HoshiAdam
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(7/23/02 9:53 am)
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My exercises
My wife and I just started working out a week or two ago. I am not as much interested in weight loss as muscle gain. I used to do weight training in high school. That was 6 years ago. Since then I have only gained about 15 lbs, and that is on a college student diet. But, I have lost most of the strength I had, which wasn't too much. Taking that into account, here are the exercises I do. I am trying to split them into alternating groups.
Push-ups, wimpie ones with my knees on the ground, one set with my hands placed about a hand width away from my shoulders, one set right under the shoulders, and one set with my hands triangled. I do as many as I can of each, usually 10-20 each.
Crunches, 3 sets. Middle, one with my right leg up and turning my left shoulder to it, one set reversed of that. I try to do 20 each
Lunges. 40 of them, 20 each leg.
Arm curls, hand up. I use a 20 pound weight and try to do 2 sets of 20 on each arm. Second set I usually have to stop at 15.
Arm curls, hand down. This seems to work the forearms a bit more. I do a set of 20 on each arm.
That tricep over the head thing - point your elbows straight up and then fold your arms behind your head, and lift a weight up behind your head. Can't remember what the correct name for it is. Basically it works the triceps. I do a set of 20 at 10 pounds. Both arms holding the weight at the same time.
Arm raises. Keeping arms straight, I lift 10 pound weights from hanging at my sides to a T shape. If I remembre right, this works the back a bit, and some other parts, but not the arms as much. I do 10 to the sides and 10 to the front.
Military press - While standing, pushing weights straight up from the shoulders. Mostly works the shoulders. I do a set of 20 at 10 pounds on each hand.
Altogether, I do the exercises too fast, so it only takes about 30 minutes. My wife and I both do these, but she uses less weight and does more stretching.
On saturdays, I take the day off workign out.
On sundays, I get a mild cardio workout in, either sparring with friends using boffer weapons, or solo doing some sword kata that I remember from my Satori Ryu Iaido class.
p.s. - I am not a weight training professional and it has been a long time since I have done this stuff. What I am doing works for me, but it might not work for others. Whenever you are starting a new weight training exercise, try it a few times at low wieght and work up slowly. Have a partner there to help also.
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