Hi all,
I've been working out consistently for a month now and would now like to incorporate more weight lifting into my routine, rather than just cardio.
As a beginner, I feel that using the weight machines would be a better start in terms of doing the right movement and so on. A more controlled situation, should I say.
However, I'm not really sure what my "plan" should be or how to make one.
My gym does offer fitness consultants but they are very pricy and I can't afford to make a fitness plan with one right now.
So I was wondering if anyone with weight lifting experience would be kind enough to tell me the kind of sets/reps I should have and what order I might want to do things in. I'm looking for an overall tone-up of my body whilst I'm losing weight and of course gaining strength.
My gym offers machines for any kind of muscle work out so there's no problem there.
Right now, on a bicep curl machine I can lift 20kgs 10 times until I feel totally exhausted if that's of any use.
Overall, I would majorly appreciate any input as to how to get this weight training thing going and the kind of routine I should have :)
I love weight lifting so hopefully I can help you out!!
If you are a beginner, starting on the machines is a smart move, as you said, it will help you with controlling the movement and learning. Instead of doing a set amount of reps, lift until your muscles get tired. The last 3 reps in your set should be difficult. If you can do more than 15 reps, increase your weight. Do 3-4 sets of the exercise, completing as many reps as you can until fatigue and increasing weight when you reach 15 reps. Lifting until fatigue will help increase your strength.
Since you are starting out, you could lift 3-4 days a week doing an upper body (arms, shoulders, back, chest) and lower body (legs, butt, calves) split. Just make sure you hit every body part. If you want to do abs, you can do them as much as every other day.
Cardio will burn fat while you are doing cardio, lifting weights will build lean body mass & muscle which will 1. make you stronger and 2. help you to burn more calories while at REST.
Once you become comfortable with the machines, move to the dumbbells. They are great for forcing you to control the movements.
Make sure no matter what equipment you are using that you are using proper form. Have good posture and stop if your posture gets messed up or if you start to swing your body to finish a rep. This will hinder your progress and be potentially dangerous to your body. If you start using a weight that is heavy for you, don't be afraid to ask someone to help & spot you!
www.bodybuilding.com has some great workouts, I did jamie eason's livefit during the fall and loved it. It has 3 stages and stage 1 is perfect for beginners. If you need any more help please contact me I'd be happy to help! Good luck!
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I'm 16 and obese. I've been trying but the pounds just won't drop.
Clean up your diet - make sure you are eating whole grains, veggies, fruit, lean proteins (chicken, egg whites, beans, ground turkey, etc), drink a LOT of water, start doing some cardio & weight lifting.
Check out Beachbody programs. THEY ARE AWESOME. You can try out Shakeology as well :) It's an extremely nutritious meal replacement shake and is DELICOIUS. If you need assistance with the beachbody program and which to choose you can contact me, i'm a Beachbody coach.
Be patient and trust the process! It takes time. If you need more help please ask, I'd be more than happy to help!!!
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So right now i weigh 75kg and i dont eat healthy foods or do any sports.I want to lose 15kg,and i looked in different sites and everywhere it says a different thing,i was thinking of buying a treadmill,will running on a treadmill help me lose weight,also im willing to stop eating,or just skip one meal if it will help,but i read that it wont,so please help me if you know some routine or something,i really need to lose this weight till august comes
Download the app/visit www.myfitnesspal.com it will allow you to log your food intake, exercise, and progress. DO NOT stop eating that will only stop your metabolism and is very dangerous.
Think of it as getting healthy, not just losing weight. Start cleaning up your meals. Eat whole grains, veggies, fruits, lean proteins (if you eat meat), beans, etc...all those are healthy foods. Drink a lot of water throughout the day. At least 8 glasses! That is IMPORTANT. A lot of times our bodies mistake dehydration for hunger. Make sure you eat breakfast within 30min of waking up. This will start your metabolism, the longer you wait, the longer it will take to start/the longer it will take your body to start burning calories.
As for exercise, cardio will help you burn fat. You should also incorporate weight lifting because that will build muscle (if you are female you won't get "jacked" so don't worry) Building muscle will increase your lean body mass. The higher your lean body mass, the more calories you will burn at REST. This is super important. Cardio will burn calories while your doing cardio, but weight lifting will help you continue to burn calories even AFTER you're finished.
If you don't know where to start with exercise..check out jamie eason's livefit, beachbody programs (I'm a coach and can help you out if you're interested), or search google/pinterest for workouts.
If you need more help please feel free to contact me!! I would be more than happy to help further :)
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I'm starting to try to lose 20kg and wanted to know if there's anyone here trying to lose weight as well! It would be a great motivation I think...
If you join www.myfitnesspal.com , it's a great app/site to track your food intake, exercise and progress. I use it and I love it, it helps a lot. I'm also a Beachbody coach and would love to help you out if it's something of interest. check out www.beachbody.com and inbox me!!
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I need to lose weight! What you should pay more attention - fitness or food? Thanks
It's all about calories consumed < calories burnt. You need a deficit to lose weight. 1 lb is 3500 calories so to lose 1lb a week you need a deficit of 3,500 calories a week. I would start cleaning up your diet, and doing a combination of lifting weights & cardio. Cardio will burn fat, lifting weights will build your muscle/lean body mass (if you are female, don't worry, you WILL NOT get "jacked") we don't have the testosterone to do so. Having a higher amount of lean body mass/muscle will allow you to burn more calories at REST. So, cardio and weights are important! I recommend www.myfitnesspal.com to track your food and exercise intake.
Eat clean, lift weights, do cardio, and drink a lot of water throughout the day :)
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I've been using the MFP app for about a month now and it is really helping me with my diet. However, none of my close friends use the app and it looks a bit bare sometimes.
I was wondering if there are Advicenators here who use the app and would like a (somewhat) anonymous friend on their feed. I'm eating clean these days and working out!
Let me know :)
I am on MFP as well. If you want to follow me let me know. If you can send me a direct message on here please do, I'm willing to help with motivation!! I'm also a beachbody coach and would love to help out!
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I lost the only thing that matters to me my girlfriend and feel like i want end my life cause i can not live without her my heads confused i feel horrible inside and i can't help but want end it to make things better for everyone
Oh please don't do that!!! I know it is really hard right now for you, but it WILL get better. Break-ups are extremely tough, especially when you lose someone you care about, but that is no reason to lose your life over. There is a certain someone out there for everyone. If it's this girl, then it will work out in the future. If it's not this girl, you WILL find someone else that is even more perfect for you. If you take your life because of this, you will be hurting your family, friends, and this ex-girlfriend. It's not worth it. Things after a break up do get better, maybe try talking to her in a calm & collected way, to see why the break-up occurred. If she doesn't want to talk, distract yourself by doing things you enjoy, hang out with friends, play sports/videogames/read; whatever you do for fun. Surround yourself with people who make you happy besides the girl. It will help! It will get better and if it's meant to be it will, if not, you'll find another girl who is fits you better. It may not be right away, but you will find that special someone down the road, just be patient. I'm 22 and still haven't found that someone, but I know he's out there somewhere! Don't give up hope.
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Im 12 years old my boyfriend proposed to me hes 17 we are inlove can I get engaged at my age ?
Oh my gosh no!! You shouldn't even be thinking about marriage at your age!! You need to go have fun with friends. You're wayyy too young, you have your whole life ahead of you to be with someone the rest of your life. Trust me, I'm in my 20's and some of my friends are just getting married now. I can't even imagine getting married at my age and i'm about 10 years older than you! You have so much to look forward to in your life that you shouldn't even be worrying about now (college, a career, etc) at your age you should be having fun and being a kid!! trust me, when you look back you're going to miss those days so much. enjoy being a kid as much as you can!!!!!!
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i really wanna have an orgasm.. i like masturbating with my clitoris but im not sure if what i feel is an orgasm can someone tell me how to get one
an orgasm basically feels like something is building up and then hits a peak and is suddenly released. you will know when you have an orgasm. if you're trying to get an orgasm yourself you have to rub your clitoris back and forth very quickly and if you feel a sensation keep going until there is a strong building up sensation and then is released. but you will know when you have one.
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Ok so I'm 17 years old and my boyfriend is about to be 20 years old. We always talk about how we can't wait to finally live together and start our own live together. Now the only problem I have is that I want to have a baby already. How should I tell him that I want to have a baby? He loves children and we have both talked about how we would like to have a large family together. I know that a baby is alot of work, but I feel that we are ready for it. Please help!
you two are still super young. you may talk about living together and all, but a lot of couples do for fun. babies make everything complicated and it takes a lot of money to raise them. you won't have time to go out with friends and enjoy yourself as a young adult. teens and 20s are your years to enjoy life and with a baby that's going to be nearly impossible. having a baby my also cause problems with your relationship (believe it or not) when you're pregnant everything will be fine but once you have the baby he may back out and then you're left alone. and honestly not many people want to date someone who already has a child at that age since it's so much responsibility. make sure you really think about this because you will grow into an adult so much faster than you may be ready for. it'll change your life.
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I like this boy but am scared to tell him that i like him to his face...so i have decided to slip love notes into his locker until valentines day then tell him that i was the one who wrote them...Is this a good idea? Does anyone think it is cute and that he would like this? Thnx in advance!!14/F
are you friends with him? like do you two talk a lot/ do you get a good vibe from him? as in do you think he may have feelings for you as well? only asking these questions because some guys will think that leaving love notes in his locker is weird and creepy. it depends on the type of person he is. some guys aren't into the cute things for them; more of the doing cute things for girls. just think twice before you do this because you don't want him to be weirded out by it!
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i like this boy and he likes me and he said we would go out if i sent him a pic txt of my boobs or me naked wat should ido please help
Don't do it. This boy may like you, but he sure as hell isn't going about it the right way. Don't send a picture of yourself that way, because it could easily be spread around and you don't want that. If he likes you then he will go out with you for that sole reason. If not, he's a jerk and not worth your time anyways
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me and my boyfriend want to do things but we can't because our parents our always home. the only time we did fool around was at my house but it was like 3 in the morning and they were sleeping...i was nervous the whole time though cause i felt like they were gonna catch us. were both 17 so we can't get a hotel. and a car isn't really the best place cause like where would we park it? itd be sketchy...so does anyone know any places we can go? or anything we can do about that whole parent situation?
I mean at night when your parents are sleeping is typically a good time. You just can't be too loud, but if you're in the basement I doubt they'll wake up..or try going to a park. One with like a junglejim and stuff, that way you won't be out in the open. The car isn't a bad idea either, like if he's dropping you off late when your parents are already asleep or vice versa. or at a party? that's a likely place once everyone's asleep. hope this helped
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I heard this song today and it's totally awesome. Okay, so I've heard it a couple of times but I can't figure out who the artist is. It sounds like more than one person--a man and a woman maybe? I don't know for sure! Anyway, the lyrics are like:
I got a feeling
That tonight is going to be a good night
a good, good night
It says that a lot...
And then it talks about painting the town and having a total blast! :D Party every day, party every day!
So, does anybody know the actual name of the song and the artist? It's GREAT!
Oh...and anybody know all of the lyrics?! :D PLEASEEEEE
the song is 'I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas.
Here are the lyrics:
I gotta feeling...
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night
I gotta feeling...
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night
I gotta feeling... (Woohoo)
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night
I gotta feeling... (Woohoo)
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night
Tonight's the night
Let's live it up
I got my money
Let's spend it up
Go out and smash it
Like Oh My God
Jump off that sofa
Let's get get OFF
I know that we'll have a ball
If we get down
And go out
And just lose it all
I feel stressed out
I wanna let it go
Lets go way out spaced out
And loosing all control
Fill up my cup
Mozeltov
Look at her dancing
Just take it... OFF
Lets paint the town
We'll shut it down
Let's burn the roof
And then we'll do it again
Lets do it (x4)
And do it (2x)
Let's live it up
And do it (3x)
Do it, do it
Lets do it(3x)
Cause I gotta feeling... (WoooHooo)
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night
I gotta feeling... (WoooHooo)
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night
I gotta feeling
Tonight's the night (HEY! )
Let's live it up (lets live it up)
I got my money (I'm paid)
Lets spend it up (Lets spend it up)
Go out and smash it (Smash it)
Like Oh My God (Like Oh My God)
Jump off that sofa (Come On! )
Lets get get OFF
Fill up my cup (Drank)
Mozeltov (Ma'haim)
Look at her dancing (Move it Move it)
Just take it... OFF
Lets paint the town (Paint the town)
We'll shut it down (Shut it down)
Lets burn the roof (Woooooo)
And then we'll do it again
Lets do it (x4)
And do it (2x)
Let's live it up
And do it (3x)
Do it, do it
Lets do it(3x)
Do it, do it, do it, do it
Here we come
Here we go
We gotta rock
Easy come
Easy go
Now we on top
Feel the shot
Body rock
Rock it don't stop
Round and round
Up and down
Around the clock
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Friday, Saturday
Saturday to Sunday
Get, get, get, get, get with us
You know what we say (say)
Party everyday (x2)
And I'm feeling (WooHooo)
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night
I gotta feeling (WooHooo)
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night
Woohoo
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What is the fastest way possible to get rid of a hickey?! Please help!
okay my friend said if you take your fingers and stretch the skin where the hickey is and then rub it with a toothbrush it works.. hope i helped!
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how do you get rid of your website history?
on your keyboard press ctrl H, then your history will pop up right click on the link and press delete.. thats how it works for me =]
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Hey well i have naturally straight and thick hair and i love scrunching it. Problem is that my hair would only stay scrunched for like an hour or two and i really want it to stay scrunched for a whole day at school. I've tried sleeping with two buns in my hair and i've also tried the whole french braid thing. Don't even bother the whole tip your head over and just scrunch thing cause my hair won't work that way. Oh, and i definetly don't want a perm so any tips? Thanks in advance.
i scrunch my hair all the time! haha i first use a pantene conditioning cream to keep my hair moisturized (i have dry hair & thick hair) then i use herbal essences gel and hairspray. i first use the gel and then put it up in a bun and finish getting ready.. then i take it out of the bun and put the hairspray in and scrunch it more. it works really well for me! i hope this helpss =]
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iknow
seniors =12th graders
junoirs =11th graders
anyone wanna help me out of the others?
seniors=12th graders
juniors=11th graders
sophomores=10th graders
freshmen=9th graders
is that what you were looking for? hope it was!
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i'm getting 2 teeth pulled in the back, but they are not far back they are the the first 2 teeth in the front of the back of my mouth on opposite sides on the bottom.
yeah, i was wondering how much will the novicane shot hurt? my friend said she didn't feel it, my other friend said it hurt the worst but like on a scale of 1-10 how bad is it really?
and i'm really scared for tomorrow. is it that bad?
kay,thanks
don't worry, it's not that bad.. it feels like a little pinch on your gums probably rated a 3. don't worry about it so much & get nervous because then it will seem a lot worse than it really is.. good luck i hope it all goes well!!
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can you make a smoothie with the only fruit being strawberries? (It is the only fruit right now in my kitchen and Im CRAVING a smoothie of some kind.) what else do I put in the blender? Ice? Milk?
if you have yogurt you could also use yogurt, the strawberries & milk.. thats how i make mine & they're really good that wayy =] i hope it helped and it wasn't too late! haah enjoy your smoothiee =]
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