THE ROUTINES

BEFORE YOU BEGIN:

The information that follows will be for each bodypart.   I cannot emphasize enough the importance of exercise technique!  Good exercise technique will lead to more productive workouts (as in actually stimulating the muscle exercised), as well as decreasing significantly the chance of lay off inducing injuries.

In the following sections, I will stick to  most of the BASIC large muscle group involving exercises.  WHY?  Simply put, because if you are trying to gain lean muscle mass, nothing is going to make that happen faster, than by working on the large muscle groups!  An important thing about muscle, is that it burns calories 24 hours a day...fat does not.  That is why any weight loss program has to incorporate muscle mass building.

When first starting, I would choose one exercise from the Legs, one from the Chest, and one from the back, and work out only one bodypart every other day...i.e...Legs Monday, Chest Wednesday, Back Friday.  Once you progress to adding more exercises, such as calves or shoulders, just make sure to work them out at the same time as the larger muscle group that are used as well.  By this I mean, do calves on Thigh day, and shoulders on Chest day.

Most of the exercise techniques found in the following pages were obtained from Stuart McRobert's book "The Insider's Tell-All Handbook on WEIGHT TRAINING TECHNIQUE"  This is a wonderful source of information, and it goes into much greater detail about many more exercises.  What's also good about it is that it tells you WHY some exercises should be avoided.  If you are going to be looking for a personal trainer, I strongly suggest  that you read the book first, and then see what the personal trainer tells you about how "to do" certain exercises.  If they instruct you incorrectly, take a pass...

Ok, so..... ON TO THE EXERCISES!