For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

[WTF]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

AA... don't mean to keep asking questions man.. but how long do you recommend going between each day lifting... I guess, what kind of recovery period? Say if I do Triceps/Biceps tonight... should I give them 24hrs... 48hrs... what?

[AuburnAlumni]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

AA... don't mean to keep asking questions man.. but how long do you recommend going between each day lifting... I guess, what kind of recovery period? Say if I do Triceps/Biceps tonight... should I give them 24hrs... 48hrs... what?

48 hours is the golden rule.

I train heavy so I usually train each bodypart once a week..sometimes twice.

If I'm trying to "cut up" in the spring...I'll still lift relatively heavy but I'll do more "compound" exercise..i.e. exercises involving more muscle groups simultaneously to increase the amount of calories I'm burning.

But yes...48 hours for a specific muscle group to recover is good.

[WTF]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

Alright... how about doing pushups, chinups, etc...

I worked my chest and shoulders last night, but is it still alright to do pushups like I am use to doing every day, or should I only do those on the days that I work those specific groups?

My lifting schedule looks sort of like this

Day 1-Bi's/Tri's
Day 2-Chest/Shoulders/Abs
Day 3-Bi's/Tri's
Day 4-Chest/Shoulders/Back
Day 5-Bi's/Tri's
Day 6-Full Body
Day 7-Off

Of course I'm working legs in there as well, doing squats, lunges, etc... and doing cardio... but how would you group those to have a better quality workout?

[funky_chicken]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

Alright... how about doing pushups, chinups, etc...

I worked my chest and shoulders last night, but is it still alright to do pushups like I am use to doing every day, or should I only do those on the days that I work those specific groups?

My lifting schedule looks sort of like this

Day 1-Bi's/Tri's
Day 2-Chest/Shoulders/Abs
Day 3-Bi's/Tri's
Day 4-Chest/Shoulders/Back
Day 5-Bi's/Tri's
Day 6-Full Body
Day 7-Off

Of course I'm working legs in there as well, doing squats, lunges, etc... and doing cardio... but how would you group those to have a better quality workout?

WTF you don't do any strenth training for legs? I realize you probably do cardio daily but you still need to strenth train legs also.

This is my training schedule
Chest and triceps
Cardio
Back and biceps
Cardio
Shoulders and legs
Cardio

I just keeping alternating between strenth training and cardio. In a six day period I have strength trained the entire body and done 3 days of cardio (20 to 30 minutes) then start the cycle over again on the seventh day. I also do crunches everyday. Usually 50 after my workout and 50 before I go to bed.

The problem is not exercising but watching what I eat. I love to eat so it makes it difficult.

[WTF]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

Yeah, I do squats, lunges (diagonal, forward, lateral), leg press when I am at the gym... and of course cardio... I'm really just beginning to get some muscle mass back in my legs finally... it's taken years just to see some of it come back.

[Double Eights]

Not to mention i'd look like a douche benching the bar next to a guy with 4 50lb weig

Are there any full body workouts you can do without equipment? I'd rather not have to buy a gym membership, or personal equipment.

I'm short on money, and not to mention i'd look like a douche benching the bar next to a guy benching 400lbs.

[funky_chicken]

Re: Not to mention i'd look like a douche benching the bar next to a guy with 4 50lb

Are there any full body workouts you can do without equipment? I'd rather not have to buy a gym membership, or personal equipment.

I'm short on money, and not to mention i'd look like a douche benching the bar next to a guy benching 400lbs.

You could try bodweight exercises such as pushups, pullups, handstand pushups, burpees and weightless squats.

[Money99]

Re: Not to mention i'd look like a douche benching the bar next to a guy with 4 50lb

Are there any full body workouts you can do without equipment? I'd rather not have to buy a gym membership, or personal equipment.

I'm short on money, and not to mention i'd look like a douche benching the bar next to a guy benching 400lbs.

Before I started working out with weights I would simply do situps, pushups and chinups every night. It did help.

And I understand your concerns about 'looking like a douche', but even those guys doing 400lbs started out by benching 125 lbs.
And I'm not sure where you live but at the gyms I've attended there has only been a handful of guys that were doing 'serious' weight when bench pressing. I've seen way more guys benching 130 than 330 or even 200.

[Shaver]

Re: Not to mention i'd look like a douche benching the bar next to a guy with 4 50lb

Before I started working out with weights I would simply do situps, pushups and chinups every night. It did help.

And I understand your concerns about 'looking like a douche', but even those guys doing 400lbs started out by benching 125 lbs.
And I'm not sure where you live but at the gyms I've attended there has only been a handful of guys that were doing 'serious' weight when bench pressing. I've seen way more guys benching 130 than 330 or even 200.

99% of the guys at my gym that are benching over 225 are (a) doing it for show, (b) doing about 4 reps and (c) not getting much out of it. I'd rather put up 175 for 5 sets and give myself a nice workout than try to put up 300 once or twice for show.

[RubenDouglas]

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lol. I don't know. Auburn Alumni was a certified trainer that even worked with Charles Barkley at one time (or worked out with him, not sure). I think I better shut up now before my lack of knowledge gets exposed and let AA handle that one.

Barkley? looks like he did a helluva job



about weightlifting. i just started after a two month break and after my first day of doing what i normally do, i was sore for about 5 weeks. Id hate to go slow and not get much out of it. is that extreme soreness normal and is it unhealthy?

thanks

[rudyjuly2]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

about weightlifting. i just started after a two month break and after my first day of doing what i normally do, i was sore for about 5 weeks. Id hate to go slow and not get much out of it. is that extreme soreness normal and is it unhealthy?

thanks

If you took 2 months off, you could work out for 10 minutes and be sore for 2 days. You have to ease back into it a bit but you will be very sore no matter what after a long layoff. 5 weeks seems a bit extreme lol.

[ehh]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

This is my training schedule
Chest and triceps
Cardio
Back and biceps
Cardio
Shoulders and legs
Cardio

Not trying to be an ahole, but that's identical to what I did in HS and when I got to college my coaches told me it was an awful regime and from that point on I never went back to it.

Have you seen good results from it? And what specifically do you do on each lifting day?

[RubenDouglas]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

If you took 2 months off, you could work out for 10 minutes and be sore for 2 days. You have to ease back into it a bit but you will be very sore no matter what after a long layoff. 5 weeks seems a bit extreme lol.

i meant 5 days. lol

the soreness should subside, right? its to a point where im so sore that I never seem to gain anything. its like workout once a week, then break because im sore, then try to work out again but im forced to do less. I never should have quit to begin with. this sucks

[Vince]

Re: Not to mention i'd look like a douche benching the bar next to a guy with 4 50lb

99% of the guys at my gym that are benching over 225 are (a) doing it for show, (b) doing about 4 reps and (c) not getting much out of it. I'd rather put up 175 for 5 sets and give myself a nice workout than try to put up 300 once or twice for show.

So true...Can't stand the showoffs at the gym...

[rudyjuly2]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

i meant 5 days. lol

the soreness should subside, right? its to a point where im so sore that I never seem to gain anything. its like workout once a week, then break because im sore, then try to work out again but im forced to do less. I never should have quit to begin with. this sucks

It will go away. It shouldn't take too long to feel normal again. If you are sore for 5 days I will just say you overdid yourself. Cut back your sets so you aren't so sore as you seem to be killing yourself. Listen to your body - its screaming "you're killing me!" If you are sore for more than 1 or 2 days, you might be overdoing it.