Have you ever wanted to start working out but gave up before even starting? Well, I'm the same
kind of person here. I've never worked out constantly for more than a month but I was really
close to doing so. I had to stop because I got covid after working out for 3 weeks and I suddenly
got busy because of college stuff. But, as a person that just "planned" on working out for 5
years, I'm here to give you guys tips on how to start working out with a routine because it
requires lots of research(only reccomend this website for people who's going to start).
usually, people make routines that follow the form of split workout. Split workout is a type of
workout that focuses on specific areas of your body every day. For example, the most basic split workout
is a "2-day split workout". One day is for your uppeer body and the other is for your lower body. Or, it
could be one day for the muscles you use when pulling, and the other day for pulling. Anyways, the point
is to work out one part of your body the first day, so the next day, you work out the other part while
the first part you worked on gets a rest. It's very important to know that giving a strong simulus to
your muscles one day and giving a break for the other day is beneficial for your muscle growth.
The muscles nedds about 24-48hours to recover from your previous workout.
Well, this really depends on what parts of your body you want to work out. There are tons of exercises
that focuses on the same parts of your body so that's when you can do reasearch and look for the
exercise that suits you best. YouTube is a perfect place to look for
different types of exercises. Here's an example of the exercises I did formy upper body day work out.
*The body parts in between the parenthesis are the body parts that each exercise focuses on.
It's also important to know which exercise focuses on which part of your body.
| exercise | Number of repeats |
|---|---|
| Dumbbell curl(biceps) | 10~15 times / 3 sets per arm | Bench press(chest) | 10~15 times / 3 sets |
| Pull-down(back) | 10~15 times / 3 sets | Side lateral raise(shoulder) | 10~15 times / 3 sets | Cable push-down(triceps) | 10~15 times / 3 sets | Arnold press(shoulder) | 10~15 times / 3 sets |
*The reason why I set the number of repeats for each set as 10-15 is becasue I change
the number of reapeats everyday based on my condition. If I'm feeling tired, only do 10.
If I'm feeling on fire, I can do 15 per set.
Before I go, Don't forget to stretch before you work out! Like all sports, getting warmed up is very
important so you don't hurt your body before getting pumped up. In split work out, you have to stretch
different muscles according to the body part you'll be working out on that day. For example, you should focus
stretching on your upper body, if it's an upper body day. Because I gave an example of my upper body routine,
here's an example of the stretches you could do to follow my routine.
