Need Recommendations on Gym Weight Workouts

firmaholic · 10-10-14, 12:59 PM

Hi guys,

I need your advice, wisdom and knowledge again. My son in his efforts to help me recuperate from my broken toe and loose the 6 lbs that I have gained, bought me a three months membership to the gym... Now I am not much of a gym person and their classes are just ok, but I can definitely do them a couple of times a week. I would like to give gym workouts (machines and free weights) a try, but don't know much or rather anything about it. My son's workouts are all about muscle building and gaining weight/strength. I had a complimentary session with a trainer, but it left me cold and their prices for private training are not in my budget.

Can you recommend some paper or downloadable workouts that I can have either on paper or to upload on my phone that I could do myself. The ones that would work with the gym equipment.

TIA,
Julia

jusca · 10-10-14, 01:34 PM

There are so many options for paper gym workouts that I don't know where to start for a recommendation. Right now, I'm using the Men's Health "Abs Diet" strength circuit rotation. Despite what the name suggests, it's not a diet. It's an acronym.

Some other possibilities:

Bodybuilding.com fat loss routines
Venus Factor
Athlean-X
New Rules of Lifting

firmaholic · 10-10-14, 01:37 PM

Thanks for the recommendations.
Are these downloadable onto a phone or do I need to print them out?

jusca · 10-10-14, 01:38 PM

You can download all the pdfs to your phone or print them out.

Jane P. · 10-10-14, 03:39 PM

I have the book New Rules of Lifting for Women that you can have for postage. The binding is falling apart, but the pages are all there. This might be better because you could take the pages you desire to the gym with you. PM me if interested.

bzar · 10-10-14, 07:54 PM

hope you recover soon!

do you have any weight training videos, like from Cathe or any others?

if so, take those moves and do them in the gym:

this one time, i recorded the audio from The Firm Tough Tape #1 to a walkman cassette (this was pre-MP3 days....

) and played it while doing the routine in the Disneyland hotel fitness room.

another time, i wrote down all of the moves in a composition book for P90x Legs and Back (it took up 1 page), and wrote down the poundage i was using on the same sheet. i did that workout in a Maui hotel fitness room.

ncl · 10-10-14, 10:57 PM

When I go to the gym, I like to use the iTrain workouts, especially the cardio ones (though they have mixed and weight training, too) as well as the cardio coach workouts. Sometimes I also do the Jillian program that she had in her book about losing the last 10lbs. It is called Making the Cut.

firmaholic · 10-11-14, 12:00 AM

Thanks for all the suggestions, I really appreciate them.

Kyra · 10-11-14, 10:02 AM

Be careful what you wish for...

Muscle and strength has a ton of paper workouts, all free for the taking. Despite the name, it has a pretty good variety of workouts (sport specific, fat loss, etc.). I've used and enjoyed a couple of programs from there.

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10-10-14, 12:59 PM
firmaholic Join Date: Mar 2003	Need Recommendations on Gym Weight Workouts Hi guys, I need your advice, wisdom and knowledge again. My son in his efforts to help me recuperate from my broken toe and loose the 6 lbs that I have gained, bought me a three months membership to the gym... Now I am not much of a gym person and their classes are just ok, but I can definitely do them a couple of times a week. I would like to give gym workouts (machines and free weights) a try, but don't know much or rather anything about it. My son's workouts are all about muscle building and gaining weight/strength. I had a complimentary session with a trainer, but it left me cold and their prices for private training are not in my budget. Can you recommend some paper or downloadable workouts that I can have either on paper or to upload on my phone that I could do myself. The ones that would work with the gym equipment. TIA, Julia

10-10-14, 01:34 PM
jusca Join Date: Aug 2011	There are so many options for paper gym workouts that I don't know where to start for a recommendation. Right now, I'm using the Men's Health "Abs Diet" strength circuit rotation. Despite what the name suggests, it's not a diet. It's an acronym. Some other possibilities: Bodybuilding.com fat loss routines Venus Factor Athlean-X New Rules of Lifting

10-10-14, 01:37 PM
firmaholic Join Date: Mar 2003	Thanks for the recommendations. Are these downloadable onto a phone or do I need to print them out?

10-10-14, 01:38 PM
jusca Join Date: Aug 2011	You can download all the pdfs to your phone or print them out.

10-10-14, 03:39 PM
Jane P. VF Supporter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Colorado Springs	I have the book New Rules of Lifting for Women that you can have for postage. The binding is falling apart, but the pages are all there. This might be better because you could take the pages you desire to the gym with you. PM me if interested. __________________ "The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." Leo Tolstoy

10-10-14, 07:54 PM
bzar Exchange Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: PalmTreeVille	hope you recover soon! do you have any weight training videos, like from Cathe or any others? if so, take those moves and do them in the gym: this one time, i recorded the audio from The Firm Tough Tape #1 to a walkman cassette (this was pre-MP3 days....) and played it while doing the routine in the Disneyland hotel fitness room. another time, i wrote down all of the moves in a composition book for P90x Legs and Back (it took up 1 page), and wrote down the poundage i was using on the same sheet. i did that workout in a Maui hotel fitness room. __________________ ~jeannine Miyagi: Wax on, right hand. Wax off, left hand. Wax on, wax off. Breathe in through nose, out the mouth. Wax on, wax off. Don't forget to breathe, very important. [walks away, still making circular motions with hands] ~ Pat Morita, The Karate Kid, 1984 disclosure: in the years 2002-2004 i had a professional relationship with a distributor of fitness videos; see profile.

10-10-14, 10:57 PM
ncl Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Western North Carolina	When I go to the gym, I like to use the iTrain workouts, especially the cardio ones (though they have mixed and weight training, too) as well as the cardio coach workouts. Sometimes I also do the Jillian program that she had in her book about losing the last 10lbs. It is called Making the Cut.

10-11-14, 12:00 AM
firmaholic Join Date: Mar 2003	Thanks for all the suggestions, I really appreciate them.

10-11-14, 10:02 AM
Kyra Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South Jersey	Be careful what you wish for... Muscle and strength has a ton of paper workouts, all free for the taking. Despite the name, it has a pretty good variety of workouts (sport specific, fat loss, etc.). I've used and enjoyed a couple of programs from there. __________________ The Grim Reaper catches us all. But when he catches me the son-of-a-bitch is going to be hunched over, wheezing and gasping for breath! Certified Bulletproof Athlete