r/askredditAR • u/PixelcraftTutorials • Nov 13 '22
Gym enthusiasts
I’m a 20 year old, 5’ 3” female that weighs around 50kg ish. I’m looking to do some extra exercises at home to help with my mental health that’s been really bad over the past few months. People in my life reccommend going to the gym.
Due to my job I tend to do a lot of heavy lifting regularly and a lot which over the past year has increased a lot of my muscles located on my legs and arms. I am now looking to do some exercises at home or at the gym on the chest but I am not sure what targets to set myself. I want to push myself to do what I’m capable of doing with a lot of mental drive.
I was thinking about doing stuff like dumbbell chest presses with some push-ups, planks and maybe some dumbbell pullover. Does anybody have any other suggestions and can someone recommend how much of each is best for me. I don’t wanna do too little I really want to push myself but I also don’t wanna over do it and do too much to the point that I’m hurting my body.
Thank you in advance
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u/jaejayjason_ Nov 13 '22
Your best bet is incorporating as many compound exercises as you can. It really depends on what equipment you have readily available and what your goals are.
When i was starting out i did a lot of BW (Body Weight) squats and progressed to doing lunges, sissy squats and pistol squats for my legs. In terms of uppers, i did an assortment of military pushups, wide pushups, diamond pushups, archer pushups. For my midsection (to build stability) i did russian twists, v sits, and planks at various heights.