Workout Tips?

Does anyone have some tips or websites I can look on for my workout on the Gym?

Alright I managed to dig these up from good ol' google

http://ezinearticles.com/?Gym-Workout-Body...s&id=325672

http://www.lifescript.com/channels/healthy..._membership.asp

http://www.bitful.com/2007/03/14/20-tips-f...er-gym-workout/

I hope they helped!

Ok I have some tips for you:

1. Sleep well, around 7 - 9 hours a day. You have to sleep well so that your muscles could have some rest and grow. Moreover, during your sleep, your body releases a hormone called Growth Hormone which helps your muscles and bones to grow. So sleeping well is essential and in case you do not sleep well, you will end up exhausting yourself for nothing.

2. Drink ALOT of water. You have to drink 2-3 liters of water everyday because water is an essential element for your body. It constitutes 70% of your body so treat it that way. Moreover, water is need by the cells to perform metabolic reactions and body functions. Also, plasma is the major part of your blood and it is around 90% water. So I guess you've got the idea...

3. If you're about to start working out (I'm assuming that you are not in a training program yet), start with very low weights during the first two weeks, then start increasing the weights slowly and progressively during the first 3 - 4 months. After that you can start adding up as much weight as you can lift to gain mass. This is the bulking phase of your training; so you need to do big weights and a small number of sets and reps (3 sets / 8 reps). After doing that for around 8 - 10 months, you can switch to the cutting phase of your training; so now you have to do low to moderate weights with many sets and reps (4 sets / 15 - 25 reps), in addition to that you HAVE TO do cardiovascular exercising so that you would lose the extra fats. Do that for around 3 months and then switch back to the bulking phase and so on. If you follow this program I assure you to have a great body 2 years from now.

4. Proteins and supplements are good for you. After you have spent 4 -5 months working out at the gym, you can start taking protein shakes. Protein shakes are the nutrients of your muscles, they give you mass and maintenance of your muscle. Amino acid supplement gives your muscle a nice form. So use a combination of protein shakes and amino acid supplements and you'll notice considerable results. Stay away from steroids because they have alot of side effects. Okay they give you a great shape in no time, but they bad for you, and what's the point of working out in the first place if you're going to build up an "artificial" body?!

5. Eat appropriately, and by that I mean you have to eat 4-6 meals a day. But you need to eat little amounts of carbohydrates and fats/lipids, and as much as you can of proteins and vegetables. If you do not eat, your muscle wouldn't grow bigger, so food is essential.

6. Abs and legs are also a part of your body! So do not neglect your abs and legs while you work out! A body without a 6 pack wouldn't look nice no matter what you do. And it's also important to work out your legs because it's totally not good to have a big and muscled upper body while your lower body is tiny.

Hopefully those tips are good for you... in case you have any questions, feel free to post them

It depends. It depends on many factors actually:

1. Your body build (weight, height, etc)
2. What you are used to
3. What your max is
4. Your time commitment

Now, I'll just explain how I would do it for my size, weight, and height.

I'm 17, about 150lbs

First thing I would do in a gym every year is max out. What I mean by that is, figure out what my body can handle on all the exersizes. Box jumps, squats (w/ weights), bench, DB press, etc.

This is a key to weight lifting. You never do even close to this amount when doing reps. EVER. The point of maxing out is getting as much weight as you can possibly do, at a safe level though of course. So start out small like 40 lbs (i know its very small but just start with it), on each side if you were doing bench for example, and then do 3 reps, and if ur good, skip to 50, and keep going until you max out. I suggest only doing 1-3 reps of each. If your having struggle on any one, you must be able to do 3 before you can say you maxed out on it. If you can't do 3, then you must go down lower.

Now once you have that, its making a plan for you.

I suggest doing hardcore lifting one day with ab routine at the end, skip a day of working out, then do little lifting the next day, along with a bunch of arm building things, like bridges etc. then skip a day, then do hardcore lifting again. Now, lets put this plan on a monday, tuesday, friday basis.

Monday's lifting, and friday's lifting must be different or you will wear your body out. I don't mean different as in different routine, i mean work on a different part of the body. However, I suggest for every day, you do the DB press. Its very helpful.

The biggest thing about weight lifting in general is, always lift in a secure place, like the Y, or your high school, somewhere where you can get help immediatly right away if needed. The biggest thing I can tell you, without going inside your mind is, if you really want to weight lift you must know the basics behind it. Maxing out is great, but that only rips your muscles. When you use max weights, you rip muscles to make them bigger. But you don't want that, if you want the hard stiff muscles, you need a mixture of max and reps. Reps will tone your muscles, while maxing rips your muscles to make them bigger. If you just make them bigger, your arms won't look like they have muscle, but you will still be able to lift a lot

Hey again buddy, check out this thread: http://www.trap17.com/forums/workout-routines-t59679.html
I've written a sample workout routine which you can follow, whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced bodybuilder. So hopefully this would be helpful for you as much as it was beneficial for me. Trust me, try it and you won't lose, I've tried it myself and I've seen great results. So good luck man

Very good tips available here for workout... thanks to all.

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hello medzii,

Nice to see such a topic on forum.

As I joined gym since from five months. I would like to share the tips with you which are given by my personal trainer to me.

100% successful workout is depend on two basic things:-

1- Healthy diet- If you workout for two hours and you don't take adequate diet, then it will affect your workout. Take diet which contain healthy amount of proteins and carbohydrates, you can also go for protein supplementary advised by gym trainer, because proteins are necessary to recover your muscles strength and stamina. Also have some energetic food before going to workout, it is mandatory.

2- Rest- This is very very essential factor to have appropriate workout on next day. If you do workout and if your muscles don't get relaxed then it result in pain on next workout, also performance goes down.

My experience for first month in gym,

When I join the gym my weight was 50kg, after one month it goes to 55kg, i got this good result only because i follow that two basic principles regularly.

After two months I got job, schedule gets disturbed, and my weight goes to 54kg in just few days.

So my polite suggestion to you is don't only give 100% focus on workout, because our body gain depends on following percentages:-

Diet :-50%
Workout :- 25%
Rest :-25%

This configuration is not mine but my trainer suggest me.

hope, if you follow this, i guarantee that you will not face any problem during workout.

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