Strength training question

[Anonymous]

I’ve been doing strength training workouts through Peloton for 6 weeks. I will typically do 3-4 workout days per week, the 10 minute core, 20 minutes glutes and legs, and 10 minute arms.

I use different instructors and routines every time. Is that a problem? I would normally think it doesn’t matter, but is it important to consistently do the same types of exercises repetitively to get results? For example, should I be doing 40 squat presses 3 times a week to get the best results, or is it okay that I’m constantly switching up the exercises with every workout?

[Anonymous]

The best routine is the one you can do consistently. If this one is working for you, go for it! I do something similar but I rotate - so for example 2 days I would do the 30 mins G&L, the other 2 days 30 minutes upper body. Many of the classes focus on basic movements like squats and deadlifts, shoulder presses and rows. That is plenty to build strength in your situation. I would recommend something different if you were really working towards a specific goal, but this is a great schedule for overall fitness.

[Anonymous]

Op, I do the same! I also mix it up every time and don’t see it as a problem. It’s how I stay interested.
And yes, as the pp said, there’s on,y so many movements you can do.

[Anonymous]

What is your goal? Your goals could be cardio? Muscle Building? Strength building? Fat loss? Weight loss? Kill time? Get away from your kids? Doing any old work out checks a few of these boxes but each goal has it's own "optimal" or nearly optimal workouts. In general, for muscle building, I would not change up my workout very often. And do higher reps. The Subject is Strength training, so is your goal to get stronger? If so, I would keep the weight high and the reps low. Also for strength...you don't do chest, back, or shoulders or is shoulders part of arms? I can't imagine a quality workout for strength training without doing chest, back, or shoulders. Look at Strong Lifts. There aren't even arms in there because doing chest, back, and shoulders takes care of arms. Anyway, it looks like you do total body work outs. If you feel the need to "change" your workout, I would make two workouts. Workout A and Workout B. Week 1 Mon=A, Wed=B, Fri=A. Week 2: Mon=B, Wed=A, Fri=B. Go back to Week 1 and repeat. Do this for 3-4 MONTHS then maybe change up a few exercises. Then repeat for3-4 months. For best results, the only time you should change up your workout is when 1. You aren't seeing any results after 4-5 weeks (by results I mean strength increasing. You should see improvement each week or two in the weight being used or number of reps completed.) 2. You are injured or sick. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

I also workout with the Peloton strength workouts. I think its most important to do what you enjoy, so you will stick with it consistently.

I do often wonder also if I should put more thought into "programming" my workouts more. I decided today that I am going to start doing the rollcall strength workouts. They are supposedly programmed by Peloton to act as a weekly strength training program.

If you go in collections they have all of the past rollcall workouts, and you can start at week 1 and go all the way through them. I'm going to give this a shot and see how I like it!