Strength Training Homework

[blowas]

I need to write a strength training program for a multi-event track athlete who's goal is to increase her upper body strength. What kind of weights do women usually use? This is someone that has never done a strength training program before. I'm assuming her lower body is stronger because of track. I'm having her do 4 sets of 6 reps with 2 min.

Comments

[darius_lee]

If you're doing more of a circuit training repetition you can start with something as low as 10 pounds because the continuous movement will wear the body down.

otherwise just start w/ten, if that's easy, pump it up to 12 and so forth until you find the right weight. trial and err process.

[darius_lee]

benchpress just start with the bar nekkid then buildup from there as well. :) That's how i was broken in at least heh.

[blowas]

How many reps were you doing and how long were you resting?

[darius_lee]

with circuit training you do 30 minutes no rest.

So you only do ten but you do like 15-25 reps of your basic curl straight into triceps straight into free weight chest press then repeat the whole thing three times with no rest. So you design a combination to hit all the muscles and rinse rather repeat. The goal is to build endurance muscle over pure strength muscle.

When I was working out at the X doing straight strength training. I started with 12 or 15 reps and