good looking out for dieting routines
and i guess ill go heavy 5 sets , i was confused read alot about doing reps around 8-12 will give more mass and
doing less than that gives strength instead of mass
I guess it meant 8-12 rep on iso workouts but for compounds ill stick with heavy give it a try and see what feels best
thanks alot

This post was edited by Riches on Aug 4 2010 10:46am

why do they call it cardio training? is it your heart muscle that is burning the most calories?

cardio does in fast work the heart muscle quite a bit...however the actual contraction of the muscle with every beat is most certainly not the reason for caloric burn. When performing cardio, all of the body's functions are being used and heavily stressed, INCLUDING: heartbeat, respiration, blood flow, various muscle contractions (legs/torso/etc), metabolism (krebs cycle or ketosis), etc.

In essence, aerobic activity works almost every part of your body when performed properly. On a chemical level, your body detects the need for fuel in order to satisfy its energy requitements during such strenuous prolonged activity. This is where the body starts to release energy from oxygen and carbon dioxide....produced through glycogen....and eventually fat. If you are already in ketosis, then the glycogen stage is completely bypassed and fat burn is direct.

I'm getting off topic here....was your original question even legitimate? if so, I think I answered it...but it's late and I'm very tired lol

How much volume is too much volume? For lean bulking

Could u give me a few tips/workouts for my upper chest? Ive been doing incline bench but im still not seeing any real results...

cause bird chest

Hey, I'm James. I'm 19 years old approx 6'4 and 208 pounds (weighed a few days ago.) I'm not looking to become a pro body builder or even close to that. I like working out as a hobby and passion and I want to get better at it. I recently cut from 232 to my 208 I am now. I was wondering if I should cut more before I bulk or just start working my muscles now.

Secondly, I'm horrible at making my own workout schedules. I usually just free style normally... It works decent but I don't progress like others do.

I was wondering if this would be a good schedule to start off.

Mon: Bi's, Tri's
Tues: Cardio/ABS
Wed: Shoulders/Chest
Thurs: Cardio/ABS
Fri: Back/Legs
Sat: Off/Rest
Sun: Off/Rest

I like having the weekends off, I think that's why my schedule seems to suffer sometimes. I tend to be off weekends and I like to hangout with friends and get my sleep in from working all week.
I do 10-12 reps usually on each machine, when I bench I use the Smith machine because of elbow and my sprained wrist (It's about healed up but my elbow is perminate damage from a break that didn't heal correctly.) I was wondering if you could create a good schedule around what I'm all ready used to doing? If you could list the machines since I don't know all the names of the workouts that would be cool too (I'll google them)

I'm really really trying to lose my stomache to make it to where I can see results from working my abs. I keep debating on cutting more but I'm not sure so I guess I'll ask you.

If you could post on my thread or PM me that would be good, I don't log on here but every so often.

Hey Raynor, I'm Chris from Hungary, and I would like to ask if I'm doing the right thing.

I used to be over 200 lbs, and I decided to lose some weight, I weigh about 160-165 lbs at the moment, I'm ~5'10.5. I'm jogging 1 hour every day, trying to keep my pulse between 120-160. I'm eating 2-3 hours often, usually 5-7 times a day. I'm eating about 2300-2500 calories a day, my treadmill says I'm burning about 800 kcals by jogging every day. I try to eat as much protein as I can, and not too much carbohydrates. I'm tryig to lose some more weight, am I doing the right thing? Do you have any advices? I have a pretty muscular body (well, not as muscular as yours, but you get what I'm saying :)), but because of this little fat, it's not really showing, what can I do to get rid of this few lbs?

Thanks in advance!

ps: I'm 18.

This post was edited by My_Acc_Is_Bazur on Aug 5 2010 08:09am

there really isn't a good guide besides your own body.

watch to see when you start feeling total muscle fatigue. Then rest the muscles you used until they are recovered (usually 2-3 days).

some people might be able to do outrageous amounts of volume...whereas others can barely do any...

trust in your own body on this one

Hey Raynor,

Hoping you could help me out. Having a difficult time trying to come up with a way to maintain strength/lbm while trying to train for a half-iron triathlon.

Most accurate body measurements to date are: 6'4 258.8lbs (Couple weeks into cutting and kind of stagnant atm because feeling uninspired to cut).

Have no problem training daily, taking w/e supps you recommend, following a diet to the T. Diet cannot include canned tuna (just hate how it tastes).

If you could point me in the right direction split/training focus wise along with diet I'd be much obliged.

Thanks,

Boxa.