Started Exercising Recently, Any Tips? Posted: 02-28-06 19:35pm
I'm about 6' - 6'1'' I weigh about 125lbs
and recently i've recently started
working out and would appreciate any
suggestions people have. I've done my
best to eat healthy, I also take a
multivitamin everyday. My goal is to have
a decent chest and good abs. I've surfed
the internet a lot and found this website
to have some good information on how to
achieve this
i dont do any cardio as of yet, are there
any alternatives to running that I can do
in my apartment? If not i'll just start
that up, but it would be preferable to not
do daily jogging. I've been exercising
for a couple weeks now, and my routine
consists of push-ups (4 sets of 12) and
the three types of general sit ups on that
website (crunches, reverse crunches, and
the side to side motion to work your
obliques), and free weights to work the
different muscles in my arms.
I've been doing this about 5 days a week,
is this over doing it? Would it benefit
me to wait one day between working the
same muscle group? I'd appreciate any
suggestions.
Thanks much,
-mark
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hekela
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 5 Location: oregon
Posted: 02-28-06 19:53pm
I am starting a new excercize program also
and have trouble getting motivated. I
find that if I take a multivitamin and
turn on music thats loud and makes you
move it's easier!
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hepcat7
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 5 Location: Tucson
Posted: 03-01-06 13:01pm
Ok thanks for the response hekela, but if
anybody can answer these questions i'd
really appreciate it:
i've been exercising 5 days a week, is
this over doing it? Would it benefit me
to wait one day between working the same
muscle group? I'd appreciate any
suggestions.
- also how long should I be doing cardio
for? Thanks in advance
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hekela
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 5 Location: oregon
Sorry Posted: 03-02-06 12:48pm
Everything I have heard from people who do
this for a living is that, you should
exercize everyday, but yes give a break in
between each muscle group. Do a different
set of muscles everyday. At least one
hour of cardio 3x a week. Thats what I
have been told and it does help with the
sore muscles.
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dfbarnes
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 18 Location: florida
Posted: 03-02-06 13:23pm
It seems that you are quite skinny, and
have an ectomorphic body type which is
characterized by long arms, torso, and
legs, virtually no fat, and a high
metabolism. The first thing you need to
do is go on a "seafood diet", eat
everything you see. Also, each bodypart
needs to be worked twice a week with
freeweights - start with nominal weights
and move up gradually. Cut out any cardio
exercises that you do as they will only
hinder your progress. You should see some
excellent results.
After awhile, you will start noticing
fatty areas around your stomach. When
this happens, cut down on fats, and use a
high protein diet.
Good luck. I was 5'9" 135 when I started
the above and now weigh in at 175 of
muscle.
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scrdat20
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 90
Posted: 03-02-06 14:28pm
Hi hepcat:
i just have a couple questions for you...
Are you male or female? Sorry for the
silly question, but it makes a difference
in the way your body will react to
exercise and build muscle. I would
definitely try to gain a little bit of
weight . You are quite a bit under your
healthy body mass index ( number
devised by a calculation using your height
and weight). For someone your heighth,
you would want to weigh between 135 and
170 to be considered in a normal weight
range. So maybe try to gain about 10
pounds. In doing so, the healthiest way
would be to eat food with lots of
nutrition, protein will be key to building
muscle. But whatever you do, don't cut
back on food at all especially if you have
started exercising more than you used to
since you will be burning more calories
now.
Definitely take a day off between working
muscle groups. When you work out hard
and you get a little sore, you are
actually creating tiny tears in your
muscle. Then the muscle repairs itself
in the next couple days and gets stronger.
But if you don't give it time to repair,
you will just do more damage. If you
want to work out 5 days a week or more,
alternate working body parts on different
days. I work out all 5 days but I do
certain muscles on certain days in a way
that I have a balanced workout with all
the mu.Scles in my body getting the work
out that they need each week. If you
look around on the internet a bit, some
websites cangive you some good ideas of
how to do this. Www.Virtualfitnesstrainer.
Com is a good one.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you
have any more questions. Try to gain a
little bit of weight!! :)
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sscal13
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Posts: 8 Location: texas
What I Think Posted: 03-02-06 16:52pm
Hi..Well, I am a personal trainer so I can
definantly help some...First off you do
not need to work out every day...5-6 days
a week is good..You do not want to work
the same muscles two days in a row, just
alternate. And actually for you, you
don't need to do much cardio at all!! Not
right now..That's just going to burn more
fat then anything. Focus one day on back
and biceps, next day on shoulder and
triceps...And if you want to do cardio..Do
it on the third day..Then go back the
fourth day to back and biceps and the
fifth traps and triceps..And so on..And
really you can take off the six and
seventh day..Unless you just want to take
one day off and continue your cycle...You
should be doing less repitions and more
weight when you are lifting..And you
should definantly start drinking some
protein shakes...If you have any more ?'s
just ask ;)
