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2003/09/24, 08:16 PM
Oh boy... i am sore; rib cage, tricep and a bit on my chest/shoulders. last week was my legs. i guess i am doing something right, it feels uncomfortable but i like it. one thing though, for every set i do, usually four sets for each group of muscles.
after the 2nd set, i increase the weight by ten lbs. is that the proper way to get mass? by increasing the weights?
or if i want to be cut, should i maintain the same weight?
please advise? tks
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dj chiko
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2003/09/24, 08:18 PM
How long have you been lifting and how many reps per set are you doing?
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2003/09/24, 08:54 PM
i start doing 20 reps the first set then 16, 15, 14. according to what muscle group i am working on and following the program provided by FT. i noticed some improvement for this two weeks since i started.
i forgot to weight and take a pic before i started the program to see the effect for the twelve weeks program.
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dj chiko
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2003/09/24, 09:17 PM
You are getting sore mostly from lactic acid build up from such high repetitions, but also from working muscles that you haven't used like this before.
You could bring your reps down to 8-12, then you are working on building strength and endurance, higher than 12 reps is really just working your muscles for endurance. It dpends on what your goals are.
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2003/09/25, 03:59 PM
Well i am going according to the program provided by FT.
but my goal is to increase the inches in my arms, chest.
my idea is not to get extremely big(puff) but cut.
should i workout the increase the mass then do more reps to have them cut, defined muscles.
for the following two weeks i have done what is in the pintout from FT.
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dj chiko
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2003/09/25, 04:05 PM
here is some good advice for rep range.....
Reps / Goal
1-3 / Strength
4-6 / Mass/density
7-12 / Hypertrophy (hypertrophy is simply muscle growth)
13-15 / Burnout workout, etc.
16+ / Gymbecile, unless you're specifcally (and rarely) flushing a muscle with bloodflow to get it pre-fatigued, or something along those lines
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2003/09/25, 07:21 PM
tks 7707mutt,
i'll try those guidelines to see what happens.
time... is the key here. so far the workout takes me an hour and half.
i usually i start the first set with 20reps then decrease by two or four. as i do the following set, should i increase the weitht??? i start with 40lbs, all the way to 60lbs. since is four set the last i use 60lbs, but now i do two set with 40lbs and the last two with 50lbs.
what you think??? i got the idea with reps, now how much weights???
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