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yassinator

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Alright so heres the situation.

My company is having a biggest loser competition. So me and a co worker decided to partner up and go to the gym together. In our current regiment of doing upper body monday/thurs and lower body tues/friday she is moving up in her numbers fairly consistently (I know this is common for newbies). Well, after the first two weeks she lost weight, but now she is deadpanning. She says she feels much more healthy, and this I believe is more important then the "numbers" at the end of the competition. But, I am not sure if she is losing any inches.

So basically, I would feel bad if I led her down the golden path and into a dead end. So any advice, or thoughts. I tell her that in the end the muscle mass will help her sustain her health longer then just doing cardio which most woman just like to do exclusively.
 
Hi there,

Sometimes, you begin to plateau becuase you've been doing the same training for too long. I don't know if you are doing an optimal workout with your routine as you did not post your exercises.

For weight loss, I would recommend doing three full body workouts a week, mon wed fri, and do cardio on tues thurs and sat, and a break sunday.

the full body workouts should consist of but is not limited to.

squats
deadlifts
bench
pullup
dip
bent over row.

there are many variations of these, such as split squats, lunges, chest press, upright row, etc.
 
Workout:

Monday/Thursday:
Bench Press
Arnold Press
Pull Ups/Seated Rows/One Arm Db Rows.. depends on the mood
Db Preacher Curls, Single Arm
Tricep Pressdowns, Cable
30 minute cardio

Tuesday/Friday:
Leg Press
Hack Squats
Seated Calf Raises/Standing Calf Raises.. depends on mood
Ab Crunch
Lower Back Extensions
30 minute cardio

I try to make all reps slow and controlled to eliminate momentum.

I recently added, dead lifts and squats to my Saturday regiment.

Since my partner is not young, and a beginner, I worry about having her do deadlifts and squats. Maybe unnecessarily. I guess she could have plateaued, but I am working on a bit of a time crunch since she has many other commitments.
 
Perhaps trying some body weight squats while being watched by someone who can tell and educate about proper form would help. Going through the motions with very light weights for the deadlift might help in the same way.
 
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