Is my plan alright?

Hi,

I've recently started exercising a bit more again due to my space situation allowing me to put up some equipment (E.G Multi Gym). I'm looking to lose quite a bit of weight and also improve my strength, although i can't invest any more money at this moment.

Basically i've started a 3 week plan to try and just get myself back into the habit and was wondering if it looks reasonable..

Warm Up
Rowing - 10 mins
Walker - 5 mins
Bench Press - 10 reps @ 30kg
Lat Pulldowns - 10 reps @ 30kg
Pec Dec - 5 reps @ 20kg
Shoulder Shrugs - 10 reps @ 20kg
Leg Extensions - 10 reps @ 20kg
Leg Press? (One leg pulling weight backwards and up) - 10 reps @ 10kg
Light Cycling - 10 mins
Second set of weights
Cool Down

A few notes: The walker is on the multigym so there are only 3 resistance settings which make it quite tough, hence the short time; I will be increasing the weight/ reps over 30kg on some when i change program (After a few weeks), as well as the time cycling and rowing.

What could i add in my next program? Is this sufficient for the first few weeks to ease me back in? I find it hard to keep motivation up so, whilst i know it will vary from person to person, what is the best way using these sorts of pieces of equipment to see results fast(er) - I know body wight training is good but that's even harder to motivate for me so preferably with the equipment i have.

If you need to know what my multigym has exercise-wise this is roughly the same as mine:



Thanks for any advice,

Martyn
 
Martin,

This type of program can take you a long way, I would stick with it 2-6 months then a massive change, while you probably invested good money in the machine ultimately you'll wanna join a gym or diversify your equipment a bit more. I'd do this program 3x a week with a day in between and add one day of just cardio for 20 minutes. All in all it looks like a very good start.

-Joe
Personal Trainer/Firefighter/Paramedic/Nursing Student
 
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Ok thanks. I've been doing this 3-4 days a week at the moment so that seems fine. When you mention adding different equipment what sort of things do you think? Like i said i can't buy anything else at the moment but in the future i might be able to...
 
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