Where to begin?
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Where to begin?
I have been doing some low weight reps for a while and want to advance but I don't know where to start. I think a strength training programme will bring better results than all the cardio I have been concentrating on - can anyone recommend a good beginner routine and tips on progression?
Re: Where to begin?
Hi Fitlouisa, good to talk to you.
What are you trying to achieve?
What are you trying to achieve?
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I am looking for better definition and fat burning, but without bulking up really.
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I should have asked actually; are you intending to train at home or in a gym?
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It will be home workouts mainly
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Check out this program: Rippedism. I have been doing it for the last 4 weeks. It is great for getting cut up. I do everything at home with some basic dumbbells :
www.Rippedism.com
www.Rippedism.com
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Re: Where to begin?
Hello! There are a lot of ways you can advance a strength training program! In fact, to see more results you need to change it up every few weeks so that your body has to keep working and adjusting. To start, slowly increase the weight that you are lifting. So for example if you are lifting 10# for 20 reps now, increase the weight to 15# and do 12-15 reps. Use 15# until you find that easy, then increase again!
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I politely disagree with some of that 
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I personally think a good program is best left until it starts fizzling out. Changing up every 2-3 weeks isn't necessary unless someone really wants to and also many people make the mistake of assuming a program is the culprit for stagnancy, when in fact it's often diet and then you waste time on one or more training changes and get nowhere.
That's why I fervently believe you should address diet when you stall and if you make credible changes and still get nowhere, then address training, but never change both at once, or one change could potentially be counterproductive to the other, or potentially be unnecessary and people will find it hard to know what is and isn't working unless they isolate one change.
Also the person could advance the training program by not increasing the weight when they hit 20 reps, they can easily hit 12 reps, increase and go for 8-10 with a bit more weight and if it's an exercise using dumbbells, than 6-7 reps minimum, as this will speed up the progress potential.
After all what's the point of being strong enough to chug weight for 18-20 reps, then increase weight for 12-15, when you can do 6-8 less reps, then a few less when you increase, as it would mean continuously working at an intensity that is not geared up enough to progress, although it should be said an individual would get some continuous progress as long as the diet remained good to compliment the training.
.I personally think a good program is best left until it starts fizzling out. Changing up every 2-3 weeks isn't necessary unless someone really wants to and also many people make the mistake of assuming a program is the culprit for stagnancy, when in fact it's often diet and then you waste time on one or more training changes and get nowhere.
That's why I fervently believe you should address diet when you stall and if you make credible changes and still get nowhere, then address training, but never change both at once, or one change could potentially be counterproductive to the other, or potentially be unnecessary and people will find it hard to know what is and isn't working unless they isolate one change.
Also the person could advance the training program by not increasing the weight when they hit 20 reps, they can easily hit 12 reps, increase and go for 8-10 with a bit more weight and if it's an exercise using dumbbells, than 6-7 reps minimum, as this will speed up the progress potential.
After all what's the point of being strong enough to chug weight for 18-20 reps, then increase weight for 12-15, when you can do 6-8 less reps, then a few less when you increase, as it would mean continuously working at an intensity that is not geared up enough to progress, although it should be said an individual would get some continuous progress as long as the diet remained good to compliment the training.