A well rounded upper body / lower body workout?

[BigToque]

I don't want to go to the gym and only focus on certain parts of my body each day. I'd prefer to do an upper body one day and a lower body the other and alternate. I almost never do a lower body workout, and my upper body usually consists of:

[*]bench press
[*]arm curles
[*]wrist curles
[*](put your hands together and form a diamond and use a dumbell and raise and lower it behind your head)
[*](machine that places your arms at your sides, 90 degree angle pointed up and you bring your arms together and it works your chest - working your pecs I guess)

I just want a general workout that will work most of my upper body without making any one part larger than the other (like guys who only work on their arms, make them huge and completely ignore their chest).

What else should I be doing?

What about a lower body workout?

 

[Toastedlightly]

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[91TTZ]

Personally, I'd start with the fundamentals- Squats and Deadlifts.

If you had to pick any 2 exercizes, I'd pick them. I also like to do dumbell bench and curls, and shoulders lifts.

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Personally, I'd start with the fundamentals- Squats and Deadlifts.

If you had to pick any 2 exercizes, I'd pick them. I also like to do dumbell bench and curls, and shoulders lifts.

what exactly is a shoulder left?

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: Stefan
I don't want to go to the gym and only focus on certain parts of my body each day. I'd prefer to do an upper body one day and a lower body the other and alternate. I almost never do a lower body workout, and my upper body usually consists of:

[*]bench press
[*]arm curles
[*]wrist curles
[*](put your hands together and form a diamond and use a dumbell and raise and lower it behind your head)
[*](machine that places your arms at your sides, 90 degree angle pointed up and you bring your arms together and it works your chest - working your pecs I guess)

I just want a general workout that will work most of my upper body without making any one part larger than the other (like guys who only work on their arms, make them huge and completely ignore their chest).

What else should I be doing?

What about a lower body workout?

Be sure to work your upper/middle back and shoulders. I like bent over rows for back, lateral raises and shoulder presses for shoulders. For lower body, add squats (the best lower body exercise) and deadlifts (hamstrings, quads, back). For back (lats!!) you could try pull-ups. Dips are a good chest/triceps suppliment, IMO.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Stefan

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Personally, I'd start with the fundamentals- Squats and Deadlifts.

If you had to pick any 2 exercizes, I'd pick them. I also like to do dumbell bench and curls, and shoulders lifts.

what exactly is a shoulder left?

I don't know if that's the proper name. Basically you hold dumbbells and raise them to your sides, like a T. You also lift them straight in front of you.

 

[Al Neri]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Personally, I'd start with the fundamentals- Squats and Deadlifts.

If you had to pick any 2 exercizes, I'd pick them. I also like to do dumbell bench and curls, and shoulders lifts.

was gunna say the same... i love deadlifts

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Stefan

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Personally, I'd start with the fundamentals- Squats and Deadlifts.

If you had to pick any 2 exercizes, I'd pick them. I also like to do dumbell bench and curls, and shoulders lifts.

what exactly is a shoulder left?

I don't know if that's the proper name. Basically you hold dumbbells and raise them to your sides, like a T. You also lift them straight in front of you.

Those are lateral and front raises.

BTW, http://www.exrx.net is a great place for a variety of exercises.

 

[Landroval]

Squats and weighted pullups

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Stefan

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Personally, I'd start with the fundamentals- Squats and Deadlifts.

If you had to pick any 2 exercizes, I'd pick them. I also like to do dumbell bench and curls, and shoulders lifts.

what exactly is a shoulder left?

I don't know if that's the proper name. Basically you hold dumbbells and raise them to your sides, like a T. You also lift them straight in front of you.

Ahh, ok... I do those sometimes. I've been staying away from those 2 exercises because they really hurt when I do them (not a good hurt). I stopped working out when they started hurting, and a year and a half later when I went back, it still hurt doing the same exercise.

 

[Lorn]

www.bodybuilding.com

Don't get turned off by the name - there are many premade workouts there for all fitness levels and goals.

 

[Landroval]

Have to use the right angle for those and use lighter weights, since they pull the rotator cuff. A good shoulder exercise that probably won't hurt there is military press

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: Stefan
Ahh, ok... I do those sometimes. I've been staying away from those 2 exercises because they really hurt when I do them (not a good hurt). I stopped working out when they started hurting, and a year and a half later when I went back, it still hurt doing the same exercise.

Lower body workout:
-Squats
-calf raises
-bent calf raises
-leg curls
-foot raises (or whatever you call them, this is to work the muscle at front-outside of your calf)
-deadlifts: these involve both lower and upper body

Upper body workout:
-Benchpress
-DB flys
-Skullcrushers
-Kickbacks
-arm curls
-reverse curls
-wrist curls
-reverse wrist curls
-pull-ups
-military press
-Arnie press
-reverse flys
-lying side laterals
-wide and narrow grip pulldowns
-T-bar rows
-BB or DB shrugs
-weighted inclined crunches

Many people work the front and side heads of their deltoid muscles much more than the rear head, which makes the deltoid look funny. This is something that I've noticed happened to me, and I've been working to correct it.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: NOLOVE
www.bodybuilding.com

Don't get turned off by the name - there are many premade workouts there for all fitness levels and goals.

Don't forget http://www.geekfitness.com