I don't understand weight lifting. I know how to lift but don't understand why my body isn't responding. I have been doing the firm aerobic workout with weights for 2.5 years but just started lifting at the gym. Here are my figures:
Squats on a slider: 95-105 lbs, 14-16 reps
Leg press: 80 pounds on each leg 14-15 reps
leg extention: 23 pounds each leg 8-10 reps
hamstring maching: 30 pounds 16 reps
I go until I can't anymore and go every twice a week but am not seeing results, nor am I sore the next day, even though I go until I can't squat another rep. I know women who squat more than I do. Plus, on the days I don't use weights, I feel incomplete. I feel I need to squat everyday to feel a good contraction but I want to gain muscle, not just tone it. Same with upper body. How do I compare with my weights and most women at age 20-21? I feel like a pathetic wimp. I am 10% body fat and would like to gain more muscle to look bigger.
Do I need to go for the "burning sensation" inside the muscle, go until I can't do another rep (where I don't get the burn?), or, do I just need to do the recommended 3 sets of 16 to get bigger and stronger muscles. Although I have a lot of muscle, I'm very weak. My upper body really is unproportional to my lower body because I was working my lower body really hard during the firm videos so I want to start lifting weights. Another problem is, my biceps, triceps, and forearm don't allow me to get the burn in my back and by the time I go to work my biceps and triceps, they are exausted from other exercises but still won't get any bigger.
If I don't do my firm videos I feel incomplete but I always have to add extra reps to the exercises they do and pause the video to get the burn. I am just so confused on what I should do. I need a good program for lifting.
Sorry for the long story but I just need help!!! Please read the whole thing and HELP ME!!!
Squats on a slider: 95-105 lbs, 14-16 reps
Leg press: 80 pounds on each leg 14-15 reps
leg extention: 23 pounds each leg 8-10 reps
hamstring maching: 30 pounds 16 reps
I go until I can't anymore and go every twice a week but am not seeing results, nor am I sore the next day, even though I go until I can't squat another rep. I know women who squat more than I do. Plus, on the days I don't use weights, I feel incomplete. I feel I need to squat everyday to feel a good contraction but I want to gain muscle, not just tone it. Same with upper body. How do I compare with my weights and most women at age 20-21? I feel like a pathetic wimp. I am 10% body fat and would like to gain more muscle to look bigger.
Do I need to go for the "burning sensation" inside the muscle, go until I can't do another rep (where I don't get the burn?), or, do I just need to do the recommended 3 sets of 16 to get bigger and stronger muscles. Although I have a lot of muscle, I'm very weak. My upper body really is unproportional to my lower body because I was working my lower body really hard during the firm videos so I want to start lifting weights. Another problem is, my biceps, triceps, and forearm don't allow me to get the burn in my back and by the time I go to work my biceps and triceps, they are exausted from other exercises but still won't get any bigger.
If I don't do my firm videos I feel incomplete but I always have to add extra reps to the exercises they do and pause the video to get the burn. I am just so confused on what I should do. I need a good program for lifting.
Sorry for the long story but I just need help!!! Please read the whole thing and HELP ME!!!
