Thoughts on my Workout routine.

MetHerInSolas

Workout Routine Advice for a Beginner
Personal Details: Age 36 - 6ft 4in – 15st 5lbs

Machine Weights: Monday & Wednesday & Friday:
Warm-up Bike 5mins, Chest Incline, Shoulder Incline, Shoulder Press, Leg Curl, Leg Extension, Leg Press, Upper back, Total Abdominal, Pectoral and 10 warm-down sketching exercises. All 3 sets of 10 reps

Cardio: Tuesday & Thursday:
Warm-up Bike 5mins, Cross Trainer 20mins, Rowing 12mins, Bike 5mins and 10 warm-down sketching exercises.

I have been doing the above routine for about 6 weeks; for the previous 6 weeks I just did the Cardio routine.
I take a Whey Protein drink after the Machine Weight routine (Holland &Barrett)

Any advice/suggestions/thoughts on my routine either good or bad would be appreciated, as I don’t know anybody who is a gym regular/expert and the people who work in the gym are nice but quite young.

Also recommendations on a good book around this area would also be appreciated possible routine ideas/diet etc.

maverick_21

I'd be interested to hear the responses to this.I joined a gym one month ago. I go 3-4 times a week. Usual routine is 20 mins on treadmill followed by Chest Incline, Shoulder Incline, Shoulder Press, Leg Curl, Leg Extension, Leg Press, , Total Abdominal All 3 sets of 10 reps. Then to finish i do a 15 minute cycle.

I don't take any protein shakes so far.As these essentail? As with MetHerInSolas i'd love some help.

Cheers.

Nwm2

MetHerInSolas wrote: »

Workout Routine Advice for a Beginner
Personal Details: Age 36 - 6ft 4in – 15st 5lbs

Machine Weights: Monday & Wednesday & Friday:
Warm-up Bike 5mins, Chest Incline, Shoulder Incline, Shoulder Press, Leg Curl, Leg Extension, Leg Press, Upper back, Total Abdominal, Pectoral and 10 warm-down sketching exercises. All 3 sets of 10 reps

Cardio: Tuesday & Thursday:
Warm-up Bike 5mins, Cross Trainer 20mins, Rowing 12mins, Bike 5mins and 10 warm-down sketching exercises.

I have been doing the above routine for about 6 weeks; for the previous 6 weeks I just did the Cardio routine.
I take a Whey Protein drink after the Machine Weight routine (Holland &Barrett)

Any advice/suggestions/thoughts on my routine either good or bad would be appreciated, as I don’t know anybody who is a gym regular/expert and the people who work in the gym (Ben Dunne Jervis St) are nice but quite young.

Also recommendations on a good book around this area would also be appreciated possible routine ideas/diet etc.

What are your goals here? To gain muscle, lose fat, get fitter, generally look better? All of the above?

MetHerInSolas

Would like to put on some muscle if possible as always been skinny but would also like the others too i.e. lose the bit of a belly I have and get fitter....cheers

miqeel

Your routine is focused on splits- working on isolation exercises and avoiding complex muscle moves- there is no squat or deadlift in your routine. I think including those exercises in your workout would be beneficial, especially if you want to gain weight. Moreover, to gain muscle weight you need to be slightly careful about your diet - eat more than you burn. Doing cardio is good for fat loss, but you need to remember, that if you burn more calories than you take in, you risk some muscle loss as well.

I would have only one word of advice. Do more compound exercises, and less isolation. You will get stronger, and then you will gain muscle. Check out www.stronglifts.com or startingstrenght.com for plenty of advice on strenght training. (you can get free 100 page e-book from stronglifts with plenty of advice)

Hope this helps a bit.

miqeel

maverick_21 wrote: »

I'd be interested to hear the responses to this.I joined a gym one month ago. I go 3-4 times a week. Usual routine is 20 mins on treadmill followed by Chest Incline, Shoulder Incline, Shoulder Press, Leg Curl, Leg Extension, Leg Press, , Total Abdominal All 3 sets of 10 reps. Then to finish i do a 15 minute cycle.

I don't take any protein shakes so far.As these essentail? As with MetHerInSolas i'd love some help.

Cheers.

I would have the same advice as for MetHerInSolas - more compound exercises, less isolation. Check the websites I listed in my previous post.