exercises to build strength Posted: 12-30-07 19:21pm
Hi,
Over the past couple of months I have been
going to the gym in an attempt to lose
weight (and I have, going from ~240 to 190
lbs), but I gained very minimal strength.
Prior to this start I was never active or
stepped foot in a gym, but now that I'm
leaner I want to get stronger.
What is really disappointing is how weak
my chest is, barely able to lift 115
pounds when I have a pretty big frame (I'm
about 6'4"), so I've started to get really
frustrated. I guess my main question is ->
What type of workout could I do to really
boost the strength of my upper body? What
type of reps should I be doing? How many
different exercises should I do per body
part?
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Mikolas
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Posted: 12-30-07 21:54pm
Just to let you know, it is expected that
you have poor strength gains while
attempting to lose weight. I don't
necessarily mean that there will be no
strength gain when losing weight, but they
are somewhat of "opposite" (i use this
term lightly) goals that you are trying to
achieve simultaneously. First lose the
weight, then gain the strength, or vise
versa, it doesn't really work out well to
attempt to do both at the same time. What
is your current work out schedule? Which
do you want to do first, lose the weight
and then gain the strength, or gain the
strength, and then lose the weight? I'll
help ya formulate a possible work out
schedule depending on which is your goal.
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CoolNameDude
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 2
Posted: 12-30-07 22:08pm
Well I've lost a good amount of weight, so
now I want to gain strength. The workout
I'm currently doing is four days of
cardio, two days of lifting and one day of
rest (cardio cardio lift, cardio cardio
lift, rest.) The two days of lifting is a
full body workout with one exercise of 3
sets of usually 8-10 reps. Abs I do every
other day.
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MMAFighter
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 368 Location: WA, USA
Spartan 117 to the Rescue... Posted: 12-31-07 19:15pm
First off, even though you didn't gain
strength, you lost weight, so you gained
weight for weight strength, which is good,
just not absolute strength.
Second off, I don't think 2 days of
lifting is enough for significant strength
gains even if it is a full body workout.
I do full body lifts every other day so
about 3 or 4 days a week and that seems to
work for me.
Third off, if ur about 6 foot 4, chest
lifts like the bench press are hard for
you since ur arms are so long. 6 foot 9
NBA basketball player Kevin Durant can't
bench press 180lbs.
Hope this helps...
