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 💋