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2003/12/03, 12:33 AM
I have been working out for quite a few years now. Just came across this site for some new motivation. My question is; I am trying to tone up and lose some fat. Should I be doing more then just 2-3 excercises per muscle? i.e. 4 sets of dumbell incline press, and 6 sets of flat bench dumbell flyes? That is just an example. In the past I have done probably 3-4 different excercises. I just want to be sure I am doing the right thing and not wasting my time. Thanks for whatever helpful advice you may give. lv2wrkout
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2003/12/03, 12:43 AM
That is plenty....lots of us fall into that rut once or twice in our training...many of us way more than that lol...it's not how many things you can do to work the muscle...but how hard you work the movements...if you are working those sets to the absolute upmost...then much else would lean towards over training. If your lookin to lose weight then look for some posts hear on the site...there are plenty hear dealing with that issue.....and without further adue....welcome to FT nice to have you here...hope some of this helps!
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If hard work and persistence were the keys to success, most people would opt to pick the lock.~Dick
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2003/12/03, 03:11 PM
what i have been doing for somthing differnt and has helped me grow is do what i like to call half sets, let me explain
for biceps i do
5 sets of barbell curls
*2 sets of hercules(double bicep curls where u'd usually do cable crossovers)
4 sets of mutincline curls( after ever set move the angle up a bit)
*2 sets e-z bar half curls( sit on bench and grab the bar really far outand go from ur theigh to a curl and squuze)
3 sets of either concentration curls or pretcher curls
ur doing 6 excercises but actually only doing 4 sets of 4 ( except for the barbell u can do 4 if u wish. on the half sets keep the reps high like 15s or 12s at the least, others feel free to do as much weight or reps u like
this has kept by body guessing and hard to compinsate so it has to grow and my arms have! lil over a quater of an inch in 5 weeks, this can be applid to legs,chest, back, tris, shoulders i have just yet to stumble upon the " perfect mix" of excercises for me that is hope this helps
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---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
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2003/12/06, 08:15 AM
Try to lift more weight and rest very little. I count to 45 and then I start a new set. Sample, bench press, set 1, 135, 25 reps, while I am adding weight to the bar I am counting by the count of 25 I now have 225 on the bar and I am on my back and griping the bar lift off at 45 sec. after 8 reps I start my count again and now I am taking off weight, I drop down to 205 and lift off at 45 sec. 8 burning reps later I drop the weight to 185 and count 45 more sec. then do my last set of 8 reps.
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