Intro Novice Program LP for 12 year old using Cybex Machines
Hello.
My family recently joined the YMCA near our house. At age 12, they allow kids to start using machines. I figured this would be a good time to introduce my 12 year whose goal is to play high school baseball and basketball to the concepts of the starting strength program even though he does not have access to the barbell equipment.
The gym has all the usual machines: leg press, hamstring curl, sitting over head press, sitting chest press, lat pull down, rows, and a bunch of small muscle machines (glutes, biceps, etc.).
I was thinking of doing a 3x5 Lineament progression looking like the following:
A Day
1) Leg Press: Warm Up, 3x5
2) Bench: Warm Up, 3x5
3) Rows: Warm Up, 3x5
B Day
1) Leg Press, Warm Up, 3x5
2) Siting Overhead Press: Warm Up, 3x5
3) ?
Any suggestions on what else to put on B day? Maybe the hamstring curl?
He is really interested in starting strength training. I wanted to direct his energies doing something close to Novice Linear progression within the universe of equipment he can use on his own. He is also going to log all his exercises in a notebook and track his progress over time.
Any help/ideas would be appreciated. Thank you.
Brian