Workout Routines Schedules

Are you looking for more direction and guidance in your workout routines? Do you need an organized plan that guides you from start to finish, day by day, month by month? Then you need workout routines schedules to help you achieve your goals.

Workout routines schedules are simply organized plans that lay out the exercises, the order of exercises, the sets, the reps, the rest between sets, the total duration of the workout, and the frequency.

Before following any workout routine schedule, its important to know all the elements within the routine or schedule, as listed in the above paragraph. Here's an explanation of each element:

Exercises - This refers to the actual exercises you'll be doing during the workout routine. Some examples include: bench press, shoulder press, lat pulldown, bicep curls, squats, calf raises, & more. See diagrams & descriptions of weight lifting exercises here...

Order of Exercises - This is the sequence that you'll be doing the exercises in. For example, you might start with chest exercises, and then do back, and then shoulders, and so on. The order of exercises is very important.

Repetitions - This is the number of times you lift & lower a weight. For example, for the bench press, when you push the bar up and then lower it back down, this completes one rep. For the biceps curl, when you raise the weight and then lower it down, that completes on rep.

Sets - Simply the completition of a certain number of repetitions consecutively. So, if you did 10 repetitions on the bench press and then stopped to take a break, you just completed one set of 10 repetitions.

Rest Between Sets - Just as the name implies, this means how long of a break you take between each set, whether 30 seconds or 120 seconds or more. The shorter the rest, the more "aerobic" the workout routine becomes, since your heart has to work harder.

Total Duration - How long you stay in the gym to complete all your sets is the total duration that you workout for, including rest. So, if it takes you one hour to complete your workout routine, then the duration is one hour.

Frequency - This refers to how many times you workout in a week. Some routines are 2x a week, while others are 5-6 times a week. A general rule is that the more frequently you workout, the less intense your workout should be.

Having a solid understanding of all the above elements is critical to choosing from the wide variety of workout routines schedules available. You have to place yourself in a beginner, intermediate, or advanced category, then determine your current level of conditioning, and then choose a workout routine by considering the above criteria...

How much time do you have to workout? How often can you go to the gym? What kind of exercises do you like doing? The key is to pick a workout routine schedule that is challenging as well as enjoyable.

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