A Good Workout Routine

A good workout routine is based on your needs at whatever time you are at in your life.

Most people like to be in good shape. It's just the time, effort, sweat and energy that you have to put in that is hard.

I used to lift weights 3 to 5 days a week when I was in my 20's. That was a good workout routine for me at that time.

After I got married I quit working out. I was too busy, exhausted and broke.

I knew at the time that I would not be able to consistently go to the gym 3 days a week for a good workout routine. My wife would make it impossible to do that.

I also knew that I would need to rest a lot more after my lifting sessions. It is just a fact that working out makes you more tired, not less. Don't let anyone tell you different.

Working out will make you more tired. You have to balance the goal of being in better shape with the loss of time due to the working out. Your will need to sleep more and you will be sore a lot and not able to do some other things.

When I was younger I really wanted to be in good shape, muscular, large and lean. I chose to spend the time and effort. I did not have family commitments. My free time was my own.

When I was married with young kids, my free time was not my own. I could not commit to a workout schedule like the one I did earlier in my life. I did not think that I would have the time to have a good workout routine with the demands of being married and having small children.

I knew I could start and probably get in a month or so but I knew I would not be able to maintain it due to my wife and how she was.

She did encourage me to start working out again, she saw me getting flabby and weak. I tried a few times, but my workouts came second to what she wanted.

I would tell her when I wanted to work out, say right after work, 3 nights a week.

She would say no, why don't you do it after 9:00 p.m. after the kids are in bed.

I would point out that I have to be at work at 7:00 a.m. the next day and should really be in bed by 9:00 p.m. myself. If I worked out until 10, I would need time to wind down and probably would not get to sleep until midnight. Then I would get less than 8 hours sleep. I would not be able to be productive at work and this would put my job in jeopardy.

She would say, well, working out will give you more energy, so you can stay up later.

I would say, that working out does not give you any more energy; it takes a lot of energy and will make you a lot more tired.

She would just go back and forth like that.

After I left her one of the things I started doing again was lifting weights. It is just like I remembered. It takes a lot of energy and I need a lot more rest because of it.

I have been using a good workout routine using a program developed by Peter Sisco. The program is very brief and infrequent but it seems to be helping me a lot. It is a good workout routine for me. I have different goals now that I am nearly 45. I want to be big, muscular, strong and in shape. But I also want to be injury free. I really want to have a lot of free time so this program really helps that.

I have been using this program now for quite a few months and I have never been stronger. I lift once a week at the most. Sometimes I need more time to rest. It is just like Pete says, you are getting much, much stronger with only very infrequent workouts. The best part is the satisfaction of moving heavier weights than I have ever moved in my life. I am stronger and my muscles are getting bigger.

You will probably get a few strange looks in the gym, but you will just have to do what you need to do.

The benefits to this program is that you do not need a spotter for all this weight. No one would really be strong enough. You do have to do the exercises in a power rack or as Pete describes. Even though you are only lifting a set for 5 seconds you will need to spend time in the gym.

I do a short warmup and then do a number of short warmup sets to get my mind ready for the big lift. I just do some partial lifts on these warmup sets. I only do full range with extremely light weights. I still have some old injuries that make full range heavy lifting impossible for me.

That is the beauty of Static Contraction, heavy wieghts, brief, infrequent, safe, extreme strength and bigger muscles. The second hardest part of this type of workout after the actual heavy set is moving all the 45 pounds plates around. Sometimes it is hard to find enough!

I do get tired from this workout. You are just moving such heavy weights.

I just cannot recommend it highly enough. If you care about saving yourself time. Buy this workout and do what Pete says if you want a good workout routine.

Check it out at this link:

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I lift at most 1 day per week. I do some walking on the other days. I go swimming with my kids once in awhile and golfing with friends once in awhile. I keep fairly active and try to eat a lot less most of the time.

A good workout routine is listed below:

Monday - Lift weights, heavy and intense. I like to this work early in the week so I feel good again by the weekend. Heavy lifting makes me really tired and sore for a few days. Plus, it makes Mondays a day to look forward to because I enjoy the lifting.

Tuesday - Short walk, 15 to 20 minutes.

Wednesday - Swimming for fun or walking around briskly doing errands of something fun.

Thursday - Longer walk, 20 to 45 minutes.

Friday - Short walk, 15 to 20 minutes, or briskly doing all your errands, maybe dancing later at night.

Saturday - Long walk, 30 to 60 minutes, or fun activities, or lots of yard work.

Sunday - Long walk, 30 to 60 minutes, or fun activities. I am not going to enter any bodybuilding, power lifting or strongman contests. I am not cut out for that and I do not have any desire to do those things. I also realize that I am never going to look like a 25 year old ripped bodybuilder.

I am not interested in long distance fitness like biking and running. Those types of things do not interest me and I know because I am larger that I would have some stress related injuries.

I am not interested in playing any sports either. I am not into the competitive playing of sports or the chance for injuries when playing all out.

I am interested in being healthy, strong, muscular, lean and able to do what I want.

What I want is to be in fairly good shape, look good, be healthy, swim a little, golf a little, walk a little and maybe go on some longer day long hikes while on vacation. So my goals are more modest. But I think you will agree that this schedule is a good workout routine and these goals are right for the vast number of people.

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