Anyone Joined A Gym?

[Mr_Pitbull]

Right i've just joined the gym (for a second time) i was a little arrogant first time i joined and just went crazy on all the machines doing what the f**k i liked and not actually pushing myself enough. So im at the gym for a second time.

I had my induction today and i went through all the machines with my trainer, he found out what my limits were and how i should go about them twice a week.

Basically i want to tone up and build up my Calves, my upper leg i can leg press around 178KG, with 2 sets of 13 reps. But im alot weaker when it comes to calves, also i havnt a clue about upper body building.

I do a 20 minute run on speed 11, which is fairly fast, then a 10 minute bike ride, followed by 10 minutes on this walking machine. since as im not a member he couldnt give me a time table to go by he just said do what i want. But i really want to do it properly, so im basically asking for some advice of other Gym Members on this forum if you have any.

Feedback would be appreciated .

P.S. i have a slight tub only a tiny one though :$ How long do you recon this will take to burn off if im doing running etc twice a week. I also have a very healthy diet.

Forgot to add, i weight 83.4KG which is 178 pounds. i will keep you updated on my progress each week my fellow fat fighters. Although i have little body fat only my god damn tub

[Bondy]

Depends if youre there just to lose weight or build up body mass and what part of the body you want to build up?

ive always found i havent needed to bother with my legs as trials gives them a good workout as it is.

At the moment i run 2 and half miles every 2 days. Then just use dumbbells and a bar on my bench and just exercise my arms and back, chest etc.

If you want to just tone your body its best doing low weight with high repititions of a weight and the opposite to bulk up.

Dont know if thats really helpful but oh well, i'm sure someone else knows more

Edited June 16, 2006 by Bondy

[Greetings]

P.S. i have a slight tub only a tiny one though :$ How long do you recon this will take to burn off if im doing running etc twice a week. I also have a very healthy diet.

Forgot to add, i weight 83.4KG which is 178 pounds. i will keep you updated on my progress each week my fellow fat fighters. Although i have little body fat only my god damn tub

Buy some vitamin BT pills and take 1g of them 30 minutes before you practice (it's commonly known as L-Karnityne or something like that, and is added to some soft drinks). These are among other things very good for burning off fat. I've been using them when doing Air Alert and it increased my body efficiency by about 30%. Even when you have no fat left, it will increase your performance.

As far as workout goes, the only thing I did was to jump with a bar (70-120kg) and practice my chest. My riding did benefit from this in the long run and I can do things more easily now. Never really did this seriously though, more of a winter activity to waste some energy when I couldn't ride.

[Badboy]

Basically what your after is an all round workout. ie. one that covers all areas of the body, with both cardio and weights work.

If you spend to much time focusing on one area of the body others will not get enough work.

Pretty much common sense.

Calves will get worked on most machines where you use all of your legs, ie bike, treadmill, cross-trainer or leg press/squats.

Your best bet with weights is to go towards toning/endurance work. ie. keeping your weights low and doing plenty of reps. eg. 15-20reps of 3-5sets

To lose your tub, you will need to do a mixture of cardio and stomach toning exercises. If your gym runs an Abs class, go. It will give you loads of ideas. In my gym, I used to do one for 30mins, just on abs! A different instructor took the class everyday of the week.

Give me a shout if you need any more help.

[Brisa]

If you can afford it try and get a session with a personal trainer. Should be some lurking about your gym and will cost about £20 an hour. Will only need one a two sessions and it will really help get you on track on what to do.

Or the cheaper was is to get friendly with someone who you think knows what they are on about.

[CBProductions]

Or learn about it yourself that way you can understand what you are doing, I use to got the gym but I have found that by just riding my stamina has improved. Although lots of cardio and flexability training cant hurt

[Krisboats]

I had a go on the machine that you sit in and put your feet against a giant metal plate in front of you and you push the metal plate forwards... it was quite funny, i watched some guy who looked proper serious about working out have a go on it, you know the kind... they always look at themselves in the mirror when they're working out. Well anyway when he got off i thought i'd have a go and i managed to comortably do twice the weights he did, the look on his face was priceless.

I don't bother with going to the gym myself unless i'm on holiday, theres nothing better than going in the gym for a while then jumping into a swimming pool in somewhere really sunny like lanzarote.

[munkee]

I have attached a number of programs developed by chad waterbury. An amazing program designer with every bloody sports science degree under the sun and years of experience. Id start off with ABBH 1, it won best program of the year award within the building industry and i have to say is dead simple to follow and works f**king amazing. Its also a good program for the beginner to start off with as it sticks to compound movements which will build your body a lot quicker than the idiots you see sitting around doing bicep curls all day.

Chad_Waterbury__s_Programs333.zip

Edited June 17, 2006 by Spacemunkee

[will]

Dont bother with the machines. there a waste of your time. Instead focus on big compund movements which require the use of stabaliser muscles, these are eliminated in machine's because the path of the weight is pre determined.

Bench, Squat and Dead lift.

Aim to Increase your IIb type (fast twitch) muscle.

Your workout should not exceed an hour, after this well... cortisol is produced leading to a catabolic state. This is not ideal if you want to gain.

PS: EAT MORE

Edited June 17, 2006 by will

[Freddie]

To be honest... read a book called BRAWN which my good friend Alexx recently recommended I should buy. And listen to this guy about doing the main powerlifts ^^

Brawn is basically a book aimed at typical people because the problem is most of the workout programmes you come across are the ones used by pro's and people who the author of Brawn terms as 'easy gainers.' He makes the point that these easy gainers make up less than 1% of gym goers and therefore the situation is one in which the other 99% of gym goers are trying to gain off of programmes that work well for 'easy gainers' but not for what is termed as 'genetically typical hard gainers.' The book is well worth a read and some of the information it brings up you wouldn't even consider to be a factor in helping muscular growth.

Freddie