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reps/sets? how many (new to this)

onlinemommy Posts: 4 Joined: 2004/01/17	2004/01/17, 11:26 AM hello, I am new to working out getting and getting in shape. I am doing the discovery health body challenge and using tae-bo and walk away the pounds videos. The thing is I have some printouts to do exercises with and without weights. But what exactly are "sets" and reps" ? The reps are how many you do in a set correct? How do I know how many to do in a set, and how long to wait between sets? a newbie who needs some help!
hombre_guapo Posts: 12 Joined: 2004/01/14	2004/01/17, 12:03 PM Yep, reps(repetitions) are many times you do an exercise per set. I'm not sure what to tell you how many to do, because I don't know what exercises the program is having you do. A GENERAL guideline I use for exercises I do such as bench press is.. 1x10(70%) 1x8 1x8 1x8-12 Reading this, the first line reads "one set of 10 reps at 70% of my max weight I can perform on the lift." This is my warm-up set. The second and third lines read simply "one set of 8." And the fourth reads "one set of 8 through 12." I do 8 reps, but if I can do more I lift until I reach 12. I hope this helps.. they should explain somewhere on what to do. Good luck! -------------- What the MIND can imagine, the BODY can achieve.
agamble Posts: 1,029 Joined: 2003/09/22	2004/01/17, 05:33 PM It depends on your goals. Your workout from ft will have a recommended rep range based on the goal you indicated. If you cannot perform the 'recommended' reps, just record your 'actual' reps. You may want to adjust the amount of weight you are lifting on each set so that you come close to the reps recommended.
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/01/17, 05:50 PM A rep is simply one movement, and a set is how many of those one movements you do. For instance, a curl is starting with the arm in the lowered position, curling the weight up to almost shoulder height, and lowering the weight back down. This would be one rep, and the amount of these you do at one time till stopping would be a set. A good rep range for hpertrophy(lean tissue gain) is 9-12, so find a weight that you can do for that amount of reps, where your last couple reps are fairly hard. This is a good beginning. Good luck to you. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
onlinemommy Posts: 4 Joined: 2004/01/17	2004/01/18, 11:33 AM Thank you..When I posed the question I hadn't looked into the exercise routim=ne the site gave me, so it's all mapped out for me. I need to be walked thru this all thanks again