Bonnie wrote:Chin ups r narrower & your palms are towards your face.Pull ups can be narrow or wide, palms facing away from your face.

I remember when I first tried this a about 3 years ago, I only managed one.

If your gym has one, or you can use bands, not entirely sure how.The assist machine will have a platform for your knee's or feet, with various grip bars up top & a weight stack to the side. The idea is to counter balance the weight, that you are unable to lift yourself.I do own pull ups & c...

Bonnie wrote:May I ask what the purpose of 8 sets are ? In regards to the pull ups, if you want to do complete 4 x 10, you might want to utilize the assist machine, to increase your rep range.

I ain't sure, but it's the routine I have been given.

For the pull ups, what is an assist machine?

When I do a warm up before weights, I find 10 minutes on the bike etc boring, but when I do HIIT on the treadmill I ain't bored.

6th December was circuit: 20 seconds arm bike 10 Medicine ball 10 Press ups 10 Dumbbell swings Repeat 6 times When it came to press ups, I was let down from set 4 onwards, couldn't manage the 10 reps. 7th December - Pull day Pull ups , goal was 4 sets of 10 reps, only managed 9, 7, 4, 2 - not good a...

Yes that is how you do it, but caliper calculation is kinda difficult to get an accurate measure (especially on yourself) and generally requires an individual trained in the technique for accurate results. I did the waist myself, and mum did the rest (I visited her and took the caliper lol), she pr...

I read this site how to measure body fat % and it said to take 4 measurements using the caliper from the tricep, bicep, shoulder blade and waist, it was: Tricep - 2mm Bicep - 5mm Waist - 10mm Shoulder Blade - 7mm The above give me 10.2%, it just seems very low (not that's a bad thing) but was this r...

Lesplease wrote:Do you do deadlifts at all? It will hit more major muscles than the calf raises alone (: Calves should get plenty of work on the squats/lunges/deads too!

He hasn't given me deadlifts yet as part of the routine, will see how this goes first and may introduce it in the next few weeks/months.

Today was leg day, first attempt on squats. Fist up was front squat did a few sets and reps with just the barbell to get the technique, once that was done, I started at 5kg for 10 reps Set 2 10kg 8 reps Set 3 15kg 8reps Set 4 20kg 6 reps Set 5 20kg 5 reps Set 6 20kg 5 reps Set 6 20kg 5 reps Set 6 20...

Starting a new routine and a joined the gym to go with it, so I thought I would post journal as it goes. This was a good week and bad week, good being the cardio side and bad being being the weights side. Tuesday - was meant to be the push day, but the ones I needed was used, so I did a bit of cardi...

I have just started a gym and doing weights, I have been doing weights before at home but light. Anyway I have been given a routine and push day is basically: Shoulder Press (Smith Machine): 8x3 reps Incline Bench (Smith Machine): 8x3 reps Bench Press: 8x3 reps After each set I add weight, so as thi...

I did first HIIT earlier, and I started slow to practice the jumping off and I was ok, it was easier than I thought.

I managed to do the speed at 10mph, after 30 secs on and 30 secs off for 10 mins it was a killer when finished but really good.

I have been given a HIIT routine on the treadmill which is 40 secs on (at 11mph) and 20 secs off for 10 mins. I haven't tried it yet but mate said, you do realize the 20 seconds off is to jump off the treadmill onto the side and jump back on again instead of decreasing the speed to slow walk or swit...

I have joined a gym mate is at, as early morning runs is becoming cold. mate has a routine, and he suggested I have one too and the bloke who works there can do one for me, here it is what he has for weights and cardio. goal is general fitness/lose some body fat, current stats are: current stats: He...