Yesterday I hit the gym pretty hard and rocked out my workout. I did my shoulders, calves and abs. I thought the workout would be easy being that there were not that many exercises. No. My shoulders were on fire and I had the slow disoriented waddle, when I walked out the gym yesterday. My workout consisted of:
20 mins on the elliptical
150 reps, per side of Seated bar bell twists w/ 20lb bar
3 sets to failure in 15 reps of Side Lateral raises w/10lb
3 sets to failure in 15 reps of Front Dumbbell Raises w/ 10lbs
Superset of
3 sets to failure in 12 reps of Side lateral raises w/ 5lbs
3 sets to failure in 15 reps of Front Dumbbell Raises w/ 10lbs
Machine Shoulder Military Press w/ 25lbs
1 warm up set of 8 reps
3 sets to failure in 15 reps
7 sets of Seated bent over Rear Delt Raises in 15 reps w/ 15 lbs
Standing Calf Raises 1 warm up set of 10 reps and 5 sets of 20 reps
3 sets to failure 20 reps each of Sit ups
Elliptical for 20 mins
150 twists w/ 20lb bar
I was pooped I tell you!!! I also noticed this amazing phenomenon. A lot of women do not lift. I got a lot of stares and questionable looks as to why I was in the free weights area. Usually a woman is accompanied by a man in this area to be trained briefly or they are just passing by. So, it is overall a male dominated area. Most women dominate the cardio equipment. I would like to encourage all of my female fitness enthusiasts to join me! Come to the weight area. It is not a scary place, it actually is a great place to look at men! lol See the various forms and different workouts that other people do. I am a beginner out there in the weighted world, but I would like to see women get their weights, and toning in too! I am all about showing these guys what I can do! The stares were welcomed by me, and I even got a few smiles out the guys when they saw me working hard!
Today is leg day and I have my handicap sticker ready lol. I may be crawling out the gym when I finish wish me luck.
Photo credit: Womenshealthmagazine.com
Sharde's World 
So true. The weight room does freak me out a bit, but I still go there. I’m a huge cardio fan but you got to strength train too! Plus I feel like a total bad ass lifting.
Yes! I am not saying you have to pump as much iron as the guys do, but toning brings the boys to the yard LOL!!!!
So true. I tell all my single friends to go to the gym. That’s where the guys are and they always seem to have mad respect for girls lifting next to them.