Recent content by JenD

Just from a female point of view........I can bench a heck of a lot more on a Smith than I can a free bar. On a Smith, you don't have to worry about using stablizing muscles, whereas on a free bar you do. Much harder. Deisel.........you're one strong young man! How tall are you? How much do...

A lousy 3. :(. I'm working on it though. Used to be, I couldn't do one. :) Jen

Here's a follow-up story from a former BFL'er. I'm still working out.........in great shape and loving it. I belong to a forum on MSN where many many former bfl'ers are working out lonnnnnnnnng after doing BFL for the first time. Like I said in my earlier post. It's just a plan. Many plans...

Have you ever tried 'good mornings' for hamstrings? My hams are screaming after doing them. Here'a link: http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Hamstrings/BBGoodMorning.html or http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Hamstrings/SMGoodMorning.html Jen

I love to do supersets. I work 2 body parts at a time, and by supersetting the 2, I get in and out of the gym quick. shoulders/calves; quads/hams; chest/bi's; back/tri's. Abs on cardio days. Jen

I did BFL for 12 weeks. It's a great program for the beginning, or just getting back into weight training person. It uses the principals of pyramiding and working to failure, without a ton of exercises for each body part. Basically, you do 2 exercises (6 sets) in pyramid fashion per body...

Ahhhhhhhh, just how would I go about posting the pic on this site? Jen

:) thanks guys! I'll post the pics in the members area. :) Jen

Thanks for the help guys. I don't feel like I'm overtraining, but I know others do less, so I wanted to see what others do. It has been my experience with other women friends that bodybuild, that women tend to do more exercises per body part and men tend to do less. I'm happy with the...

How many exerices per body part do you do? I'm interested because I think, according to what I've read here, that I might be over trainning, although I've been pleased with progress, and feel like I'm overtrainning. I have a 4 day split working shoulders/calves, chest/bi's, quads/hams...