated.

The workout is as follows:
Monday:
Pushups (3 sets of 10 [yes I've gotten than weak]) - moving on to 3 sets of 15 in week 3 and so on.
Situps (3 sets of 20) - Gradually increasing
Cardio (20-30 min Run [jog, run, sprint, jog]) - With aims to increase time and run/sprint time gradually.

Tuesday:
Situps (same throughout the week)
Strength Training (Yet to decide fully on what, more than likely just weights)

Wednesday:
Pushups (same throughout the week)
Situps (same throughout the week)
Cardio (20-30 min Run [jog, run, sprint, jog])
Situps (another 3 sets of 20)

Thursday:
Rest

Friday:
Pushups (same throughout the week)
Situps (same throughout the week)
Strength Training

Saturday
Pushups (same throughout the week)
Situps (same throughout the week)
Cardio (30-40 min Run [jog, run, sprint, jog])

Sunday:
Rest

All of this includes stretching before and after.

Any thoughts or things I should avoid?

Thanks
-Rob

jimi_t

I see you're concentrating on pushups and situps - you might find

http://hundredpushups.com/

and

http://twohundredsitups.com

of use. Both are regulated and firmly outlined (free) six week programs designed for people of any fitness/strength level and seem to come highly recommended. They even include online apps to chart your progress and compare it to others. I'm in much the same boat as you are in relation to embarking on an anti-idleness quest so best of luck

Roper

Who "highly recommends" the 200 sit up programme? I bet it's the national chiropracters association, they'd make from that.

OP, for a start some sit ups are fine but please don't try to do 200 unless you're trying to get some sick leave from work. How about investing in a small door frame pull up bar? €15 or so and will add to the push up programme.

jimi_t

Roper wrote: »

Who "highly recommends" the 200 sit up programme? I bet it's the national chiropracters association, they'd make from that.

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200situps.com wrote:

Please note, due to the potential risk of spinal damage involved with performing traditional sit-ups, the two hundred sit- ups program will utilize the more common crunch or curl up exercise.

BoB_BoT

Thanks for the replies, well the main reason for the situps and pushups is I want to focus on building strength in my arms and abdomen to make other exercises easier.
Ultimately I want to get back into Taekwon-Do training so that's why I'm focusing on arms and stomach, my legs are a lot stronger compared to arms and stomach, so trying to balance

I've no interest in injuring myself for the sake of it though, that's why I'm taking a relatively easy plan to begin with. I've had a look at both those plans and they're interesting looking, but I don't think they're for me yet, but thanks.