Group: General Fitness & Exercise

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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snipura
snipura
Posts: 70
Joined: 2003/12/04
Slovenia
2004/01/16, 09:32 AM
hey, im lifting a weight that i can do max. 8 reps. for biceps. Im doing 11 sets of 8 reps, with 1 minute pause betwen every set, each fourth set is 3-4 mins.
I wanna know what will my results be is this, increasing muscle tone, or maximal strebght, im eating enough to increase muscle mass, but i dont know if this is right, tnx!
burrocfh
burrocfh
Posts: 200
Joined: 2004/01/09
Mexico
2004/01/16, 09:37 AM
Hey snipura, are u doing 11 sets of the same exercise?
snipura
snipura
Posts: 70
Joined: 2003/12/04
Slovenia
2004/01/16, 10:39 AM
jeah, i do 11 sets for every muscle group, lets say monday, biceps and back, for biceps 11 sets of 8 reps, for back 11 sets of 8-12 reps, thuesday other muscle group, and wednesday the third one, then again biceps and so on, sunday is pause