A few weight training questions? Help please

[Flawless*]

A few weight training questions? Help please

I have 3 simple questions and need answering

1) How sore should your muscles be after training the next day?
2) How many times should I work one muscle in a week?
3) Do I stop exercising the muscles until I am unable to use it in gym?

[Sam Donald]

Not sure, i know if ur a boxer and wanting to do weight training

[project xxx1]

1-depends on how long you have been training for,first time your muscles wil be very sore for around 3-4 days,if you hit the weights all the time then they shouldnt be sore,they should feel tense and hard so you know youve worked out but not sore

2-big muscles like chest,legs and back should be trained once every 5 days,so it gives the muscle groups time to recover and grow
bicep,tricep and shoulders you can do after 3 days if you really want to,depends on what your goals are

3-train each muscle for no longer than 40 -50 mins,after that your wasting your time,hit them hard while you can.if you train with a gym partner then it will take longer,either train 2 muscle groups every session for around 3 sets per exercise and do 5 exercises on each muscle or train every muscle 2-3 sets 3 times a week

[John Hue]

A few weight training questions? Help please

I have 3 simple questions and need answering

1) How sore should your muscles be after training the next day?
2) How many times should I work one muscle in a week?
3) Do I stop exercising the muscles until I am unable to use it in gym?

What is your objective? Are you looking to get bigger or just tune up?

[Flawless*]

Not sure, i know if ur a boxer and wanting to do weight training

I am not a boxer. I had to pick either boxing or gym. Unfortunatelty, boxing doesn't fit into my schedule.

1-depends on how long you have been training for,first time your muscles wil be very sore for around 3-4 days,if you hit the weights all the time then they shouldnt be sore,they should feel tense and hard so you know youve worked out but not sore

2-big muscles like chest,legs and back should be trained once every 5 days,so it gives the muscle groups time to recover and grow
bicep,tricep and shoulders you can do after 3 days if you really want to,depends on what your goals are

3-train each muscle for no longer than 40 -50 mins,after that your wasting your time,hit them hard while you can.if you train with a gym partner then it will take longer,either train 2 muscle groups every session for around 3 sets per exercise and do 5 exercises on each muscle or train every muscle 2-3 sets 3 times a week

Thanks for that, regarding number one. I just re started gym again. Had a 5 months break. And I went hard as hell for the first two weeks. And I am extremely sore everywhere. It takes me at least 1 week to reheal some muscles. I think I might have gone a bit too far in some work outs.

What is your objective? Are you looking to get bigger or just tune up?

Getting bigger

[venom1]

A few weight training questions? Help please

I have 3 simple questions and need answering

1) How sore should your muscles be after training the next day?
2) How many times should I work one muscle in a week?
3) Do I stop exercising the muscles until I am unable to use it in gym?

don't listen to no scouse wanker

1)Your muscles should be sore up to about 2-3 days after, but only because your getting back into it, once you get used to it again you won't be as sore unless you pump hard ways.

2) One muscle - once a week the reason being because it takes a week for a muscle to heal up, that is why you have to eat, also to heal up your muscles so you're not always sore you should always eat just as much on a rest day as on a gym day. You work your muscles anymore than once a week you're overtraining and gain nothing. Bench press twice a week is fine as you gain strength from it.

3) NO that is wrong, you do 5 exercises for the major muscles, and 3 for minor muscles....i will tell you my gym plan use this for gains, if you want to gain weight it is perfect, if you want to lose weight it can be adjusted minorly.

Monday - Chest/Triceps

Bench Press - 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Incline Press - 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Decline Press(losing weight)
Dumbbell Flyes/Pec Dec - 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set (you don't need to do 40 kg dumbbells with these, these are just for the line to seperate your pecs.

Skull Crushers/Kickbacks -3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Triceps Pushdown -3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Bench Dips(with weights for love handles) -3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set

Wednesday - Back/Biceps

Deadlifts 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Behind Back Lateral Pulldowns 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
One Arm DB Row/T Bar Rows 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Scott Machine Shrugs (these are for your lats, Goldberg has some huge ones)

Preacher Curl 3 sets, 8, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Dumbbell Curls 3 sets, 8, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Hammer Curls 2 sets 8,8
(forearm curls if you want those which i would reccomend)

Thursday/Saturday - Legs/CORE

Squats - 4 sets, 10, 8, 6, 6 reps go heavier per set
Leg Extension - 3 sets, 10, 10, 10 reps go heavier per set
Leg Curls - 3 sets, 10, 10, 10 reps go heavier per set
Calf Raises, 3 sets

Core ask me if you want a nice core to go with your frame

Friday - Shoulders

Dumbbell Side Lateral Raises - 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Military Press Scott Machine - 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Dumbbell Shoulder Press/Arnold Press - 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
EZ Curl Bar Upright Rows - 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set

[Coeco]

You should listen to nobody but your own body. If muscles aches and hurts afterwards, you did either too much at once or too long with no rest. If you are really required to push your body at 100%, you WILL get exhausted and an 2-3 day rest is recommended with maybe some light jogging to keep you from getting too comfortable in the sofa.

Overusing your muscles also means that you're tearing down tissue the WRONG way. Hurting is never good for a professional and it shouldn't be for you either. Don't overdo the amount or time and eat plenty of protein-rich meals afterwards and you'll be fine.

[BrooklynBomber]

A few weight training questions? Help please

I have 3 simple questions and need answering

1) How sore should your muscles be after training the next day?
2) How many times should I work one muscle in a week?
3) Do I stop exercising the muscles until I am unable to use it in gym?

1) it depends on how long you been training that muscle, once your muscle is in more or less good shape you will not get sore, If you just began training that muscle group you will get very sore.

2) It depends on your splits, if you do upperbody/lower body splits, you can exercise it 3-4 times a week, provided you got a good routine.
If you do body part exercise it's probably once every 5 days.

3)not sure what you meant about that, care to elaborate?

[SBleeder]

don't listen to no scouse wanker

1)Your muscles should be sore up to about 2-3 days after, but only because your getting back into it, once you get used to it again you won't be as sore unless you pump hard ways.

2) One muscle - once a week the reason being because it takes a week for a muscle to heal up, that is why you have to eat, also to heal up your muscles so you're not always sore you should always eat just as much on a rest day as on a gym day. You work your muscles anymore than once a week you're overtraining and gain nothing. Bench press twice a week is fine as you gain strength from it.

3) NO that is wrong, you do 5 exercises for the major muscles, and 3 for minor muscles....i will tell you my gym plan use this for gains, if you want to gain weight it is perfect, if you want to lose weight it can be adjusted minorly.

Monday - Chest/Triceps

Bench Press - 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Incline Press - 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Decline Press(losing weight)
Dumbbell Flyes/Pec Dec - 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set (you don't need to do 40 kg dumbbells with these, these are just for the line to seperate your pecs.

Skull Crushers/Kickbacks -3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Triceps Pushdown -3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Bench Dips(with weights for love handles) -3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set

Wednesday - Back/Biceps

Deadlifts 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Behind Back Lateral Pulldowns 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
One Arm DB Row/T Bar Rows 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Scott Machine Shrugs (these are for your lats, Goldberg has some huge ones)

Preacher Curl 3 sets, 8, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Dumbbell Curls 3 sets, 8, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Hammer Curls 2 sets 8,8
(forearm curls if you want those which i would reccomend)

Thursday/Saturday - Legs/CORE

Squats - 4 sets, 10, 8, 6, 6 reps go heavier per set
Leg Extension - 3 sets, 10, 10, 10 reps go heavier per set
Leg Curls - 3 sets, 10, 10, 10 reps go heavier per set
Calf Raises, 3 sets

Core ask me if you want a nice core to go with your frame

Friday - Shoulders

Dumbbell Side Lateral Raises - 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Military Press Scott Machine - 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
Dumbbell Shoulder Press/Arnold Press - 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set
EZ Curl Bar Upright Rows - 3 sets, 10, 8, 6 reps go heavier per set

When exactly is a person supposed to TRAIN with all that time spent lifting weights?