What are the best workouts for a novice to do at the gym?

[Anonymous]

Decided I'm gonna start going to the gym, not really sure how to workout, as in what exercises, how hard, how often.

[bobair]

1) Read magazines and books... there's a million and one books on how to lift. This is a good one: link

2) Get a trainer for a month if you can afford it. It'll save you a tonne of time.



3) If all else fails try sticking to the basics for your first three months in order to get your joints, bones and muscles used to the movements. It's not about how much you can life, it's about slow control and building the mind-body connection. Once you've gotten a good sense of all your movements THEN you can start to get more focused on lifting heavy.

4) Realize that being thin and losing weight is about diet. Exercise is more about health and strength. Combine the two and you'll be strong AND healthy AND lean.

5) Lifting weights damages your muscles and rest allows them to repair and extra rest allows them to grow... so if you're trying to grow muscles make sure to allow your muscles lots of rest (a week) between work outs. So if you do CHEST on Monday don't do chest again until the following week.

6) If you want strength do weights Monday, Wednesday, Friday and cardio Tuesday and Thursday. If you want cardio health and weight loss do cardio Monday, Wednesday and Friday with weights Tuesday and Thursday.

7) Stick to 1 exercise per body part, 4 sets per exercise, and 12 to 16 reps per set. For your first three months... until your body has grown accustom to your new exercises.

8) Splitting up the body might look like this:

Monday:

Chest, Shoulders, Abs, Triceps.

Tuesday:

45 minutes of jogging or 25 minutes of Wind Sprints.

Wednesday:

Upper Back, Lower Back, Biceps

Thursday:

45 minutes of jogging or 25 minutes of Wind Sprints.

Friday:

Squats, Dead lifts, Calf Raises.

Hope this helps!

~ Robby

[martyfellow]

Every gym has a staff person who will start you out on a program based on your current fitness level andyour goals. These people are trained professionals to varying degrees, certainly they can all help a beginner.

[Anonymous]

ask them for a personal trainer. most gyms give them as a preview for free and have him/her show you the best work outs for what you're looking for

[Anonymous]

If you don't know what you are doing I would try to stick to the machines some. Form is important with many workouts and it's hard to mess up the form on a machine!

[read87]

research compound workouts, that along with diet you will see results.

[WoIIie]

Bench press, shoulder press, deadlifts, barbell curls, tricep extensions, squats.

[ZaidAyyoub]

If you're anovice "DON'T" choose your workuots by your self you need to ask a trainer and he will give you the Appropriate for your body.

[kheserthorpe]

What are your goals? How often do you plan to go?

[leech5]

you can't go wrong with some jogging