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2004/04/12, 04:20 PM
Was wondering...I know my cardio is fine..I do 20 minutes twice a week and am adding on 5 minutes each week progressivly..but when I do my weight workout the other 3 days in the week, it only takes me like 10-15 minutes. I am doing each exersize slowly, and am following the 12-10-8 repitition pyramid. Should I be doing something different?? Are my weight workouts too short, ok...I am lost! :(
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2004/04/12, 06:53 PM
I am bumping my own post just because I really want to know the answer....pathetic me... :)
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2004/04/12, 06:56 PM
How many different exercises do you do each day. My routines usually take 45 minutes to an hour depending on whether its ab day or not.
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2004/04/12, 07:06 PM
Your weight workout most probably should take more than your cardio workout. Weight training is and does take priority over cardio anyway. I would think it should take you a time of around 45 min.- 1 hr. to do a proper resistance workout, especially if you are doing 2 bodyparts.
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Quoting from CristalBelle:
Was wondering...I know my cardio is fine..I do 20 minutes twice a week and am adding on 5 minutes each week progressivly..but when I do my weight workout the other 3 days in the week, it only takes me like 10-15 minutes. I am doing each exersize slowly, and am following the 12-10-8 repitition pyramid. Should I be doing something different?? Are my weight workouts too short, ok...I am lost! :(
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2004/04/12, 07:48 PM
First, I am deffinately breaking a sweat. Here are the machines I have access to. I do all of them M/W/F. A lat pull machine, an overhead press machine, a bicep curl machine, and the machine that works your quads(you sit on the seat with your legs behind the bar and lift your legs) Those are the machines I have access to..no free weights or anything. Still think I should be taking longer? Maybe do another set?
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2004/04/12, 08:18 PM
You can probably add some floor exercises that don't require free weights and just use your own body weights. push-ups, crunches, lunges, squats, planks, bridges, etc. :) That's all I know the names of. :big_smile:
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2004/04/12, 10:37 PM
Good one, konary!
You can also do triceps pushdowns and standing lat pushdowns on your lat pulldown stand.
Dips on the edge of the seat.
Lying hamstring presses - place your heels on the seat of a machine or bench, lying on your back with knees bent at 90 degree angle. push your heels into the bench as you lift into a bridge position, finishing when you are resting inbetween your shoulder blades (not on your neck). You can also do these one-legged. Lower back to start and repeat.
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2004/04/13, 03:53 AM
How quickly are you doing each rep? I think you should be lifting to a slow count of two and lowering to a count of two. How long are you resting between reps? Are you lifting heavy enough to need a rest? Not sure exactly how long you should be resting ?1 minute - maybe asimmer or bb1 can help.....What are you doing for warm up?
I find doing 4 sets(1 warm up 3 proper) for 5 exercises takes me about 45 minutes, although half that time is waiting for the smiths machine to be free:)
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2004/04/13, 07:57 AM
The rest can vary. I read that if your trying to tone, less than 45secs so it keeps the intensity on and helps burn more calories. However if you are trying to gain mass, you should be resting as long as 2-3min to let your muscles recover, this is so you are able to lift as much as possible to recruit as many muscle fibers possible.
BTW: If your doing full body workout during the week I think each workout day should contain over.. 10sets? My shortest day is Chest/abs day, 3dif exercise of 3-4 sets each that = 10sets altogether, add ab workouts of 3sets of 3dif exercise and I get 19 altogether. No way I can fit that in under 20min and hard to do in under 30min too.
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2004/04/13, 11:29 AM
I am doing the lifting to lose weight, and am doing 3 sets on each machine. I count to 2 on the way up and on the way down. I really don't rest between machines, just go from one to the next. I lift enough that the muscles are fatigued by the last lift of each set, but I can still continue to the next set after a few seconds. I think I will try adding some push ups, lunges and squats and see how that adds to my routine. Thx guys :big_smile:
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2004/04/13, 12:46 PM
your time sounds right really, I agree with the others on adding some stuff to your workout. 5 seconds for a lift is good multiply that by 30 reps (the total your doing with 3 sets) that is just under 3 minutes per machine. If you can get right back on and do another set without resting, you are not useing enough weight. Asimmer had a great post for women, not quite sure of the details but she says that you don't have to worry about gaining too much muscle mass, something about the differance between women and men I guess. I would say up the weight to make yourself fatigue a bit more, since you are trying to loose weight and do not have to worry about gaining muscle too fast.
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