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FT newbie concernes so far

alohman Posts: 18 Joined: 2004/01/09	2004/01/13, 03:05 PM A little about me. I consider myself a moderatly experianced weight trainer. I was a power lifter in High School and even placed in a few compitions. Now, 9 years later, and several fat pounds heavier I need to loose the fat. Currently I'm 6'1" 238, back then I was 6'1" 185. So, I signed up here for the free program and I'm excited to be working out again. My concern is that I'm on the 5 day work out per week schedual, and i seem to be in and out of the gym pretty quick. Today was three exersizes, leg press, calf press (raises), and straight leg dead lift. I was in and out of the gym in less then a hour and that included warm up, shower, and changing. Now, I don't mind this time frame I'm just concerned I may not get results. I don't want to be doing this and two months from now see no changes. Also, I'm doing higher reps on these programs then I have ever done before. So, I'm being humbled by the weights I think I can lift. As it is on some exersizes I can barely get through all the sets with the same weight. I know I should be building weight with each set but 10 pounds is 10 pounds; it doesn't get any lower. So, this leaves me with these questions. 1) How much weight should be increased between sets? 2) If increasing weight is not a option is it alright to keep the same weight across sets? 3) How much time should I rest between sets? 4) How much weight should be increased weekly to all sets? 5) Is it possible or likely to loose fat from lifting alone? 6) Can I do cardio in addition to my lifting for the day? 7) Should I? My goal is to drop fat weight around the stomach. Broaden shoulders, and chest. I know weight is a fickle thing because of fat weight and muscle weight, but if I could see 200 on a scale that would make me very happy. I hope to have some big gains by may of this year. Our first baby is due then and I want to have the hardest work out of the way by then. As for diet I'm not overly stressing about it. I'm eating sensibly but not counting carbs or anything. I ready the grocery list for a body builder and I'm going to get some of that stuff, but I hope a strict diet doesn't have to come my way. So, any suggestions tips for me? Thank you, Alan
	2004/01/13, 03:20 PM Alan , welcome to FT. How would you feel if you lost no weight but decreased 6 inches from your waist. I actually gained weight and lost inches. The scale should play a smaller part in your weight control than the tape measure. Most of the answers you ask for are kind of depend on somthing else. 1 Trial and error. You should just barely complete the last set. Sometimes you want to fail before completion. 2 Lower the weight you start with. The first set or 2 are warm up. 3 45 seconds to a couple of minutes. The less rest, the more calories you burn. The heavier weights sometimes require longer rest periods. 4 trial and error 5 You bet your bippy 6 Cardio and lifting should be separated by 5 or 6 hours or done on separate days. 7 If I can, I do. Leg days are tougher than other days. Lift heavy -------------- Living well is the best revenge. Charlie
alohman Posts: 18 Joined: 2004/01/09	2004/01/13, 03:27 PM Thanks for the responce Charlie. Of course inches is what I'm really after. I thought I have so much fat that getting down to 200 and gaining muscle was possible hehe. I know that muscle weighs more than fat and if I don't loose any weight but loose inches I would be very excited. I just hope this program is enough. I don't feel tired when I leave the gym and thats a odd feeling for me. Whatever muscles I've worked feel like jelly though, so it must be doing something. I just hope its enough! :) Alan
ATIGER Posts: 992 Joined: 2003/02/26	2004/01/13, 03:34 PM I use the work out on FT but I do add one exercise per group for a total of three. My work out usually takes me about one hour