Evilpie's get off your lazy arse and get back to the gym diaries

[StuartHopkin]

What to you do with all the time between finishing training and going to work?

[booder]

What to you do with all the time between finishing training and going to work?

Ronnie time ?

[EvilPie]

What to you do with all the time between finishing training and going to work?

Think about going to work.

[EvilPie]

20th December 2011 25kg x 16, 40kg x 8, 50kg x 4,

.........

15th January 2013 20kg x 10, 25kg x 8, 25kg x 8, 25kg x 8,

22nd January 2013 22.5kg x 8, 25kg x 7, 27.5kg x 6, 30kg x 5,

Another tough day but at least there's a bit of progress.

Diet's been half reasonable during the week but the weekend was a nightmare. Kebab meat and chips Friday after poker, ridiculous amount of alcohol Saturday night then ate pretty much nothing Sunday other than a double burger + kebab meat & chips at about 1am. Marvelous!!

Couldn't train yesterday morning due to extended hangover. Getting in at 8am on Sunday morning just doesn't work for an early start Monday morning since I moved the wrong side of 30.

Still loving the training and I really want to get big again so hopefully I can stick with this.

[kinboshi]

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[RED-DOG]

Here's a question for you Matt.

If you are exercising a muscle, or muscle group, is it best do as many reps as possible all at once i.e.

10 reps & rest

8 reps and rest

5 reps and rest and so on, until you can do no more.

Or is it better to do 10 reps, then work work on a different muscle group until the first lot have recovered enough to do another batch of 10?

Hope that make sense.

Basically, what I'm asking is, is it better for instance to concentrate on press-ups until you can't do any more, or to alternate between press ups and say, sit ups?

[EvilPie]

Slight sigh at the bumping of my training diary. It's reminded me how long it is since I last trained!!!

To be fair there's been a decent reason as things have been stupidly busy at work but there's no way I couldn't have found a bit of time somewhere.

I'm away on holiday next week so I'm thinking there's not much point starting back now, might as well wait until I return.

So thanks for the bump Dan and now Tom and I'll be back on thread when I make my triumphant return!!

[RED-DOG]

Just answer my question Matt. Then you can malinger as much as you like.

[EvilPie]

Here's a question for you Matt.

If you are exercising a muscle, or muscle group, is it best do as many reps as possible all at once i.e.

10 reps & rest

8 reps and rest

5 reps and rest and so on, until you can do no more.

Or is it better to do 10 reps, then work work on a different muscle group until the first lot have recovered enough to do another batch of 10?

Hope that make sense.

Basically, what I'm asking is, is it better for instance to concentrate on press-ups until you can't do any more, or to alternate between press ups and say, sit ups?

Tough question this one Tom as it depends on your goal.

Personally I would always focus on one body part at a time and train it to it's maximum. I wouldn't have a fixed number of reps as I'd want each set to leave me at the point of exhaustion.

With press ups I'd do as many as possible for one full set. By as many as possible I mean you keep going until you fail.

I'd then take a rest for a minute and do another set to failure.

Rinse repeat for 4 sets then do something different but again targeting the same body area.

This might change slightly to allow for a warm up set for example but generally speaking failure would always be my goal.

By failing you ensure that you rip the muscles. You rip/tear a muscle while you train. You feed it and rest it and it grows back but with a slightly better ability to carry out that exercise next time.

I'd never alternate between sit ups and pressups. Get one out of the way then do the other would be my advice. There's no particular reason for this other than I prefer it and I know it works.

Does that help a bit?

[EvilPie]

Just answer my question Matt. Then you can malinger as much as you like.

Patience fella, patience..... It's a virtue you know.

[RED-DOG]

Just answer my question Matt. Then you can malinger as much as you like.

Patience fella, patience..... It's a virtue you know.

Thanks Matt.

Yes. It helps a lot.

[kinboshi]

Was assuming Matt was going to say he's not a big fan of sit-ups, as many seem to say they're a pretty poor exercise.  But he didn't.

[RED-DOG]

Matt

How many press ups can you do (to fail)?

Not sure mate as I don't do them any more.

I used to be able to do 150 or so and about 50 single arm ones.

I'd guess if I had to do them today I'd be able to do about 40 normal and zero single arm.

That makes me feel better

Do you think that with training I could be doing 100 by xmas?

Yeah you'll piss it.

Bodyweight excercises are all about practice and repetition. You don't need to be particularly strong overall just strong at what you're doing.

It's the same with chin ups. 6 weeks ago I couldn't do any so had to use the assisted machine. Now I can do 8 or 9.

Your body adapts to what you ask it to do on a regular basis.

Start by doing 10 push ups per night for 1 week. Tonight would be a great night to start. I know it's tempting to do more but just work the muscles and joints slowly and don't risk injury.

Add 5 to your nightly goal every week. Next week starting Monday do 15 every night. Again don't try to do more, you only risk injury.

You've got about 24 weeks to Christmas so you'll be well over 100 doing it this way.

Matt. Starting from scratch, do you think it would be possible for me to do 100 press ups by June 16? (I can do 15 atm)

[kinboshi]

Matt

How many press ups can you do (to fail)?

Not sure mate as I don't do them any more.

I used to be able to do 150 or so and about 50 single arm ones.

I'd guess if I had to do them today I'd be able to do about 40 normal and zero single arm.

That makes me feel better

Do you think that with training I could be doing 100 by xmas?

Yeah you'll piss it.

Bodyweight excercises are all about practice and repetition. You don't need to be particularly strong overall just strong at what you're doing.

It's the same with chin ups. 6 weeks ago I couldn't do any so had to use the assisted machine. Now I can do 8 or 9.

Your body adapts to what you ask it to do on a regular basis.

Start by doing 10 push ups per night for 1 week. Tonight would be a great night to start. I know it's tempting to do more but just work the muscles and joints slowly and don't risk injury.

Add 5 to your nightly goal every week. Next week starting Monday do 15 every night. Again don't try to do more, you only risk injury.

You've got about 24 weeks to Christmas so you'll be well over 100 doing it this way.

Matt. Starting from scratch, do you think it would be possible for me to do 100 press ups by June 16? (I can do 15 atm)

http://www.hundredpushups.com/

Quite a few on here have followed that programme in the past.  Definitely doable.

[kinboshi]

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