Hi there, I'm Jon.
I'm 33 years old and I've been lifting weights for nearly two years now. I'm not particularly interested in huge muscles but I do want to build strength and endurance, not to mention cardiovascular fitness (it's a useful thing to have in general, particularly when my job includes lots of high volume public speaking.) I've got an upper limb disorder that I've been making headway with recently, which means I've only been lifting weights on my upper body in the last six months.
I've lost a lot of weight in the last three years: over 65kg (143lbs) leaving me at 74kgs now, and looking to take my training further. My current project is to understand how training programmes work. My first target is to be able to look at my personal trainer's programmes (the ones he sets for me) and understand what they mean. After that I want to start designing effective programmes for myself.
I'm just starting to think about moving to a three day split from a two day split. I've been using a personal trainer until now... but the dear man does want paying with real money, hence my wanting to start doing things for myself. In the long term (after getting down the basics of programme design) I want to build a high level of general fitness, particularly upper body and cardiovascuar, because life is just easier that way. Especially when your wife is obsessed with (a) living on the top of tall buildings, (b) buying large amounts of shopping in single, epic trips and (c) backpacking.
I've read the fantastic stickies and advice basics on this forum, but any further advice on understanding programme design, choosing how many sets and reps for exercises and general principals of training would be appreciated.
I'm 33 years old and I've been lifting weights for nearly two years now. I'm not particularly interested in huge muscles but I do want to build strength and endurance, not to mention cardiovascular fitness (it's a useful thing to have in general, particularly when my job includes lots of high volume public speaking.) I've got an upper limb disorder that I've been making headway with recently, which means I've only been lifting weights on my upper body in the last six months.
I've lost a lot of weight in the last three years: over 65kg (143lbs) leaving me at 74kgs now, and looking to take my training further. My current project is to understand how training programmes work. My first target is to be able to look at my personal trainer's programmes (the ones he sets for me) and understand what they mean. After that I want to start designing effective programmes for myself.
I'm just starting to think about moving to a three day split from a two day split. I've been using a personal trainer until now... but the dear man does want paying with real money, hence my wanting to start doing things for myself. In the long term (after getting down the basics of programme design) I want to build a high level of general fitness, particularly upper body and cardiovascuar, because life is just easier that way. Especially when your wife is obsessed with (a) living on the top of tall buildings, (b) buying large amounts of shopping in single, epic trips and (c) backpacking.
I've read the fantastic stickies and advice basics on this forum, but any further advice on understanding programme design, choosing how many sets and reps for exercises and general principals of training would be appreciated.