I need a new workout!!!!!

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Hello,
I wanted to try something new with my workouts!!!  I am a female....24years old,5"8, and 13.45% BF. I want more lean muscle!!!!  I want to focus more on lifting than on cardio.  Right now I do 1 bodypart a day and about 4 to 5 exercises/ 3 to 4 sets of 15 to 20 reps.  Then I do about 45min. to 60 mins. of cardio 5 days a week.  I just feel as though I can;'t build the muscle the way I want.  Maybe I should be doing my body parts 2x a week and less cardio? Also,  Should I go heavier?  The reps are now high, but I still want to look lean and not bulky. What do you all think????

This is such trial and error!!!!!!

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I'll bump this for a beautiful woman :D  
I think everyones body react diferent to excercise. Try and just do a little diferent routine, It will shock your muscles.
Like a little heavyer weights and lower reps for a couple weeks. Good luck.
 
Definitely up the poundage to where you hit failure at 8-10 reps, and I would say do at least 10 sets working each target musclegroup.  I wouldn't worry about looking bulky, that's pretty hard for most women to do anyway.  If you know your maintenance caloric intake, bump your calories up about 200-300 just above that and take in a bit more protein to give those muscles all the extra aminos they'll need after you blast 'em with heavier weights.  Someone alread mentioned it, but it would also help to mix up the exercises you do for each bodypart in addition to upping the weight.  You could also try tossing in some shocking techniques to every few workouts like drop-sets, supersets, 21's, forced negatives, flex-n-hold sets...  Let me know if you need any more detail on those techniques.  Let us know what you end up doing and how it comes out.  Good LUCK!
 
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