Workout routine?

[Babs]

I've decided to try to get fit and I'm trying to work out a routine. My goal is to get more toned, I guess.
So far, I have:
15 Bent-over dumb bell rows
12 Half-kneeling bicep curls each arm
6 shoulder circles each direction

55 double crunches

50 squats
25 lunges each leg

It's a pretty small routine so far but it's a work in progress. Is there something I should remove or add?

[KansasNavy]

If you're going for a good routine then you should incorporate all the muscles of the body. You can do this in multiple ways, whether you isolate a muscle/muscles on a certain day, or do a split routine, or what have you.

Honestly if you're having trouble developing an effective routine on your own, then I recommend heading over to bodybuilding.com and look at some of their routines.

Two programs that I absolutely loved when I did them were Shortcut to Size and Six Weeks to Shred by Jim Stoppani. Man's a genius and his workouts are amazing if you're into what he lays down. I've since moved on to my own thing, but his workouts were a great foundation, so I strongly recommend checking out his programs.

Tell me if you have any questions.

[ImCoolBeans]

When I workout I usually do a split routine, meaning I'll do something like back/biceps one day, chest/triceps the next, then shoulders/abs, and then legs. I usually do abs and cardio almost every day, though. I'll usually take two days off per week, sometimes three if I'm busy that week, and on the extra day I'll usually do some kind of split routine for upper body.

It's good to work out different body parts on different days because then leg day can serve as a day off for your chest or shoulders, and you can still workout without having to take the full day off. Recovery in between workouts is very important.

KansasNavy had some good advice with saying you could check out sites like bodybuilding.com to see what other peoples' routines are. Despite being called bodybuilding.com, there are plenty of workout routines on there that aren't that hardcore, and are good for beginners.

This was my chest/tri day yesterday, just as an example of what a normal gym day looks like for me:
Chest:
- Bench press
- 180º dumbell chest press
- Chest press machine
- Cable crossovers
- Dips
- Incline Chest press
- Chest flys

Triceps:
- Bench dips
- Overhead cable pulldown (I did this as a circuit)
- Overhead dumbell extensions
- Kickbacks

There might have been some unfamiliar terms in there, but I recommend looking them up or checking out what the workouts entailed. It's good to know a bit about what you're doing, and other things that you could be doing.

[sprint]

I lift for football not for looks so here it is.

ARM day
Bench press- 6 sets of 5-7 reps
Dips/Incline bench press- 5 sets of 5-7 reps (I alternate between dips and incline bench press.)
Overhead press- 5 sets of 5-7 reps
lat pull down- 5 sets of 5-7 reps
Shoulder shrugs/upright rows- 5 sets of 5-7 reps (Same thing here, I alternate.)

LEG DAY (DON'T SKIP THIS PLEASE)
Power cleans/ barbell lunges (Again I alternate) 5 sets of 5 for power cleans/5 sets of 6 or 8 for the barbell lunges.
Squats 5 sets of 5-7
deadlifts 5 sets of 5-7
leg curls 5 sets of 5-7
calve raises 5 sets of 5-7

It's a split routine so don't these on the same day, but rather one day would arms, then legs, then sprinting (cardio). (For football)

[Vocabulous]

My goals are more stamina related so I rarely lift (outside of school). My full workout is based off the USAF PAST test (plus some martial arts stuff). It's a long workout so I usually only have time to do the whole thing once a week, during the weekend

1.5 mile run (sub. 10:10 minutes)
Pull ups-overhand grip (current number 8)
Push ups (max in 2 minutes, currently 47)
Sit ups (max in 2 minutes, currently 59)
15 min. Heavy bag work
5 minutes shadow fighting
Three 25m underwater swims (3 min rest inbetween each)
500m front crawl swim
Then spend any time I have left over doing more underwater swims

During the week, I do martial arts Monday/Wednesday, swim Friday.

[Gongralia]

i would recomend you back/biceps one day, chest/triceps the next, then shoulders/abs, and then legs