barbell exercise amount

[zeekbot]

im working out to loose weight and tone , alot of exercise videos are saying to use lite barbells and im wondering whats to lite and whats to heavy . im useing 2 5lb. barbells and get in some good reps and great form , but am i selling myself short ? and do i look forward to moving up at any point ?

[Packard]

Four to 6 sets per exercise.

On to 2 exercises per body part (one primary movement + one secondary movement).

Five to 12 reps per set.

The last rep in the last set should be difficult to very difficult to (perhaps) failure.

You won't get much tone from too little resistance, and high resistance (harder work) will burn more calories.

Work all your body parts and work all of them equally hard to achieve a balaced physique.

[ultimatehlth]

Doing a weight that you can do sets that last longer than 90 Seconds will put you in an oxidative energy state which means you will burn more fat. This can also be accomplished by doing sets that last 60 seconds with rest of no more than 30 seconds between sets. Use a superset format (2 exercises alternated, e.g.bench/pulldowns)for even greater results.

I like circuits of 8 exercises each 30 seconds with as little rest between exercises as possible. Rest 2 minutes between circuits. Vary you circuit each time you train to keep the results in high gear. Mix in heavy workouts occasionally for added variety and strength building.

Personal Trainer Studio City