What muscles would a simple exercise routine of doing push-ups, sit-ups, and running work / strengthen? Also, what muscles would it lack?
Push ups are for your chest,
sit ups for abs
running doesn’t train your muscle, just your endurance…
No work for back, legs, those are biggest muscles in your body so definitely must add something to train them. Hit the gym. Nothing is better than working out in the gym with squats, deadlifts, bench presses etc. Here are best exercises:
http://www.36pounds.com/2009/04/25/the-14-best-exercises-for-skinny-guys/
Cheers
I want to start doing a full body workout with weights three days a week and jogging on alternating days of the week for three days. Is this going to give my legs enough recovery time? If not, what would be the best way to get both my cardio and strength training?
The answer to your question is it depends upon what you are doing in your full body routine and how much time you intend to spend running.
Clearly if you work your legs hard in the workout and again with running, then it will be an issue, but if you keep your jogging down to something reasonably gentle and short then it will be fine.
There are some more specific things but you’ve not indicated what your aims are so it’s impossible to advise further than that.
At the end of the day you are going to have to learn to listen to your body – it will tell you if you are overtraining.
Up to this point I have just been doing push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups in different hand positions, knee-ups, and dips. I have also been using the Perfect Push-Up.
I now want to get into weight lifting. Would it be okay to lift weights every other day or should there be a bigger gap? Can I do the same weightlifting workouts on days that I lift or must I do different workouts? Please explain.
Your muscles need time to rest, but you can work out every day as long as you do different muscle groups. To begin weight lifting you should come up with a schedule that you should follow and every day do the other muscle group. You can do weight lifting workouts every day, or if you choose to do them every other day, that is also fine. Here is a quick and easy website that will definately help you. Check out the Eating Healthy and Working Out section. The Working Out section will give you a COMPLETE work out schedule that really works. Heres the site
http://rtsbuild.webs.com
I have started to do bodybuilding but there is some fat around my abs.
Also in my chest. I want to lose a lot of fat over all.
What are some intense cardio workouts?
I have heard of cricket and football teams doing some training. Can u plz get me some youtube links?
check out:
HIIT Cardio
http://www.musclemedia.com/training/hiit.asp
Max-OT Cardio
http://www.ast-ss.com/articles/article.asp?AID=97
Guerrilla Cardio
http://www.cs.unm.edu/~wneumann/files/guerilla_cardio.pdf
Im about to start lifting and I don’t know wich program to do. My goals are just to be able to get Bigger, Faster and Stronger.
General conditioning refers to your overall health and generally geared toward promoting a life long fitness regimen. It combines cardio exercise, resistance training, stretching and nutrition with respects to living a healthy lifestyle. A bodybuilding program would consist of progressive weight training, cardio and nutrition.
Is a weight lifter lifting weights converting his work into kinetic energy?
If a hand is swinging a string with a ball attached to the end, is the string doing work on the ball?
Is the work done by a mountain climber’s weight force (weight x distance he climbed along the slope)?
Is a bullet going in the negative x coordinate direction -1/2mv^2 and a bullet going in the positive x coordinate direction +1/2mv^2 ?
Not sure about the first one because it could be considered kinetic energy because the weights are moving, but potential energy makes more since
yes the string has tension(force) upon on it which keeps the ball from flying away
yes, its force times distance, there would be both in the x and y direction
i don’t understand the last question but if its the same bullet they have no kinetic energy
To tomorrow im going to try a new type of training at the gym to get toned in a shorter amount of time, which is circuit training. My question is, When doing each exercise, how many reps should I push out in the amount of time I do them? For example, there I 14 different workouts I plan to do in my circuit. I plan on doing about a minute for each one, some 2 or three minutes (like jogging).
thanks 
there’s no recipe to this, just do as much as you can!! and that’s it!
Are there any ab workouts, or should I just run? Also if I eat like 1 meal per day (500 calories) is that worse for my belly than eating 5 small meals?
Eat 5 small meals equaling 200 calories or less. And any workout burns fat.
I eat good but I am looking to increase my muscular gains. I need a high protein diet. about 7 to 8 meals a day..
Those sites the one above me, are great sites. If you can get ahold of the March 2008 edition of Muscle and Fitness Magazine, there is a program called "Gain Ten Pounds Of Muscle" its a four week training and diet plan to pack on more size. The April 2008 edition has a program called" Simply Huge Training Plan. " I actually gained ten pounds of mass doing the first 4 week program, On the "Simply huge Training Plan" Its a six week program, and I just finished week 5 yesterday. I’m feeling great about these programs, and when I’m finished, I will start the 4 week program again.
Hey fitness people! Does anyone have some examples of abdominal exercises appropriate for people who are obese? Many of the ab exercises I see are a challenge because of the paunch I already have.
I often lay on the floor and lift my feet, but the sit ups are hard as my fat gut gets in the way.
I’d love your ideas!
First you should worry about losing the weight, and then the ab routine. Here are both.
I have lost a total of 120 pounds so far.
I lost 105 pounds in my first 6 months. Here is how I did it.
1. Every morning get up and walk for 45 minutes. You can start with less time, but you want to get up to 45 minutes, and it must be fast walk. You want your heart rate to go up. It must be in the morning, it kick starts your metabolism.
2. I cut out Red Meat, and fatty foods. Boneless skinnless chicken breast, baked, or grilled, rice and vegetables (steamed).
3. Eat half. Just eat half of what you normally eat. Put 1/2 on your plate, and put the rest away. Cook less. When you go to fast food, get salads only. Or grilled chicken. No fries, only diet soda. Or water.
It will work, once you get into a routine, you will get hooked on the results, and you will keep the routine. It has been over a year for me.
Also start counting your calories. Write them down. You would be amazed as to how much more aware you are of your caloric intake, if you actually write it down. We recently discovered a site that offers a great program that counts calories, as well as keeps track of everything. It allows multiple users, so everyone in the family can keep track. They offer a free 7 day trial, and so far I am very impressed with the product. Try the 7 days and see. It allows you to add the exercise that you do during the day, which increases the amount of calories you can take in. Very Cool!!
http://www.calorieking.com
A sight with some really cool diet calculators and interesting calorie counting calculators is here. Check it out.
http://www.caloriesperhour.com/
Check out my before and after pic at my yahoo 360 page
http://360.yahoo.com/my_profile-sDavxh02dLTh0eY_tDNPXRGnYw–?cq=1
Stay motivated, and get up and walk every day. I seriously lost all my weight starting off my day on my walk.
Good LUCK!
My AB Workout consists of 3 basic exercises. These exercises work on the 3 abdominal groups, worked out in the correct order to get maximum results.
1. Leg raises (Rectus Abdominis)
2. Side Crunches ( External/Internal Obliques)
3. Straight Crunches (Transverse Abdominis)
Here is how it works. You want to get up to where you are doing 3 sets of 25 reps for each exercise. But start with one set of 15, then 20, then 25. Then start with 2 sets of each, then finally 3 sets. Only allowing a 30 to 45 second break between sets.
1. Lie flat on a mat, with your hands placed at your lower back, close to your butt. Now with your legs bent slightly, and toes pointed away from your body, with legs together, lift your legs up 6 inches off the ground. Each rep consists of lifting your legs from 6 inches to 12 inches. You cannot put your legs on the ground till the set is done. Go between 6 inches, to 12 inches, and back. Each time you reach the 6 inch mark, count one rep. Each movement should be one second. One second up, one second down.
2. Lie with your back flat on the mat, your legs should be bent so that your feet are flat on the mat, about shoulder width apart. Your hands should not be behind your head, but place them under your opposite armpits, or chest. Now you curl up, not lifting your lower back off the mat, (these are crunches, not situps) Your rep consists of curling your right elbow towards your left knee, and then the other side. You do not touch your knee. One second up, one second, down. One second other side, one second down. A rep consists of both sides being done. So your rep is done when you have moved up, and down, on each side. (This one you will notice right away)
3. Lie the same way as in number 2 above, with the hands in the same position. Now this one you just curl straight up, hold for a second, then back down. Do not jerk yourself up, Curl yourself up. Each rep consists of one up, and one down. Each time you are on the mat with your back, counts as one rep.
NOTE: You can do abs every day. But I find if I rest one day a week, I reward myself for sticking with it.
GOOD LUCK, and enjoy your SIX PACK.