Setting up a routine

ride4lamar · Post by **ride4lamar** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:05 pm

I am fairly new to lifting. I was going to a gym last year for about 5 months and had a routine set up on the machines but could no longer afford the monthly fees.

I have a straight barbell, dumbells, tricep bar, and an incline decline bench with leg / bicep curl attachments. It also allows for squats. I also have an elyptical.

I am trying to set up a routine. But since I dont have much experience I am here for help. I have looked at some of the methods posted but feel as though I cannot complete some of the exercises do to needed machines (unless there can be substiitutions.

I am currently 23 years old, , just shy of 5'6" and about 160 pounds. I am a little soft around the middle, mainly leftover from college, with little muscle definition. fiance and I eat healthy, and I know that is a big part as well.

Thanks in advance for the help.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:20 pm

post some of the sdtuff yopu've seen here then say what you need to change, that will easier/quicker

ride4lamar · Post by **ride4lamar** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:02 pm

i was reading over the different Waterbury routines. I don't have a chin up bar, no row machine. things like that.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:03 pm

sub's can be made easily..post what you need changing...i suggest the waterbury method

ride4lamar · Post by **ride4lamar** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:31 pm

Not sure how I would do dips, hanging leg raises, seated calf raises, and chin ups appear to be it

thekid24 · Post by **thekid24** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:22 pm

ride4lamar wrote:Not sure how I would do dips, hanging leg raises, seated calf raises, and chin ups appear to be it

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=FhlGo5pVs94

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=dfgjWFKP5Mo

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=deSzVjbnSMw

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=uz-SW04cMOc

there you go man, i was feelin lazy to post all these but i did anyway.
lol as you can see, they're all pretty basic so no excuses there.
now its your time to do it.
good luck and stick with it.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:37 pm

he needs replacements kiddo..

dips - close grip bech presses
hanging leg raises - reverse crunches
seated calf raises - lye a bb on your thighs and off you go
chins - these will need to be replaced by a row variation...is there are row on this day already? and list the others in the program too

ride4lamar · Post by **ride4lamar** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:50 pm

Thanks for the help...ill look at it in the AM and let you know how it is...I will be starting this program on fresh on Monday...

thekid24 · Post by **thekid24** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:24 pm

swanso5 wrote:he needs replacements kiddo..

dips - close grip bech presses
hanging leg raises - reverse crunches
seated calf raises - lye a bb on your thighs and off you go
chins - these will need to be replaced by a row variation...is there are row on this day already? and list the others in the program too

ohh bad lol. cuz he said he didn't know how to do all that so yea.

thekid24 · Post by **thekid24** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:30 pm

ride4lamar wrote:Thanks for the help...ill look at it in the AM and let you know how it is...I will be starting this program on fresh on Monday...

monday? thats a week from now right? hmm you might put on some unwanted weight till then. but if you wanna start up on monday, you might wanna read up and do some more research in regards to your goals and soak it all up.

good luck though and keep us posted.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:14 am

he's a taskmaster that kiddo...

LINEBECK · Post by **LINEBECK** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:01 am

I do dips with 2 chairs with weight on the seat.

I basically only have a chin up bar and free weights at home. and I mostly workout at home. So I'm actually envious you have more equipment than me.

ride4lamar · Post by **ride4lamar** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:45 am

still going to do some cardio until then, make sure i know the correct way to do all of the exercises before jumping into it.

vamp · Post by **vamp** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:22 pm

perhaps Bossman can arrange to have "thekid" changed to "taskmasterkid" lol.

ride4lamar · Post by **ride4lamar** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:06 pm

There are no other rows on the days with chin-ups. The othrdays however there is a bent over BB row and then an upright row.