I'm sure you've heard some variation of this before but. . .
I had been working out for a while but not real seriously. I more recently started taking lifting weights and working out more seriously and I'm loving it. I've read a lot about the whole less reps with more weight/more reps with less weight and all this fast/slow twitch fibers and toning and yadda yadda yadda I'm sure anyone on here knows what I'm talking about so I won't go into detail.
Anyways, my question is I usually do three sets of exercises. I had read that it's a good idea to do the more reps with less to get a good balance of endurance/toning. Today I did 2 sets of the less reps-more weight (6-8 reps) and then 1 set of the more reps-less weight (10-12 reps). It felt good and I feel fine just wondering what you think of that. Someone had said do the less weight first as a warm up but I warm up and stretch before anyways, and like a guy at work pointed out after you lift heavy anything light feels real light so you can do more. On another forum someone said that it's not a good idea to do that everyday--but that forum seemed like it was more for just straight up body building.
I suppose it would help to know my goals: I'm already in good shape. I lift weights to work on my upper body Mondays and Thursdays and do lower body weight exercises and cardio on Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays being rest days although I'd like to go swimming at the pool some of those but it's really expensive. I'm pretty well built but I'd like to bulk up a little bit but tone so my muscles are more defined and obvious. I'm pretty small by default so it's not like I'm gonna get huge.
This is my first post and this forum seemed pretty good--some other ones seemed too dedicated to becoming the Hulk, but this seems good. Thanks and hope to post often. Thanks in advance for any info.
- Andre
I had been working out for a while but not real seriously. I more recently started taking lifting weights and working out more seriously and I'm loving it. I've read a lot about the whole less reps with more weight/more reps with less weight and all this fast/slow twitch fibers and toning and yadda yadda yadda I'm sure anyone on here knows what I'm talking about so I won't go into detail.
Anyways, my question is I usually do three sets of exercises. I had read that it's a good idea to do the more reps with less to get a good balance of endurance/toning. Today I did 2 sets of the less reps-more weight (6-8 reps) and then 1 set of the more reps-less weight (10-12 reps). It felt good and I feel fine just wondering what you think of that. Someone had said do the less weight first as a warm up but I warm up and stretch before anyways, and like a guy at work pointed out after you lift heavy anything light feels real light so you can do more. On another forum someone said that it's not a good idea to do that everyday--but that forum seemed like it was more for just straight up body building.
I suppose it would help to know my goals: I'm already in good shape. I lift weights to work on my upper body Mondays and Thursdays and do lower body weight exercises and cardio on Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays being rest days although I'd like to go swimming at the pool some of those but it's really expensive. I'm pretty well built but I'd like to bulk up a little bit but tone so my muscles are more defined and obvious. I'm pretty small by default so it's not like I'm gonna get huge.
This is my first post and this forum seemed pretty good--some other ones seemed too dedicated to becoming the Hulk, but this seems good. Thanks and hope to post often. Thanks in advance for any info.
- Andre
