A female workout

[HeavyLineBacker]

can someone please write me up a female work out because my girlfriend is startin to work out with me and i dont want her geting big. So if anyone can write out a workout for her i would appreciate it. thank u.

[Shibby]

Muscles are muscles. Dosn't matter if they are in a male or female. Woman don't have the same hormones as men do, so they can't "get big" like men, without help.

[HeavyLineBacker]

i understand but i dont want her doing the football workout i have. she just wants to lose fat and tone up.

[Shibby]

Just pick a couple exercises for each muscle group, do about 8-10 reps on a weight that is challanging but not to diffucult.

[shortz]

Toning is a sales term, not a term used by fitness/weight gurus. being defined is a matter of low body fat. A good diet and cardio will give anyone that.

As for a routine, 2 days a week doing a full body workout is fine. Just let her know it should be difficult. If she is struggling or sweating, she isn't pushing hard enough.

[silverr]

Hi, let her try this program, it did work for me and for many of my friends here:

Squat 2x12-10reps
Incline d/b press 2x12-10reps
Flat d/b flye 2x12-10reps
Front lat pulldown 2x12-10reps
SEated Row 2x12-10reps
Seated D/b press 2x12-10reps
Side lateral raise 2x12-10reps
Pressdown 2x12-10reps
Alt. d/b curls 2x12-10reps
crunches 2x12-10reps

..of course let her warm-up first and have her a full body stretching..

..choose a weight that is appropriate for each exercise!!

[NYCmitch25]

I would post this in the womens section of this forum. This ensure a females perspective. The "do what we do...they cant get big" approach will could discourage her from going. I would get RS and others advice...=)

Like you said. It seems like she wouldnt enjoy cleans/jerks, deadlifts, etc.

*Not that these guys responses are inherently wrong.

[hlcn8]

do what 3/4 of the girls in my gym do:
walk in and say hi to everyone you know, take as long as you need.
then go do the ab machines, do a half-assed set and watch the b-ball players before and after.
do the thigh abductor/adductor (sp?), do three reps at a joke of a weight, give a dirty look to the high school kid staring at you while your legs are spread apart.
pick up a 2 lb. dumbell, swing 'em around once or twice
walk around and give dirty looks until two or more cardio machines free up that are next to eachother. set to .3 miles/hour and talk the entire time.
pat yourself on the back, you've done a (mouth) workout!

ok, so i know this is off topic, and there are some national level bodybuilding women at my gym who are huge, who are much bigger than me, but this seriously applies to 3/4 of the girls, and 1/2 of the rest of the guys at my gym. it's a joke... ...end rant...

[mrdoctor]

[shortz]

LOL That was pretty good hlcn8