Posts Tagged ‘heavy weights’
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
I used to be a very fit endurance runner. I took up weight training 3 years ago to gain strength ontop of fitness. I have continued tio run at least twice weekly but only short distances. Now i cant get 50mtres without gasping for breath. I cant run 5km without stopping at least 6 times. Whats going on? Ive been doing some interval training which is ok because i have active rest times, but i cant manage anything continuous like i used to. I am very strong in the gym with bodyweight training ie lots of chinups etc and i lift heavy weights. I am 42 yr old female and weigh 54kg. Please help, its embarrasing!
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Tags: 3 years, Bodyweight Training, distances, embarrasing, endurance, Fitness, heavy weights, interval training, ontop, weight training
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Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
Okay so I am 21/M 5′8" 148lbs. I’ve been weight training for 10 months now. I achieved pretty good upper body relative strength as I can now bench press and low row 185lbs. However, my main focus right now is to increase my vertical jump and I want to spend the majority of my time/energy/focus on squats/deadlifts/leg presses. Please don’t say just do BOTH, as I don’t have the time.
I want to translate the brute strength I developed on my upper body into more explosive strength and do dips and pull ups with very fast/explosive reps. <— Will this work?
More importantly, will doing dips and pull ups continue to build upper body strength? If not, will it at least MAINTAIN my upper body MASS and STRENGTH?
Lastly, I am going to do squats/deadlifts/leg presses with low volume/high intensity, for example heavy weights of 5 sets for 5 reps each. With this kind of training, should I work out my legs twice a week? Or will three times be okay?
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Tags: 10 months, body mass, brute strength, dips, energy focus, explosive strength, heavy weights, high intensity, leg presses, lt, pull ups, quot, relative strength, squats, three times, time energy, upper body strength, ups, vertical jump, weight training
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Monday, March 21st, 2011
Ok so I am 13 I finished p90x (the workout program) and I completed round 1 of p90x. will weight lifting stunt my growth? I mean I lifted for 3 months no more than 12 pound dumbbells. I also stretched and am very flexible. I know some say its a myth. and during phase 3 my spine started hurting when I pressed it but after the recovery week ( which is less intense it stopped) I know I think I used bad form but I wont do it again. have I stunted my growth ? or will I stunt my growth I mean I try to lift with good form and not heavy weights. also I am really short no more than 5 feet I think it is in my genes dad is 5 -4 . but also I love to exercise. I eat healthy actually I followed most of the nutrition plan.
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Tags: dad, genes, heavy weights, myth, nutrition plan, phase 3, pound dumbbells, spine, workout program
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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
I’m a 20 year old male who is 5 foot 5 and recently went from 213 lbs to 143 lbs. at first i wanted to get to like 125-130 because i wanted to get like a bf% of like 8 percent. but no matter what i did couldn’t lose any more weight i switched up my cardio from one hour on the treadmill with speed intervals to the ellipitical and even mixing both and no luck im exhausted and been stuck at this level for a month so i think im going back to 20 to 30 minutes of cardio every other day and strength training for an hour 5 times a week and hopefully burn actual bf% even if my bodyweight goes up due to muscle. is this a more realistic goal then my previous one or am i giving up to easy. my bf% is like 12( actually taken at the gym not online) my waist is 29. my friends and family say im too skinny yet my stupid doctor say 150 and over is overweight. normally i wouldnt care being a little overweight but i want to get solid with noticable definition, not like an a&f model, but noticeable. so im thinking of going on a 1800 calorie diet up from 1200 to 1500. i will eat oatmeal with blue berries and an orange in the morning then grilled chicken or tuna on whole grain bread with a banana then a small salad and soup for dinner with yogurt and blueberries for dessert, sleep 8 to 10 hours and drink at least 3 bottles of water a day, also i will be having a protein shake in between breakfast and lunch immediately following my work out. i will give each muscle group 48 hours of rest and i’ll will be doing reps with good form rather than heavy weights with poor form. a pt at my gym said this is a good goal only that i should try to downsize my meals a bit and eat 5 small meals a day. sorry for the long diatribe but im really frustrated and i dont want to end up blowing the progress i made so opinions from ppl who been through this or know about this sort of thing will be very apprieated. thank you
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Tags: bf, blue berries, blueberries, bodyweight, calorie diet, Cardio, diatribe, ellipitical, grilled chicken, heavy weights, intervals, muscle group, oatmeal, ppl, protein shake, realistic goal, strength training, treadmill, whole grain bread, yogurt
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Sunday, December 5th, 2010
I asked before for a training schedule without using heavy weights, just using my bodyweight, but the answers were that it is impossible. I know many people that go to gyms and use heavy weights to get fit but most of them cannot even handle with their bodyweight. So for those who think you can’t get in shape without auxiliar weights please don’t answer… I strongly believe you can … I only need examples of training methods.
Thanks!
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Tags: bodyweight, gyms, heavy weights, shape
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