Best Beginning Workout - Start Here

People always ask me where they should begin to get back in condition.  I say at the beginning is a good place to start.  If you haven’t been in the gym for a while or have been going but feeling frustrated with your results, try this whole body workout for a few weeks to get your body ready for more advanced training. 

You will do each exercise 2 times and superset one exercise with another as indicated (a superset is two or more exercises performed in a row without a break in between).  If you need help with how to do the exercise or what machine to use, ask a knowledgeable personal  trainer or go to: http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/ and type in the exercise in the “Find An Exercise By Name” field.  The exercise will come up with a video you can watch and an explanation of how to perform the exercise.  Perform 12-15 reps for each set.  Use a weight that is challenging by the 10^th rep.

Do one back and one chest exercise in a superset for two sets each

Back:

Wide Grip Lat Pull Down

Cable Row

 

Chest:

Incline dumbbell Press

Dumbbell Flies

Do one shoulder and one leg exercise in a superset for two sets each

Shoulder:

Dumbbell shoulder press

Dumbbell lateral raise 

Legs:

Leg Press

Leg Curl

Do one biceps and one triceps exercise in a superset for two sets each

Biceps:

Bicep Curl

Hammer Curl

Triceps:

Reverse Grip Triceps pushdown

Seated Triceps Press

Do this workout 2-3 times a week for 2-3 weeks.  You will then be ready to split up the workout into doing less body parts per workout.  I will post a sample workout that might follow this beginning whole body workout.