Is my gym routine correct?

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angel

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Alright, so I'm 18 yrs old, between 115-120 lbs, and am 5'0 tall (short lol). I work at a call center mon-fri 9:30-6 so I'm sitting down most of the day. Therefore, monday-friday I go to the gym. I go for about 1 hr-1 1/2 hrs. I don't think I'm fat, but I'm trying to tone, slim, and tighten my body. Currently, I've been doing 5-10 times of 10 reps on machines concerning legs, butt, and arms. For my legs and butt, I generally use 30-40 lbs. For arms, 10-15 lbs. For my stomach, I do about 150 crunches. I also run on the elliptical (sp?) For 10-15 mins. And sometimes ill walk the treadmill for 10 mins.

Am I doing everything right? I am worried I may be using too much weight for my legs.. I don't want them to be bulk, I want to slim them. I'm trying to have a more slender, tight body by June. Am I on the right track?
 
1. 1 - 11/2 hours is a good time frame. I would do a split such as this
Monday- chest and abs
Tuesday- back and 45 min of cardio
Wednesday- off
Thursday - legs and abs
friday - shoulders and 45 min of cardio
saturday - arms 45 min of cardio
sunday - off

2. 150 crunches wont get you nothing but i really bad stomach ache. Having abs has little to with crunches and a lot to do with limiting your daily fat intake. If you want abs focus more on proper diet and cardio at least 3 times a week

3. 3 sets of 10-12 reps is plenty enough as long as you have high intensity in the gym. 3 sets of lifting as much as you possibly can (to failure) is much better than casually doing 10 sets. Just make sure if you take this approach that you only work each bodypart once a week so that it has ample time to recover.

4. Your body doesnt even get into optimum fat burning range until 20 minutes into the cardio so shoot for at least 20 minutes. It sounds like your primary goal is to shred down so i would focus on more cardio and proper diet

Hope this helps !!
 
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