Thread: Need advice

I think as time goes by your going to notice weight training is even more important to" general health/fat & weight loss "as cardio-training is. Wether you want to be a BB or not is irrelevant. You can never have to much muscle. Whatever regimen you go on dont underestimate how important strength training is, and dont ever start anything with "I dont like it" or other such negative thoughts.

Strength training can change your life. You see your goal now go and get it............................Rich

First off I'm not interested in becoming a bodybuilder

Fair enough. But remember we are all bodybuilders in some way. As soon as you make a desicion to alter your body you are building it.

What I really want to do is burn some fat off and lose about 13 pounds.

OK so there's your goal!

You should also know that I really don't like lifting weights.

Just as I don't particularly like doing cardio, but there you go.

I find the feeling ugly.

After doing some reading on the net about it I'm kind of leaning toward a three day a week routine, where each day (M-W-F) you excersise your entire body, upper and lower.

Perfect

The reason I kind of like that idea is I won't have to lift weights 2 days in a row or be in the weight room 4 days a week.

As much as I like lifting I agree with you on this one. Time away from the gym just makes me more hungry.

I also read that for beginners you should just do one excersise per muscle. That would mean one bicep excersise, one tricep excersise, one chest excersise, etc. But I don't know if that is correct and maybe I should try to do 2 excersises per muscle. And for reps is about 10 reps and about 3 sets right? What do ya think?

If your'e going to do a full body workout 3 times a week then I would do
about 4 sets (2 different exercises) for large muscles/body parts (chest/back/thighs) and 1-2 sets for smaller body parts (Bi's/tri's/delts)
and yes about 10 reps is fine.

Cowpimp has posted a full body routine on here somewhere that is very good.

I've tried full-body routines three times a week in the past, and a couple years ago it seemed to work great for me. However, I stopped weight training and when I started again a couple months ago, I found it to be much less effective. So go ahead and give it a try, but if you don't feel satisfied with your results, the important thing to remember is that you can always change your routine to fit you. Oh, and I also think swimming is an excellent idea for weight loss, as is bike riding. You could also try walking at a fast pace as walking has more benefits than any other existing exercise IMHO.

Deadlifts 2 x 8-12
Olympic Squats 2 x 8-12

Bent Rows 2 x 8-12
Chinups 2 x 8-12

Bench Press 2 x 8-12
Military Press 2 x 8-12

Decline Situps 2 x 12-15
Hyperextensions 2 x 12-15

Standing Calf Raises 2 x 12-15

Try that one out.

You did not say how many excersises to do for small body parts so I will assume two excersises for large body parts and just one excersise for the small ones.

What small body parts?