LIFTING ADVICE PLEASE?

Chlo92x

I am at uni an hour and a half away from where I live but because I am on work placement closer to home I drive every day. I finish uni in 3 weeks when i hand in all my work.

So then I will be able to focus on fitness more than I am now, however I go to Metafit class twice and week and running twice a week at the moment and I am really enjoying it. I can see improvement in my endurance already!

I want to loose body fat fast! Im going to start on 5x5 but change it to 3x12 and do that twice a week until I hand in my work. Its not too complex and I can get the basics before moving on to a more specific routine.

I will get the New rules for lifting book but at the moment im so skint! Only three weeks till i qualify and start earning money

Chlo92x

ckmnacln wrote: »

I am 5'2" and 110. I do a different muscle group each time, and try and do it once a week but sometimes it ends up being twice a week. I do workout everyday but that's because it's my favorite thing in the world to do. I don't lift super heavy, usually 3 sets of 12-15 reps.

I found that by searching different apps for my phone I was able to find one I liked to keep track of the exercises/weights/etc.

What app do you use? And you weight train only once a week?
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hill8570

Chlo92x wrote: »

I'm going to start on 5x5 but change it to 3x12...

<sigh> Bad idea. You don't have the experience to go screwing with an established program, and dollars to donuts you don't have the strength to bench or overhead press the bar (even the woman's bar) for 12 reps out of the gate. Either go with the 3x5 format of SS or the 5x5 format of SL, but 3x12 is just craziness.

Chlo92x

What are you saying that even the bar without weights will be too heavy for me to do 12 reps?

Chlo92x

I can squat 40kg 3 sets of 12. I have done it before but never stuck it out

hill8570

Chlo92x wrote: »

What are you saying that even the bar without weights will be too heavy for me to do 12 reps?

Yup. Men's olympic bar is 20kg -- I truly doubt you could do 3x12 of that on the bench or OHP without major form issues. If you're lucky, your gym would have a woman's bar (15kg), which you might be able to work cleanly. But if you're working out twice a week, you'll be adding 2.25kg a week following SL programming -- trying to increase at that rate while doing 12 reps will just have you failing all the time if you don't blow out your shoulders first. Hell, I'm not sure you could ramp with microplates without risking injury.

Chlo92x

well I dont know the weights of the bars etc so first session will be trial and error, see how many I can manage. If i am struggling i am obviously not going to carry on to 12 and hurt myself...

AddieOverhaul

If you can't make it to a gym look up You Are Your Own Gym. He has an app you can download with a bunch of bodyweight workouts you can do at home Good luck!

maxwellnyce

Chlo92x wrote: »

I cant afford supps anyway! haha

I have a healthy diet although I do need to up my protein intake... Thanks.

I have looked into bodybuilding.com at jamies easons 12 weeks plan, I like the sound of it but I cant go to the gym four days as I have work placement and cant afford gym fees yet and I have a lot of uni deadlines at the beginning of February so at the moment my focus is 100% on that... I can only manage 2 evenings at the gym.

I might start with the 5x5 stronglifts twice a week because its simple and only a few moves to master, and its not a regime that requires different days for different body parts.

When I hand in all my uni work I could move onto something more challenging like jamie easons 12 week programme.

The 5x5 stronglift is a great program and is the one I still use. It keeps weight training simplified and straight-forward without neglecting body parts, which is excellent for those beginning an exercise program. As other members mentioned, having a coach to help you with proper form is a great idea. Also, don't forget about warming up and stretching.

As for the protein, more certainly wouldn't hurt. What's important is to find a calorie level netting results and includes adequate amounts of vitamins/minerals. The MFP recommendations ARE a good place to start. IIFYM.com is also good. You can make small adjustments as you go.

If you are curious, there's actually a lot of research on weight/rep ranges and the physiologic response to each. trainingscience.net has a quite a few cited articles on the topic.

Best of luck to you!