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    A few noob questions

    HI all
    Here are a few questions I've got. Please chip in and help.
    1. Do I have to study anatomy now( at my ole age too!)? Cant I get by without studying detailed anatomy?
    2.I do about 9 exercises now per workout and it takes me an hour to do it.How do advanced people fit in a huge number of exercises inside an hour?
    3.How many exercises per body part is recommended?Do the advanced folks do a large number of exercises per body part?
    4.I am currently doing rotator cuff exercises once a week(on saturdays). Is that enough? Or should I start doing it every time I work out?
    Please advise.
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    1) I am not sure what you mean by this, but no you do not need to study anatomy to lift weights, unless you are doing an exercise science of some sort in school, just know proper form on them.

    2) unless you're doing fullbody circuit training, and not repeating the circuit, 9 exercises in ah hour is a too high. short and sweet is the key.

    3) I don't think there is a 'set in stone' rule of how many exercises per bodypart you should do, but generally having more pulling exercises than pushing exercises will not hurt in the long run. take a look at the stickies for more insight on this question, CowPimp has something in there that will give you what you want for this.

    4) I don't know.

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    1. You don't have to study the human anatomy, but it's smart to know things about the body your trying to strengthen.

    2. They don't. Infact, many "advanced" people such as P-Funk take less time in the gym than most beginners. There are ways to speed up your workouts though utilizing Supersets, Dropsets, etc.

    3. I'm doing "pull" today, which means I'll probably do 1-2 variations of rows along with 1-2 variations of pull-ups, with some trap/bicep/miscellanious work mixed in.

    4. Don't do it everytime you work out, but doing it more frequently than once per week could benefit you.
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    Scarface30 and soxmuscle are on spot. What I would like to add is ...
    Read this one - a truly brilliant article that every beginner should read: Rules of Productive Weight Training for The Drug-Free Trainee
    I usually do my lifting in less than an hour. It's mostly around 40 - 45 minutes and sometimes even less than 30 minutes. That's because I go mostly for compound lifts - I hate isolation stuff. I always do full-body workouts with 4 - 5 compound lifts and perhaps an isolation exercise if absolutely necessary.
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    Thank you for replying everyone .
    Scarface30,sir, I read the sticky and it seems nobody is expected to do more than 2-4 exercises per body part.Ty for directing me there.
    Soxmuscle,well sir,would it be ok for me to do it on tuesday too which is another rest day for me?Would that be enough?
    XFatman,ty sir for sending me that wonderful link.And you finish the workout in 30 minutes?Wow sir, that is quite fast!I must be doing something wrong, and I have to find out.
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    Hi
    XFatMan, well I read through that article sir,and it says not to do workouts more than 3 days a week -that applies to everyone and not just beginners right?(I wonder when the part 2 is gonna come out?) Anyhow,the author recommends books by Stuart McRobert and McRobert seems to be saying 6-8 exercises per workout is enough so that's fine I guess.<<<That too applies to advanced people too?
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