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Several questions about the best way to train with sets. 1) Should I start the first set as a warm up set, not pushing till failure, or is the first set is like every other set? 2) If I understand that in the next set I won't be able to make the same amount of reps with the same weight as in...

Hello. I would like to get some help with my exercise program which I use for the last 2 months(training only 2 months at all). Yet since I made it myself I am not sure how good is it. I am familiar with the fact that I should switch my routine from time to time to prevent adaption, so the list...

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I am a newbie(6 weeks training), and from what I could find on this site, I understand that I should keep a diet for a maximum muscle growth. Now I am eating as I ate before I strated going to the gym, that is - 3 average meals a day. In this period of training I kept my original weight, yet...

I have heard many times that the bodybuilding process is made of 2 phases. Bulking, and Cutting. I understand what bulking is, it is building the muscles mass. Thats what I'v been doing for the last 2 months. I was doing exercises of 3 sets of 6-10 reps. Now I want to know when I should begin...

I'v been training for 2 months now, and I'v gained quite a bit of muscle mass, yet my weight didn't increase. Not only that, I even eat now more than before, having no need to restrain my stomach as before. This is really awesome, I didn't know training has such an effect. I would just like to...

I'v read somewhere that there is only 1 abs muscle, and therefore all the exercises for the abs(sit-ups, crouches, leg exercises) have the same effect on the abs muscle. Having that in mind, a question arises, what is the necessity to have more than 1 abs exercise?

How should I pick the exercises for a particular muscle group? For example, if I have to train biceps, should I choose "Barbell Curl", and "Dumbell Curl", or maybe because these exercises are very similar, doing 3 sets of both, would be exactly like doing 6 sets for each and therefore the...

I usually go to the gym 4 times a week, one hour each time. Sunday: chest/triceps Monday: back/biceps Tuesday: chest/triceps Wednesday: back/biceps. However sometimes happens that I miss one of the trainings. Is it ok to do double training the next day? For example, if I miss the Tuesday...

I go to gym 4 times each week. Is it recommended, or beneficial that except the usual training, I would train my abs every day, or will it be overtraining, and won't accomplish any additional results?

I'v trained for about 6 weeks now, and the result is that my biceps and triceps are stronger and larger in the right arm, even tho I trained equally both hands. Therefore I'd like to train my left hand more. In my gym there aren't enough dumbells, so sometimes I must use barbells. However I am...

Well, it clicks, and therefore causes discomfort. I wouldn't call it pain tho. I'm just a bit afraid that the muscle around the elbow which switches positions in the middle of the tricep training, will somehow damage. But, oh well, maybe it will stop.

Bah, doesn't anyone have to say something about it? Its kind of difficult, or even impossible for me to do triceps training, and thats very disappointing. Isn't there some elastic people wear or anything?

Well, thank you guys for the answers, but I'm still a bit lost. Most of you say that I should decide what is good for me, and what is good for a particular exercise. I am however not a professional bodybuilder, so I don't want to log everything, and then analyze it at home. I just haven't time...

I am training my abs muscles, however I'v been told that I won't see the results visually, since I have some fat over the muscles. Yet my weight is only average, and I really don't understand how skinny one must be, for his/her abs muscles to be seen. Should I drop some more weight, or if I...

Well, quite a newbie question. From what I know, most people in the gym do about 10 reps each set. However in some articles here, especially in the thread "10 things to do to gain mass", I'v seen that there should be about 4-6 reps. Is that true? How many reps should I do to look good?

When I train my triceps, while bending my arms, I have some kind of a click in both elbows. When it happens, I also feel the muscle there, changing its place a bit. I asked several people, nobody has this problem, perhaps I have some physiological problem. In any case, this click disturbs my...

Thanks for the answers. You mentioned that I should make some special movements with my arms so that the chest will train more than the arms("pinuch you shoulder blades together"). Thats exactly what I am looking for. A way in which I could use the same machines for the chest, but make them...

Hi. I have several questions here. 1) When I train with the equipment that is supposed to work on the chest, I almost never feel the chest, never the lower/middle chest, and very rarely the higher chest. Instead I feel my hands and the abdomen tiring, and eventually I stop because of them and...

Hi, I am now beginning to train, but I am not very familiar with all the equipment, and the muscle groups, as well as what should I train and how. What are the best sites to find such information - I would want user-friendly ones with pictures, and fitness programs. Thanks.