The Gym

[alycat]

I thought I would start a thread about advise that trainers or gym buffs give you... that is funny, wrong or just plain stupid....

OK... I went for my BF% and I was pretty bummed out about losing track of my goals while I was moving houses, so 'the trainer' asked me what I'm doing.... she said ...that working out one body part a day is way too little... you muscles aren't being stimulated again for another 6 to 7 days... she said this is a maintenance program... not a cutting program... she recommend that I do a split... she also said that I should be doing 30 min of cardio after each weight session...

 

[The Shadow]

shes an idiot..


tris get worked when you do:

arms
chest and delts




bis:

back
bis



etc....

DAMN

..thats why we train to failure as well.....



for me.....my legs stay sore for 3-4 days..NO WAY I could trian them 2x per week

 

[Sassy69]

Generally you are going to get the "canned" diet & training from your typical trainer. Especially if they bother to ask what your goals are, or they assume that you want to "get toned".

I've also trained w/ different people that did everythign from have me do 4 sets of 200 leg presses w/ no weight on the sled, to as much weight as will make me throw up at the end of leg day.

The two diets I've been on w/ trainers other than competition goals have worked fine & I learned alot from it. I've learned even more from my competition training, what works & what doesn't. When I start getting questioned by trainers who I feel are soliciting for business, then I will discuss it for a little and then tell them I'm a cheap ass and won't be paying for training, or tell them that I've probably been lifting longer than they've been on the planet and won't be paying them for training.

 

[jenscats5]

shes an idiot..


tris get worked when you do:

arms
chest and delts




bis:

back
bis



etc....

DAMN

..thats why we train to failure as well.....



for me.....my legs stay sore for 3-4 days..NO WAY I could trian them 2x per week

Exactly!! It's Thursday & my glutes are still hurting from squats on Tuesday!! Even tho I started out light (20lbs added to the bar) I went deep & really felt it.....

I went to a trainer for a series of sessions, hoping to learn something new, new form, etc..... caught him looking across the room when I'm lifting, saying in a monotone voice "C'mon Jen, you can do it"

 

[alycat]

how sincere...lol
Losers ... there all over that place ...like an infestation of aunts.....

 

[*Bunny*]

for me.....my legs stay sore for 3-4 days..NO WAY I could trian them 2x per week

if you did them right and worked hard enough, this should be the case right?

 

[necia]

Well I had a trainer that told me I should knock cardio out of the way first, and then work with the weight machines. She said this would work in my favor being I wanted to lose a fair amount of fat, and by getting the cardio out of the way that's one less thing I have to worry about. I used to do 30 minutes tread, 30 minutes elliptical trainer, and then do the circuit weights. For some reason I never made it through 1 complete circuit. And, I even managed to almost kill myself when doing the extension (forgive me I forgot the name) exercise. Now, I know better and if I do cardio on the same day, I know it's after weight training.
Necia

 

[The Shadow]

Well I had a trainer that told me I should knock cardio out of the way first, and then work with the weight machines. She said this would work in my favor being I wanted to lose a fair amount of fat, and by getting the cardio out of the way that's one less thing I have to worry about. I used to do 30 minutes tread, 30 minutes elliptical trainer, and then do the circuit weights. For some reason I never made it through 1 complete circuit. And, I even managed to almost kill myself when doing the extension (forgive me I forgot the name) exercise. Now, I know better and if I do cardio on the same day, I know it's after weight training.
Necia

negative.....the weights will clear some glycogen form the body first..

Smart Girl.