Beginner Fitness: Daily Simple Questions Thread - October 16, 2020 |
- Daily Simple Questions Thread - October 16, 2020
- Shortening your workouts so they fit in with your schedule?
- Physique Phriday
- Should I switch to maintenance calorie intake during lockdown?
- Optimal muscle growth and understanding of rest period.
| Daily Simple Questions Thread - October 16, 2020 Posted: 16 Oct 2020 03:04 AM PDT 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] |
| Shortening your workouts so they fit in with your schedule? Posted: 15 Oct 2020 09:11 PM PDT We all know consistency is key. But my workouts are running way too long.... and I'm not sure how to shorten them without changing the fundamental nature of my training? I can't do most traditional compound lifts due to existing spinal and shoulder injuries (that's the advice from a doctor and multiple physical therapists) so PPL doesn't really work with me because I would be doing very few lifts - however I can do slightly lighter and more isolated movements that achieve a similar result - they're just less efficient. Yesterday was chest and triceps day - that involved a 5 minute warmup + 5 chest exercises (since I can't do traditional bench) + 3 triceps exercises + 3 rotator cuff exercises + 10 or so minutes of cardio + foam rolling and stretching... I didn't even take long breaks but I was at the gym for at least 2 hours. I live 15 minutes from the gym (in traffic) so the whole operation + showering and a post workout shake ends up taking 3 hours out of my evening. Maybe 2.5 hours if it's a shorter workout. It just doesn't seem compatible with working and having time to do literally anything else. It's making it feel like a burden rather than something I look forward to. I'm thinking perhaps I should shorten them and just accept that I'm probably not getting quite as much hypertrophy as I could be...but at least I'd be more consistent. Has anyone experienced this dilemma? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Oct 2020 03:04 AM PDT Welcome to the Physique Phriday thread What's the point of having people guess your body fat? Nevermind that it's the most inaccurate method available, (read: most likely way wrong - see here) you're still just putting an arbitrary number to the body you have. Despite people's claim that they are shooting for a number, they're really shooting for look - like a six pack. So let's stopping mucking around with trivialities and get to the heart of the matter. This thread shall serve two purposes:
Let's keep things civil, don't be a creep, and adhere to Rule 1. This isn't a thread to announce what you find attractive in a mate. Please use the report function for any comments that are out of line. So phittit, what's your physique pheel like this phriday? [link] [comments] |
| Should I switch to maintenance calorie intake during lockdown? Posted: 16 Oct 2020 03:56 AM PDT So gyms in my country are again under lockdown from tomorrow. I got a new routine from my personal trainer to do at home that aims to prevent losing what I gained and prepare me for a new training routine that I should start after the lockdown. I'm currently on a bulking diet with surplus of around 300-400 calories. I assume I won't be able to build muscle by working out at home, so my question is: should I instead switch my calorie intake to only maintain weight? Or maybe have some smaller surplus if it's possible to build at least some muscle? I've been training for only three months so I guess at least some gains may still be possible at home. [link] [comments] |
| Optimal muscle growth and understanding of rest period. Posted: 16 Oct 2020 12:07 AM PDT Not sure if this is the right sub. I'm curious as to what helps someone gain the most of muscle in one session, weekly workout, reps/sets. I'm 30 this year and I'm just looking back at my 20s and realized that I used to gain muscle fairly quickly and I went to the gym and I was in and out in 45 mins finishing all reps/sets in a workout routine. I took a rest break about 30 seconds or less but no more than 1 minute. Rarely over a minute. This second part of the year I started doing 5x5 StrongLifts and have been trying to keep the 1:30-3:00 min rest period. I've seen minor gains and following this workout has brought me to make this post. The questions I have.... 1.a How many sets should 1 muscle group be worked. In a week,workout, reps/sets along with the example below. For example if I'm doing chest I know there's incline, flat, decline and bunch of other chest targeted equipment. So how positions, reps, sets each. Breakdown would be great.
3 I keep reading in workout programs that you need to rest in between sets. As I mentioned I used to go through a full workout and rarely rested. What is the importance of resting the time specified? Do I need to rest the full 1:30-3:00 mins? I've also seen people that lift heavy rest for like 5-8mins. Why? [link] [comments] |
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