Need advice on things in general

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Please dont brutally murder me if I've posted this in the wrong place, the general layout of the forum makes it a bit difficult to know where to post general questions, anyway.

At this point, it should be made clear that i have no prior experience of doing exercises for the sake of just exercising. And that i hate sport, so taking up a sport is out of the question.

Im looking to firm up everything above the waist on my body. Weight loss isnt nessecary, as i have a BMI in the "perfect" range or whatever the proper terminolgy is. Also, anything below the waist isnt an issue either, as i do a lot of walking and that seems to take care of my legs.

I should point out at this point that i have no fitness equipment, or any plans to buy any, im not a bodybuilder and dont have the cash :).

Ive been trawling the forums, and so far have found a set of exercises for the abdominal area (namely lying leg raises, side crunches, and normal crunches), but i am yet to find any exercises for the chestal area that dont require forty-thousand pounds (or dollars, depending on your placement on the planet) of fitness equipment. Im willing to do exercises 7 days a week if you lot think it will help.

Please dont laugh openly in my face if ive made some massive error of judgement or something, or incited racial hatred, or personally insulted someone or a group of people, or something.

Right, if someone even approaches giving me a useful and helpful answer that matches all the above criteria, they will be rewarded with my earthly soul*

*may be a lie
 
Jamx2

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Not being harsh here or anything, but if i suscribe to this, will i get any extra spam or anything?

It's just slightly odd that you have to subscribe to it, could you not put the whole thing in an article?

please dont take any offense at this, btw

EDIT: sorry for asking a much-asked question. i did look for quite a while, but i couldnt find a topic that applied wholly to me.
 
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Jam, the only "unwanted" thing you'll see is at the top of the article will be an ad for something, probably "sendfree" which is because I used a free auto responder. The reason I didnt put it all in one article is because there is a LOT of information I put on there, and it took me several days to write it! (I havent even written PART 5 yet!)
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Wes
 
Ooooo, advertising.

Anyhoot! JamJam, a short response:

1. For chest, why not pushups? No need to worry about weight - if you ever find that they're getting too easy, just do more!

2. Weight training/lifting is a sport =D A fun one, I might add.

3. As far as "walking taking care of your legs", that would be muscle tone, not fat loss. You can't "spot reduce" (i.e., lose weight in particular areas because you exercise those areas). If you mean that you're building muscle there, you will only see significant muscle growth by working them to the point of "failure" (i.e., you have to break them down if you're going to build them back up).

4. Don't forget that you have muscles on your back that are very important. I recommend working these above others as having a strong back will make all your other exercise that much easier.

5. No need to walk on eggshells!
 
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that sounds great thanks, just checking you werent one of those people who go onto forums and spam some horrific website or something. No offence meant.

3. As far as "walking taking care of your legs", that would be muscle tone, not fat loss.
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Aha, ahead of you there. I dont need to lose any weight, my weight is perfect for my build. All i need to do is convert the weight i do have into muscle.

By "failure" do you mean until it hurts so much i cant go on?

EDIT: also, if im doing exercises in the morning, is it more beneficial to do them before or after breakfast, or does it have no effect?
 
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Not hurt, exhaustion. If you have serious pain, it's often good to stop :) You want to drain every last ounce of energy from a muscle. Your body will recognize that the muscle is being put under more stress than it can handle, and will rebuild the muscle while you rest. Ever really thought about why/how you build bigger muscles? It's pretty interesting.

Also, a clarification if you're unfamiliar, since you're new to this and this is a common misconception, but you don't convert weight into muscle, really. When I was a thrower in high school, we thought this was the case but isn't exactly spot on. What you'd be doing, if you're getting a high intake of calories, is using those calories for your workout. If your calorie source contains a lot of protein, that will be used to rebuild your muscle - but when you're bodybuilding, you have to be sure to get a LOT of calories from GOOD sources. (Though if you're powerlifting, you usually just end up a fatass :)).

So what you're doing is burning those calories for energy, thus giving you a better workout. Note, though, that bodyfat isn't used much in weightlifting as is more of a source of energy for endurance and low-intensity activities. Of course, having bigger muscles means more day-to-day calorie burn.
 
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