happysal Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 (This is a WOOT! Honestly!) Soooo, almost finishing my first month of eating Paleo (85% of the time), started running and slowly building that up - planning to attempt a 5k on Saturday - and doing the Body Weight Workout. Body weight workout is great but I wasn't really sure how to progress my strength training. So I started to have a google at work yesterday for PT, gyms etc. and came across a weights gym, e-mailed and asked to have a look about AND IT IS PERFECT! No weight machines, no Smith machines, it IS a NF Rebels' dream. Before I knew it, my induction is on Monday... Kind of chuffed that I've taken the plunge and just done it. It's quite a small gym too so you get a lot of 1:1 time with an instructor - but without the price tag! In other "Woot!" news, the past 3 weeks I have lost 13 inches from my body and I'm weighing myself for the first time since I started on Thursday morning - quite nervous about that part! Hopefully at the end of month one I'll have a decent inch loss under my belt (quite literally!) and a decent amount of lbs lost! Well thanks reading! Any advice for this new gym would be awesome! Cheers,Sal Quote Link to comment
Super Destroyer Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 Way to go, Sal! Since you are in a real gym, you might consider 5x5 strength training. Keep up the aawesome work! Quote "It is cutting time......" Spoiler 1st challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/38089-worlds-greatest-math-teachers-quest/ 2nd Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/39264-becoming-super-destroyer/ Holiday Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/41497-super-destroyer-is-staying-on-track/ 3rd Challenge (1/6/14-2/16/14): http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/42105-defining-super-destroyer/ Daily Battle Log: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/44212-super-destroyers-battle-log/ 4th Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/44345-super-destroyer-will-make-800-by-50/ 5th Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/46686-putting-the-super-in-super-destroyer/#entry976817 Current PVP Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/46764-join-the-800-club/#entry978826 Another PVP Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/48506-may-20-july-13-20-pound-challenge/#entry1042244 6th Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/48918-super-destroyer-takes-on-podgy-and-the-binge/ Link to comment
Timmy M Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 jealous much? fyi there's more to beginner lifting than 5x5, Paul Carter had good results with his 13yr old daughter with this: For the first 5-6 weeks or so this is what I had her do on a weekly basis -Monday - Pressing and RowsIncline Press - 8-12 sets of 5-8 Cable Rows - 5-6 sets of 10Tuesday - back WorkChins - ladders 1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3, etc until I was done with rack pulls. Hypers - 4-5 sets of 10Wednesday - Misc.Ab Wheel - 5 sets of max reps Upright Rows - 5 sets of 10-20Thursday - squatsSquats - 6-8 sets of 5’s or 3’s Lunges - 2-3 sets of 15-20friday - offsaturday - back WorkCable Rows - 6 sets of 10 Ab Wheel - 4-5 sets of max reps Arm Work - 3-4 setssunday - Misc.Chins - more ladders More Abs When the workouts started, she was 98 pounds, and I can tell you what she couldn’t do.• She couldn’t incline the standard bar for a single rep.• She couldn’t squat the standard bar for more than 3 reps • She couldn’t do a single chinAt the end of the 6 weeks she was incline pressing the bar for 5, squatting 65 for 5, and doing lots of chins all on her own. She had also gained 7 pounds without changing her diet. (it's mentioned later that her first ever deadlift was 2 x 2 with 135lbs) Quote Link to comment
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