How long should i lift weights for?
Question by cody225: How long should i lift weights for?
I mean, like at the gym lifting the weights how long should it take me to lift my weights? people talk about lifting weights for 45 minutes and such but i don’t, i do 4 sets of 4-6 or until failure heavy weights on the body group im on that day and it takes around 5 minutes. Should it take 45 minutes? If so what is going to take so long?
I use basic compound exercises, and i do one body group a day, as in weight lifting, one day is back, another chest+ shoulders, legs, and last arms. once i do the basic compound exercise on the heavy weights, i can barely lift using the same muscle again until at least the next day. I focus on one group per day. I don’t see how i can fill up the rest of the 40 minutes that im missing
I do the compound exercises, and most body parts have only one exercise for them as far as i know
Once I do the compound exercise on the specific body part that specific muscle is burnt out
Best answer:
Answer by L
It depends on what type of results you are looking for.
If you want to gain muscle- use a higher weight and preform less reps (aim for 8-10)
If you want to trim fat and tone your muscle- use a lower weight but perform more reps (aim for 12-15)
The most important thing no matter what weight you choose or how many reps you do is THE LAST THREE REPS, HAVE TO BE HARD. Aim for 3-4 sets of each exercise you do and aim for about 5 exercise for the same set of muscles. All in all a work out could take 20 minutes, it could take an hour. Time spent is not what matters, just that you do enough of the right kind of exercise for the right amount of repetitions with the right amount of weight.
If you are finishing in 5 minutes you aren’t doing enough. Seems like your main issue is that you are only doing one exercise per muscle group when you should be doing around 5. Let’s say you do ten reps in each of the three sets you do of the five different exercises you do- that should take you a least a half hour. You may be going too easy on yourself otherwise.
**There are endless amount of different exercises you can use for each body part. Check out P90X for the best results or browse around www.exercisetv.tv
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