for eg, for bench press I do 8 reps - 55kg 8 reps - 65 kg 8 reps - 75kg 2 reps - 80kg... and then 12 reps x 2 - 55kg...
would this be right?? Ie I work first for muscle gain and then at the end more of a toning phase... am I doing right?? or is my technique completely wrong?? what do you's suggest?? I do roughly 3 exercises per muscle too and they all revolve around the above routine...
"Christopher O'Callaghan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Hi all,
just wanna know if I'm doing things right...
for eg, for bench press I do 8 reps - 55kg 8 reps - 65 kg 8 reps - 75kg 2 reps - 80kg... and then 12 reps x 2 - 55kg...
would this be right?? Ie I work first for muscle gain and then at the end more of a toning phase... am I doing right?? or is my technique completely wrong?? what do you's suggest?? I do roughly 3 exercises per muscle too and they all revolve around the above routine...
Any help, guidelines much appreciated.,.
On the surface, 3 exercises with this scheme would be too much, but that is for me. How long have you been doing this? How frequently?
Keep the two workouts seperate. One workout should be dedicated to muscle building and another on a seperate day to muscle toning. Start your workout with the 12 reps at a lower weight to warm the muscle then follow it with your "working sets", ascending in weight each set.
I've been doing this for about 2 months now, say bout 3 times a week. Well I go 3 times a week, so acutally only work each muscle once a week,
Yeah had a feeling might be too much, its just my gains have gone to nothing.. need a change.,
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"Christopher O'Callaghan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted message said:
Hi all,
just wanna know if I'm doing things right...
for eg, for bench press I do 8 reps - 55kg 8 reps - 65 kg 8 reps - 75kg 2 reps - 80kg... and then 12 reps x 2 - 55kg...
would this be right?? Ie I work first for muscle gain and then at the end more of a toning phase... am I doing right?? or is my technique completely wrong?? what do you's suggest?? I do roughly 3 exercises per muscle too and they all revolve around the above routine...
Any help, guidelines much appreciated.,.
On the surface, 3 exercises with this scheme would be too much, but that is for me. How long have you been doing this? How frequently?
Keep the two workouts seperate. One workout should be dedicated to muscle building and another on a seperate day to muscle toning. Start your workout with the 12 reps at a lower weight to warm the muscle then follow it with your "working sets", ascending in weight each set.
for eg, for bench press I do 8 reps - 55kg 8 reps - 65 kg 8 reps - 75kg 2 reps - 80kg... and then 12 reps x 2 - 55kg...
would this be right?? Ie I work first for muscle gain and then at the end more of a toning phase... am I doing right?? or is my technique completely wrong?? what do you's suggest?? I do roughly 3 exercises per muscle too and they all revolve around the above routine...
Any help, guidelines much appreciated.,.
I think you asnwered it yourself when you said that you weren't getting gains. In my experience it doesn't matter all that much which weightlifting routine I do, so long as I change it every few months. I've done half-pyramids like yours and they worked great, but then they stop working great and I got nice gains from HST.
What are your goals? What other muscles do you work? (Let me guess: chest, shoulders and biceps, right?)
One workout should be dedicated to muscle building and another on a seperate day to muscle toning. Start
The OP's schedule showed to 12-rep sets at the end, but I always viewed that as more for a pump rather than toning. That's one of those easily misdefined terms, right? Maybe I've done just that.
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your workout with the 12 reps at a lower weight to warm the muscle then follow it with your "working sets", ascending in weight each set.
"Christopher O'Callaghan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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I've been doing this for about 2 months now, say bout 3 times a week. Well I go 3 times a week, so acutally only work each muscle once a week,
Yeah had a feeling might be too much, its just my gains have gone to nothing.. need a change.,
Look at HST, hypertrophy specific training. If anything, it has its foundation on planned increases in load. You need a change if you are not gaining. Unless of course, you have reached genetic potential.
Keep the two workouts seperate. One workout should be dedicated to muscle building and another on a seperate day to muscle toning. Start your workout with the 12 reps at a lower weight to warm the muscle then follow it with your "working sets", ascending in weight each set.
Sniff. I miss MFW.
Please, can't anyone chime in here?
Delenn
Its sad really. The name "TheHealthCoach" gives it away though.
