Joined the gym tonight

I joined the local gym tonight with the wife and was wondering what type of workout routines ya'll do?Im at #427 and I feel like the first day of 2 a days from the glory years after 70 mins of cardio.

Thanks
Dave

 When I first started working out again, I hired a trainer.  That has always been my recomendation so I can learn how to workout without hurting myself, and also so they could create a workout plan I could use for a few months.  

That said, my routine normally goes like this : 
Get to the gym warm up on treadmill for 15-20 minutes.  
Goto leg press and do 3 sets of 10
While on leg press do calf raises 3 sets of 10.  I do a rep of leg presses then calf raises. 
Next I do 3 sets of 10 on the Hack Squat.  
Next I goto the cable machines and start my circuit there.  everything is 3sets of 10.  
I start with Standing Cable Curls, as soon as I do a set I move to Lat Pull and do 10.  Then I goto tricep Push down.   I do these back to back without pausing so I keep my heart rate up.  
After those 3 I do seated cable rows and bar works.  10 rows, lay down on bench or exercise ball and do 10 wide grip presses, 10 narrow grip presses, and then 10 skull crushers. 
I do all 4 of those 3x 10x. 
After my arms feel like jello, I go and do leg extensions, leg curls, and the hip adductor and hip abductor.  
Next I grab dumbbells again do incline dumbell press, incline dumbell fly, Arnolds, and then I go and do lunges.  
After all that I will do my abs either Knee Up's which I hate, or crunches on an exercise ball while holding a medicine ball.  

This is my normal routine, but I will be getting more training sessions again soon.  With that I am going to get different plans so I can target groups of muscles instead of doing so many at once.  Try to get everything into an hour and go on my lunch break so I am home with the family at night :D

Good luck with working out!  You will soon become a gym rat and that is a good thing!

My routine at the gym is 35 minutes of cardio on the treadmill, followed by 35-40 minutes of weightlifting (13 stations, 16 reps at each, using the max weight I can still push for the 16th rep), then 20-30 minutes of aquatic exercise (more cardio).  After that, I'm so tired I can barely move, but it feels so good... 

As Ben H said, get a trainer to start you off.  Helps a lot, and keeps you from doing something "stupid"...  First time I hit the gym, I was around 370, and that routine totally kicked my butt, despite using very light weights (total of <7,000 lbs lifted with all reps).  Now I'm lifting a total of 22,000+ lbs at each visit, and down to 302 lbs.  Still kicks my butt, but I feel a lot more justified, since I'm lifting more than 3X the weight, walking a lot faster (and farther), and my water activity is a lot more intense. 

Can hardly wait for those next 2-3 lbs to come off, but I'm kinda "stalled" right now.  Not worried, because I can still feel the difference in my body - for sure!

 Agree with both Jim and Glenn above...spend the time and money to have an initial session or two with a trainer.  At some gyms, you get an initial session as part of your initial membership.  It is well worth it.

As you continue to lose weight and build up stamina and strength, it is also good to spend the time and money again for a follow-up session with the trainer.  This way he (or she) can watch to make sure you are doing the exercises properly and make adjustments as your body changes.

When I started out, I did 30 mins of cardio, usually treadmill or bike, followed by a 30 min  "Basic 8" circut on M-W-F.   As my strength and stamina increased, and weight decreased, I also increased my workouts by adding T & Th.  I also changed up, still doing about 20-30 mins of cardio 'warm-up' followed by focused weight/strength training where one day i worked upper body & abs/core, the next lower body & abs/core.  The third day, i did a full body routine.

Now that I am training for a marathon, the biggest part of my workouts are running and building my miles.  I generally run 3 days a week (M, W, Th) then do a Long Run on Saturday.  T and F are my "rest" days, meaning I don't run, but do cross training, usually the ARC trainer and some focused weight/strength exercises, as prescribed by my trainer, who happens to be a Triathlon Coach.  Sundays are generally a FULL rest day.  As I have come to LOVE running, I see following this type of routine for the foreseeable future.

Congratulations on your progress and KUDOs for joining the gym!  In the words of the old Nike commercials, you just have to "Just Do It!"

Good luck!   Mike

I reluctantly joined the gym last summer.  The doc wanted me to do something besides bicycle riding and work on upper body.  I only started doing the gym thing seriously when the weather got too crappy to ride.  So three days a week I do circuit training.. weight machines and step aerobics.   On other days, when the weather is too crummy to ride a real bike.. I ride the gym bike for 45 mins.
The trainer might be a good idea.

Yep I've found a new addicition.  For once it's a good thing I made it to the gym everyday and actually kinda enjoy it.  My wife has taught me there boxing class and its a lot of fun.  Shocked at how much muscle I have lost since starting all the liquids the 3rd week of Oct.

Without some form of weight or resistance training you will lose quite a bit of muscle.  Doesn't have to be massive weights but something will help.