Putting together routine for my girlfriend...

[Keyhole]

My girlfriend does cardio 3-4 times a week (running) but has interest in starting some weight training. She wants me to put together a 2 day split, one day upper/one day lower.

Any recommendations on exercises for her? Anything you ladies feel works well for you? She's 5'2" and about 110lbs.

Real quick here is what I would do for her upper

Deadlift
Bench Press
Widegrip pulldown
Dumbbell curls
Dumbbell shoulder press
Rope Pushdown

Leg day would be very similar to mine, minus the SLDL.

Squats
Leg press
Leg curls
Some sort of calf exercise
Hip abductors/adductors
Situps & one more ab exercise


Thanks for any suggestions!

[Hawkwind]

Since she's interested in an upper/lower split and is just starting out here is what I would do in similar circumstances:


Upper
Widegrip pulldown or seated cable rows
Bench Press
Dumbbell shoulder press
Dumbbell curls
CG bench, skull crushers, seated tri-extensions or even dips are much better choices than the rope press.


Lower
Squats
SLDL or Romanian deads
Hip abductors/adductors
Machine/BB or DB calf raises
Hyper extensions/good mornings or machine back extension
Ab work

Normally...I don't put squats and deads together...but I'm really not a fan of ham curls. I feel SLDL or R-deads are much better choices and since she's just starting out it probably won't tax her cns having squats and deads combined...now when/if she really gets up there with the weight in either or both...then she'll need to split them up.

The only bearing her height may have on training would be with machines. I've heard more than one woman complain that machines just don't adjust well for their height. I know at my gym someone that is shorter than I at 5'7" would have a really tough time with the hip abductor and adductor machines...but you can swap the machine out in favor of using an ankle strap and cable. For ages I did all my abductor and adductor work using the lower cable on my machine here at home.