heh kfnmpah help a sista out.
i am going to start going to the gym (haven't gone regularly since 2009 due to illness etc)
i am unfit but I am really strong.
tell me what to do.
just do a full body routine like 3x a week and some HIIT is you feel like it.
Choose compound exercises ('big' exercises that work lots of muscles at once) and super set them
alternate between upper and lower body because it gets your blood flowing from your back to your legs to your chest to your legs etc and burns more cals.
so:
squats 15-20
pull-ups 15-20
^3x
walking barbell lunges 15-20
Bench press 15-20
^3x
upright row 15-20
deadlifts ~15
^3x
Bent over row 15-20
Dumb bell step ups 15-20
^3x
thrusters w/ medicine ball 15-20
1min hover
^3x
edit: also power cleans (deadlift into upright row into over head press with a bar bell)
so add in power cleans x15
into 1min hover
^x3
do the whole thing twice and you'll be rooted. Chuck in some HIIT if you feel like it, but this routine if done correctly should give you a cardio workout.
The biggest thing is to not just get to 20 reps and be like 'yay done' you're meant to struggle to get those last 3 reps out. If you do that, you'll kill it.
edit: have no rest between sets or exercises.