New to weights

[DoubleChinWoes2]

I've been using weights at home and following YouTube videos. I'm loving feeling stronger. I have no idea what I'm doing really, so I just choose different videos to watch, usually 20 to 30 min full body workouts.

My question is should I be doing a workout for arms one day, another day for legs, another day core etc? Or are short random full body exercises good enough for me, who isn't ever going to be trying to get big muscles.

I have dumbbells I can change the weights of between 3kg and 15kg and a 12kg kettlebell, if that's useful info 🤷

There are lots of ways to arrnage your workouts so that you hit them all. My DH is into weights and does push day, pull day, legs i think.

The idea of targeting an area is that you can push them harder and then leave that area alone for a few days so that it can recover.

My PT has set me 4 workouts which I do during the week. I have a Full Body day but then have: Pull (back exercises), Push (chest and shoulders) and Glutes (includes some leg exercises). Everything but glutes includes biceps/triceps as well.

I quite like having separate workouts as I know what I'm meant to be targeting.

Do whatever suits you. My dh has changed how he trains multiple times over the years to find what works best for him. I started out with full body once a week then split it as I got stronger.

I do heavy squats, rows and bench one day. Heavy deadlifts, military press and some shoulder isolation work one day. When doing 3 days I do a day of all those exercises with paused reps and lighter weight. I tend to do up to 5 rep sets, never done more than 10 rep sets. I'm not back to full strength after pregnancy/c-section (baby almost 6mth), I also have osteoarthritis. The level I'm at... squats are down from 80kg to 55kg, deadlifts down from 125kg to 110kg but I will rebuild it. My dh powerlifts and competes.

I'm following weight training programme with Kelsey Wells on the SWEAT app. She sets out the weekly schedule with a day each for chest & triceps, legs, back & shoulders, full body and finally abs.

Take a look at Caroline Girvan and her Epic programme. This will give you the structured routine you mention in your post

That's all really helpful, thank you. Thanks @m1shap3, Caroline's Programme looks perfect so I'll try the beginner one first then move on if I can!