Working Out Correctly

What weights are really heavy and heavy and low weights wag?

 

It depends on the person, if you are intending to do really heavy weights for strength but you can rep more than 6 without feeling tired then you need to add some weight.

You should feel the pain due to the lactic acid build up when doing those last reps.

 

Actually that is not correct. What you want is that if you are looking for leaner muscle (not bursting from shirt bulky) you want to lift light weights many times. But if you want heavy muscle (bursting from shirt) THEN you want to lift heavy. Also, lifting heavy too much can cause a tear in the muscular tendons or the muscles themselves. You want to have lean muscle and lift light weights first so you are strong enough to build up other muscle. More weight does not mean more strength, just more muscle mass.

It all depends on if you want big, or lean muscle.

 

More muscles mass = more strength...As long as it is mass in your muscle.
This issue isn't: how and what do I do to gain muscle mass or become more cut?, the issue is if you want more muscle mass you need to be doing 6 reps of the most weight in which you can do 6 reps, for 3 sets. So if you can't do the weight you have chosen 18 times spread out upon 3 sets, then you need to
decrease your weight.

 

i must say you are a total idiot, nowhere did i say that i was just getting protein from milk. nowhere did i say that i was eating cheeseburgers or fries. whats wrong with a cheeseburger? who said i would be getting it from mcdonalds anyway i can cook on my own. bmi means a lot to be honest with you, it doesnt differenciate fat from muscle but it does give an overall idea of how healthy you are.

next your going to tell me having spaghetti for breakfast is bad for you? dam learn how to eat instead of following that bullshit 2000 calory a day stuff that does nothing but clog up your body and keep you weak.

 

Light/Kirby, that's why when you start weight training you start low, with low weights, low sets, then use progressive resistence/overload to gradually lift higher weights, do higher sets and higher reps.

Brandeis, somewhat true, but when you get more experienced you would want to move up to 4-6 sets per muscle with various exercises, then when you're advanced you'd want to move up to 7-12 or more sets with lots of different exercises.

owain jones, my point was that you are eating unhealthy and you think you're fine as long as you burn it off, wrong. Also, where did I say anything about 2000 calories a day BS?

 

Name is just Light thank you.

But what i am saying is that if you want to be strong but still maintain a "skinny" figure than you want to lift light weights a lot. But if you want to maintain a stronger, but bigger look than you want to lift heavier. You'll still be strong by lifting light weights, you'll still gain small muscle mass. But it would be a much more "normal" look.

 

To gain strength you can't lift light weights for higher reps, you would want to lift really heavy weights for 1-5 reps, you will ofcourse gain some mass but you'll gain mainly strength.

 

Wag, I know what i'm talking about...
It says in my guide you have to build a base before you begin to maximize your muscle mass by less reps more weights. If you have different aspects on how to workout and such, then I suggest to make a guide. There is no one right way to workout, so you can't just say yours is the only good format and the foods which you set forth are the best possible for your goal, it varies. I'm not being rude but you should make a guide and stop criticizing everyone else's format to workout.

 

wag i must agree with brandeis, you know very little about this subject. I know i dont have a perfect workout but to be honest who does? it depends on what your looking for. also YOU DONT KNOW WHAT I EAT so please, shut up about it. 1-5 reps? whats one rep sets going to do for you thats called max lifting? which is a lot more unhealthy than my supposedly bad eating habits. saying you cant lift light weights to gain strength? so then what are push ups for? what are crunches for? jogging? rowing? shall i go on? you can gain strength from doing low weights what you cant do is gain strength from 1 rep sets. the only thing i find different about brandeis's guide is your not doing that much work for each muscle group, it doesnt take a lot of work but i like my 6 sets of 6 every other day no matter how old fashion it sounds. your saying 1-5 reps for strength yet all the books and all the guides recommend 3-15 and some narrow it down. so what makes you right and everyone else wrong? stick to the yoga

 

You guys have you're views and I have mine, we all disagree on some points made here, but you're not going to see powerlifters lifting light weights are you?

 

you should add that the muscles need aproximately 48 hours of restitution.
if you don't let the muscle groups rest, and just train 1 group every day, the size will acctually decrease.

and, for the protein diet's etc:
it's true you need protein to build muscles, but it depends what muslces your looking for. a bodybuilder would need loads of protein for building large and bouldging msucles, but a normal sportsman like a football player could do fine with normal meals, and would most certainly get long and slim muscles.

 

Are we talking about powerlifters? They choose heavy weights because it builds mass quicker. They choose it for strength, and not for tone. When you lift light to medium weights, you build mass but slower so you can lift many more times over a longer period of time. These smaller weights allow you to build muscle at a slower rate and at a steady pace.

So NORMAL weight lifters are not going to just immediately dive into heavy weights. They might use light weights for their beginning to build up lean muscle. Then use heavier weights to build up bulkier muscle. It isn't a matter of what powerlifters do.

 

Somewhat true, although with weight trainign they will eventually get to heavier weights, you don't use the same weights for the same around every time.

 

it takes 24 hours but it is better to lift every-other day, although i have some friends who work out everyday with the same muscle groups and it seems to work for them. its a lot more work for not much of a difference in results.

wag usually you start on lighter weights and increase throughout the sets as you warm up

 

Everyone recovers differently, but you shouldn't work out the same muscle when it is still sore, so even if you work the muscle every other day, if you're sore you should take another day off until the soreness is gone.

And yes some people do warm up sets.

 

wondering... Does working out at a young age stunt your growth?

 

It depends on how old you consider a young age to be, but for the most part the answer to that question is...yes. You can strain growth plates and such.

 

If you do, you would need to be very careful, using lighter weights and limiting some of the stuff you decide to do, you shouldn't put too much strain on your body at a young age unless you have very good genetics.

 

awesome guide, very thorough, i just got my gym membership so i am looking to start a 5 day a week routine, you have any suggestions on what i should do each day?