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January 01, 2010
Workouts for Women
Category: Build Muscle

Women as well as men require workout programs that will best work for their specific body requirements. In fact, men and women’s muscles train and grow just the same. Females have lesser muscle mass on the upper body because of the fewer testosterone levels, resulting to lesser amounts of muscle mass development.

Exercise routines for women usually target different areas (their butt, their legs, their triceps) on the body than men, and they have areas that like to store fat that are usually different than a man. For women to burn calories and shape their figures, moderate levels of repetition ranging from ten to fifteen is recommended along with using lighter weight..

A good exercise routine for women, if you’re looking to burn fat and lose weight, is just the same as a man. For females, I would suggest a round of exercises (max of 10) that would focus on bodyweight and full body workouts.

For instance, you could do these for time or repetitions:

1. pushups (Pecs and triceps)
2. inverted rows (rear delts, lats & biceps)
3. squats (glutes, upper hamstrings & quads
4. mountain climbers (abs, shoulders and arms)
5. jumping jacks (cardio, to many to name here)
6. squat thrusts w/ pushup (see #’s 1, 3 &4 above)

You could do the above exercises for 10 reps each for 5 sets, non stop. Or you could do each exercise for 20 seconds, take 10 seconds to switch to the next, and do that for about 30 minutes.

The usage of most of the muscles in the body while going over the routine will ultimately cause three things: burning of calories, strengthening of body and coordinating the bodily functions.

The above exercise routine, or a similar one, could be done on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. By sticking to these routines the heart will also benefit through a decent cardiovascular workout. If you’re looking for great exercise routines for bodyweight exercises, try checking out Turbulence Training.

On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, you could do a 20 minute sprint/ jog interval. The first month you would do a 1:3 work to rest ratio. Workout (A) would be a 30 second sprint followed by a 90 second jog or walk (a 3 to 5 on your perceived exertion scale). You would do that 2 minute round 10 times.

Workout (B) would be a 60 second sprint with a 3 minute jog. That 4 minute round would be done 5 times for 20 minutes. Alternate between workout A and workout B.

Each month for 4 months you would progress.

Month 2 would be a 1:2 work to rest ratio. Month 3 would be a 1:1 ratio and the 4th month would be a 2:1 work to rest ratio.

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  • Body Building For Beginners

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