Mostly b/c I'm bored to tears w/my DVDs, but mainly b/c after seeing people doing weights hardcore @ the gym, I want to be just like them. So I did it, crude as it may be, my first weight training routine.
I got most of the exercises from a combination of workout DVDs I already own. Back in the day, I always filed it in the back of my head that Lee from MTG and Brenna from lexysmash.com were like weight lifting girls. I know of Krista from stumpuous.com and while I've browsed thru her workout routines, like calculating WW points, my eyes always glazed over. I even ventured to exrx.net, that site gave me a headache. So I made do w/my tapes and DVDS.
My routine is simple, 2 days a week, non cardio days. The first 3 weeks I'll do 12 reps/2 sets. The last 3 weeks, I'm adding one more set and will vary that exercise. That move is very body for life-esque. Like now I do chest flyes, in the last 3 weeks, the first 2 reps will be flyes, the last rep will be pushups.
Speaking of which, I suck @ pushups. Always fall flat on my face, so my end of year goal, is to do 10 solid pushups in a row. Each week from here on out, I will do 1 and add 1 more ever other week.
So like I was saying, based on DVDs I have and reading about weight lifting for as long as I have, I have a fair idea on how it should go and the major muscle groups I need to hit. My personal problem comes b/c I tend to overthink things. Shut up, I already know that.
So when I used to think of the ultimate routine, everything MUST be perfect for me, I'd think of all these obscure muscle, my wrist, my forearm, what about my lower knees…*sigh*
W/every fiber of my being, I had to resist the urge to make it all inclusive and be satisfied I get the major groups, knowing that as I do them, I'm using smaller muscles too.
All that in mind, this is what I came up with:
Move #1
Shoulders: Front Raises and Side raises 6 of each. Why? My Shaping Up with Weights for Dummies vhs told me it'll give me nice shoulder caps. I ♥ shoulder caps.
Week 4-6's 3rd rep: Over the head shoulder raises, that move always gets the better of me, it's very challenging.
Move #2
Chest: Chest Flyes. Why? It's hard to find good chest moves to do @ home w/out a workout bench. W/this one I can lay on the floor. When I first did it, I thought it didn't work, but today, I can feel the soreness. Like if I'm driving and reach to put my arm around the passenger seat, I can feel it.
Weeks 4-6: Pushups, hopefully by then I'll be able to do 2 in a row 
Move #3
Back: Reverse Flyes, one armed rows bore me.
Weeks 4-6: Back Extensions, they are deceptively simply looking.
Move #4
Biceps: My favorite muscle group, concentrated curls, b/c I am so over regular curls.
Weeks 4-6: Hammer curls, they target them slightly differently.
Move #5
Triceps: Over head extensions, b/c I'm bored w/tricep kickbacks
Weeks 4-6: 2 arm over head extensions
Moves #6a-b
Abs: Plain old crunches
Obliques: Plain old side crunches
Lower Abs: Puke inducing reverse crunches
Weeks 4-6: All the bicycle crunches I can muster.
Move #7
Quads: Walking lunges, I like movement w/my lunging.
Weeks 4-6: Either stationary lunges or single leg extensions.
Move #8
Hamstrings: On the floor leg lifts, 1 rep straight legged, the other rep bent leg, b/c an evil woman named Debbie Siebers swears by them.
Weeks 4-6: Bent leg extensions, I'm already on the floor, may as well get my 
worth.
Move #9 & 9a
Outer Thigh: Leg Lifts, I don't even remember where I got this move from, alls I know is, my outer thigh needs it.
Weeks 4-6: This is a hard muscle to find specific exercises for, if I haven't found anything by then, I'll just do another rep
Inner Thigh: Sweeping left lifts, apparently, once the insides of my thighs no longer touch, I'll discover muscle under them thar pudge.
Weeks 4-6: Plie squats. It's as close to being a dancer this rhythmless girl is gonna get.
Move #10
Calves: Calve raises, single leg.
Weeks 4-6: Either doubles leg or add more weights and or do it on the edge of a step or calf block.
All 10+ moves, 2 days a week + 90 mins cardio 4-5 days a week.
Me want results.
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08.23.06 | Renee commented: Hey Ian! That sounds like a pretty good book, no-nonsense is right up my alley 
08.23.06 | Jamie commented: Weight lifting is something hard to do and I fieel it is something that involves real effort . Ever Tried Yoga ? Its effects are long lasting . I found some exciting fitness resources on www.weightloss.axplained.com . Thouh it does not contain inforation on Yoga but there are other useful things .
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Hi Renee, read your post on calculating cals today and wanted to say it's a good read and kudos for helping others understand the workings.
I see you're starting a weights routine, just wanted to recommend New Rules of Lifting by Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove. If you're fairly new to weights this is a no-nonsense book, and it includes 3 different weight programs designed for fat loss.
Good luck & keep writing.
Regards,
Ian