Strength Training Question

lovinlandl
lovinlandl Posts: 99 Member
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When doing strength training 2-3 times per week do you make sure you do it for X amount of time or that you do X number of excercises for a good workout?

Example -- do you do it for 30 minutes or do you do 8 different excercises for 3 sets each of 8-12 repititions or 2 sets with 20 repitions each?

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  • lovinlandl
    lovinlandl Posts: 99 Member
    :ohwell:
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
    I concentrate on reps, not time. My routines normally take around 40 minutes, though.
  • koyongi
    koyongi Posts: 12 Member
    Find an established strength training program, that instructs you in reps/sets/weights/progression. How long you spend in the gym will depend on the type of program you're doing. A good workout could be 20 minutes, it could be 2 hours, depending on what you're doing.
  • lilpoindexter
    lilpoindexter Posts: 1,122 Member
    x ammount of reps / sets or whatever...almost always I try to do 3 sets of 10, as the weight gets easier i do 4 sets of 10, and then I move up to a heavier weight, and 3 sets of 10 again.

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