Training a Friend

**romanaz** · 03-23-2007, 05:08 AM

Alright, so a friend of mine in my major at school has been at the gym a few times that I've been there, and she was asking about training and is interesting in doing some weight training. So, being the awesome friend I am, I'm going to set her up with heavy compound movements such as:
Press (flat/incline/decline, overhead)
Rows (barbel, dumbbell, pull ups, yates)
Squats (box and free and maybe front)
Deadlifts (straight leg, Romanian, and regular)
Abs (crunchs, situps, roman chair, ab machine)

I was thinking about just doing 3 full body days a week for her, and a sample workout might be:

Squats - 5x5
Straight leg deadlifts - 5x5
Flat Bench - 5x5
Barbell Row - 5x5
Abs - situps and roman chair - 3 sets of 30 and 15 respectively.

any suggestions? I'd love to hear what everyone thinks before I start, I want to make it work for her :-D

**DarkFalcon** · 03-23-2007, 05:24 AM

Well it really depends on her goals. The routine your giving her will certainly provide great strength and muscle gains but it will also thicken her core back and legs. Some girls don't mind but not all want to be thick.

**romanaz** · 03-23-2007, 05:07 PM

well, she says she has some minor (thats what it seems like) back problems, I'll ask her to go more in detail with it next time I see her. I was thinking it would help out, as having a stronger muscle system back there could help it the area.

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DarkFalcon I've got a RAGING clue! Join Date: May 2005 Location: dnyc99's cleaning staff Posts: 11,511 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 299	Well it really depends on her goals. The routine your giving her will certainly provide great strength and muscle gains but it will also thicken her core back and legs. Some girls don't mind but not all want to be thick.