Muscle failure is your baseline - this is a metric that reps cannot define.
Muscle failure is your baseline - this is a metric that reps cannot define.
Deadlift Squat Bench
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Add pull-ups.
Add pull-ups.
It's not how many, it's how many more than you can do now. Nix the sit ups, pick four exercises something pushing, something pulling for the upper body and lower body. These are your Core Four exercises which you will be improving on.
It's not how many, it's how many more than you can do now.
Nix the sit ups, pick four exercises something pushing, something pulling for the upper body and lower body. These are your Core Four exercises which you will be improving on.
6' and 165 lbs. I don't think anyone has ever called you a "fat slob".
6' and 165 lbs. I don't think anyone has ever called you a "fat slob".
The joke was because I eat like a horse. I can't put weight on. Never have been able to.
The joke was because I eat like a horse. I can't put weight on. Never have been able to.
If your fitness goals are general fitness and not trying to break personal records on heavy lifts,
My suggestion is to get push up bars, a pull up bar, a kettlebell.
If you can't do pull ups, do negatives and/or assisted pull ups with a chair a few feet in front of you.
Your main focus will be push ups, pull ups, air/goblet squats, and kettlebell swings.
Every set go until you are 2-3 reps from failure.
Shoot for at least 3 sets on your first time. Try to get to 5 sets in 2 weeks. 8-10 sets by spring.
Run it as a circuit. Do each exercise after the other. With a rest period after each circuit. Try to keep the rest as low as possible.
On the final set shoot for failure.
High rep bodyweight regimens build work capacity and mental fortitude, create stronger tendons and greater blood supply, and will improve max strength and recovery.
This will also prepare you for strength and power phases if you want to get really strong down the road.
If your fitness goals are general fitness and not trying to break personal records on heavy lifts,
My suggestion is to get push up bars, a pull up bar, a kettlebell.
If you can't do pull ups, do negatives and/or assisted pull ups with a chair a few feet in front of you.
Your main focus will be push ups, pull ups, air/goblet squats, and kettlebell swings.
Every set go until you are 2-3 reps from failure.
Shoot for at least 3 sets on your first time. Try to get to 5 sets in 2 weeks. 8-10 sets by spring.
Run it as a circuit. Do each exercise after the other. With a rest period after each circuit. Try to keep the rest as low as possible.
On the final set shoot for failure.
High rep bodyweight regimens build work capacity and mental fortitude, create stronger tendons and greater blood supply, and will improve max strength and recovery.
This will also prepare you for strength and power phases if you want to get really strong down the road.
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