Help !! Questions !!

[mjsturg1]

I have some questions that I hope someone can answer....I am new to lifting and I am following the Body for Life book but I don't feel like that is enough..it's supersets and all but I figured it was a good place to start...I am on a cabled home gym by the way and maybe that's why I don't feel like I am exactly following the book.
What do you guys think of this and should I add more to my routine ?? lift to failure? I think I am on information overload !!
I just know I have a goal in mind and would like to achieve it !!

Any comment or suggestions are appreciated !!

Thanks,

Jen

 

[Arnold]

what is the routine?

 

[Scotty the Body]

Do you have access to any free weights?

 

[DaMayor]

My opinion of the Body For Life book (my wife bought one for me..bless her heart) is that it is entirely too limited as far as the routine section is concerned. The program is more geared towards general fitness and weight loss moreso than bodybuilding/lean mass gaining. In other words, it depends on your goal.

 

[mjsturg1]

Well, I do need to lose weight but also want to add lean mass..My goal is 135 and 18% bf and I am 150lbs, 5'2" 29%bf now.
The BFL routines are basically for example:
Lower body would be: Quads- leg press w/ leg extensions
(supersets) and pyramid reps
12 reps at light weight rest 1 min
10 reps at increased weight rest 1 min
8 same as above
6 same as above
then 12 reps at a heavy enough weight on leg extensions
then you would work your hamstrings and calves in the same fashion.
Upper body would be chest,shoulders,biceps,triceps.
Abs I work every other day at least 100 crunches.
Anyway that's the basics of it I just feel like maybe I need a more traditional workout .

 

[Arnold]

and when do you do this routine? how often? do you do a full-body work-out?

how's your diet?

 

[mjsturg1]

OOPS.. sorry....I do upper body (Mon/Fri), Lower(Wed) ,20 min cardio (Tues/Thurs) and the following week I switch around and do legs twice a week...Now diet is something I know about after doing low carb for so long my ratios are about 50% protein/20% carb/30%fat...or as close as possible to that ..I stay away from all sugar,flour etc..

 

[Yanick]

What about your calorie level? You'll need to start counting calories (or atleast approximating them as best you can) in order to lose/gain fat/LBM. Sounds like your diet is pretty much in order though, but if you post up a sample day for us we might be able to tweak it and help you along towards your goals.

I'm also a firm believer in basic compound free weight movements with a little isolation work thrown into the mix. So getting your hands on a set of free weights (barbell, bench,power rack, weights, adjustable DB's would be pretty much all you need) would help a lot, especially if you want to bulk up some.

 

[mjsturg1]

I use Fitday

I eat about 1500-1800 a day sometimes less/more but not by that much, I try to cycle them to fool my body...

 

[P-funk]

I eat about 1500-1800 a day sometimes less/more but not by that much, I try to cycle them to fool my body...

at 150lbs. your caloric intake looks pretty good for losing weight but I would try to be more consistent instead of cycling them day to day. I would start with something like 1650-1700cals and stay consistent around that for about 2-3 weeks and slowly lower the cals from there and ease them down to 1500 (I wouldn't go under 1500cals though. Actually you'll probably find that you wont even need to go down as far as 1500).

 

[mjsturg1]

What do u think about my routine?

 

[Arnold]

I guess the routine is okay for your goals. No matter what working out at home and with limited equipment you're only going to get so far and it will get boring pretty quickly.

I have a home gym and it's pretty well equipped with machines and free weights, but even so I still work-out at a gym 80% of the time.