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Is this workout anygood??

yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2006/03/19, 10:52 AM Does this gym have any free weights? t -------------- I am training for birthdays. Be here. Live. Love. Hope. Now. Faith. Believe. You. - Keith Urban
billynomates Posts: 7 Joined: 2006/02/25	2006/03/19, 09:03 AM ive joined a gym about 6 weeks ago and this is the program given to me: Legpress machine chestpress machine shoulder press machine pulldown machine deltoid row machine then sometimes 20-30 mins low intesity workout on treadmill (normally a fast walk pace) on each of the above machines i do 1 warmup set (8reps with 5kg) then i do 2 resistance sets with between 30 and 60kg depending on what machine i use (8-16reps) when i manage 16 reps i increase the weight. i do this routine every other day, and each time i do the machines in a different order. The days im not doing the weights machine i do a higher intesity workout sometimes doing HIIT my goal is to lose bodyfat from my stomach area and gain some muscle (not looking to become a bodybuilder) so is the above workout anygood? should i split up the weight machines so i do 3 machines each time? will i burn muscle tissue by doing the low intensity workout after the weights?
chellie1234 Posts: 156 Joined: 2004/12/29	2006/03/19, 10:28 AM Please fill out your profile. It gives guys/gals needed information about you that they will use to help you with your plan. Good Luck:)
chellie1234 Posts: 156 Joined: 2004/12/29	2006/03/19, 10:28 AM Please fill out your profile. It gives guys/gals needed information about you that they will use to help you with your plan. Good Luck:)
billynomates Posts: 7 Joined: 2006/02/25	2006/03/19, 04:44 PM the gym dose have free weights, but i prefere machine weights, have tryed to fill in profile also
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2006/03/19, 07:30 PM Well, I think you'll need to throw free weights in there... you're going to need some more variety. This routine will burnout quick and adding some dumbbells and barbell movements will help target the muscles from different angles. I also don't see anything for arms, as in biceps or triceps. That being said, if you are just starting, perhaps getting comfortable in the gym this way may help. But you are going to have to add some other movements in there. t -------------- I am training for birthdays. Be here. Live. Love. Hope. Now. Faith. Believe. You. - Keith Urban
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2006/03/19, 10:46 PM My immediate reaction was going to be to say that anything is better than nothing. Then I read the routine. Kinda funny Tim. I see 4 movements for arms, and nothing for hips. -------------- Iron and chalk. Pain is only temporary, it is in your mind. If you can still walk, then you can still run.
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2006/03/20, 12:06 AM Right.. but I was thinking more isolation stuff.. curls, skulls and such... No squats or lunges or DL's... t ============ Quoting from wrestler125: My immediate reaction was going to be to say that anything is better than nothing. Then I read the routine. Kinda funny Tim. I see 4 movements for arms, and nothing for hips. ============= -------------- I am training for birthdays. Be here. Live. Love. Hope. Now. Faith. Believe. You. - Keith Urban
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2006/03/20, 08:55 PM So then adding in curls and skull crushers would be what is needed to fix this? I'm not trying to be a smart ass, but most guys that have been lifting for 6 weeks are not in need of more bicep isolation work. Id throw out the whole thing and start over. And we still dont know what the kids goals are. -------------- Iron and chalk. Pain is only temporary, it is in your mind. If you can still walk, then you can still run.
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2006/03/20, 09:30 PM Gotcha... So, would you suggest some sort of squat movement along with maybe Straight Leg Deadlifts and/or Deadlifts? What else would you throw in? Bent over rows (one arm or DB?)? But, again, it helps to know the goals. t -------------- I am training for birthdays. Be here. Live. Love. Hope. Now. Faith. Believe. You. - Keith Urban
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2006/03/20, 11:11 PM I would say that squats/dl and rows should be the basis of your program. I do not limit to any one rowing movement. I like bent rows because i can move a lot of weight and it is a demanding exercise. I like 3 point (supported) db rows because when I get to heavy weight I can feel it throughout my obliques, as well as the overload. -------------- Iron and chalk. Pain is only temporary, it is in your mind. If you can still walk, then you can still run.
billynomates Posts: 7 Joined: 2006/02/25	2006/03/21, 12:48 PM my goals are to lose the fat from around my belly, and gain a bit more upperbody strengh and muscle, also to get myself more phyically fit
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2006/03/21, 03:51 PM Then you need freeweights. Machines are fine to "learn on" and to fine tune some stuff. As for your goal, while you can't spot reduce...still there no adominal work, no "core work". Core meaning abbs,lowerback, glutes etc. the thing that stabliizes you. Doing machines won't work this at all. If your not balancing and fighting against gravity to stablize the weight....then no core is being engaged. And there fore no stabilization. Which means your not working the muscles to there fullest. Your also asking somthing thats really hard to do...you can't just "spot build' an area....and loose fat somwhere else. Doesn't work that way. To gain muscle or weight you need extra calories, to loose weight you need less calories. 2 way road...can't go both -------------- Get your bicep curling, cut off shirt, matching workout outfit wearing,flexing in mirror "toned" wanna-be ass , out of my squat rack! People don't reach thier true potental, only those who seek it.