In reply to: This whole different training plan is now ruining mine! I've done 2 sets 4 reps in the beginning! now've been doing about 10 10 sets and 10 reps! I've improved drastically, MensHealth isn't much help, Owain. Read what No1sexpot wrote! Basically RobBob explaied what i was getting too... This makes no sense. You say you started doing the 10 sets 10 reps and that uyou improved drastically, but thats MH's isnt that good You did what mens health syas to do, it helped drastically, but its no good? Robob was in agreeance with me, that the plan could work.
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My training plan
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Well MH didnt say "German Volume Training, I didnt get that til I went on that website.How do I ensure I'm eating the right amount? And what about Cardio? I'm not sure how much I should do. What else can I do to avoid over-training? How do i know if i am doing so?Cheers
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Ugh...no? I started out doing 2 sets 4 reps, from MensHealth, which didn't help me at all! then I went to 10 sets 10 reps and now I'm doing the same thing Possum is doing! 12 reps and 4 sets10 sets 10 reps alomost killed me!!I took my schedual from MensHealth magazine the April Issue! This is the one i use now, which Helms helped me put together! and it works much better!Day 1: Arms & ShouldersDay 2: Legs & Abs & ButtDay 3: OffDay 4: ChestDay 5: Back
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what about shoulder presses? im finding it hard to balance with my current weight im using, and its hurting my back. how many reps/sets should i do? i tried doing 10 reps earlier
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Actually, I read just about all your posts in this section. I like seeing your advice and as I said I have great faith in what you have to say. Now you didn't really answer my question. I wasn't talking too specifically about the magazine, because I agree with you about the whole new program every month for sales thing.My question was do you feel the standard low reps high weight approach is the best for everyone? Now I know he asked about building beach muscles, and your suggestions always relate to what will give the best muscular gains, but putting that kind of stress on the body of a lifter who has been out of the gym for awhile might not be the best idea. Working on general fitness, since fitness for sports was one of his goals, might be the best idea off the bat. Cardio and general muscular endurance are an asset in just about every sport. Especially if he is going to move to a program with heavier weights that will put greater strain on his muscles and connective tissues.Now to StrapingYoungLad, maybe that program would be too hard, especially for someone who's been out of the gym for awhile. That's a lot of repetition for muscles that might be a little stiff and unconditioned. You probably want to ease yourself in. My suggestion would be different than Helms and include cardio and GPP (which I think he'd have some agreement with). Then again I'm not focusing as much on building big muscles as just improving conditioning and getting in shape to do whatever sport you're interested in joining. There's a lot of merit to the cortisol release, but to be honest, I don't think you're training yourself properly for most sports unless you're experiencing that kind of work on the system. How can you expect to keep up in something like rugby or soccer if you haven't had cardio?
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Now I know he asked about building beach muscles
I made no such statement :angry:
as to what else you say, I appreciate your advice. As to cardio, well I shall be playing tennis and hiking and will get alot of excercise through this. Soccar is an infidel sport and rugby isnt really my thing these days. You may be right about this 10 reps thing being to hard, but I'm not one to shy away from pain or exhaustion so its worth giving it a go for a week. If it doesnt work out I'll switch to my old program for a while.
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while some other people lack the heart and desire to go in to the realm of heavy liftingThat's me. I'm happy with the less-weight higer-rep thing, and I did have a session with a trainer to understand which muscles that regime is and is not appropriate for. My goal is not to bulk up, and I am happy with the change in tone, and the changes in my body that I perceive that are a result of working out. Each to his own. All I can say is that most women like a firm muscle.
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In reply to:In reply to:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Now I know he asked about building beach muscles --------------------------------------------------------------------------------I made no such statement I'm sorry, t-shirt muscles. Is that better?
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No! I said t-shirt muscles is what I had BEFORE, but this time round I want to go further :sunglasses:
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Just for curiosities sake, who would be your most respected powerlifters/body builders Helms? The guys you used to look up to when you were a little(r) tacker.
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i did ten sets of ten reps of bicep curls yesterday ( along with other exercises ) and at the end i decided to up the weight and just do 20 reps straight up. is this bad for me?
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I cant answer that question I'm afraid.
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You were able to up the weight while also doubling the reps? Perhaps you're not lifting enough normally. Or if at one point you were, you may be seeing the fruits of training You may not want to push your biceps too hard by doing 20 reps of a higher weight regularily though. How'd you feel afterwards?