looking for solid workout routines online to print out

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Envious Eric

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anyone have any good routines they do? looking for CORE training, and light weight training ones. Going to force myself to wake up in the mornings to workout from now on! Core and cardio one day, gym for weights the next, mixing it up every couple of weeks or a month depending on how hard/easy the workout is...



Cutting back on the boozing, working out and getting back into shape, and definitely going to focus more on the business/marketing for 2010.



everyone says they will do it all year and end up falling off...I hope I can NOT join that statistic!
 
Americans need jobs, get your *** to McDonalds and start eating. Doctors, lawyers, truck drivers, farmers and the rest of the food industry are counting on you....lol



One of my favorite sites, though mind boggling as far amount of content is ExRx (Exercise Prescription) on the Net You will find just about every exercise you can imagine with demos.
 
This isn't the requested response, but IMO what most people need to do routine-wise is find something they'll actually *DO* forever. Yeah, *forever*, for the rest of your life. IMO if you miss for than a few workouts per year something's wrong.



In my case, I had to come up with the right combination of cardio/weights/etc. for *ME*, I couldn't get it from somebody else. Even with regard to sets/reps, what works for me might not be right for somebody else and vice-versa.



I've posted my approach to exercise a zillion times before here, so I expect most regulars already know my position on this stuff.



[Note that Accumulator is going on 50, and is in mighty good shape ;) ]



Sorta funny how people see me, and project *their* workout ideas on me: "oh, you must do ..[whatever]", nope... they simply scratch their heads and say I'm "different".



Shoot, just do two minutes of "burpies" every other day for a few weeks. That's more than most sedentary people do by far.



Learn the Turkish Get-Up, which will teach you a lot about how your body is working these days.



Neither of those requires any equipment or much time. So, heh heh...no excuse for not at least doing them if there's no time for a "real" workout.



With any exercise, learn the correct form and don't worry about the weight. "Demanding" is whatever is challenging for *you*.



I'd try to be efficient about it. No need to spend hours working out. If you can do it for a long time, it's not very demanding and you'll find excuses why you can't do it "just this one time..." because you're so busy.



That goes for cardio too. It's pretty amazing how little (hard) cardio is necessary to get in good condition. For this, I'm all about very demanding interval training, but that's just me. If you need to be able to run 20 miles at the drop of a hat, you'd want to train differently. So, what's the goal?



Whatever you do, I'd stick with any routine for a while so you can accurately track your progress. I know people who mix things up so much they never have any meaningful feedback worth studying. Yeah, *studying*.



And if you don't reap some decent results after a few months, I'd sure reconsider whatever you're doing.
 
I think you shouldn't go for weights right now, try basic warm up exercises initially , and then give try to Push ups and pull-ups. Once your body is used to the pain then aim for Weights>>>



workout routines
 
maxluis said:
I think you shouldn't go for weights right now, try basic warm up exercises initially...[like]..pull-ups...
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Heh heh, plenty of people can't even do pull-ups/chins these days! It's like they have to work up to those with lat pulldowns or somesuch.



Wonder how toyotaguy's year of working out went :think:



Anyhow, Welcome to Autopia!
 
lol yea kinda of curious too--lol I figure reading cardio strength training is my recommendation--figure 15 bux is nothing compared to ordering say the insantiy workout etc...



I think I'm going to come up with a beginner complex which will probably be something like one legged squats, jumping alternating lunges, and lateral squats...at least until my physical therapist gives me the ok to workout my shoulders on my own then burpees, mountain climbers, valence push ups and all the other fun stuff is getting thrown in the mix =]
 
Alexshimshimhae said:
... I think I'm going to come up with a beginner complex which will probably be something like one legged squats, jumping alternating lunges, and lateral squats...
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I gather you're doing a basically body-weight-only workout given the above, right?



One legged squats (those are the same as the "pistols" that I do with a kettlebell, right?) are good, and I think there's a functional benefit to them (with regard to general movement)..but IMO they're just not the same as regular barbell squats with plenty of weight (and strict form, of course). I really do think that plain old barbell squats oughta be part of almost every workout regimen. But then, squats pretty much require a rack or cage or somesuch..although I started out doing them while holding two dumbells before I got the right equipment.
 
you're right =] traditionally, when dealing with calisthenic workouts the limitations are limited in terms of strength growth.

With dumbells and kettlebells, you can also do sumo squats and a range of other motions that are similar, but with caveats that effect the body differently (like jumping sumo squats etc..)





I have a bit of a foundation to rebuild personally (after two shoulder surgeries my body has quite some catching up to do).

On the other hand, after reading the book I found that there is a kind of whole facet that I've kind of shut myself out of.



Traditionally, I'd go to the gym work out and my cardio would be left as a run, or some kind of sport in the mix, but there's a level of explosiveness that I've lost and kind of a raw power and what I can only explain as natural endurance (it's weird I can't explain it) that I've lost since my organized sporting days. Though I don't expect to be slapping on shoulder pads or do anything that intense anymore, I'd like to regain that level of energy and all around being.



So I'm currently undergoing that training which takes these seemingly basic exercises and kick them up a several notches which forces you to kick it up several notches; constantly pushing the envelope to keep your body from plateauing. Eventually, I plan on mixing in traditional lifting until I get to the point that I can apply this training to the lifts ( I have to make sure that I can maintain proper form throughout the complexes; I'd rather not risk a hospital visit because I overestimated myself)



I might make some kind of recording of progress. but eh...I'll have to see...
 
Alexshimshimhae- Roger that, sounds like you have a good plan worked out for what you're trying to do.



And yeah, I suspect that for too many people the cardio work is just an afterthought of sorts, not the kind of really demanding work that's simply a whole different kind of thing.
 
hehe yea. For now, I figure I'll try my best to marry the best of both worlds--the lifting, with the cardiovascular; but do it in such a way that the trade offs in result are minimal.

I guess my thing is, I'll likely be leaning more towards the cardio side because I have some conditioning to do first before I can go full steam to the harder stuff so it'll take me some time =]



I'll see if I can post up some routines and stuff like that for some of you guys to follow or kind of learn from (if it's helpful in any way)
 
The forums over at bodybuilding.com have tons of info and the members are helpful, though a bit tough/sarcastic.
 
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