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Posted: May 12 2008, 04:34 PM
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My girlfriend is wanting me to start training her 3 days a week. She's looking to "tone up" a bit and lose some bodyfat. I was thinking about putting her on a full body routine 3 days a week, with cardio done post-workout for 20-30 minutes. Any suggestions?

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Posted: May 12 2008, 04:42 PM
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What kind of workout are you doing?

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Posted: May 12 2008, 04:52 PM
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Posted: May 12 2008, 07:21 PM
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yeah if I had a buck for every girl who's asked me to do that with them that did 2 workouts or less...

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Posted: May 12 2008, 08:50 PM
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as far as im concerned working out with women is worthless, personal training i could somewhat see, BUT...working out with them..i would never show my face in a gym again

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Posted: May 12 2008, 10:55 PM
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Trust me, I won't be training "with" her. Im going to be training her in the morning and sticking to my workouts at night. I've already convinced her to clean up her diet, but im not sure what kind of training I should start her on. Should I keep her reps high (15+) or to the usual (8-12). Also, what kind of supersets/trisets or circuit training could I do with a full-body routine?

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Posted: May 12 2008, 11:14 PM
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Have her do what you do.

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Posted: May 12 2008, 11:53 PM
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I'm doing the same thing w/my wife bro. Do the full-body or maybe upper/lower, then the 20-30 min cardio after, just like you said. It's been working out pretty well so far for me. cool.gif

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Posted: May 13 2008, 08:39 AM
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Posted: May 13 2008, 08:41 AM
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what's wrong with training with her? i've worked out with my girl before. it's not bad. i think i'm a good influence on her too... all her friends halfass their workouts so she makes better progress with me.
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Posted: May 13 2008, 10:22 AM
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what's wrong with training with her? i've worked out with my girl before. it's not bad. i think i'm a good influence on her too... all her friends halfass their workouts so she makes better progress with me.

I couldn't do it if I wanted to. I like to be "zoned in" when im lifting, which would be impossible when having a girl with you

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Posted: May 13 2008, 12:07 PM
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Im thinking about using this, with 20-30 minutes of cardio post-workout

http://www.hypertrophy-specific.com/hst_II.html

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Posted: May 13 2008, 01:50 PM
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QUOTE (ANIMAL333 @ May 13 2008, 12:07 PM)
Im thinking about using this, with 20-30 minutes of cardio post-workout

http://www.hypertrophy-specific.com/hst_II.html

...that will work. Almost every person I train, or trained with had excellent results on this program. Those who didn't either didn't show up to the gym, or neglected to eat properly. And by eating properly I mean dont let the bitch snack on cookies and chips. Non-bb'rs and fitness enthusiasts can 'tone-up' as long as they keep their metabolism revved...I sound like im preaching all the time but lifestylecutdiet.com lays it out in a simple and straighfwd manner for the masses to digest (no pun intended).

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Posted: May 13 2008, 05:44 PM
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QUOTE (azfittrainer @ May 12 2008, 11:14 PM)
Have her do what you do.

+1. compound lifts are still a must.

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Posted: May 13 2008, 08:03 PM
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what's wrong with training with her? i've worked out with my girl before. it's not bad. i think i'm a good influence on her too... all her friends halfass their workouts so she makes better progress with me.

I couldn't do it if I wanted to. I like to be "zoned in" when im lifting, which would be impossible when having a girl with you

exactly my point

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Posted: May 14 2008, 12:26 AM
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QUOTE (ANIMAL333 @ May 12 2008, 04:34 PM)
My girlfriend is wanting me to start training her 3 days a week. She's looking to "tone up" a bit and lose some bodyfat. I was thinking about putting her on a full body routine 3 days a week, with cardio done post-workout for 20-30 minutes. Any suggestions?

This response got a lot longer than I originally hoped, but bear with me here...

I would just get her a personal trainer. The whole boyfriend/girlfriend workout thing doesn't work for either party. She doesn't want to train like you and you're probably going to push her too hard and make her uncomfortable. Then you'll both wind up frustrated and in strife.

Whereas if you get a trainer who's used to those initial obstacles and is able to deal with them, she could get to her own comfort level first and then maybe transition to training under you. I think training a woman in the gym is far more psychological than it is physical. We go to the gym to smash weights and that's it. It's very easy. For them it's completely different and there's a lot more there than that.

Whether they're pussies or sissys or right or wrong is irrelevant. Her needs at the gym are very different from yours. A trainer with female experience is going to be extremely productive.

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That being said, my gf and I train together. She does it all....front squats, dead lifts, cleans, good mornings, push-presses, everything I do. But it took a lot of time and work to get her to that point where she feels comfortable enough to try new exercises and can begin to realize her own strength.

You can't push a girl like you push a guy. It's a huge amount of pyschological work in terms of postive re-enforcement and keeping things fresh and new. If you're criticizing her or berating her, she's going to get uncomfortable and quit. Lots of times I just let her do the exercise wrong until she gets it right on her own. Women have an almost instinctive fear of failure, looking silly, and self-doubt. So you really gotta watch your words and not alienate her. You're still her boyfriend even when you're working out together, and she's going to need you to be a supportive there when training. Treat her like a dude and she's gonna walk.
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Posted: May 14 2008, 08:20 AM
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Take a week off to show her a routine. You can still train at the same time but maybe you won't be able to go balls to the wall since you'll be talking to her etc.

Once she gets the hang of it she can go at it solo and you can do your thing and you don't have to be up her ass the whole time.


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Posted: May 14 2008, 05:06 PM
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Today actually went pretty good. I started her out with jump roping for 3-4 minutes to warm up. She did a full-body workout with some HIIT cardio at the end cool.gif It suck's having to go to the gym twice, but there's no possible way I could work out with her

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Posted: May 16 2008, 10:14 AM
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Sender over here and I'll train her 4 times per week.

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Posted: May 16 2008, 10:15 AM
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Doing what, you don't even train yourself.

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