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2007/06/08, 01:07 PM
In the gym I go I see people doing severals no of exercises and sets for the same body part. They train themselves the whole evening or morning doing the exercises,no matter which body part everyone seems to take 8 or 9 exercises with atleast 3 reps, The problem is that I seems to be the odd one only doing 3 or 4 exercises for a particular muscle per 3 sets, Is wat i am doin is wrong? Should I also start doin More than 4 exercises?
I am Fat and My aim is to reduce the fat and simultaneously build strength and Muscle, superstrength if possible. I am takin whey proteins, If any changes r required please advice me.
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2007/06/08, 01:28 PM
Well, you would probably lose more weight if you were exercising rather than counting everyone else's sets. ha ha. Just kidding with you.
I don't quite follow what you are saying with the "8-9 exercises at least 3 reps". Typically you will do around 10 reps per set. That means that you will do one exercise 10 times, take a break, do it again 10 times, take a break, do it again 10 times. I personally do 4 sets of each of my exercises, maybe you only do three. If you are saying that you only do 3-4 reps for 3 sets, then you may be lifting too heavy a weight, or you are not lifting to exhaustion. The last lift that you do of every exercise (after 10-12 or so) should be very very hard to do. You can help gauge the weight that you should be lifting that way.
Additionally, if you are trying to lose fat, be sure to incorporate some cardio in there somewhere, and make sure that your diet is good. You are on the right track though. I babbled on a bit, I hope my reply makes sense.
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2007/06/08, 02:04 PM
You make sense, amy:)
usually if you pick 3 exercises for larger muscle groups (chest,back, legs) and 2 for each smaller muscle (triceps, biceps, delts) you will get enough work doing 3-4 sets.
It is common to see guys in the gym doing every exercise they can think of for one body part in one workout - they are overtraining and limiting their results.
Keep lifting and eat a healthy diet and do some cardio on your non-lifting days and you should see good results.
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Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
Thomas Carlyle
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2007/06/08, 03:01 PM
Thank you both for the advice I will surely work according to it.
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