Weight loss pills?

[2kchevy06civic 5,000+ posts]

well....let's see. You say that you do 2 sets of 10, if you want to keep that same number do this. Do 5 sets of 2 but with the heaviest weight you can do with only 2 reps.

sorry to thread jack as well, but I figure people might want to know.

 

[MrSector9 10+ year member]

those baked lays are not very good for you,read the info on them its kinda funny actually,I thoguht they were better then chips but alas they are not.

get some banana chips, also Almonds (the bakcing kind no salt) are very good for you,Plain popcorn isnt much callorie and easy to snak on, lot sof water.Cardio is what you have to be doing to get rid of the fat,the weights,cruches and stuff work on muscle but do nothing to burn off calories (they do but not as effective as cardio)

Here is a neat calculator that tells you after you enter the time of excersie and your weight,how many calories you owudl burn with each thing tyhere is to do

http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/jumpsite/calculat.htm

Now to just follow my own advice //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

Usually to gain mass you want to do 3-5 sets and stay in the 3-6 rep range. I do 5 sets and 5 reps. If you want to get toned, you'd want to do 3-4 sets and between 10-15 reps.

 

[swc204 10+ year member]

I mean all I have is a ab crunch thing.... idk what its called but you like lay in it.. with your head resting on the head rest.. and you put ur hands on teh side and sorta roll your self up.
I have a 25 pound weight that I curl and curl... and curl.

Then I do push ups.. and more crunch's and sit ups.

thats not lifting weights

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

The problem with me is soda... omg i love soda... but its so bad for you on so many different levels. But I have gotten used to drinking water more and more... just gotta piss more and more.

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

thats not lifting weights

I used to go to my g/fs house and lift there... but her parents are busy now adays and I cant really just go over when I went... so im reduced to only a 25 pound weight.

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

Usually to gain mass you want to do 3-5 sets and stay in the 3-6 rep range. I do 5 sets and 5 reps. If you want to get toned, you'd want to do 3-4 sets and between 10-15 reps.

So basicly you want to find a certain weight that you can do about 3-5 times lifting.. but you also can do that same about (3-5 times ) 3-6 times after alil bit of a break?

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

The problem with me is soda... omg i love soda... but its so bad for you on so many different levels. But I have gotten used to drinking water more and more... just gotta piss more and more.

Soda is very bad and probably the reason you aren't seeing results. The first week will be hard, but if you can stay off soda for a week, you'll be fine. Just drink water or if you need to have taste, drink crystal light.

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

To be honest... I find soda addicting... Its hard to stop, seriously. I have like a fridge full of soda... and when I go home... its liek ahhh!

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

BTW how many glasses of water... or oz's of water should you drink in a day... I just finished my 2nd 20 oz of water... going on 3.

 

[Satan]

turn the fat into muscle, get one of those dohickkeys in your sig...

try chormium?

Wow, you cant turn fat into muscle, they are two different things, thats like turning water into alcohol

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

So basicly you want to find a certain weight that you can do about 3-5 times lifting.. but you also can do that same about (3-5 times ) 3-6 times after alil bit of a break?

I take a weight say for bench pressing ( I have a log down in the blog section or whatever it is here at ca.com) 185 lbs and do 5 sets x 5 reps. Once I'm able to get all 5 sets and 5 reps which = 25 total reps, then I move up 5 lbs. So for instance when I jumped up to 190 lbs, I think I only got a total of 23 or 24 reps, so I'll stay at that weight until I get 25 reps, then move up again. You could also start off at a moderately heavy weight do 6 reps, jump up 5 to 10lbs and do 5 reps, then add more weight do 4 reps, then add weight and do 3 reps

Just make sure if you are training for mass that you aren't doing light weights. Out of all the different programs I've tried, I think 5 sets x 5 reps is the best for me. I feel sore the next day everytime, which usually tells me I had a good workout.

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

BTW how many glasses of water... or oz's of water should you drink in a day... I just finished my 2nd 20 oz of water... going on 3.

At least a gallon to a gallon and a half. Water is good for losing weight also, not just because you are substituting it for soda or some other beverage.

 

[HeatSeeker 10+ year member]

Take your reps to failure too, no "oh my arms tired ill stop now", take it till you physically cant lift it anymore. If you do it right you will not be able to do as many reps as your first set in the following ones, if you can that means youre not going at it hard enough. If youre trying to lose weight go with heavier weights and less reps. More muscle mass = more active tissue to burn calories. When you've lost a bit of weight start doing more reps and less weight for toning. No point in having toned muscles if you cant even see em

 

[IA2 10+ year member]

You sound like you need to be on a "cutting" diet. You should be very carefully monitoring your caloric intake. Everybody has a different daily caloric requirement to maintain metabolism. You should determine how many calories per day it takes you to maintain a particular weight. Then you should lower that number by a couple hundred calories per week until you get to the desired amount. On a cutting diet, you should be taking in a Protein/Carbohydrate/Fat ratio of around 40/40/20, which means if your body requires 2500 calories per day, 1000 calories should be from Protein, 1000 from carbs, and 500 from fat.

Monitoring what you are eating is the key to weight loss......bar none. Working out, and doing cardio speeds up the process.