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Had good workouts Mon and Tues. Yesterday I was hurting a little, so took it off, and then ended up having to do a lot or running around today, so I'll try to get back in there tomorrow. Question though. I know they say you should basically work weights 3 days a week or so, alternating days. But how often should/could you be working the same muscle groups? Only once a week, or is more completely fine too?

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More is fine, the days gap is just to let the tissue repair. I used to do 2 days after each other sometimes, but just work different muscle groups each time. I was advised it was better to work posterior/anterior in the same sesssion - so ticeps/biceps one session, back/chest on another etc if you're spreading them out

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More is fine, the days gap is just to let the tissue repair. I used to do 2 days after each other sometimes, but just work different muscle groups each time. I was advised it was better to work posterior/anterior in the same sesssion - so ticeps/biceps one session, back/chest on another etc if you're spreading them out
Yeah, I just meant more like, if I do biceps/triceps monday, it's not too much to do it again friday right? Because really... I need way more work on the upper body, my legs have always been pretty big.Also, what the hell can I do to build a chest if I don't have a normal bench press? Nothing ever feels like it's actually working my chest. Have the bench itself, dumbells, and different machines, but I can't ever remember having soreness in my chest, lol.
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Yeah, I just meant more like, if I do biceps/triceps monday, it's not too much to do it again friday right? Because really... I need way more work on the upper body, my legs have always been pretty big.Also, what the hell can I do to build a chest if I don't have a normal bench press? Nothing ever feels like it's actually working my chest. Have the bench itself, dumbells, and different machines, but I can't ever remember having soreness in my chest, lol.
Nah that's no worries - I often did arms 2/3 times a week, with a day break in betweenYou don't have to have a press for youy chest - if you've got the bench and dumbells you're laughing...Lie back on the bench and choose a weight you're comfy with (no idea on your weight/fitness etc) - have a dumbell in each arm and push your arms upwards, then lower them out to the sides, so your body is in a lying-down-crucfix type shape (palms facing upwards) - bring your arms back up to meet above your chest, fully extended, and rotate your wrists so the ends of the dumbells meet - rinse/repeat (its a killer)http://www.netfit.co.uk/fitness/exercises/...-flys-flies.htmLike that but i add the wrist movement in tooYou can do regular chest press w/dumbells too, you dont have to have a bar. Do regular, inclined and raised sets if your bench allows it (the change in angle massively effects which muscle group, doin all 3 will make your chest loads bigger with time)
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Nah that's no worries - I often did arms 2/3 times a week, with a day break in betweenYou don't have to have a press for youy chest - if you've got the bench and dumbells you're laughing...Lie back on the bench and choose a weight you're comfy with (no idea on your weight/fitness etc) - have a dumbell in each arm and push your arms upwards, then lower them out to the sides, so your body is in a lying-down-crucfix type shape (palms facing upwards) - bring your arms back up to meet above your chest, fully extended, and rotate your wrists so the ends of the dumbells meet - rinse/repeat (its a killer)http://www.netfit.co.uk/fitness/exercises/...-flys-flies.htmLike that but i add the wrist movement in tooYou can do regular chest press w/dumbells too, you dont have to have a bar. Do regular, inclined and raised sets if your bench allows it (the change in angle massively effects which muscle group, doin all 3 will make your chest loads bigger with time)
Yeah, I know all that stuff. Was hoping someone had something better, lol.By raised do you mean decline? But yeah, I maybe just don't do a heavy enough weight, especially since it's only dumbells, I always worry about my stability with them.
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Only very few way back in high school. Any suggestions on effective exercises?
I actually do a lot with the ball from pushups to dumbell flies to just some crazy core work.I guess one that is good for both abs and triceps is to start on your knees and put the back of your hands on the ball. Then you roll out so that your forearms are on the ball and you are stretched out. While you are doing this it is VERY important to maintain good posture with your back. Make sure that it is on plane.Another way to get comfortable with this is to start with your forearms on the ground and get yourself into a half pushup position, again making sure that you are on plane, and just hold yourslef there. You should feel it in your abs. Once you can do this for say thirty seconds or so, then you can move on the the ball and do the roll outs.It is much easier to show people, so i hope you get the general idea of what i am talking about. I am not a fitness expert by any means, but the guy i work out with is. And it has started to improve my abs, which were basically a keg before and you can almost start to see the beginnings of a six pack now..EDIT:http://exercise.about.com/cs/abs/l/bl_core.htmThe one i was talking about is the ab roll.I also do the ball rotation one. If you get comfortable with that one you can add weight and then it really gets fun.
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After almost three weeks of the push up program, I've concluded the following:1. I will not be doing 100 consecutive push ups any time soon. I'll keep up with the workouts, because I'm definitely seeing progress. But there's no way I'll be cranking out 100 consecutive three weeks from now.

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After almost three weeks of the push up program, I've concluded the following:1. I will not be doing 100 consecutive push ups any time soon. I'll keep up with the workouts, because I'm definitely seeing progress. But there's no way I'll be cranking out 100 consecutive three weeks from now.
I can't see it either. Granted, when I started working out, I stopped the pushup thing, cause I was working those muscles already and I don't think I could have done both. But until I drop like 50lbs, I don't see 100 happening.
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I can't see it either. Granted, when I started working out, I stopped the pushup thing, cause I was working those muscles already and I don't think I could have done both. But until I drop like 50lbs, I don't see 100 happening.
It's not really a big deal to me. It's not like I lie awake at night going, "Man, I really wish I could do 100 straight push ups." I just saw the post about the work out and figured it would be a good way to keep myself doing push ups more often.
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It's not really a big deal to me. It's not like I lie awake at night going, "Man, I really wish I could do 100 straight push ups." I just saw the post about the work out and figured it would be a good way to keep myself doing push ups more often.
Ditto.
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After almost three weeks of the push up program, I've concluded the following:1. I will not be doing 100 consecutive push ups any time soon. I'll keep up with the workouts, because I'm definitely seeing progress. But there's no way I'll be cranking out 100 consecutive three weeks from now.
I've been lifting for 3 years pretty decently and I can do like 40 pushups. by that point I'm pretty much ready to vomit. 100 is just silly.
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I've been lifting for 3 years pretty decently and I can do like 40 pushups. by that point I'm pretty much ready to vomit. 100 is just silly.
Im with ya on this. Not the working out for 3 years part but usually i can do about 40 straight, i guess i could do more if i push myself i just never seen a reason to....yet
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Well just to check it out, the last time i was at the gym i decided to see how many push ups i could do. 35 for me. Not to shabby, but I don't know why you would want to do 100 consecutive, i guess it's cool if you are in the army or you want to try to impress someone but I am in neither of those boats so i will probably never do 100 in a row.What I am trying to do is more pullups. I actually did 10 in a row which is good for me. I started out a few months ago and I had to use the pull up assist machine on level 16, which basically gives you about 120 pounds of help. It felt good to bust out 10 with no help. Then I did 8 and 6 and the last set I could only do 4.

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I weighed in at 204 a couple days ago. I have not lost anymore inches though, I think that is because I have not ate wonderfully the last couple weeks. I was driving a lot, so I had some fast food here and there. I think if I can control my eating and work out at least a couple times a week, I can crack 200 by Jan.

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Well just to check it out, the last time i was at the gym i decided to see how many push ups i could do. 35 for me. Not to shabby, but I don't know why you would want to do 100 consecutive, i guess it's cool if you are in the army or you want to try to impress someone but I am in neither of those boats so i will probably never do 100 in a row.
I guess the motivation would be that if you can do 100, you're in really good god damn shape. I'll settle for 30-40 in a row and being in decent shape.
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I never went past week 3 in the pushup thing, but I also haven't done any in 2 weeks, but did a few workouts like 2 weeks ago, but haven't done a ton since friday before last I believe. So I had some donkey ass bitch hit and run me HU, so I decided to test my max pushups. It's up to 20 now, without doing anything for awhile, so that's pretty sweet. That's all.

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So I used to be an athlete 1.5 years ago, and weighed 175.I currently weigh 248.I'm challenging myself to weigh 180 in 6 months from now. It's going to be hard to do because I love to eat. I'm still going to go for it though.My main motivation is comfort. I have gotten a lot of new clothes that fit me but still aren't comfortable. I have also been sweating a shitload. I'd be ok if I felt comfortable being fat, but I just don't. I still live an active lifestyle, and I'm just uncomfortable everywhere I go. So I really want to do this so I can feel comfortable, and confident at the same time.I'm going to do this on my own without a gym.... I will try to track my weightloss here if I actually start losing weight.

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So I used to be an athlete 1.5 years ago, and weighed 175.I currently weigh 248.I'm challenging myself to weigh 180 in 6 months from now. It's going to be hard to do because I love to eat. I'm still going to go for it though.My main motivation is comfort. I have gotten a lot of new clothes that fit me but still aren't comfortable. I have also been sweating a shitload. I'd be ok if I felt comfortable being fat, but I just don't. I still live an active lifestyle, and I'm just uncomfortable everywhere I go. So I really want to do this so I can feel comfortable, and confident at the same time.I'm going to do this on my own without a gym.... I will try to track my weightloss here if I actually start losing weight.
Try to do ALOT of cardio and keep away from heavy weight lifting as heavy weight lifting will only make you heavier. Muscle weighs 3 times more than fat. If you are going to do weight lifting, do alot of reps of light weight. good luck man!
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So yesterday I had a great workout. Hadn't been to the gym since last Tuesday. It felt good to have four days off, but even better to get back to the gym and really work out. I started with some core training with a ball and then went into some squats and lunges with pushups inbetween for a warmup. Then I hit the incline press and did 10 reps at 135, 8 reps at 145, 6 reps at 150 and then I dropped it down and did 12 reps at 95, 12 reps at 75, 12 reps at 65, 12 reps at 55, and finally 15 reps with just the bar.After that I moved on incline flys and did the same type of thing. worked some harder reps with increasing weight and then dropped down the weight and did 12 - 15 reps. After that I did some Bicep work and then hammered my triceps. I can still feel the tricep work I did, so that is always a good thing. I have lost a few inches off of my waist but I am still far from where i want to be. I was hoping to be at 200 by the end of the year ... but I think that may be out of reach as I am actually adding some muscle. I am not that worried about the weight anymore, i just want to feel comfortable taking my shirt off in public!

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So who's making 'get healthy' resolutions.I go for my orthopedic consult on Thursday, Jan. 8, to likely set a date for knee surgery. Not bad, only five months after the injury occurred :club: So I imagine rehabilitation will be first on my to-do list for 2009.

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