Originally posted by sterilis
this is a bit of a rare question but ive been bulking up lately and ive had to do about 5 or 6 s a day. anyone else get like this while bulking up?
You eat a lot, you a lot. Simple physics.
stace
Hey there work out pros.
A little advice if you will...
During a convo on a nother board it was suggested to me that cardio was a waste of time when trying to burn a little fat and tone up and that a weight driven programme would be best.
True or false because I really don't want to be wasting my time.
Ta very much :)
Orbax
quote:
Originally posted by stace
Hey there work out pros.
A little advice if you will...
During a convo on a nother board it was suggested to me that cardio was a waste of time when trying to burn a little fat and tone up and that a weight driven programme would be best.
True or false because I really don't want to be wasting my time.
Ta very much :)
Weights with cardio is the best.
Basically, the more muscle mass you have to supply energy to, the more calories itll suck out of you just by existing during the day.
Running burns 900 calories an hour, weights 500. Yet after working out your muscles typically keep consuming energy.
Fat doesnt take any energy to exist so doing cardio just makes you use your muscles till they are exhausted and then you stop. Which means they are within their tolerance and wont take that much fat.
Weights rip you up and make them take enrgy to repair and then you have more etc...
So warm up with some cardio 15 min, go workout with weights hard for 45 minutes, and then 1-2x a week walk on max incline at 3.0 spede for 20 minutes. Youll drop a lot.
stace
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Originally posted by Orbax
Weights with cardio is the best.
Basically, the more muscle mass you have to supply energy to, the more calories itll suck out of you just by existing during the day.
Running burns 900 calories an hour, weights 500. Yet after working out your muscles typically keep consuming energy.
Fat doesnt take any energy to exist so doing cardio just makes you use your muscles till they are exhausted and then you stop. Which means they are within their tolerance and wont take that much fat.
Weights rip you up and make them take enrgy to repair and then you have more etc...
So warm up with some cardio 15 min, go workout with weights hard for 45 minutes, and then 1-2x a week walk on max incline at 3.0 spede for 20 minutes. Youll drop a lot.
That's fab thanks Orbax. I never really use the treadmill so I will incorporate that into my routine.
At the moment I do about 20-25 mins cardio, about 25 mins weights and then 15 mins on my stomach.
I had to give up going for a while due to exam pressures and work.
How may times a week would you suggest I go? Im up for about 3-4 I think. :)
SuspicionVandit
that's a nice bicep
Orbax
If you are working out hard enough your max should be 4x a week with 1-2 cardio days in there. No more than 45 seconds between sets and 2 minutes between exercises. Keep that heart rate up on the weights and really push yourself.
stace
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Originally posted by Orbax
If you are working out hard enough your max should be 4x a week with 1-2 cardio days in there. No more than 45 seconds between sets and 2 minutes between exercises. Keep that heart rate up on the weights and really push yourself.
Thansk again for the advice! :) :)
verminator
yegshimesh... not
back on track. soon back up at max strength again, after one year with hard work (man, it's ing depressive, and i mean really depressive starting to workout again after a eight month break, thinking of how you are compared to what you were hehe)
but main goal is to be at a better lever this summer, which is a goal i most likely will reach :)
180 in benchpress summer 2008? :o
just hope i manage to start working out my legs as before soon, still got f***ing problems with my knees.
good to see you're having progress orb@x :o
you still drink alcohol x times a week? ;)
Nrg2Nfinit
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Originally posted by SuspicionVandit
that's a nice bicep
not really :p
Orbax
im back up to 183 lbs now. w00t. no pics for a week or two as my camera is back home now :\
feeling great though
Floorfiller
I'm thinking about switching some stuff...and i thought i'd plant the seed for anyone else that might be wanting some kind of change.
When's the last time you did anything other than 10-12 reps? i remember when i first started working out i used to do 5 sets of 20 reps not really for any particular reason except didn't have a lot of experience. got great results doing it. if i could do that now...i'd probably die from exhaustion. but i dunno...might be a good change of pace for a bit.
i don't think i'm gonna do 5 sets...but i'm thinking about increasing the reps during workouts to between 15-20 reps per set. i read over the weekend that brad pitt did sets of 20-30 reps to get in shape for Troy...so who knows, might push the rep count higher eventually, but just thinking out loud.
anyone else curious in trying out some higher reps? obviously if you're just into strength...probably wouldn't be worthwhile, but for anyone that wants to build muscle and tone up using great form and lighter weight...might want to consider it.
venomX
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Originally posted by Floorfiller
I'm thinking about switching some stuff...and i thought i'd plant the seed for anyone else that might be wanting some kind of change.
When's the last time you did anything other than 10-12 reps? i remember when i first started working out i used to do 5 sets of 20 reps not really for any particular reason except didn't have a lot of experience. got great results doing it. if i could do that now...i'd probably die from exhaustion. but i dunno...might be a good change of pace for a bit.
i don't think i'm gonna do 5 sets...but i'm thinking about increasing the reps during workouts to between 15-20 reps per set. i read over the weekend that brad pitt did sets of 20-30 reps to get in shape for Troy...so who knows, might push the rep count higher eventually, but just thinking out loud.
anyone else curious in trying out some higher reps? obviously if you're just into strength...probably wouldn't be worthwhile, but for anyone that wants to build muscle and tone up using great form and lighter weight...might want to consider it.
Yeah, thats what i do, usually when im the mood of cranking up the amount of weight and building up my strenght i go lower reps, when im think of losing fat and getting toned i switch to higher reps, usually a minimum of 12 and then sets of over that. it works pretty good.
