Workouts for beginners
This is it. Time to do the workouts. No more excuses. You have decided to dedicate yourself to improving your health and performance. In doing so, you will soon be looking great too. As a beginner, you need to start off slowly or you will soon be so sore or injured and unable to continue. Dont slacken off though. You can work through muscle soreness. It will get better I promise. I have said that so many times to clients and it always happens. You need to train at least five times per week every week to make a difference. And dont forget your diet. No amount of exercise is going to change the way you look if you are not also dedicated to a healthy eating plan. 
______________________________________________________________Workout one Equipment required: a step, skipping rope Warm up by alternating 30 seconds of star jumps with 30 seconds walking on the spot for a total of 5 minutes Complete each of the following exercises Bodyweight squats with hands on hips 30 seconds REPEAT Spend a few minutes stretching especially the muscles in your legs
______________________________________________________________ Workout Two Equipment required: a step and a skipping rope Warm up by alternating 30 seconds of starjumps with 30 seconds of walking on the spot for 5 minutes Step ups alternating legs for 30 seconds REPEAT Stretch for a few minutes especially your legs ____________________________________________________________
Train three times per week on nonconsecutive days alternating the above 2 sessions. As you can see, when beginning, you do not need any special equipment. Make sure to challenge yourself by recording when you train and trying to do more repetitions of each exercise within the allotted time. What about the other two sessions you have marked in your diary? This is where you do your cardio. Go to the cardio page to choose from a variety of different cardio plans. My advice for the beginner is to start with the first cardio plan and stick with that for a couple of weeks. Then you should feel free to mix it up between the different cardio plans. 
So to recap: three times per week complete the workouts above alternating them. These will eventually become your weight training sessions, even though at the moment you are not really using any weights. Then twice per week (on different days) do one of the cardio workouts. You can alternate between the different cardio plans if you wish or you can stick to the same one if you like. My advice would be to mix it up if you can to prevent boredom and also to challenge your body in different ways. Remember, there are going to be days when you dont feel like it. These are the times when it is most important to go ahead and train anyway. The sense of accomplishment that comes after training will help next time you dont feel like it. Believe me, before long, it will become habit. Push yourself and let go of the excuses. What you are really saying when you 'are too tired' or 'dont have time' is that you are too lazy to do something about it. Please dont let that be the case. As they say Just Do It!! Here is a short article about motivation to change. It talks about making a committment. Please dont think that you have to purchase the authors products to make a difference though. His products are great and follow similar ideas to mine but a purchase is not essential to success. I will provide you with plenty of free workouts which I will update often, so make sure you bookmark this website. You will find exercise descriptions for the above workouts here
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