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Hey there folks! Hope we had a good week since the last time we talked, and hopefully you all have started some kind of diet plan and workout plan.

This week we are going to talk about some different work outs you can do and try to come up with the best plan for you.

First let me tell you how I started lifting and still do routinely today. I usually split up my workouts into major muscle groups that work together, biceps and back (pulling muscles), triceps and chest (pushing muscles), shoulders, abdominal, and legs (calves, hamstrings, quadriceps, glutes). Some biceps exercises I do are hammer curls, preacher curls with a barbell, dumbbell curls, incline hammer curls, and cable curls. Back exercises: cable crossovers,  lat pull downs (to the chest and to the neck), bent over rows, good-mornings, regular rows, inverted rows, and cable fly's. Triceps exercises: skull crushers, bench dips, over-the-head triceps extensions, cable triceps extensions, and triceps dumbbell kickback.Shoulder exercises: barbell shoulder press, arm circles, deltoid fly, and shoulder raises. Chest exercises  Bench press, incline bench press, incline dumbbell press, dumbbell bench, close grip bench, single arm dumbbell press, decline bench press, and cable flies. Leg exercises: Squat, one leg leg press, leg press machine, calve extensions, hamstring curls, quadriceps extensions, and front squats. Now these are just SOME of the workouts you could do, these are the pretty basic workouts for the major muscle groups that you will come to be familiar with. Remember that there are a ton of websites out there that will give you workouts and exercises that you can learn how to do and add to your own workout. Here's one of the websites, http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/bbmaintrain.htm.


Now it is time to come up with your own workout plan. The most important thing that you can do when you are first starting is to come up with a routine and stick to it. As humans we are wired to work in routines and when we get out of our routines it messes us up and we want to get back into that routine. We usually take the same route to work or school from home, we don't go different ways everyday. Make up your own routine around a schedule that works best for you. Stick to your major muscle groups, but remember just because you have a routine doesn't mean you can't try different exercises or go heavier/lighter on weight. A simple example of a routine that you could try is having chest/triceps day on Monday, back/biceps on Tuesday, off on Wednesday, Legs on Thursday, Cardio and Abs on Friday, and off on Saturday and Sunday. Simple, but effective!

Well that is it for this week! Remember your goals, come up with your routine, stick to your diet, and keep working hard and soon you'll be seeing results! And maybe some arms like these!