Give me gym/workout advice, thank you.

I am going to start working out every day soon. My plan is to do 30 minutes chest press and 30 minutes ab crunch on my gym every weekday and on the weekends 1 hour of leg press every day. I really don't like doing workouts that are specifically for arms so do you think the chest press will work my arms? The chest press I am doing is a sitting bench press. Also how much weight do you think I should use to end up turning all my fat to muscle in my stomach and chest area? I weigh 185 lbs and am 5'6 feet tall.

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SarahTheHooker · 26-30, F

Nope! The law of diminished returns - the more you do, the less you get out of it!

Firstly, fat doesn't turn to muscle...but you can burn fat off to reveal muscle you have...

I'd look at a push -pull- legs split...

So, using the pushing muscles in one workout - chest, triceps and shoulders - with chest press/incline chest press/chest flye 3 sets of each, up to 12 reps per exercise.....same with lateral raises, overhead press and bent over flyes for shoulders. Then Tricep extensions or proper push-ups....again, 3 sets of each.....12 reps....

Then Legs - Squats, wide squats, lunges and deadlifts....3 sets....12 reps each....

The Pulling muscles - again, deadlifts and Pull-Ups and Bicep Curls - 3 Sets of 12 Reps each exercise....

To work out the weight you need to use, for EACH exercise, and be able to lift it 12 times....and that's the weight to use for that exercise! Simple!

Do the exercise....rest 30 seconds before doing the next one...and same again and again, until the end!

There you go...

Hope that helps....

Sarah 💋

MrBlueGuy

30 minutes of chest presses sounds a bit extreme. I always found the best results starting out doing about 20 minutes of cardio and then if you use machines or do different weight exercises maybe 10-12 reps of each exercise 3 times. make sure the last couple pushes or pulls are a bit hard to do. I'd start that for maybe a month. Now again that's just what's worked for me in the past you have to just try things out to find out what works best for you. Good luck!

Tminus6453 · M

Dont time yourself....do 3 sets of 8-12 repetitions for every specific exercise you do... example: for chest do 3 sets incline presses, 3 sets flat bench presses, and 3 sets dumbbell flys...

MightyLion · 22-25, M

So do you think 3x12 of chest press every weekday would be enough for me to see a change and gain muscle mass? Also, would I just count to 12 in my head or is there any other way like a video that says the reps or something? Cause my mind tends to go all over the place when working out and I tend to lose count or mess the count up. @Tminus6453

Tminus6453 · M

@MightyLion Only work each body part once a week... i use to do chest/biceps one day.... back/triceps the next day..take a day off.....shoulders/calves the next day then do legs the next day....then take another day off... then repeat cycle. thats 5 days per week...

liloleme123 · 56-60, M

If your going to the gym, you'll get plenty of advice! Everyone's got an opinion.

Bodybuilding consists of.

1. Quality food / water / rest
2. Quality resistance training.

3. Consistency / determination.

MightyLion · 22-25, M

I have one of those multifunctional gyms at home but I won't be going to a public gym. @liloleme123

liloleme123 · 56-60, M

@MightyLion get yourself a plan, keep track of it in a book. Start with the big compound exercises. Plenty of YouTube videos.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

Never skip leg day, unless you want to look like this guy.

liloleme123 · 56-60, M

@LordShadowfire this guy should know better

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