Weight Training Advice?

scienceforvanity
scienceforvanity Posts: 2
in Fitness and Exercise
I've recently decided to overcome my aversion for the weight room, but after (I think) overloading on too much information from the internet I'm pretty stumped!
Are there any basic guidelines for a beginner? Like how many reps should I be working towards or something like....how long shouldi be in there? Should I eat real food afterwards or something like chocolate milk? I would appreciate any advice!

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  • Loftearmen
    Loftearmen Posts: 380
    Go to stronglifts.com and run the stronglifts 5x5 program. Any questions you have will be answered on the website.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,956 Member
    I've recently decided to overcome my aversion for the weight room, but after (I think) overloading on too much information from the internet I'm pretty stumped!
    Are there any basic guidelines for a beginner? Like how many reps should I be working towards or something like....how long shouldi be in there? Should I eat real food afterwards or something like chocolate milk? I would appreciate any advice!
    A very basic beginner program from me would target 1 set of 10 reps (avg) of exercise for each body part. You choose the exercises.
    Eat when you're hungry, but get a decent amount of protein since that's the only macro that rebuilds muscle.

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  • scienceforvanity
    scienceforvanity Posts: 2
    Oh what this is perfect thank you so much!
  • Joreanasaurous
    Joreanasaurous Posts: 1,384 Member
    Go to stronglifts.com and run the stronglifts 5x5 program. Any questions you have will be answered on the website.

    This. Another good one is the book New Rules of Lifting for Women. I haven't read it myself, but I lot of people mentiion it on here and it is all good things.

    When I first started lifting I used Jamie Eason's Life Fit. It is a free program on Bodybuilding.com and it worked for me, plus I could lurk in the forums there and got amazing advice and info whenever I needed it.
  • RunDoozer
    RunDoozer Posts: 1,699 Member
    Go to stronglifts.com and run the stronglifts 5x5 program. Any questions you have will be answered on the website.

    This
  • SeraFee
    SeraFee Posts: 52 Member
    I am doing Jamie Eason's Live Fit trainer. I will be starting week 6 on Monday and I LOVE it. Its intense but I will be a lifter for life after this!

    http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/jamie-easons-livefit-introduction.html
  • reneconqueso
    reneconqueso Posts: 2 Member
    I got into weight training by taking a Les Mills Body Pump class... It's pretty intense for a beginner, but a great full body workout in a motivating group fitness environment. I find that this helps me push harder than I would if I was training on my own. Plus, there's music!

    If you don't have access to some sort of class (or don't want to go that route) the Sweaty Betties (http://thesweatybetties.com/) have a 12-week lift program designed for beginners, plus they post lots of other workouts.

    Hope this helps!

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