Questions tagged [workout-routines]
Methods of organizing one's training.
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What exercises should I perform to reduce fat on a specific area of my body?
I have had a couple of lower back surgeries in the past but I'm okay to do any activity. During the last 10 years I have gained a little more weight around the mid section but have been actively ...
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How many calories to burn daily to see a change in weight within a month
My BMI is 26.8, which means that I am in the overweight category.
When one hits a gym regularly every day, what is the minimum amount of calories that he should burn in order to see a change in his ...
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How to lose weight when morbidly obese
I am a very overweight man at 400lbs (181 kg). I've been told by several doctors that I need to lose weight or else my health will get worse and worse.
What exercises are safe for a large person? For ...
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What is tabata? How effective is it?
What exactly is Tabata ? Is it just a form of HIIT ?
What makes Tabata effective in fat burning or providing thermogenic effects ?
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Are these Workout Routines right for Body Building
The weightlifting-101 blog post on the stackexchange blog and posts on fitness.SE has helped me learn more about strength training and body building. My goal is body building (to bulk up) in short ...
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Stronglifts 5x5: an effective program?
I was recently looking through the Stronglifts 5x5 workout, and I was wondering about its effectiveness. The program has some lofty claims (most do), has a ton of anecdotal evidence supporting it, and ...
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Starting morning routine for unfit person
I'm not fit. I'm in my early 30s. I struggle to do 10 push-ups, crunches/sit-ups hurt my back, and I can't jog more than 5 minutes without feeling exhausted. I'm not too fat, just crossing the '...
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What is the most effective plan to get abs?
Studies:
Show the "bicycle" was the most effective exercise.
Shorter weighted ab exercises are greater than longer repetitive ab workouts.
Need to know:
Is it helpful that a certain percent of ...
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What are some short 30-minute body-weight lift routines for travel.
I travel a good bit for my job. As a result, the weeks that I travel often involve a lack of physical activity since I am primarily a weight lifter when it comes to exercise and most hotel gyms have ...
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Exercise for six pack abs
I want to have six pack abs and I am doing 6 different exercises for that. But none of them more than 10 times. Is it sufficient or do I need to increase the number of repetitions?
Could anyone ...
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Is once-per-week training enough for building muscle
I recently read Convict conditioning book and in the workout routines part the author put a routine for beginners in which trainees workout an exercise only once per week.
But I've read on the ...
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Good amount of sets and repetitions for different muscle groups
About 10 years back, when I went to my first gym, the trainers told me to do 3 or 4 sets with about 8 to 15 repetitions on 3 different machines for each group of muscles, depending on the goals I want ...
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Where do I start when finding/creating a fitness program for myself?
I'm a senior in college studying computer engineering, so I spend a lot of time sitting in class and/or in front of a computer. I want to commit to a fitness routine before my sedentary lifestyle ...
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How to structure a high intensity interval training (HIIT) program?
I have read some good things about high intensity interval training (HIIT) programs, and wanted to give one a try. The problem is I don't know how the structure of one works, so I cannot build one ...
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Resuming workouts after 2 months. Any beginner workout suggestions?
I had to take a break from working out for 2 months.
When resuming after a long break, are there any good alternative workout plans that you follow to gain back some of the lost strength and stamina ...
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What novice program should I recommend to my unfit friends?
I lift, but most of my friends don't. What should I have them do when they (finally!) decide to try coming to the gym with me?
My friends are not fit, but also not obese or possessing gross injury. ...
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How to Get Bigger And Stronger with no gym or weights
How can one get bigger at home without weights such as bench press, dumbbells or anything else. I don't have any weight equiment at home but I workout everyday such as push-ups, sit-ups and dips but ...
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Re: Touching your toes (not mentioned in 30)
My mother could touch the heels of both hands on the floor up to the age of 89. She had short legs and a long torso. Is it likely that someone who cannot reach his toes has a short torso and long legs,...
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How to establish a beginning weight program?
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After a long time being sedentary and amassing about 299 lbs peak, I decided to get serious about getting healthy. I first attacked my weight by diet and got down to about 210 lbs. Next ...
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Loose lower belly (Below navel area)
My lower belly (the navel area and below it) sticks out a bit. I am not fat. I am really slim; in fact my chest is just thin and normal, but the lower belly sticks out a bit.
I examined myself, and it ...
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Cons of doing all the Starting Strength "Practical Programming Novice Program" exercises on the same day?
I recently started doing the Practical Programming Novice Program from Starting Strength. Program below:
Monday
3x5 Squat
3x5 Bench press / Press (Alternating)
Chin-ups: 3 sets to failure or add ...
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Is there a simple program that I don't have to look up at all? [duplicate]
In an effort to make a regular basis for working out, and as an extension of my previous question*, I am looking for a simple plan that satisfies these requirements:
No equipment require, or simple ...
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Small woman and want to get bigger
I'm a 35 year old woman and I weigh 105. I want to gain 20 pounds and add shape to my figure. I know what I need to do to gain weight, but what exercises can i do that will help me maintain the ...
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Why are pyramid sets often advised for bodyweight exercises?
A pyramid set is one following a scheme like 1 rep, 2 reps, 3 reps, 2 reps. I've seen this advised to train pull ups if you manage only very few.
I looked at the hundred push ups program, here and in ...
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How many days in a week should I work out?
I'm self-employed, which means I can arrange my time however I want, therefore I can hit the gym every day in a week. I also do have the energy to do so.
But, I've heard it's not a good idea. Why so? ...
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How to harden muscles?
Specifically, harden.
To elaborate: I weight 130; my friend weighs 200. He's very muscular. But I'm strong for my weight-- we both do one arm bicep curls at 40 pounds. I have no trouble with strength....
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Tips on having six packs and losing fat and keeping the muscles I have
I use to work out 5-6days a week, 80-90mins, where I did weight training. I have a good physique, however I never had well defined abs. Now I'm working hard towards abs. I do abs workout every other ...
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How to pick an exercise program to achieve my goals
I have had a desk job as a programmer for the last 3.5 years and I have gotten pretty unfit. I am not fat or overweight however I am not fit and healthy either, I struggle to run to the end of my ...
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What are the health risks for children under 18 of going to a gym?
When I went to a gym to pick up a membership form, they gave me a parental consent form as well.
I understand that means there is some risk attached to going to a gym for children.
Aside from ...
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Looking for short, home routine for thighs and abs
I have a personal trainer which I hit up once a week - love it. We do all our stuff outside with bascially nothing.
I'm trying to get a bit more stuff to do mid week which is only around 15-20 mins ...
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What are some shoulder healthy way to train tricep?
It seems like most workout targeting tricep is harmful to shoulders (dips, overhead extension), I have suffer from shoulder impingement from the past and would like work out my tricep in a healthy way ...
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Is there any benefit to doing supersets over taking the traditional one-exercise-at-a-time approach
Do Supersets make it any easier for you to go through with your workout ?
And since you train different body parts when doing a superset is the intermediate rest period accounted for at least ...
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How can I get in shape in one month?
My best friend is getting married next month and I'm in the wedding. It turns out they invited my ex whom I haven't seen in a year. I would like to get into shape quickly. However I work long days in ...
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Any suggestions on how I could improve my workout routine?
Me: 6'5", 195 lbs, eat fairly healthy, drink on weekends, always been tall and skinny
Desired results: increase upper body mass and definition
My Current workout routine (each day is usually 45 mins ...
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What is the "kernel" for a 4 decade training program for physical fitness?
Almost all training programs or workout routines are focused on the very short term, e.g. 90 days, 12 weeks and similar.
My questions is about the "kernel" (key elements in a wide sense) for a ...
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Going to gym twice a day
I was thinking about going to gym in morning for cardio type exercises and then in evening do some weight training, my main goal is to get 6 pack and get ripped. Do you think going to the gym twice a ...
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Normal life with heavy weights
On a animated TV show (dragon ball Z) characters would have clothes which seamed 3 times there weight. Gradually building up weights (say a pound a day), could one be able to carry evenly across there ...
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Workout routine for an overweight person
I'm 22 yo, I weight 358 and 6 foot tall and I want to get in shape really fast.
I'm a computer engineer student and spend a lot of time in front of a computer 8 to 14 hours a day. I want to change my ...
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Why is this "minimum" program flawed (every 2nd day do dips, squats and pull-ups until failure)?
Early this year, I asked a question to make an uncomplicated plan/program that requires me minimum effort to remember the schedule. That is, I don't need to open a schedule to check the plan. I ...
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How to maintain my body without fat and reduce belly?
I've been going to the gym for the past 3 years. Although my body shape has changed a lot, my weight has been stable 70kg for this period. For example, my biceps has developed a lot, but I was unable ...
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How to get rid off from Pectus Carinatum aka Pigeon chest through diet and workout
I am about 21 years old and I have pigeon chest disease about 3-4 years ago. In start I can not even notice about it but time to time I felt really ashamed to pull off my shirt in front of any people, ...
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Muscle building exercises without looking like the Hulk, think toned and defined
I'm looking to tone my body up and build muscle, but don't want to look like the Hulk or the chicken-legged guys with a huge upper body.
I would like to target:
Upper Body
Lower Body
Mid area (...
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What is the best time of the day for High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)?
I have heard a lot about benefits of HIIT; however, nobody seems to address when is the best time for such activities. I got this question when watching "The secret life of your body clock" (BBC ...
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Leg exercises that complement squats?
I believe in balancing the amount of exercise that I give to each muscle group, but recently it occurred to me that my leg muscles might be imbalanced. More than anything, squats are the number one ...
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Should squats come last in a workout-plan?
I noticed that after doing squats I become very exhausted and tired, which seems to heavily affect my performance on the exercises following afterwards. Some of my collegues insist that squats should ...
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What kind of exercises can I do at home with no equipment?
My current exercise/fitness plan involves just healthier eating and running at least 3 days a week. However, I want to try to include some exercises that I can do on my off-days from running in order ...
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How do I get non-sports people to get exercise or do an activity?
Basically, we ask people to come play football, basketball, run, or even something easy like just throwing the frisbee around and no one can ever make it. They either don't respond at all, or have ...
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Eating before/after an evening workout?
If I'm working out in the evening (an hour of cardio at, say, 8pm-9pm), should I have dinner before or afterwards? What effects will it have on a) my workout if I eat beforehand and b) my recovery if ...
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Can I get an honest review about my workout plan?
I'm 24, and an absolute beginner when it comes to working out. I just googled exercises that you could do at home and then decided to try them out.
Its been a few months but I don't really see any ...
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training for 200m freestyle swim race
I have 6 months to train for a swimming race (200m freestyle in a 50m outdoor pool). My level at the moment is beginner/intermediate, with fairly good technique. Should I focus on training longer ...