Gym excersice routines?

[silver 2039]

So does anyone here go to the gym, or just excersise in general? If so whats the routine you use?

I'm planning on starting myself, I realized I lack muscle of any sort....

 

[Tee Kay]

No. If I want exercise (which I rarely do) I go to the swimming pool. Either that or I ride a bike.

 

[Pasi Nurminen]

My most common routine is flipping between channel 42 and 57.

 

[Brighteye]

The recommended routine is 3 sets of 8-12 repetitions, with no more than 30 seconds between them.
Then rotate around your exercises until you've done them all. Keep similar ones apart so that the tiredness of one muscle doesn't prevent you from working another one hard.

 

[El_Machinae]

I used to do cycles of about 20 exercises, split into various routines. The main trick, actually, is to go lift weights: shifting between routines is mostly to prevent boredom.

I showed decent muscle results from HST, but you need to build up your strength first.

Most places will recommend lower rep ranges. I found that the best results were from higher-set routines, back when I was younger

Nowadays I focus on power movements: squats, bench, chinups, dips, deadlifts, and snatches. That's mostly to maintain muscle density (which I'd built up with higher set routines) and strength (for utility)

 

[AL_DA_GREAT]

The recommended routine is 3 sets of 8-12 repetitions, with no more than 30 seconds between them.
Then rotate around your exercises until you've done them all. Keep similar ones apart so that the tiredness of one muscle doesn't prevent you from working another one hard.

30 seconds is way to little a minute or two is good. diet is 80%, use google to find out more. Eat a few hundred calories more than you do now and a lot more protein. try these sites:
www.bodybuilding.com
www.wannabebigforums.com
good luck getting big!

 

[JollyRoger]

Some of the exercise shows on tv can give you a pretty good wrist workout.

 

[Phlegmak]

So does anyone here go to the gym, or just excersise in general? If so whats the routine you use?

I'm planning on starting myself, I realized I lack muscle of any sort....

Yes, I go to the gym 3 days per week, for an hour each time.

I do 40 minutes of weight lifting and 20 minutes of cardiovascular exercise.

For the weight lifting, I do some arm exercise until I get tired, then I do some leg exercise until I get tired. The 40 minutes are spent going from one machine to the next like that, somewhat randomly.

I recently discovered this room at the gym which uses resistance instead of weights for working out the muscles. So I do as much of that as I can, and I find that it causes my muscles to increase the fastest. It's basically like moderately hard movements, and I do about 100 repetitions on each machine.

 

[Fifty]

just run for awhile (how long depends on present fitness), then alternate a push day (bench, squats, etc. etc. etc.) followed by a pull day (rows, cleans, etc. etc.)

Unless you're already pretty darn fit there's no point in super-tweaking your routine yet.

And always try to use freeweights over machine/cable lifting, as freeweights are more effective.

 

[skadistic]

I work for a living ( real work with actual physical work) every morning that involves stairs, (because unfinished builds don't have elevators) lifting weights, lifting weights up stairs and other "exercise". I also walk alot. Then before dinner I do push ups and crunches and lung thrusts.

 

[El_Machinae]

For sheer brute power, I'm a big fan of car-pushing. Car pushing is good because there are few natural limits on the amount of effort you can put in (not matter how hard you're pushing, you can push harder). Additionally, because it's 90% concentric movements, it's excellent for building full-body strength.

 

[azzaman333]

So does anyone here go to the gym, or just excersise in general? If so whats the routine you use?

I'm planning on starting myself, I realized I lack muscle of any sort....

Don't just plan to exercise, it doesn't do a thing. You actually have to do the exercise.

You also can't pay other people to exercise for you. Again, it doesn't do anything.

 

[Phlegmak]

I work for a living ( real work with actual physical work)

Hey! I work at a desk every single day and it's real work, thank you very much!

 

[ohcrapitsnico]

At the gym, I usually run 20-30 min and stretch for 20 min and lift weights, alternating between legs and upper body every other time. I think excercise is very important so I do it 4 times a week for about an hour and a half each time.

 

[Japanrocks12]

actually I've been wanting to know my self. I do ten to twelve repetitions on every machine I can find and then run on the treadmill for five to ten minutes. Which weight level should I begin at for lifting?

 

[Phlegmak]

actually I've been wanting to know my self. I do ten to twelve repetitions on every machine I can find and then run on the treadmill for five to ten minutes. Which weight level should I begin at for lifting?

The weight level you should do is what you can lift comfortably at 25 repetitions.

 

[ohcrapitsnico]

The weight level you should do is what you can lift comfortably at 25 repetitions.

Yep, you should strain yourself and be gasping for breath nor should you just be breezing through it I actually do 3 sets of 10 reps.

 

[Head Serf]

Well I generally jog about 5 miles and do free weights, and that seems to work out pretty well.

 

[sourboy]

To bulk, do the "pyramid" scheme. Lift a heavy weight 10 times. Wait no more than 5 minutes, then lift a heavier weight 7 times. Wait no more than 5 min, then lift a very heavy weight 4 times. If you can do all 4 on the last set, you're lifting too light. If you can't do at least 2 on the last set, you're lifting too heavy.

Then of course, 20 min of rigorous cardio, 3 times a week for tone... swimming, eliptical, etc is good -- anything that moves your whole body.

The rest is just eat healthy and get enough sleep.

 

[Red Door]

Run for 30-35 minutes on treadmill. Then, do Leg Presses, Leg Curls (both sides), Vertical Chest, Back, Abs, Chest Press, Horizontal Chest, Triceps, Arm Curls (non free weight), Pull-Downs, and Pull-Overs. This routine has helped me gain 15 pounds of muscle while losing pounds of fat.

Also, don't lift every day, it's bad for the muscles, I run every day, and lift along with running every other day.