Today At Gym - 08/06

Since I joined the gym I have been on various training programs, some I've read about in books, and some I have just arbitrarily invented. Changing your routine every once in a while is actually a good thing to prevent your body from adapting and hitting a plateau.

Unfortunately on every program I've been on there is always one or two exercises I really hate that I feel is just not doing what they are supposed to. Admittedly this is probably most often due to me incorrectly performing them

Looking back at my logbook I noticed the following type of comments always appear with Dumbbell Lunges:

"Makes me sweat a lot... I am not fond of this exercise... I hate this crap... Makes me tired and nothing else... "

Start Time	06:19
Duration	57 minutes
Calories Burned	626 kcal
Session Type	Strength Training
Session Focus	Quads, Hamstrings, Glutes

Recently I bought myself a book titled Strength Training Anatomy which I cannot recommend enough. Between it's covers you will find beautiful illustrations of all the body building exercises making up good programs as well as clear description of how these exercises should be performed.

More importantly the book also clearly shows you which muscles a specific exercise targets which is extremely helpful when you are looking for alternatives. I've used the book to help me decide that I will do dumbbell squats next time as an alternative to dumbbell lunges.

Dumbbell  squats are a more compounded exercise than lunges targeting even more muscles. In a week's time I'll know if this was a good choice...