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Stupid question regarding weights

99trev Posts: 7 Joined: 2002/08/02	2002/08/02, 09:01 AM Okay, so I have a really stupid question that I can't seem to get a straight answer to. I have been lifting weights for about 18 monhths now, and worked out with a trainer in the beginning. I have been on my own for about a year and can't seem to get a straight answer on this. I use the leg press machine and put 4 45lb platters on each side. Is this 180lbs? or is it 360 lbs? I can't seem to get anyone to tell me! Thanks
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/08/02, 09:11 AM That would be 360 (plus what ever the sled for the leg press weighs, but I do not count that)! -------------- "When in danger, or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout" LIFT HARD AND OFTEN!!!!!!
99trev Posts: 7 Joined: 2002/08/02	2002/08/02, 09:13 AM Cool! Thanks so much! I thought it probably was, considering the odd looks I get from some of the guys at the gym!!!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/08/02, 09:15 AM Well Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!!
Firehawk734 Posts: 295 Joined: 2002/07/31	2002/08/02, 10:59 AM Thats all you are putting on a leg press machine??? Thats soo easy. If the object of you doing those exercises is to strengtehn your legs, thats not the way to go about it. At least with me I have never gotten anything except conditioning from that exercise. I do squats. I bet if you do a proper set of squats you wont be able to do 200 lbs. And it will build your muscles. Good luck with whatever you want to do :)
99trev Posts: 7 Joined: 2002/08/02	2002/08/02, 12:13 PM Okay Firehawk 734, now that's not very nice. 360lbs may be easy for you, but at 5'4", 145 lbs and FEMALE, I think I am doing pretty well. I don't do dead lift squats since I don't have a spotter, but I do hack squats and lift about 140 lbs total. I'm not interested in bulking up. In the type of job I do, I need to have strong legs and a strong back. I have no intention of doing more than conditioning. By the way, at 360 lbs on the leg press, I do 3 sets of 15 reps. :)
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/08/02, 12:15 PM 99trev...if you want the strongest back do deadlifts. I do them all the time without a spotter as well. Just go slow. And i think 360 for a female is great! -------------- "When in danger, or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout" LIFT HARD AND OFTEN!!!!!!
99trev Posts: 7 Joined: 2002/08/02	2002/08/02, 12:20 PM At the gym I go to, there is this weird bar that is kind of a self spotter that I sometimes use. It has cables on it with catches all the way up and down. I sometimes use it for standing lunges or bench presses as well. I try to mix my routine up, otherwise I get bored.
99trev Posts: 7 Joined: 2002/08/02	2002/08/02, 12:21 PM Message deleted by moderator due to unsuitable content for this board.
99trev Posts: 7 Joined: 2002/08/02	2002/08/02, 12:23 PM Somehow I screwed up and posted the same message twice. Anyway.... Suggestions on how to get rid of the little leftover roll from having kids that is just over each hip bone (like right even with the pockets on your jeans). It is small, but drives me CRAZY. I can't get rid of it.
mikencharleston Posts: 1,585 Joined: 2002/01/09	2002/08/02, 01:14 PM 99trev - you've probably heard this till you're sick of it but you aren't going to be able to spot reduce. It's almost always, first on, last off and the body fat melts away slowly over the whole frame, not just in one section.
Philia2 Posts: 4,078 Joined: 2001/10/19	2002/08/03, 02:01 AM That's not a stupid question!!!!!! lol just feel free to ask whatever you might feel like! -------------- - Nina :o) Les Victoires éternelles sont celles du coeur.
roni0906 Posts: 1,008 Joined: 2002/01/24	2002/08/04, 12:48 AM 99trev, I have had a baby so I know what you are talking about. It isn't easy, but once you start to reduce your bodyfat, you will see it start to reduce. Just keep weight training and it will eventually shrink....it will take a while, nothing happens overnight. -------------- Lisa
aaronnugent Posts: 1 Joined: 2008/01/03	2008/01/04, 12:19 AM how do i come to my work out weights