I started a brand spankin’ new workout today – an intense full body one that I just found on Bodybuilding.com. Not only do they offer weight lifting supplements, they also have free printable workouts if you’re looking for new workout ideas.

Being that this was the first workout like this that I’ve done in some time, it takes a bit longer to complete because I have to take the time to figure out how much weight I should be using and all that good stuff. The next workout should go by much quicker. The website states that it shouldn’t take any longer than 45 minutes. Read more »

I did an entire arm workout today – including shoulder exercises, bicep exercises and tricep exercises. It’s a bit different than my last arm workout, but not too much.

Shoulder Workout

Standing Overhead Barbell Press (to front) Read more »

I haven’t done cardio in over a week so I thought I was due for some. I did an ab workout first and did giant sets. I did 3 different ab exercises and ran through the circuit 4 times. I followed the ab workout with some high-intensity interval training.

Ab Workout Read more »

Today’s workout was an upper body workout consisting of exercises for the chest and back muscle groups. Very similar to the last chest/back workout I did.

Chest Workout

Flat Bench Press Read more »

Today’s workout was mainly legs and I added in some shrugs at the end just for good measure. I made a squat rack and picked it up this weekend so I was finally able to use it. Now I can push myself a bit further for squats and it’ll also allow me to do a few different exercises I couldn’t do before. My employer ordered the material I needed so I built the rack myself and it cost less than $140 and a few hours of my time. I’m pretty pleased with it!

I’m still working on pyramid sets for my leg workouts and I just did straight sets today for the standing shrugs.

Leg Workout Read more »

Today was arm day. Everything done today is almost exactly the same as the arm workout I did last week, except for this week I skipped the V-Bar pushdowns because it started getting late. Normally today would’ve been leg day, but I’m building a squat rack at work and I’ll be bringing it home Saturday and doing my leg workout that day instead.

Shoulder Workout Read more »

Today’s workout was cut a little short today. Normally I would do 1 or 2 more exercises for both chest and back, but we got started later today than normal so it was tough. Also, since I worked out on Sunday this past weekend instead of Saturday, I think not having that extra rest day that I’m used to really affected today’s workout.

Chest Workout

Flat Bench Press Read more »

Normally I would’ve done this weight lifting routine yesterday and cardio today, but yesterday we finished painting our bedroom and our new furniture was delivered so I didn’t get around to working out yesterday. I’ll probably do a bit of cardio tomorrow since I missed it today.

Today I worked the arms and did a biceps workout, triceps workout and shoulder workout. I completed 4 sets of every exercise and the number of repetitions varied with each one.

Biceps Workout Read more »

Today was leg workout day and I also worked the traps just a little bit. For legs I’m currently doing pyramid sets. The very last set I do is a flushing set, where I basically lighten the weight and do as many reps as I can.

Leg Workout

Squats Read more »

Hi there, thanks for stopping by my brand new blog! My name is Roger, though those close to me often call me Rog. I’m married and I have 4 kids. Yep – 4. I have a passion for working out and I’ve been doing so regularly for quite some time.

My wife is my workout partner – together we make a pretty good team. She actually started her own fitness blog in 2008 to document all of her workouts. At first, she did it to help her keep track of workouts and help motivate herself, and then she was able to start motivating others. This recently got me thinking that I should start my own blog, so here I am.

In 2002, I was involved in a work-related accident and my right hand was crushed in one of the machines there. Hence the reference to “gimpy hand” in the blog header. I still have all my fingers, but the amount of weight that I can put on that wrist and hand is fairly limited compared to what I used to be able to do.

A little disclaimer:

*All of the information on this blog is for entertainment purposes only. I’m not a clinical doctor, I’m not a certified personal trainer, but I do know some things about fitness. I didn’t create this blog to tell others what to do, I simply created it to document my fitness journey.

I wouldn’t mind it one bit if this blog helps to motivate you, but by no means did I create Weight Lifting Routines to order people what to do. It’s simply my own personal fitness journey and anyone is feel free to follow along if they wish. I appreciate any comments, questions or suggestions that you may have and you can contact me here.

Cheers,

Rog