Fitness

Bi's and Tri's

Let me first start off by saying that I work arms all on one day.  Some people don't like to do that because they feel like working arms on one day ruins your workout on other muscle groups for the rest of the week.  I do not see it that way. If you take supplements like XTend which are amino acids (Building Block of protein which rebuild your muscles) it helps you recover faster so you can take a day off then be right back at the gym. People tend to work out Bi and Back together and Tri and chest together because usually when you work one your working the other on most work outs.  That is good if you cannot make it to the gym a lot during the week, but when you have time to go to the gym throughout the week it tends to make you lift lighter weight because lets say your on the bench; you're working out your chest mostly but you are also hitting your tri's. So when you go to work out Tri's next you already drained some energy out of them and will not be able to lift as much.  Same thing goes to Bi's. Lets say you do Lat pull downs you also hit your Bi's, so when you finish and go to do some sort of curl work out, you already drained your Biceps of energy a bit. But back to some useful workouts.  I like to start off with regular Dumbbell curls. 3 Sets going from 12 reps to 10 then to 8.  Do the same sets for every workout I talk about. To do a good rep just keep your arms at your waist and SLOWLY lift with your palms facing outward from your body and try to keep your arms still at your waist.  Next I go to skull crushers.  There are many different ways to do it, I just lay down on a flat bench with a J bar, lift directly above my head, and with your palms facing outward slowly lower the weight down to your skull and lift back up.  Next you can do some hammer curls.  The difference between hammer curls and normals curls are you do everything the same besides you face your palms towards your waist. This allows your bicep to extend further rather than having one big bulky bicep. After doing triceps extension on the ropes. To do these successfully you must keep your elbows in at all times and have them flush with your side. Slow and staying with the amount of sets and repetitions will give you a solid burn on this workout. These are just a few workouts that really hit the muscle groups well. Hopefully you try them out next time you decide to do arm day at the gym.

Preparation

Your day should always start off with a good meal.  You need energy to lift those heavy weights, and how else could you get better energy than by eating a solid healthy meal.  I always eat oatmeal in the morning or I'll eat an egg sandwich (egg and cheese and fried bologna). Without the appropriate carb in take you lack the energy needed for the long intense workout some people look for. Eating oatmeal and eggs and chicken in the morning are all great morning meals with high carbs. Eating good meals is not the only thing needed for a good work out though. Your sleep patterns can really affect the amount of energy you have while lifting. Too little sleep and too much sleep can tire you out and not give you the energy you need, 6-8 hours of sleep are suggested for the norm.  Choosing the correct time of the day to work out is a big kicker too.  Try to work out during the day when you have the most energy because then you will be able to lift your heaviest weight.  Hydration is also a key factor when it comes to lifting to your highest potential. Take all these things into consideration, you don't always need to be perfect with all these different benefits that can help with a better work out, but if you can manage to stay on top of as many of them as possible you should really see a big difference in your lifting or weight cutting depending on what your looking to do. Another big thing is whether you want a work out partner or not. Some people like to have another person with them to encourage them more and push them as hard as they can. While other people like being alone and going at their own pace.  For me it depends on my mood.  Sometimes you just want to be alone and "crush it" and other times its nice to have someone to help you along the way and get you going.  One good hint though, when your lifting heavy weight and don't know if you can get it, that is when it is good to have a partner to spot you.  Better safe then sorry.

Introduction

My blog focuses on working out. Exercise, weight lifting, eating well, and whatever I can come up with will be my topics I chose to write about. I will be giving great workout routines and things you should try to do like how many reps you should do per workout, how to do a quality rep, and how many sets to do. I'll talk about overworking a muscle group too hard on a workout as well as knowing when to finish. Now I do not know much about dieting because I personally have never had to diet, but I will research calorie intake and how much you should take in and work off while trying to lose weight. Their are a lot of different cardio work-outs that say "Weight will fall off" and strange slogans like that. I want to find the difference between certain weight loss programs like Insanity and P90X to see why they work so well.  I am thinking my blogs will start off with discussing about working out different muscle groups and different work-out routines and once I feel that I have hit the main muscle groups people tend to work out I will start off talking about exercise or eating well. Everybody's new years resolution has lifting all over it, it was my own last year. Maybe people will take some good advice from this blog and maybe they wont, but I will make sure I put some good hints and advice in here to get big. I will throw in some supplement advice in here too, depending on your supplement intake can really change how your work out affects your body progress.

Hitting the Gym

HITTING THE GYM

 Thinking of a good blogging topic has been interesting to think about. I sat around trying to think of a good topic that could keep me interested in talking about for the next 16 weeks as well as be able to find research on and educate myself as well as my readers about. The only thing I could think of for me is going to the gym.

I have been going to the gym now for the past year now and never really looked into all the factors it takes to improve on all aspects of increasing strength and losing fat and what not. 

1. How many calories does it take to consume see a difference in size?
2. How many calories does it take to burn to see a difference in size?
3. What supplements are good to take and which ones arent?
4. Which workouts are good to do and how to perform them?
5.  How long should you spend on cardio and normal weight training?

These are all questions I would like to answer and talk about as well as anything else that comes across my mind this semester that seams like it should be included in this topic.