Reminded me of a comedy show routine where kids agree to play basketball and the fatter kid thought they meant ea sports
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Reminded me of a comedy show routine where kids agree to play basketball and the fatter kid thought they meant ea sports
Lexicus
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Started doing escalating amounts of crunches and push-ups every other day when I wake up. Today I did 250+ crunches and about 50 push-ups.
For me so are 50 pushups. I can't be bothered to even do 10250 might actually be too much
BenitoChavez
What business is it of yours?
It depends on how many sets he breaks that out into. 5 sets of 10 and 5 sets of 50 is a lot different than 1 set of 50 and 1 set of 250.
Obviously... but 250, even with a low amount of reps per set sounds a bit excessive. It might be better to go lower on that and add another exercise... but I don't have solid knowledge there 
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For me so are 50 pushups. I can't be bothered to even do 10
You're not exactly a standard
.Most standard schedules are somewhere between 3-5 sets of 5-20 repetitions, so 250 is way above that.
And yeah, should not double post, but no clue how to edit the quote in my previous post while on the phone.
You're not exactly a standard
Most standard schedules are somewhere between 3-5 sets of 5-20 repetitions, so 250 is way above that.
And yeah, should not double post, but no clue how to edit the quote in my previous post while on the phone.
Well... ok
i really never was much of an athlete tbh.
Akka
Moody old mage.
Do you mean 10 times 20 rep, or 20 times 10 rep ?
Either way, it's normal that you don't increase how much you lift with this amount of sets and rep. If you can manage to do so many, it means you're far below your maximum lifting and you're working on your endurance. You'll need to lower the amount of sets and rep but increase the weight if you wish to gain mass and strength (if you go to 6-8 sets of 8-10 rep with a higher weight, you'll gain mass, and if you go with very low numbers of set and rep but close to max weight, you'll increase your ability to make all your fibers work at the same time, which translates into raw strength).
Akka
Moody old mage.
Oh.
Then it's simple : that's just not enough. By far.
You can't get anything if you just do two sets (especially if that's the only exercize you do on this muscular group). You need to have a higher number of sets, and you should tailor them to what you want to train (as described in the previous post).
As a rule of thumb, you can consider that sessions under 20 mn are useless, and they start to get useful when they goes beyond 30 to 45 mn (1h to 1h30 is ideal). The body needs a time of warm-up before it actually enters "active mode", and strength training being too short means that you can't correctly tire your muscle for them to grow (either it's at an adequate intensity and they don't have time to get tired, or it's excessively intense and you just harm them).
It's better to train for 1h twice a week than 3h spread around in chunks of 15 mn.
Then it's simple : that's just not enough. By far.
You can't get anything if you just do two sets (especially if that's the only exercize you do on this muscular group). You need to have a higher number of sets, and you should tailor them to what you want to train (as described in the previous post).
As a rule of thumb, you can consider that sessions under 20 mn are useless, and they start to get useful when they goes beyond 30 to 45 mn (1h to 1h30 is ideal). The body needs a time of warm-up before it actually enters "active mode", and strength training being too short means that you can't correctly tire your muscle for them to grow (either it's at an adequate intensity and they don't have time to get tired, or it's excessively intense and you just harm them).
It's better to train for 1h twice a week than 3h spread around in chunks of 15 mn.
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There are 11 machines in the gym I use (I do not free lift) so I do a total of 220 reps. I do all the machines every time I go, not by group and it takes at least half an hour to go through the full set. On top of that I walk 40 minutes to an hour a half five times a week and use a standing desk.
But I do not usually walk right before I lift so I don't know if that makes a difference.
I did do a third set of 10 reps at each machine today though I had to do it at lower weight settings.
But I do not usually walk right before I lift so I don't know if that makes a difference.
I did do a third set of 10 reps at each machine today though I had to do it at lower weight settings.
BenitoChavez
What business is it of yours?
Is building muscle usefull in anything?
I mean if you arent a wrestler
Looking better, feeling better, being able to move your groceries/luggage/furniture easier, delaying or reducing the effects of aging, etc, etc, etc.
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Not feeling out of breath, being able to physically deal with everything which comes along, and self confidence.
We were like 2 years ago on a holiday, and had to walk a tad bit fast to get a bus. One of the girls mentioned that she felt her legs the next day, and I was totally surprised, because that was just walking.
I also helped a friend to move his house today. I will probably just feel fine tomorrow (except that one muscle...). A few years ago I would have died from pain.
EDIT: Also gives you more energie for everything in life, and more motivation.
Not sure if it translates also into performance in bed
We were like 2 years ago on a holiday, and had to walk a tad bit fast to get a bus. One of the girls mentioned that she felt her legs the next day, and I was totally surprised, because that was just walking.
I also helped a friend to move his house today. I will probably just feel fine tomorrow (except that one muscle...). A few years ago I would have died from pain.
EDIT: Also gives you more energie for everything in life, and more motivation.
Not sure if it translates also into performance in bed
Lexicus
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I break the crunches into sets of 50 and the push-ups into sets of 10.
250 crunches is actually not enough. My arms have been feeling like noodles but I barely feel any burn in my abs at all. I did 350 crunches this morning and kept doing them after that without counting until I felt too exhausted to do any more, but I did fewer push-ups than last time because my arms just couldn't lift my body after about 30.
I was a competitive swimmer for a number of years when I was younger so these large numbers of repetitive exercises come naturally to me since we used to do them in practice. I used to be able to do well over 100 push-ups, and I could do crunches more-or-less indefinitely.
Not sure if it translates also into performance in bed
It absolutely does.
adcarrymaokai
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Ok, so are you posting a bathroom selfie or what.
