Beginner Fitness: Daily Simple Questions Thread - March 05, 2020 |
- Daily Simple Questions Thread - March 05, 2020
- Questions on the Next Step, Body Image, Progress
- Advice on how to do more situps within a time limit.
- How do I become more stable when doing bench press?
- Trying to understand how 5/3/1's 5x10 sets play into 1rm
- Anyone else just trains "randomly"? And is it a bad thing?
- Muscles sore after 3 days - am I doing it wrong?
- How many sets per workout?
- Orchestra of cracks and groans when I move
- I passed out after exercising. Overexertion?
- Question about in-home exercise machine weight limits
- 5/3/1 programming questions.
- Workout plan for a 15 year old
- Quads are developing at different rates, how can I fix this?
- a question about push/pull/legs split routine
- Getting back into leg rotation after injury
- Does a failure set at higher reps not hit your CNS as hard a lower rep set?
- Losing fat, but gaining more cellulite and jiggle...
- Been cutting for ~5 months now, is my metabolism screwed?
- I'm a bit confused about deadlifting
- How do I get a build like the photo on the left
| Daily Simple Questions Thread - March 05, 2020 Posted: 05 Mar 2020 02:04 AM PST Welcome to the /r/Fitness Daily Simple Questions Thread - Our daily thread to ask about all things fitness. Post your questions here related to your diet and nutrition or your training routine and exercises. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer. As always, be sure to read the wiki first. Like, all of it.Also, there's a handy-dandy search bar to your right, and if you didn't know, you can also use Google to search fittit by using the limiter "site:reddit.com/r/fitness" after your search topic. Other good resources to search are Exrx.net for exercise-related topics and Examine.com for nutrition and supplement science. Be aware that the more relevant information you add, the more relevant the answers you receive will be. And if you are posting about your routine, please make sure you follow the guidelines. (Please note: This is not a place for general small talk or chit-chat. Also, the community decided long ago that we keep jokes, trolling, and memes outside of the Daily Q&A threads. Please use the downvote / report button when necessary.) [link] [comments] |
| Questions on the Next Step, Body Image, Progress Posted: 04 Mar 2020 12:58 PM PST Hey everyone, I could really use some advice. About two years ago I started losing weight, as I hit 215 and had enough. I'm 6 foot tall, and had a classic bubble in early college. I lost about 42-45 lbs in a calendar year, mostly through IF and just straight calorie deficit. I was liking how I was, but I was , and always have been, not very bulky. I wanted to try building muscle. I started with a beginners program, and made some slow progress for 6 months, mostly due to struggling to make it stick. About 6 months ago I got better, switched to an intermediate workout program, (back-bicpes day, Legs day, Chest and tris, shoulders and traps day, rest, rotate, with a few core workouts each day) https://www.bodybuilding.com/content/youre-no-longer-a-beginner-intermediate-training.html I have gained about 15 lbs, and I think a good chunk of that is muscle. My chest and arms are far bigger than they have ever been, as are my shoulders. The issue I have now is where do I go from here. I keep getting torn between trying to keep making gains in my weight lifting, but I hate seeing myself get heavier and have the inevitable fat gain. I despise having the little muffin tops, that I have never quite gotten rid of. I know there is such a huge difference between now and two years ago, but it can be hard to look at the scale and the mirror and not just see myself getting generally bigger. My family is less than supportive, and don't get why I tried to work out, because they basically say I'll just get fat again. Many of my friends are very skilled, natural athletes who bulk and cut with ease, and it makes it kind of...embarrassing? to be bad at it. I am, honestly, pretty scared they are right, and I don't really know the next step. Do I just try cutting fat, which I have been struggling with? how did you do that and not just feel like you are losing workout progress? Does anyone have experience similar? How did you deal with that body image issue? where do I go from here? Any and all advice. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Advice on how to do more situps within a time limit. Posted: 04 Mar 2020 11:45 AM PST I am currently training for the fire department fitness test. I can pass all of the requirements except for the timed sit ups. Im stuck right around the minimum required amount but I want to have a healthy cushion to be safe im not cutting it too close. Its 38 situps in a minute. Currently im doing one set of timed situps and keeping track and then finishing the set off to 50 once the time has expire. This is followed by 2 more sets of situps until failure. I have been alternative accessory movements in like sets of parallel bar leg raises, weighted side bends, cable crunches, and wood choppers. On top of the core training, i have also been doing a full body routine with plenty of compound movements. However, im still stuck at around 38-39 situps in a minute. Any advice on how to increase the number of situps in the time allotted would be greatly appreciated. You guys are awesome, thanks! [link] [comments] |
| How do I become more stable when doing bench press? Posted: 04 Mar 2020 06:53 PM PST I am 5ft 7" tall and about 72kg (21 YO M), don't know if this is relevant but why not include it. I have recently started going to the gym and go about 4-5 times a week and work out each muscle group. I can do most exercises with decent form but when it comes to bench press, I can do 4 sets of 8 with 50kg comfortably, could probably up it to 60kg but whenever I do it, I become quite unstable when my arms are fully extended and partly during lowering the bar, by this I mean my arms wobble a bit throughout the exercise. Is this due to poor form or other things such as low core strength to remain stable? Anything would help :) [link] [comments] |
| Trying to understand how 5/3/1's 5x10 sets play into 1rm Posted: 04 Mar 2020 09:34 PM PST Hi all, I've been running 5/3/1 for about 3 cycles now, so I figure what better time to test my 1rms. However, on the 1+ week, the 1 feels moderately grindy to me. For example, the calculator says that I should have a 365 lb squat, but I get 1-2 reps at 315. I understand that there's some volume before the 315, but then there's the 5x10 after, which is what is supposed to make up the "difference". The part I don't understand is that the calculator spits out the exact same initial values regardless of what % of your 1TM is, whether you're doing 5x10@20% or 5x10@80%. Surely these values help to influence what your 1RM is, so how exactly do I figure out what my 1RM should be, because if I'm doing 5x10@80% as an example, I should be much stronger than someone who can only do 5x10@20%. Thanks in advance! [link] [comments] |
| Anyone else just trains "randomly"? And is it a bad thing? Posted: 05 Mar 2020 12:42 AM PST I do workout 5-6 times per week, I deadlift once per week and hit the other compounds (ohp, bench, squat, barbell row and pullups) 2-3 times. Those movements aside, my accessories and isolation are kinda random, I just do whatever I feel like, I just make sure my volume is on point and every muscle group is hit at least 2x week. Is this a bad thing or not? [link] [comments] |
| Muscles sore after 3 days - am I doing it wrong? Posted: 05 Mar 2020 12:26 AM PST I just started doing exercise for muscle growth and after lifting dumbbells as many times I could my muscles are still sore 3 days from that. I was under the impression that to grow muscles you need to challenge yourself with reasonably heavy dumbbells and lift them as many times as you can until you're exhausted. But if my muscles are still sore for 3-4 days after a workout there is no way I can work them 2-3 times in a week. Am I doing something wrong? Sorry for the bad English. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Mar 2020 12:56 AM PST It's often said that 10 sets per muscle group per workout is the max and that you shouldn't do any more than that. But I can't find a lot of information about how many sets you should do in a full workout. I'm currently doing an upper-lower body split with 39 sets for my upper body workout and 24 sets for my lower body workout. I don't do more than 9 sets per body part with each exercise focusing on a different part of the muscle. For example: 3 sets for upper chest, 3 sets for mid chest and 3 sets for lower chest. By doing this I'm under 10 sets per body part but I still have quite a bit of volume in my full workout. I've been following this workout for two months now and I can always complete it. I was wondering whether or not my workout contains too many sets or not. [link] [comments] |
| Orchestra of cracks and groans when I move Posted: 05 Mar 2020 03:34 AM PST The older I get, the more sounds my body makes when working out. It sounds like an orchestra of cracks and pops with an involuntary groan thrown in when I have to get up off the floor. I'm only 34. I'll have to start working out at home so as not to drown out everyone's music at the gym once I'm 50. [link] [comments] |
| I passed out after exercising. Overexertion? Posted: 05 Mar 2020 01:53 AM PST This is what happened - halfway through a full body workout, I did 15 straight burpees. I got up and walked for a minute to catch my breath before continuing to my next exercise. While walking I started getting dizzy. I decided to walk it off. A couple minutes passes and I get so dizzy that I know I'm gonna pass out so I sit down and pass out. Went to the ER. Didn't get a conclusive analysis of why or what happened to me. EKG good, blood test good, and I have gone through every heart test in the book in the past year including two stress tests which pretty much guarantees it is not a heart problem. I'm wondering if I genuinely just did more than what I was capable of, too fast, and too hard, which caused my blood pressure to drop. I was breathing as fast and as hard as I could and it was impossible to control my breathing and my heart rate was at it's max. I was going pretty hard through the routine, faster than normal. I've done this routine dozens of times and never passed out before so idk but I've never blazed through it as fast I was doing it today. has this ever happened to anyone else? [link] [comments] |
| Question about in-home exercise machine weight limits Posted: 05 Mar 2020 01:37 AM PST I'm a 22 year old guy who has spent the last 5 years wasting my life away in my bedroom doing nothing but go on my computer but I've finally reached the point where my weight is scaring me. I just weighed myself and I'm a little over 23 stone of pure fat and bone (which even for a 6'5 guy is stupidly overweight) so I know I need to start losing weight soon. My birthday is coming up so I thought I'd ask for an in-home exercise machine (I'm not looking to be some super buff dude, only to lose enough weight where I won't insta-die in my 40s from a heart attack) but all of the machines I've looked at that are in our family's price range have a maximum weight of 19 stone 10. Will these machines break to pieces the moment I start using them, or will my extra weight just reduce the life expectancy of the machine? Will I have to diet to lose some weight first, and if so, how much? And just in case anyone recommends I go to a gym instead, one of the major reasons I have stayed in my room for the past 5 years is because I have severe social anxiety and there's no way I'd be comfortable flopping my fat all over the place in front of a load of jacked-up dudes in a public gym. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Mar 2020 01:07 AM PST New to 5/3/1, Im planning to do every day BBB style, aside from squat day, im thinking unilateral instead, like hack squats or lunges. Plus the leg curls. What are your thoughts on this approach? [link] [comments] |
| Workout plan for a 15 year old Posted: 05 Mar 2020 12:16 AM PST Hey y'all I've been going to the gym for 2 weeks now and I fell that I don't do basically anything all I do is is first I warm up doing stretching then I lift some barbells do 12 squats sets of 3 and push with same sets then I do cardio for 30 min do any of you have a workout plan for me to use I'm 175 cm male who weight 80 kg and also I'm weak as hell.Pls help [link] [comments] |
| Quads are developing at different rates, how can I fix this? Posted: 04 Mar 2020 08:25 PM PST So the issue I've been having since I even started my fitness journey is uneven quads. I was told it was because of my right being dominant compared to my left, and at first I agreed. Since then it hasn't gotten any better and it's a real struggle of late. My right quad is developing nice getting the "W", but my left is severely lacking. I began doing one extra heavy lift of Bulgarian split squats just for my left leg, and doing more unilateral lifts to hit each leg separately! I am hoping to get some useful advice from anyone here because it's beginning to look like I skip leg day just for my left leg! Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Edit: OH, also forgot to mention that I have a bulging disc pinching my sciatic nerve, which is the one going down my left leg. I've been going to a chiropractor for the last few months to get things better aligned. [link] [comments] |
| a question about push/pull/legs split routine Posted: 04 Mar 2020 08:14 PM PST so i just started going to the gym and i'm stressed about not having a routine and not knowing what to do. I've decided that i'm working out mon-thurs 4 days in a row. what if i did push/pull on mon, legs on tues, push/pull wed, legs on thursday? would this work? [link] [comments] |
| Getting back into leg rotation after injury Posted: 04 Mar 2020 11:30 PM PST Basically i sprained my knee at one point after a session, which stopped me from going to the gym at all for around 2 weeks. I recently started going again (about 2 weeks ago) but i still feel even bodyweight squats are tough on the knees. Any tips on how to ease back into leg day? For my program i do: Any tips on what to do to not overwork my knee to reinjure it? [link] [comments] |
| Does a failure set at higher reps not hit your CNS as hard a lower rep set? Posted: 04 Mar 2020 11:23 PM PST Jw because i like to hit failure once or twice a week. Was wondering since i hit failure often would doing it on a higher rep sets be better for me [link] [comments] |
| Losing fat, but gaining more cellulite and jiggle... Posted: 04 Mar 2020 07:29 PM PST In October last year, I moved cities. Although I don't weigh myself, I could tell I'd gained a bit of fat. Not surprising, considering moving meant having to find a gym which took time, settling into completely new routines and not having a stocked fridge meant I definitely went for food that was more convenient. By start of December, i was back doing daily workouts and not eating so much, but in January my diet was a lot better, and I've cut my calories right down to lose the fat. I'm female, 24 years old, 5"4, and my weight generally plateaus around 65kg (143lbs) (weight has basically sat there for 8 or so years). It becomes extremely difficult to lose weight past that point. I'm a size 8-10NZ (I think that's about a 4-6US) so going off how my clothes felt and how I looked, I probably gained about 5kg. I've now very clearly lost quite a bit of fat, my partner notices it more than I. NB: I also have a more stockier build, like literally everyone else in my family, with especially huge calves. The problem is, despite seeing the fat go, my cellulite looks worse than ever, I look jigglier than ever, and I'm generally feeling pretty terrible. I've been smashing the booty workouts and although I'm gaining some muscle, I feel like it looks slightly saggier now, because everything just feels so wobbly and yuck. I'm really struggling with this because I work really hard, and I want to have a toned body not a wobbly one :( I also have a small pouch that's almost shelf like on my stomach that I've had even as a very very skinny child; it just won't go away! My arms are also quite fatty, although I have large breasts, I've not really seen anyone who has what I would see as disproportionate arm pit fat like me. (I've never had a baby either FYI) My question is:
-Is there anything at all I can be doing to stop this happening or improve the appearance? It's really eating away at my already low self-confidence, when I feel like all my working out, and fat loss should be doing...well kinda the opposite? Any help is so so appreciated! I feel super stuck :( [link] [comments] |
| Been cutting for ~5 months now, is my metabolism screwed? Posted: 04 Mar 2020 07:59 PM PST Just for context, I'm a 5'5" male currently at 163 lbs and weightliftimg 3-5 days for 45-60 minutes each session. Since October I've been eating around 1500 calories a day, although since the start of January I've taken a few cheat days and moreso this past month but I've lost around 20lbs since the start of my cut. Lately on the weeks where I'm eating around 1500 cals I didn't see a big difference on the scale so I'm wondering if my metabolism has adjusted for the lack of calories? And if so, how should I go about readjusting to maintenance so my metabolism returns to it's original rate? I'm trying to get down to 150 by the summer but if it's unobtainable at this rate that would be great to know as well. [link] [comments] |
| I'm a bit confused about deadlifting Posted: 04 Mar 2020 07:49 PM PST I have gone through some sources but it is still not entirely clear to me. I just started deathlifting, I did 4x12 reps first, just like almost all other exercises. But I have learned that this is not correct for deat lifts and that, for example, 5x5 reps is better for development. Especially for beginners this appears to be the most effective way. I have another question about whether I should do other back exercises after a heavy deatlift session. Would that not be too heavy? And if it doesn't hurt, which exercises would best fit after a deatlift session? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| How do I get a build like the photo on the left Posted: 05 Mar 2020 01:27 AM PST Specifically I'm interested in the center section. I've been following Athlean-x's 6 pack app for 2 weeks now. I've started seeing gains. Do you think I need to cut down a few percentage of body fat and just keep working on abs? I do calisthenics for my abs; I get a really good burn, but would adding weights help in tone and definition? [link] [comments] |
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