How to structure a fitness routine

Creating a good structured fitness routine is important because depending on your goals that you want to achieve your routine will be different. Every person and body is different some people might love cardio and hate lifting weights and vis-versa. But some peoples body might react bad to lift weights or to cardio, etc. So lets go ahead and create a good structured fitness routine.

Look at your situation-

Where is your physical ability at right now? Have you been working out before, and want to change up your routine? Do you want to start lifting weights? Whatever your situation may be, look at your current workout situation and keep it in mind when creating a routine.

Keep your goals in consideration-

If you don’t already have goals set them. It doesn’t need to be an exact goal like lose 100 pounds or gain 10lbs of muscle, it can simply just be to feel, look and be stronger than you were before.

Things to keep in consideration when structuring a fitness routine…

How much time do you have to workout per day-

Some people only have 30 minutes to workout but other people have 90 minutes so determine how much time you have and we will create a routine around your time schedule.

How many days per week will you workout-

I workout 4–7 days per week, I lift weights 4 times per week and the other days I might do some at home workouts I find on YouTube or just rest and not workout. It just depends how I’m feeling because your muscles need time to rest in between lifting sessions.

What days will you do what muscle groups-

I do upper and lower body twice a week, back & bicep Monday, glutes Wednesday, shoulder, chest & triceps Friday than quad & hamstrings Saturday. That’s how I like to structure my routine, since I have 4 days to workout lower and upper body twice is a perfect workout split for me to gain muscle (my goal)

Determine what exercises will help reach your goals-

Everyday is different but usually I do about 3–5 compound exercises than I do 2–4 accessory exercises for each muscle group (this is for lifting weights)

How many sets and reps per exercise and rest time between sets-

It just depends but normally I do 4 sets of 10 reps with a rest of 45 seconds between each set, so I’ll do 10 reps than wait 45 seconds do another 10 reps, and so on until I’ve done 4 sets.

How much weight should you lift-

Each time I go to the gym the weight I lift is different because it could go up since I’m building muscle or it could stay the same because you’re not going to be gaining muscle everyday or even every week, because building muscle is a process and it takes a long time its not a “quick fix” its a lifestyle change.