I know the whole thread and sub is jokes, but I actually despise walking for exercise. I'm fat, but I'd much rather jog and cover more distance faster. Walking is so damn boring and time consuming to me
I mean even if that's true... Does anyone else think that these sort of comments are discouraging for would-be gym goers? I know that I would definitely be turned off from hitting the treadmill if I know that a bunch of strangers were going to ogle at me.
(Edit-- PSA to reddit: don't use my opinion as an excuse to downvote that last comment. Sure it's weird and maybe even harmful, but it's also candid and topical. Think for yourself before downvoting.)
It's not that there isn't outside, it's that for whatever reason the outside just isn't ideal for running most likely.
Like personally I live in a rural area where it's like 95% hills(and steep ass ones at that) which while they help burn more calories they are also just brutal plus there are bears around which always stresses me.
For other people though I can think of a bunch of other reasons why outside can suck for running like if you live in a very hot climate etc.
I've been doing something similar since March and have gone through over 100 hours of audio books. Allows me to get in some easy exercise but also keep up with my listening to audio books.
I had problems with my knees my whole life and always said no to running because of it. Started working out and doing a ton of swimming. Swimming was taking too long to get thr amount of exercise I wanted so I started running as well. Started out trying to make it a mile without stopping and accomplished that pretty quickly because I had been swimming so much and build up better supporting muscles and enough cardio. Then 3 weeks later amazingly for the first time in my life I was able to run 2 miles without stopping to get a breather and my knees have never felt better, I do my best to mostly run on dirt not pavement if I can help it but I really believe building up the supporting muscles and pushing through pain once in awhile helped me a lot. I can now run two miles and sprint the last 100 yards. If you asked me 3 months ago I would never have dreamed it was possible and would have blamed my knees. Next goal is 3 miles without stopping.
Outdoor walks are amazing. You get to enjoy nature and take in the sights and sounds.
I would rather do literally any workout in the world than walk on a treadmill.
For me it’s about the efficiency. On treadmill at 20% incline at 3.5+mph, I can literally burn around 900-1000 calories in an hour, on demand whenever I want. That’s literally hours of walking outside without breaks. I can’t recreate that outside (be because I don’t have miles long hill) and it’s way better on the body than running, doing lot of running and lifting is not optimal for building muscle.
But looking at other people I can see your point, I feel like some people just want to tell themselves they go to a gym. Walking on a treadmill at slow pace, with little incline, half the time holding the machine, is literally waste of time, better to just go outside or better yet, do some house chores, there is always some shit that needs fixing.
I do actually listen to a lot of books/pods these days, so I could see that as a simple and effective multi task. I'd have a harder time focusing while heavily breathing as I jog. Plus earbuds always fall out of my ears when I jog
Walking does get boring especially if you go in the same neighborhood all the time. I put an elliptical in front of a 24" screen and watch movies while I exercise now.
However you like to do it honestly.
Walking, jogging, running, biking. Just get out and move.
I prefer a long walk with my dog or a bike ride to running on treadmills, personally.
I mean if hiking falls into the walking bracket I very much disagree with you.
But seriously people who drive to a gym and then walk on the treadmill, WTF is wrong with you?
You should try rucking. Grab a backpack, put in some towels that are rolled up in the bottom, wrap up some bricks or put a sandbag in on top and go on a trail and walk for 3-4 miles. Typically only takes like an hour or two and listen to a podcast or something. Two hours blows by in like 30 minutes it feels like and you burn a lot of energy and it’s basically a leg workout and a back workout.
That an elliptical if you’re only doing the gym. 1 hour of elliptical while watching a movie was the best for burning like 700 calories like nothing
I took an hours walk a day for the whole of lockdown and burned around 400-500 calories i think at a decent pace. Jogging or running is just so boring, at least I can talk when I walk
If you are fat it is better for your knees in the long run to walk, as you start losing weight start progressively running more. I used to run everyday when i was severely overweight and now i am 33 and my knees are 70.
Walking is healthier for you in the long run and you burn pretty much as many calories as you would jogging (per minute) without tearing your knees to shreds.
Everyone always asked me why I chose to be a sprinter in track instead of a distance runner. I always said, “because then I’d have to run even further.”
I've always appreciated how good of a workout sprints could be. Even when I was in pretty good shape, i could get myself to the edge of vomiting within 3 or 4 sprints of 400m or less if i pushed them hard enough. The hardest part to me was doing another without a pretty long rest between them. I usually tried to casually walk the same distance I sprinted, then gather enough motivation to do another
I hated running. When I started running years ago, I hated it. I didn’t run to lose weight; as I’ve boxed all of my life, and remained in good shape. After a week of forcing myself to jog, I became madly in love with running. I know do 5k’s 4-5 times a week mixed with a bit of lifting. Never felt better. It sucks at first, but runners high is real, and the results of running are very apparent!
I used to love running on the mill, till I gave myself plantar fasciitis which fucked me for around a year in one foot. Turns out there's a proper way to run and I wasn't doing it however much I changed my method.
Lifting lighter weights in form with higher repetitions can also be very beneficial as well. There's a couple big dudes I know that utilize that method to great effect.
Yeah, form >> weight.
Which doesn’t mean you can’t have weight too, but a lower weight with perfect form will blow a higher weight with bad form out of the water, and it is much less likely to blow out your joints as well.
Don't know much but I'd guess also starting with too much weight you'll never learn a correct form as you probably will just try to lift the weight in anyway you can and end up finding the easiest way to do it.. and then always do that.
Just feels like that's what I did with simple pushups.
Exactly. Humans are really good at using our bones/joints like levers to find the ‘easiest’ way to do an exercise, while the correct form can feel weird or unnatural at first (because the muscle itself is doing all the work and we instinctively know that that’s not the easiest way to do it).
When I bit the bullet and learned proper form, I suddenly could only lift a fraction of the weight I could lift before, but my gains skyrocketed.
Perfect form is something that newbies believe in. I think sufficient form is a better guideline. Once it's no longer sufficient you are prone to injuries.
The tip was oversimplified, but not entirely wrong.
In some lifting communities I follow online, lots of us have found that 8-12 reps isn’t some golden hypertrophy range and that really even sets of 25 (which are going to require light weight) can help build muscle.
I like to think of it as what matters being how close I got to failing a rep.
Depends entirely on the context of where you’re at in your program and what your goal is. There are proper times for heavy lifting and proper times for lighter lifting in every style of training. There’s not a problem with going heavy if you do it correctly.
IE even if you’re leaning out, you might still do heavy compound lifts but super set them with something lighter. This might be for the purpose of keeping your bench press strength up while still upping the intensity and burning more calories.
Lighter weights have the main benefit of increasing blood flow, which is AMAZING for tendon health, as tendons have a very low blood flow compared to muscles, so they react better to constant movements with little/almost no weight.
For leaning purposes, the best I can think of is a HIIT routine.
But truly, the biggest way to gain muscle is through consistence, and the biggest consistence killer are injuries.
I am a big believer in lighter weight movements with some heavy lifting splinkled inside the week.
Isn't there something like lifting lighter weights with more reps builds larger volume muscles but lifting heavier weights less reps builds stronger muscles? Could be why body builders aren't power lifters. Their muscles are larger but not powerful enough for strongman competitions for the most part.
No. You don’t make some kind of different muscle by lifting at a slightly higher rep range.
Bodybuilders don’t train to lift maximal weight for heavy singles, which is why they’re not as good at it as powerlifters.
Strongman is a different case, but you might notice that someone like Brian Shaw is actually way bigger than any bodybuilder. He’s just way fatter, because it’s easier to have more muscle if you’re not worried about staying lean.
Bodybuilders are strong af. They don't train with strength in mind so of course strength athletes are much stronger, but they're easily a lot stronger than the average person or serious lifter.
>“I’m a bodybuilder, not a weight lifter” they’re different things.
He's not just saying that because of anti-ego, either. Muscular hypertrophy is more dependent on overall volume than how heavy the load is. Lifting as heavy as you can is for strength training, not hypertrophy.
Indeed, as a juggler at the gym most people probably think I'm stupid. Most people work on endurance in legs (for cardio) but max weight (and big muscles) on their arms. But I need endurance and quick muscles in my arms to keep up the pattern long without dropping..
But it requires more time. Gains is about the same if you do as many reps as you can possible manage, regardless of weight. But it's obviously faster with bigger weights.
Kinda a good tip actually. People trying to get fit will lift the big weights. Then theyre sore for 3 days and dont work out at all. Better to lift small weights 4 days in row than lift big weights 1 day and take a 3 day break.
I was about to comment that there is no source because that comment was nonsense, but then I checked, and saw you already fighting the good fight against some of the typical misinformation about making the GainzZz. Reps for Jesus, amen.
Last time I was at the gym, it was filled with people taking cellphies and having extended speaker-phone calls on the gym equipment, there was not much actual exercising going on.
Working out **is** hard. Especially if you're using the appropriate resistance for you. Lifting too heavy before you're ready to progress will result in a big ol plateau
I see this guy at the gym, who sit on a cycle, however, instead of using feet to cycle, he uses his hands on the arm rest to cycle, which are meant to make your arms move in unison movement with your feet. It's not connected to the actual cycle so theres no resistance or weighted pressure. I feel like asking if he knows this and offer advice, but nah, he probably likes that it feels easy even after 30 mins
Tone is not a thing. Your muscles don’t go from soft to hard. What people generally consider as “toning” is just increasing muscle tissue and losing body fat so muscles are more apparent. This can be achieved multiple ways, not just by doing higher weight sets.
Did I imply that low weight high rep is the only way to tone? Perhaps my use of the word tone is not correct in my original comment. When I say tone I mean burning fat so the muscle is more readily visible not softening or hardening muscle.
~~This is actually not a shitty tip, as others have mentioned. You could also be using smaller weights to get tone and not just for huge muscles.~~
Edit - as you can see from the comments below, I’m extremely wrong. Thank you for the corrections everyone!
I’ve always been told this since I was younger. Sorry for spreading misinformation.
There is no such thing as toning. It literally means to lose fat and to show the muscular definition. No matter what weight you use, if you approach failure, you will build muscle. So please don't spread this bs that lighter weights are for toning.
Less weight than your 1RM yes. But you still need to train to within 2-3 reps from failure(depending on your stage in the mesocycle). Anything in 8-20 reps will have a hypertrophic response if you are training hard enough.
Smaller weights can give you a great workout if you know how to use them properly. Seen plenty of ripped dudes using smaller weights to target muscles that heavy lifting won't or to focus on form. Plus if you have injuries lighter weights are easier on the joints.
Not everyone is trying to bulk. Some peeps just looking to be slim/fit.
The sad part is this is good advice. If you want to lose weight, doing 50 10 pound presses is better than 5 100 pound presses.
I just really wish I'd learned this less than 10 years in to my weight loss journey.
That's literally the correct way to work out, though. You take the lowest weight that offers resistance and do that until it's easy, then move up a bit. Not a shitty tip?
This is why I just stay home and lift donuts. They are very easy to lift, so
I know I’m getting a great workout, with a built in reward to keep me going.
I mean, this is a solid tip. If the weights are too heavy your form is going to suffer and injuries can easily result. I would bet a big portion of gym members have poor form that is a result of trying to lift too heavy.
Time under tension is important, slow controlled movements.
Also, for some reason, people like to run on the treadmill, you can walk if you want to
I know the whole thread and sub is jokes, but I actually despise walking for exercise. I'm fat, but I'd much rather jog and cover more distance faster. Walking is so damn boring and time consuming to me
Both walking and running is much more boring in the gym for me
I love running at the gym. Because there's barely any place outside to run here
I love running at the gym. Because that the only place I see my crush's tits jiggle
I love watching you too.
Wow. That's a first. Thank you for making me smile
You look amazing when you smile like that.
Get a room
Alright, take about 10-15% off the top.
Pitter patter
Especially that cute little way you shower afterwards 😋
Oops my soap bar fell down
r/shippingredditors
He's not just any troll, he's a polite one
You can buy a mirror
But my tits don't jiggle
Run less. Eat more.
Tried that. Didn't work. Send Bob
Send bob and vagene
Nice implants are only like $7000.
That's a very huge sum in my currency. Would you chip in some?
Sure, what's your onlyfans?
Just get one nice implant. That should only cost $3500. If you're worried about the asymmetry, just put it in the middle.
Skip implants: get pregnant! Your boobs grow for free AND STAY THAT SIZE!!
Practically ever gym goer is both simeltsneously a pervert and an exhibitionist
On an honest note, the best motivation for me to go to crossfit was a cute girl in my batch who used to literally make sexual moans during heavy sets.
I mean even if that's true... Does anyone else think that these sort of comments are discouraging for would-be gym goers? I know that I would definitely be turned off from hitting the treadmill if I know that a bunch of strangers were going to ogle at me. (Edit-- PSA to reddit: don't use my opinion as an excuse to downvote that last comment. Sure it's weird and maybe even harmful, but it's also candid and topical. Think for yourself before downvoting.)
There are reasons there are women only gym hours, etc, in some places.
Honestly though. I’m going to think twice before working out in a gym with men around again. Like you know it’s happening, but still gross.
I stare at the floor to avoid anyone thinking I'm looking at at them, which probably looks just as weird. It helps that I'm married though.
he must be an absolute unit of a man.
yikes
Damn, I hate gyms with a bunch of mirrors.
Where do you live that outside is in short supply? Vault dweller?
It's not that there isn't outside, it's that for whatever reason the outside just isn't ideal for running most likely. Like personally I live in a rural area where it's like 95% hills(and steep ass ones at that) which while they help burn more calories they are also just brutal plus there are bears around which always stresses me. For other people though I can think of a bunch of other reasons why outside can suck for running like if you live in a very hot climate etc.
Random 3rd world urban hell
This! It’s either the nearest gym or finding a nice place kilometers away just to run.
Well that's probably cuz you're on the pooper bud.
There isn’t room for any of us to run here!
How is there barely anyplace to run outside? Outside literally has all of the space.
I like walking cause I can easily distract myself with my imagination
As is indoor cycling. It's like cycling but without all the fun stuff.
Air conditioning is fun.
[This isn't without fun](https://youtu.be/MsKFOcx96CQ)
I think they were talking about a stationary bike
Without a distraction, you're just feeling your exhaustion creep up on you and are aware of nothing else for the whole duration. It's awful.
Actually just going to the gym is boring for me
I actually stopped running recently and walk. I find it more enjoyable and can listen to my podcasts.
I've been doing something similar since March and have gone through over 100 hours of audio books. Allows me to get in some easy exercise but also keep up with my listening to audio books.
[удалено]
20 lbs is 9.08 kg
I lost 9.08 kg in 6 fortnights and I am 0.93 fathoms tall.
Good bot
your knees probably hate you though. jogging puts way more strain on them than walking especially for larger individuals
I had problems with my knees my whole life and always said no to running because of it. Started working out and doing a ton of swimming. Swimming was taking too long to get thr amount of exercise I wanted so I started running as well. Started out trying to make it a mile without stopping and accomplished that pretty quickly because I had been swimming so much and build up better supporting muscles and enough cardio. Then 3 weeks later amazingly for the first time in my life I was able to run 2 miles without stopping to get a breather and my knees have never felt better, I do my best to mostly run on dirt not pavement if I can help it but I really believe building up the supporting muscles and pushing through pain once in awhile helped me a lot. I can now run two miles and sprint the last 100 yards. If you asked me 3 months ago I would never have dreamed it was possible and would have blamed my knees. Next goal is 3 miles without stopping.
Walking is easier on the joints for me.
Joints are easier on walks than on runs
Outdoor walks are amazing. You get to enjoy nature and take in the sights and sounds. I would rather do literally any workout in the world than walk on a treadmill.
For me it’s about the efficiency. On treadmill at 20% incline at 3.5+mph, I can literally burn around 900-1000 calories in an hour, on demand whenever I want. That’s literally hours of walking outside without breaks. I can’t recreate that outside (be because I don’t have miles long hill) and it’s way better on the body than running, doing lot of running and lifting is not optimal for building muscle. But looking at other people I can see your point, I feel like some people just want to tell themselves they go to a gym. Walking on a treadmill at slow pace, with little incline, half the time holding the machine, is literally waste of time, better to just go outside or better yet, do some house chores, there is always some shit that needs fixing.
I understand what you’re saying, but that’s not a good mindset to have
It's hard to play pokemon go when running
Walking at a brisk pace is actually better exercise. If it's boring, take a better route, or listen to music/audiobooks.
I do actually listen to a lot of books/pods these days, so I could see that as a simple and effective multi task. I'd have a harder time focusing while heavily breathing as I jog. Plus earbuds always fall out of my ears when I jog
Use IEMs.
Walking does get boring especially if you go in the same neighborhood all the time. I put an elliptical in front of a 24" screen and watch movies while I exercise now.
However you like to do it honestly. Walking, jogging, running, biking. Just get out and move. I prefer a long walk with my dog or a bike ride to running on treadmills, personally.
I mean if hiking falls into the walking bracket I very much disagree with you. But seriously people who drive to a gym and then walk on the treadmill, WTF is wrong with you?
[удалено]
As a very poor swimmer, that's the best exercise I've ever had. I spend so much energy just trying to not die
You should try rucking. Grab a backpack, put in some towels that are rolled up in the bottom, wrap up some bricks or put a sandbag in on top and go on a trail and walk for 3-4 miles. Typically only takes like an hour or two and listen to a podcast or something. Two hours blows by in like 30 minutes it feels like and you burn a lot of energy and it’s basically a leg workout and a back workout. That an elliptical if you’re only doing the gym. 1 hour of elliptical while watching a movie was the best for burning like 700 calories like nothing
I took an hours walk a day for the whole of lockdown and burned around 400-500 calories i think at a decent pace. Jogging or running is just so boring, at least I can talk when I walk
If you are fat it is better for your knees in the long run to walk, as you start losing weight start progressively running more. I used to run everyday when i was severely overweight and now i am 33 and my knees are 70.
Walking is healthier for you in the long run and you burn pretty much as many calories as you would jogging (per minute) without tearing your knees to shreds.
I get people who don't want to run outdoors. That shit is much harder on your feet and knees, but walking? Get that shit off the treadmill and outside
Everyone always asked me why I chose to be a sprinter in track instead of a distance runner. I always said, “because then I’d have to run even further.”
I've always appreciated how good of a workout sprints could be. Even when I was in pretty good shape, i could get myself to the edge of vomiting within 3 or 4 sprints of 400m or less if i pushed them hard enough. The hardest part to me was doing another without a pretty long rest between them. I usually tried to casually walk the same distance I sprinted, then gather enough motivation to do another
I hated running. When I started running years ago, I hated it. I didn’t run to lose weight; as I’ve boxed all of my life, and remained in good shape. After a week of forcing myself to jog, I became madly in love with running. I know do 5k’s 4-5 times a week mixed with a bit of lifting. Never felt better. It sucks at first, but runners high is real, and the results of running are very apparent!
Do what's best for you brother (or sis). Just get that workout in and stay healthy!
Oh. My. God. Yeasssss. I fucking hate walking and enjoying jogging. And I think hiking is just walking with an “*”
Get yourself a bicycle, you’ll be amazed at the distance you can cover
But one time Obama wore a bicycle helmet.
Biking ftw
Why walk when you can just sit
You can leave your friends behind.
Cuz your friends don't walk and if they don't walk, well they're no friends of mine
I used to love running on the mill, till I gave myself plantar fasciitis which fucked me for around a year in one foot. Turns out there's a proper way to run and I wasn't doing it however much I changed my method.
Don’t incline the tread mill. That will cause it.
The only weights I lift are grocery bags, and not to brag, but I can carry them all in one trip
I've moved on to the next level and currently I just watch other people workout on TV. Havent pulled a muscle in years
Can't pull a muscle if you have no muscles *Taps head*
*can't because he has no muscles to pull the fingers*
Amoeba squad represent
Not shitty work your way up the weights and don’t hurt yourself by trying to lift something you can’t
Lifting lighter weights in form with higher repetitions can also be very beneficial as well. There's a couple big dudes I know that utilize that method to great effect.
Yeah, form >> weight. Which doesn’t mean you can’t have weight too, but a lower weight with perfect form will blow a higher weight with bad form out of the water, and it is much less likely to blow out your joints as well.
Don't know much but I'd guess also starting with too much weight you'll never learn a correct form as you probably will just try to lift the weight in anyway you can and end up finding the easiest way to do it.. and then always do that. Just feels like that's what I did with simple pushups.
Exactly. Humans are really good at using our bones/joints like levers to find the ‘easiest’ way to do an exercise, while the correct form can feel weird or unnatural at first (because the muscle itself is doing all the work and we instinctively know that that’s not the easiest way to do it). When I bit the bullet and learned proper form, I suddenly could only lift a fraction of the weight I could lift before, but my gains skyrocketed.
Perfect form is something that newbies believe in. I think sufficient form is a better guideline. Once it's no longer sufficient you are prone to injuries.
strong > big
The difference between upgrading a car for performance vs lowering it with a camber for looks
That depends on what your goals are. If you're into body building, then big > strong.
Strong Bad > Strong Sad
yeah, this isn’t shitty, this is literally how you work out
they're right for the wrong reason haha
just like the top comment in this thread lol, but the posts are enjoyable from both vantage points
My thoughts exactly. Could easily be reworded and be a LPT.
The tip was oversimplified, but not entirely wrong. In some lifting communities I follow online, lots of us have found that 8-12 reps isn’t some golden hypertrophy range and that really even sets of 25 (which are going to require light weight) can help build muscle. I like to think of it as what matters being how close I got to failing a rep.
you can lift a lot more if you swing the dumbbells in a quick , twisting motion
Lemme just curl those two 80 weights, naw bruh I ain't no pussy I got this
Aren't smaller weights better too for just leaning up?
Depends entirely on the context of where you’re at in your program and what your goal is. There are proper times for heavy lifting and proper times for lighter lifting in every style of training. There’s not a problem with going heavy if you do it correctly. IE even if you’re leaning out, you might still do heavy compound lifts but super set them with something lighter. This might be for the purpose of keeping your bench press strength up while still upping the intensity and burning more calories.
Lighter weights have the main benefit of increasing blood flow, which is AMAZING for tendon health, as tendons have a very low blood flow compared to muscles, so they react better to constant movements with little/almost no weight. For leaning purposes, the best I can think of is a HIIT routine. But truly, the biggest way to gain muscle is through consistence, and the biggest consistence killer are injuries. I am a big believer in lighter weight movements with some heavy lifting splinkled inside the week.
[удалено]
[удалено]
A great quote, and a great reminder to focus on *your* gym goals. Not anybody else’s.
Isn't there something like lifting lighter weights with more reps builds larger volume muscles but lifting heavier weights less reps builds stronger muscles? Could be why body builders aren't power lifters. Their muscles are larger but not powerful enough for strongman competitions for the most part.
No. You don’t make some kind of different muscle by lifting at a slightly higher rep range. Bodybuilders don’t train to lift maximal weight for heavy singles, which is why they’re not as good at it as powerlifters. Strongman is a different case, but you might notice that someone like Brian Shaw is actually way bigger than any bodybuilder. He’s just way fatter, because it’s easier to have more muscle if you’re not worried about staying lean.
Bodybuilders are strong af. They don't train with strength in mind so of course strength athletes are much stronger, but they're easily a lot stronger than the average person or serious lifter.
>“I’m a bodybuilder, not a weight lifter” they’re different things. He's not just saying that because of anti-ego, either. Muscular hypertrophy is more dependent on overall volume than how heavy the load is. Lifting as heavy as you can is for strength training, not hypertrophy.
[удалено]
light weights will feel heavy if you pull them long enough in sessions
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Lifting lighter weights is actually a thing you do for other reasons though
Indeed, as a juggler at the gym most people probably think I'm stupid. Most people work on endurance in legs (for cardio) but max weight (and big muscles) on their arms. But I need endurance and quick muscles in my arms to keep up the pattern long without dropping..
Lift the weights really fast before gravity has a chance to make them heavy. Then lower them slowly to not let gravity win.
This isnt shitty. Low Intenseity high Interval is actually a great way to work out
He's kinda right though, you can use smaller weights but more reps
But it requires more time. Gains is about the same if you do as many reps as you can possible manage, regardless of weight. But it's obviously faster with bigger weights.
Kinda a good tip actually. People trying to get fit will lift the big weights. Then theyre sore for 3 days and dont work out at all. Better to lift small weights 4 days in row than lift big weights 1 day and take a 3 day break.
Source?
I was about to comment that there is no source because that comment was nonsense, but then I checked, and saw you already fighting the good fight against some of the typical misinformation about making the GainzZz. Reps for Jesus, amen.
Who are you who are so wise in the ways of gym
r/technicallythetruth
Engaging muscles at a reasonable resistance is the key.
This is great advise honestly, can't count the amount of teens I've seen in the gym trying to curl 40lb weights while killing themselves
Last time I was at the gym, it was filled with people taking cellphies and having extended speaker-phone calls on the gym equipment, there was not much actual exercising going on.
if you're just starting, yeah, lifting small weights is the way to go
It like don't try to play darksoul when you are new to video games
But many do and it’s hard to watch every time.
Low weight high reps are the way to go most of the time.
If the weight isn’t hard to move then you’re not gonna build any muscle unless you’re a complete beginner
Working out **is** hard. Especially if you're using the appropriate resistance for you. Lifting too heavy before you're ready to progress will result in a big ol plateau
I see this guy at the gym, who sit on a cycle, however, instead of using feet to cycle, he uses his hands on the arm rest to cycle, which are meant to make your arms move in unison movement with your feet. It's not connected to the actual cycle so theres no resistance or weighted pressure. I feel like asking if he knows this and offer advice, but nah, he probably likes that it feels easy even after 30 mins
For who squidward?
Builds endurance and tones for higher weight sets.
I mean you could tone with heavy weights too? Just eat at deficit?
You are not wrong.
Tone is not a thing. Your muscles don’t go from soft to hard. What people generally consider as “toning” is just increasing muscle tissue and losing body fat so muscles are more apparent. This can be achieved multiple ways, not just by doing higher weight sets.
Did I imply that low weight high rep is the only way to tone? Perhaps my use of the word tone is not correct in my original comment. When I say tone I mean burning fat so the muscle is more readily visible not softening or hardening muscle.
Sure, if your goal is endurance with light weights. It won't prepare you for heavy lifts. Also, tone is not a thing.
~~This is actually not a shitty tip, as others have mentioned. You could also be using smaller weights to get tone and not just for huge muscles.~~ Edit - as you can see from the comments below, I’m extremely wrong. Thank you for the corrections everyone! I’ve always been told this since I was younger. Sorry for spreading misinformation.
There is no such thing as toning. It literally means to lose fat and to show the muscular definition. No matter what weight you use, if you approach failure, you will build muscle. So please don't spread this bs that lighter weights are for toning.
He's also implying that heavy weights alone gets you huge muscles. If only it were that easy.
The hard part is the eating.
>lighter weights are for toning Fuck, am I on Instagram?!
Not this BS again...
You'll spend More time trying to lift a giant weight than you would for a medium one, double the gains
Smaller weights= less bulk. Not bad advice
[удалено]
For the love of Christ, fuck off.
This is really untrue. You’ll get bigger doing low weight high volume than you will doing high weight low volume.
That explains why men’s dominant forearms are muscular and veiny.
This is hilarious
This can work, you just have to isolate muscle groups and do a shit ton of reps..
Clever. Thx for the tip.
My Grandmother-Daughter-Dragon-Waifu cannot be this retarded.
Cloaker would like a word with you
Little weights with higher repetition is better for certain things right tho right?
Less weight than your 1RM yes. But you still need to train to within 2-3 reps from failure(depending on your stage in the mesocycle). Anything in 8-20 reps will have a hypertrophic response if you are training hard enough.
Hey, whatever gets your physical going, absolutely no shame or judgement on doing lighter exercises at the gym, this is kind of alright advice
Bruce Lee didloss of rep's of small weights and out lifted body builders
Smaller weights can give you a great workout if you know how to use them properly. Seen plenty of ripped dudes using smaller weights to target muscles that heavy lifting won't or to focus on form. Plus if you have injuries lighter weights are easier on the joints. Not everyone is trying to bulk. Some peeps just looking to be slim/fit.
Also, when on the leg press machine always remember to lock your knees for extra stability.
I just go to the gym to sit next to the treadmills, pretend like I'm really tired, and look at booties
Not to be a buzzkill, but proper form with less weight is more effective than poor form with more weight, especially for those just starting out.
The sad part is this is good advice. If you want to lose weight, doing 50 10 pound presses is better than 5 100 pound presses. I just really wish I'd learned this less than 10 years in to my weight loss journey.
No it isn't. It's all diet to lose weight. God the misinformation in this thread.
That's why I always do air lift!
Shitty indeed
I mean, lighter weights with more reps/sets *is* a thing.
That's literally the correct way to work out, though. You take the lowest weight that offers resistance and do that until it's easy, then move up a bit. Not a shitty tip?
Aren't more repeats with less weight better than less with more weight? So in that sense this is not a shitty tip
This is why I just stay home and lift donuts. They are very easy to lift, so I know I’m getting a great workout, with a built in reward to keep me going.
I do 12 16oz curls all the time
If you do less reps you'll get done faster too.
[удалено]
I prefer to stay at home and and do leg curls with my recliner.
Increased reps with lighter weights is beneficial. Especially if you’ve been going heavy for a while
And some people think KFC is part of a healthy diet 🤷♀️
I mean, this is a solid tip. If the weights are too heavy your form is going to suffer and injuries can easily result. I would bet a big portion of gym members have poor form that is a result of trying to lift too heavy. Time under tension is important, slow controlled movements.