by Leander 14 Replies latest jw friends
I've just recently started going back to the gym again and I have a few question for the fitness experts.
Its suggested that you should take a day off in between working out with weights. Is the same thing true for pushups?
Does anyone know of a few bodybuilding sites?
Leaner,
I'm definately not a body builder but I do go to the gym at lunch time every day. I find that lifting on Tues. & Thurs. and running on Mon. Wed & Fri works best. If you lift everyday you fit a "wall." Not sure how serious you are but I find free weights to be better then the machines.
Kind funny chatting about weight lifting here on JW.com lol
roybatty
Pushups would interfere with your regular training. If you work out your shoulders/chest and then do 50 pushups the next day you are inhibiting your growth and recovery time. If you are doing them in conjunction with your regular shoulder/chest routine then do them only one the days you do those exercises.
Hm...when i did weight training we alernated for 5 consecutive days a week with upper and lower weight workouts with a rest on Saturday and Sunday.
So day one upper(bench,millitary,incline etc.)day two lower (squats,leg press, dead lift etc.) and so on alternating. We did crunches, pushups, running laps and streches every day for warm ups. We had saturday and sunday off.
Basically it's nessesary to combine weight lifting with cardio, especially if your goal is to lose weight. If you are trying to bulk your muscles do less reps with more weight. If you want to tone your muscles do more reps at less weight. And be sure to stretch and warm up cause otherwise you suck...hehehe. Don't know if this helped but that's mah two cents of advice!
Thanks for the advice, I think maybe I'll just do the pushups every other day.
I'm hoping to lose some weight but I also want to put on some muscle. But I want that muscle to be cut, well defined, etc.
I'm also trying to get the perfect abs. When next summer comes around I plan on being in top condition.
If you want bulk and defenition you first want to bulk...once you become the size you want you can start toning that muscle. It helps to have some fat on you first. All those weight lifting pills with rock hard abs on the front are to fatten you up so you can become more bulky. Work you abs every day and you'll really start to see improvement within a month. Make sure you do excercises for every group of ab muscles, especially the dreaded lower abs where many people develope a little pooch.
I haven't lifted in a few years but I'd suggest that you get Arnold's book; The Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding. For motivation/fun etc. read Sam Fussell's book "muscle..."
T.
To build muscle you should work out intensely with heavy weights. You should use a weight that allows you to do 8-15 reps per set for 4-5 sets per body part. Take each set to absolute failure. Most trainers suggest a split routine: work chest, shoulders and triceps one day, then back and biceps the next day. The rest a day or 2. Then do legs the next time, then chest, shoulders and triceps again etc…. Your muscles should be sore for at least a day or 2 after a workout and you should not work the sore muscles again until the soreness is gone. Rest is as important as good workouts. Take lots of days off from the gym and work out really intensely when you are there.
Also, you should concentrate mostly on exercises that work more than one muscle group (squats, bench press, dead lifts and rows and pull-ups) and always work the big muscles (back, thighs, chest). Those are the hardest exercises and should form the core of every workout: squats and dead lifts for your leg day workout, bench press for chest, shoulders and triceps and rows and pull-ups for back.
I like doing push-ups, but you should do them as part of your chest, shoulders and triceps routine. If you workout as intensely as you should, one day per week for each body part should be enough.
In addition to lots of rest between workouts, you need to eat, eat, eat. You won't gain weight without eating lots of good food, especially protein.
your weight lifting advice is as lame as your interpretations of
watchtower doctrines.
8-15 reps does NOT reduce body fat. training to failure is rediculous
this mentality was accepted in the 80's but has been shown to be a complete waste of time..ask dorian yates..
HIT training........if you think you can become as big as a
bodybuilder in 1 year you are dreaming
nytelcom: It has worked fine for me (I'm 6'1", 185 lbs and less than 10% body fat), but then I have not changed my routine much in many years, so you may very well know of a better way. My main point is not how many reps you do. I find that 8-15, as long as I work each set to failure, works for me. However I find that the most important thing is using proper form, using compund exercises (squats, presses, dead lifts etc…) and working out very intensely. I would be interested in learing more about your routine - please explain. (and please refrain from insults - there's no reason for that now is there?)
