Sentences with phrase «reps of a given exercise»

If you're new to the weight room, begin by finding a set of dumbbells light enough to successfully perform a few sets of 12 - 15 reps of a given exercise.

For example, many people see a routine in my program or one of my colleagues programs (or even a magazine)... let's say the routine calls for 4 sets of 6 reps of a given exercise... and they just choose a random weight (or a weight that they «think» they are comfortable with) and do 4 sets of 6 reps.

Complete all reps of given exercise in each group before moving onto next group.

Your 1 rep max is the maximum amount of weight you can lift for 1 rep of a given exercise.

Not exact matches

«Some of the exercises Ryan gave to us were a bit of a challenge just because the kids weren't used to doing 10 reps of this or that,» Kim says.

Give your lagging muscles a decent challenge by you using it in a giant set of 5 exercises with 20 reps each — and while you're at it, why not try to complete all 100 reps in 100 seconds?

Although doing the classic 3 sets of 10 reps for a given exercise will undoubtedly make your arms grow bigger and stronger, this will only last for a while.

A trainer's job is to give you personal attention during exercise and make sure you perform each rep in a safe manner with proper form and technique, which is a crucial component of success.

You can give your lower abs real hell with several sets of 15 reps with this exercise, however, it is key that you do not swing or use any momentum while doing them.

Drop sets are a technique where you perform a set of a given exercise to failure and then reduce the weight and continue for more reps until you reach failure with the reduced poundage.

Training at 90 % of your 1 - rep - max for each exercise of the day, or training at a 100 % for your first exercise, 80 - 90 % for the second, 60 - 70 % for the third and becoming too tired to give anything above 40 % at the last exercises while thinking that you're giving it all you've got.

«Less is more» in bodybuilding means that you don't have train until you're near - unconscious to make great gains, performing 20 different exercises for one body part won't give you better results than opting for a wise selection of 5 and focusing on doing them with the proper form, weight and rep range, training twice every day won't make you grow faster but it will set you back instead and....

First, I want you to drop your reps down to 8 on all of your upper body exercises (you'll have to add a bit of weight and start working a bit heavier for this)- keep your lower body exercises at 10 reps. Second, I want you to stay on the Basic Routine that I gave you but now, on the second training day of the week, I want you to add some more weight and start pushing pretty hard on your last set of each exercise.

Contrary to that, locking your elbows at the top makes your skeleton hold the weight and increases the safety of the exercises, as well as giving your muscles a short break so that you can perform more reps with more weight.

The men were given various fitness tests and then divided into two groups that were roughly equal in terms of levels of body fat, strength (as defined by their one - rep maxes — 1RM — on the bench press and back squat), and VO2max (the maximum amount of oxygen consumed by the muscles during exercise — a measure of endurance).

Split routines also offer the advantage that greater volume can be achieved for a given exercise (5 sets of 5 reps) within a reasonable time, and that workouts can take place on successive days whilst giving muscle groups that have been targeted the previous day a chance to recover.

It depends on the number of sets and reps you do for a given exercise.

Can you give an example of what a weekly training routine looks like, exercises with sets and rep numbers?

Just print and bring to the gym with you... these workout sheets give you the details of each day's training, including sets, reps, exercises, and notes to help make the program even MORE effective.

Given you only use ATP for the first 10 seconds or so of an exercise before switching to a different energy system does it make more sense to focus on lower rep, higher weight exercises when taking creatine or should you just continue with your normal workouts?

I had the same thought when I first looked at the rep range but after see the link it made perfect sense, in fact I was quite surprised because I already do a similar program mainly with pure compound sets and I usually do 2 high warm up sets on each exercise and then 4 working sets betwen 5 and 8 reps so see the additional exercises some of which I will adapt slightly because of joint issues I was pleasantly ssurprise and very happy that this workout will give me some additional variety and hopefully growth to my training.

A rep goal is simply a total number of reps you are trying to perform for that given exercise.

With P.H.A.T. the idea is that, instead of focusing on specific training adaptations (hypertrophy, maximal strength, power etc.) individually for weeks at a time like with linear forms of periodization, you will perform exercises in both the lower rep ranges (3 - 5 reps) and higher rep rages (12 - 20 reps) within the same given week.

Remember... if you know you did plenty of reps of the previous step (at any point in the training of any exercise) and your dog just doesn't respond correctly, then look away for a moment, giving him time to think about it.