Body Pump

beerfoamy wrote: »

yep love Body Pump

my weights (not including bar as they are light ones):
warm up - 7.5kg
squats - 15kg
chest (bench press) -12.5kg (took me around a year to up this from 5kg)
back track - 15kg (took me around a year to up this from 5kg)
lunges - 15kg
biceps/triceps - 7.5kg
shoulders - 7.5kg

I love Bodypump but it took me a while to be brave enough to try it. I have been going for three weeks 2-3 classes each week.

Beerfoamy thanks for posting your weights and how long it took to progress to them as that gives me a good idea of what my progress should be. The weight you list is that each end or in total?

pandabear_ wrote: »

How is this class? They have it at my gym but I'm a bit scared to do it because of the weights. I have been lifting dumbbells by myself in the free weights room instead - so far just 3kg is highest I can do. I have absolutely no arm strength, which is what I am working on.

You defo need to start the class. I've been going to my gym since November and saw that Bodypump was the first class to get booked up. I finally to the plunge and went to my first class 3 weeks ago - best thing I ever did

I was nervous and was so pleased I got through the class and even though I was slow changing the weights I did ok.

What I like is that the routine is the same (changes every 3 months) so I can see my improvement I also now know when to change weights and what weight I want to change to. So for example I know to lift heavier on the squats and much lower for the arm exercises.

I love the results too and I've found I'm stronger in the other classes I attend like circuits and kettlebells (try kettlebells as well I love this class as well)

If you have a good instructor they give you guidance on which weights to use and if you tell them it's you first lesson they normally keep an eye on you. Today was my 7/8th class and I went up a weight in one of the lifts and I was so proud of myself

Just take a deep breath and go for it

pandabear_ wrote: »

How is this class? They have it at my gym but I'm a bit scared to do it because of the weights. I have been lifting dumbbells by myself in the free weights room instead - so far just 3kg is highest I can do. I have absolutely no arm strength, which is what I am working on.

I would say go! all the classes I have been to (different gyms around my town) have all been really friendly and always really varied ranges of weights being lifted.
And it really helps with form if you have a good instructor. I used to use dumbells and when I started pump I realised that my technique was pretty shoddy and I wasn't really working my biceps like I thought I was

but now I am, so yay!

Made my day because I too work out at 7.5kg and do most lifts at 10kg apart from on bench but my arms are getting better I'm still only up to 5kg. Squats I just increased to 12.5kg but wondering if I should just go heavier but I think I'd have rubbish form if I increase before I'm ready. My hubby still has a six pack at 50 but even he seems interested in the results Bodypump is giving me.

MsMaeFlowers wrote: »

beerfoamy wrote: »

yep love Body Pump

my weights (not including bar as they are light ones):
warm up - 7.5kg
squats - 15kg
chest (bench press) -12.5kg (took me around a year to up this from 5kg)
back track - 15kg (took me around a year to up this from 5kg)
lunges - 15kg
biceps/triceps - 7.5kg
shoulders - 7.5kg

have only recently upped some to the 15kg - I find it hard to hold the heavier bars across my back for squats and lunges (annoying as I am sure I could go heavier) and to grip it for the back track was evil. But it will only get easier (and invested in some wrist supports which helped).

As to suggestions, how long have you been doing the class? I stuck with 2.5kg-5kg total for each track for the first 2 or 3 weeks to make sure I was getting the form correct. And if I wasn't gasping at the end of a track, the next week I add 2.5kg.

I go once or twice a week depending on my availability for the Saturday class.

This is almost exactly what I'm at for weights in the version I do (Group Power, same basic class). Took me probably a month, month and a half, to get to this point, but I missed some classes due to sickness, work, and family problems. I go to 2 classes a week generally.

And I attempt to add more weight to at least one area every week.

That's awesome! I have to admit I probably don't up my weights as often as I could. I do wait until I am finding it much easier before adding. Last night was fun, the warm up weight of 7.5kg comes off the ground soooo easy now! but it shall remain the same for a long while yet as we get told not to go below warm up weight ever in a track and biceps hurt with that bar! haha

croftie4 wrote: »

Made my day because I too work out at 7.5kg and do most lifts at 10kg apart from on bench but my arms are getting better I'm still only up to 5kg. Squats I just increased to 12.5kg but wondering if I should just go heavier but I think I'd have rubbish form if I increase before I'm ready. My hubby still has a six pack at 50 but even he seems interested in the results Bodypump is giving me.

aw yay!! squats I do find tricky because you have to a) get the bar up safely onto your back. b) keep it there comfortabley, I may need to have a towel for under there if I up anymore. and c) take it down safely after the track. I find I can just about do that with 15kg at the moment so although I could probably squat 17.5kg, I know I would have difficulty settling and removing the bar - oh well. I have time!



You are both inspiring me to up my weights more regularly!

Love body pump. I also do less mills on demand. I bought a bar and some weights and work out from home 4 days a week for 30 minute - in addition to walking about 10k steps a day. M body is define you changing!! Muscle burns more calories !!