lifeisforliving said:
Start to learn and seperate muscle groups each day.
Legs and back 1 day
Chest and arms 1 day
Squats/other 1 day.
NO NO NO this is all wrong, especially if you go to the gym frequently. That's two days you're giving your legs a heavy workout in a three day rotation.
I've always done:
A: Pull
B: Push
C: Lower body
which basically amounts to:
A: Biceps, traps, lats, rhomboids (et al)
B: Pecs, delts, triceps (et al)
C: Spinal rectors, abs, calves, biceps femoris, quadriceps
But there are a lot of other ways to split it, and in my particular split, there's some redundancy, especially in the shoulders, but that's really inevitable in any split.
If you're doing squats and you can even THINK about doing a "leg workout" the next day or two days later, I don't think you're doing squats right at all.
On another point, it might matter when you're first working out, but if you're doing a serious weight training program, which muscles your cardiovascular workout utilizes shouldn't have much of an impact on the development of those particular muscles. The idea of cardio should be to elevate your heart rate, not develop muscles. If you're in fairly good shape (and you're weight training) and you're feeling "the burn" in your legs doing a stairmaster/bike/precor/whatever, maybe you should let up on the intensity a bit. I, personally, tend to go a bit easier on the cardio on "leg day" in particular.
But this is all quite a digression from the topic at hand.
As for how to get yourself to start working out, I just don't know. If you're going to do the gym/cardio machine/resistance training thing, though, I highly totally recommend headphones. Also, sing along with whatever you're listening to so you get funny looks. And don't worry too much about listening to something to get you "pumped." Listen to whatever you really like and can distract you from the horrible drudgery of cardiovascular exercise.