A question for the lifters.

[Sam FisherParticipant 206]

Hey guys,

For some time I decided to take a break from lifting, as my previous workout plan wasn’t working. So I’ve just been eating normally, and trying to adjust my diet to a more healthy amount of food, as well as running/jogging regularly. Now, to start all over again, I do feel a little lost – but is there any of you out here who has any good advice on starting up on lifting again? What good workouts can I do to get these cannons hard again? I’m dying to lift again, but yeah, I have no idea on how to get a good start.

Cheers,

Fish.

[Crazy CanuckMember 4215]

How old are you and what are you goals?

There’s good guides to weight training and diet on RippedBody.jp. I suggest you take a look.

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[Sam FisherParticipant 206]

24, and I plan on either getting well toned, or a little ripped. Don’t plan on doing anything like bodybuilding, I’m more leaning towards cutting then showing true muscle definition that’s underneath. That would be a 5 year goal I think.

[Anonymous 3]

You’ll need to do warmups and space out workouts at first, since your body won’t be used to lifting again. And probably stretching. Weight lifting generally requires solid flexibility, as well as tendon and ligament strength that needs to be built slowly (far slower than you can progress by risking injury and bad form).

24 is still young, you should be fine.

Toned is really more a diet thing. You don’t really need to lift as heavy either, despite what you might read about always having to lift more and more weight. You can go a little lighter and up the rep ranges a bit.

[RoyDalParticipant]

I used to swear by this book. It looks like it’s still in print after all these years.

The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding : The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revised
by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Dobbins

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[AncientwisdomParticipant 6089]

RoyDal wrote:

I used to swear by this book. It looks like it’s still in print after all these years.

The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding : The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revised
by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Dobbins

Arnolds encyclopedia!I used that in my twenties and swore by it as well. NOTHING has changed except the steroids their using.

Resident cynic.

[experiencedParticipant]

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Keys-Progress-John-McCallum/dp/0926888013

"It seems like there's times a body gets struck down so low, there ain't a power on earth that can ever bring him up again. Seems like something inside dies so he don't even want to get up again. But he does."

[AncientwisdomParticipant 6089]

I used to bodybuild VERY regimented. Im not sure what you mean by a “5 year goal”. If I wanted to get in prime shape this is what I would do:

1. Take creatine. Muscle is comprised of over 70% water by weight. Creatine places the water molecules DIRECTLY on muscle molecules.

2. Drink a gallon of water a day.

3. Lift weights working opposing muscle groups daily (i.e. Monday do biceps and triceps, Tuesday do chest and lats, Wednesday do shoulders and legs). This serves two purposes: first, it stretches out the opposing muscle group, which is VERY beneficial.Second, it pumps blood into one part of your body (i.e. bicep and tricep day) making you feel like godzilla and gives you extra motivation because you SEE and FEEL results.

Do “strip sets” at the end of each work out. This gets you ripped and also pumps your muscles with blood. Nothing like an IMMEDIATE aesthetic result to motivate you.

High protein diet, and eating smaller meals, totalling 4-5 a day boosts your metabolism. Hope that helped…damn, I need to work out again lol.

Resident cynic.

[AFTParticipant 2722]

I’ve been training on and off for 20 years. Got back into it as a source of inspiration, and structure to my life.
I’m doing Stronglifts 5×5, and recommend it highly to build up strength, and perfect form on the big compound exercises.
The only way to lose fat is run a calorie deficit. In order to do that you need to eat clean, and burn calories.
The best way to burn calories is doing those big compound exercises, proven to burn calories well after the workout.
Do HIIT training is also good, cardio is best done after weights.
Wait until the bug bites, you’ll be into body building, it’s great.

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[The ShrikeParticipant 147]

Pick up some of the resistance bands with interchangeable handles.  I love being a gym rat and going to the gym, but these newer bands are amazing.  You can do tons of resistance moves at home and hit angles and stretching that would be impossible with even the best free weights and machines.

Also, what was said above about Creatine is absolutely true.  The pre workout powders from BlackMarket are also amazing and can help cut down on the soreness you will feel when getting back into the game.

[The ShrikeParticipant 147]

Also never forget the number 1 rule of working out.

Rule 1:  Don’t get hurt.  No amount of extra anything is worth months of downtime from an injury.

[experiencedParticipant]

lower reps train the nerves to fire off more bundles simultaneously. once you have a foundation of tissue, lower reps can vastly increase your muscles ignition system, so the progress comes fast, then the plateau which is more like running into an oncoming locomotive. IOW while appearing to yield phenominal short term gains, there’s no free lunch, so please be careful with lower reps.  While doing the lower reps, the foundation isn’t growing too much. Ref Powerlifting USA workout cycles.

a muscle’s strength is directly proportional to it’s cross sectional area, strength being a function of force times time. power on the other hand, is divided by time.

Ed Coan who totalled 2402 lbs for squat bench deadlift at a bodyweight of 220, had two or more quotes, “”I can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens me.”” and “Stand on the shoulders of giants”  (get your info from the best sources)  Scour the internet and other lifters minds, but with  respect  and a healthy degree of skepticism.

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[IGMOW (I Go My Own Way)Participant 2572]

Sam Fisher wrote:

Hey guys, For some time I decided to take a break from lifting, as my previous workout plan wasn’t working. So I’ve just been eating normally, and trying to adjust my diet to a more healthy amount of food, as well as running/jogging regularly. Now, to start all over again, I do feel a little lost – but is there any of you out here who has any good advice on starting up on lifting again? What good workouts can I do to get these cannons hard again? I’m dying to lift again, but yeah, I have no idea on how to get a good start. Cheers, Fish.

Hey Sam, this forum on here might have some answers to help:

/forums/forum/health-and-fitness/

I also think looking for some good men’s fitness sites would work.  Myself, I am more cardio and trying to drop weight, rather than build up guns I really don’t need, so I am not much help there.  It is good to try to target the best of the best.  I know there is a tendency to go into a general group, and ask questions that will open yourself up to stuff all over the place.

Good luck with the workout.

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