Workout routine on top of personal trainer

[awfulwaffle]

So I've been going to the gym with a personal trainer 3 days a week. It is 3 days of hell, lots of HIIT crap that nobody enjoys(if you do I think you are nuts).

I go in with some friends an additional 1 or 2 days a week. Just curious, what kind of workouts would be something I could do solo? I feel more comfortable with someone else there(why Inhired a trainer), but would be beneficial if I was going in more.

Push workout I do with my friends that I can do solo is bench, inclined dumbells bench, and fly machine followed by some core.

I'm looking for some easy workouts that I might be able to do solo to help progress me even more. I'm looking more for weight lifting because much of what I do with my trainer is more cardio getting in shape stuff. I do a lot of lifting mixed in but it's more about keeping my heart rate up more than muscle building.

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[RayP]

A good trainer should be given you even general guidelines on what to do on your own if he/she even remotely cares about your goals and retaining you as a client.

Why wouldn’t you ask them?

 

[awfulwaffle]

I have all his workouts he's done with me stored. He's shown me tons of crap. Doesn't hurt to ask what other people do at the gym.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

So I've been going to the gym with a personal trainer 3 days a week. It is 3 days of hell, lots of HIIT crap that nobody enjoys(if you do I think you are nuts).

I go in with some friends an additional 1 or 2 days a week. Just curious, what kind of workouts would be something I could do solo? I feel more comfortable with someone else there(why Inhired a trainer), but would be beneficial if I was going in more.

Push workout I do with my friends that I can do solo is bench, inclined dumbells bench, and fly machine followed by some core.

I'm looking for some easy workouts that I might be able to do solo to help progress me even more. I'm looking more for weight lifting because much of what I do with my trainer is more cardio getting in shape stuff. I do a lot of lifting mixed in but it's more about keeping my heart rate up more than muscle building.

I assume since you have a personal trainer you have a gym membership. If this is the case, why not just use some of the cable machines? They are pretty much self-explanatory so you don't need someone to show you how to use them.

 

[miscs75]

You should talk to the trainer. Set up something that you can do when you're not with him (2-3x a week in addition to the 3x a week with the trainer). You could use him for the HIIT and conditioning and then use the other 3 for strength based exercises. It all depends on how you want to break down the workouts (body part, movement based or push pull).