...;re doing too many exercises x sets. If you really MUST do cardio in the same workout, aim for a 40-minute weights workout and 20 minutes of cardio.
If you look at the routine I recommended under ...
Hi all,
Just bought a set of 'crappy' dumbell/barbell weights from Argos
These are only going to be used for smaller concentration exercises, as I don't think my arms/legs are...
...y will look like Schwarzenegger within 2 days.
This is to bad because the many benefits of working with weights that are totally lost to them.
Here is a short list that might just get your apiti...
...it worried that it will thicken my waist...
does it have this effect? are you guys proponents of using weights during ab workouts?...
... then you'll have to cycle between cutting and bulking.
No. I personally would reccommend lifting weights AND aerobic exercise. It is generally accepted that you should do weight lifting firs...
...at's quite a gap.
I do about half dumbell work. Though I argued the value of a large set of fixed weights, I actually have a lot of plates and handles, ten or twelve of the latter. It turns o...
I think the cost of travel plus the cost of the equipment would probably be more than the replacement cost. I'll stick to my gym. :-P
Numero uno! About the rep range, there's many voices out there, some say use heavy weights to do 4-6, others say up to 8, 10 or 12. Hmm... it's a maze. In my workout i do heavy weights,many ...
...position for 8-10 seconds (or, on accoasion, for as long as possible.) I plan to progress to using heavier weights.
What is the exact benefit of doing such an exercise? Is 8-10 seconds in the up p...
...waste of time. Some people believe that a higher number (up to 20) is appropriate for leg work.
As for weights used, people use anywhere between 60%-100% of their 1 rep max, depending on intent. W...
...art leaning back.
I've seen a lot of people start the movement by leaning back and then, once the weights have some momentum, move the weights more by pulling their arms down....
...er cardio.
I personally am a firm believer in breaking your workouts up so that you do your cardio and weights completely separate. i.e. cardio in the morning, lift weights in the afternoon....
Since i started lifting weights a while ago my neck clicks when i move it side to side, is this normal? also when i used to lift dumbells ages ago i overdid it and hurt my wrist, for around 6 months -...
...dumbbells.)
I like the idea of going with plates instead of hex... more useful if we want intermediate weights and/or if we get barbells eventually.
My 20# set is a DB handle and plate combo (...
...r to do little or no CV activity outside their almost obsessive concentration on the lifting of very heavy weights.
Without wanting to be in the least bit critical or vexatious, I wonder just how ...
Just wondering how many people here do weights? I was on cyclic ketogenic diet for the earlier half of this year, with muscle gain and slight weightloss - 15 lbs, the reason i went CKD is becos of the...
...: Typically I'll do quite a variety of exersizes this way, one I like :: in particular is to push the weights straight up from my body, then :: let them down very slowly to the floor beside me wi...
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...en the two. I had one and it worked very well (Total Gym 1500). If you are a body builder, go to the heavy weights and a Gym with a personal trainer or a training partner. If your objective is to buil...
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When I go to the gym I usually do a 15 minute warm up on a cross trainer and then do a routine on the weights, focusing on chest, shoulders and back on separate days. I then do some side bends an...
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...heard? That old power rack is on its way out: not enough room, and only one person uses it (and clangs the weights when he does).
-Wayne voice of doom...
...r so. That's a warmup weight (this is why SS/HIT cultists can train without warmups, their 'work weights' are warmup weights), it won't stimualte jack shit for (significant) gains ...
...in your activities.
How about front squats? Without having to press the weight, you can handle heavier weights. Or split squats, where you use less weight anyway. Or, step-ups with DB's, wher...
On November 2, 1996, in misc.fitness.weights, Alex Filippidis
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...ing for a routine like this forever. Do you see any problem doing a small amount of cardio the same day as weights using the one set approach?????? TIA...
...ating between bodyweight (that is , no additional weight) and 45 lbs. (that is, bodywieght plus a bar with weights totaling 45 lbs.) to work on form.
At the end of the last lower body day I did 2x...
...to visit a physio for that. you might have injured a rotator cuff or something. for now try to use smaller weights until you can get checked. you might have to take some time off to rest the shoulder ...
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