Weight Training

• Wasbewwi wrote on 2012-05-10 08:43
  So I'm going to the weight training room, with like 30 or so people. It's like a 2 hour field trip kind of thing to see if we like it. I've never been to a weight training room. What things shall I be expecting? Treadmills, dumbbells, bicycle pedal thing, benches, etc.? Also, what should I do in the weight training room for 2 hours?
  
  The other option was to go swimming for 2 hours, or do weight for 1 then swim for the other hour, but then I figured that my back was disgusting and people don't want to see it, so I would go weight training the entire time. Yeah. Also, will I actually get lots of muscles from just doing this for 2 hours? I think I need to do it more often to get muscles, but yeah. Abs as well.
• Chillax wrote on 2012-05-10 09:42
  The first thing is, what would your goals be if you were to do weight training? Are you doing this to try to lose weight or gain muscle, or both? How committed would you be to working out at least 3 times a week?
  
  Going with a whopping 30 people and approaching it like it's a field trip isn't exactly the best way to see how you feel about working out. It's like being in a video game party and only having one console and 2 controllers for 10+ people. Each machine will get crowded like crazy if all you want to do the same workout. It's best to do it by yourself or with a more experienced friend.
  
  The machines may be fancy shmancy, but all you're doing is repetitions of several motions, similar to running laps. It's not something for the easily bored. If you were to start working out, you should working out your supporting muscles before doing the more hardcore stuff so you don't strain other muscles and joints unnecessarily in your other training regimes.
  
  I'd recommend swimming over weight training, since you can get build up some muscles without having to hop from one machine to the other, unless you happen to like that kind of stuff. To get a good workout when swimming, you should swim all four strokes, butterfly being one of the most important ones if you want to flesh out your abs. It may be harder to gain muscles when you swim if your cardio and swimming background is weak. It all depends on what you like better, if you want to do this stuff at all.
• Xemnas wrote on 2012-05-10 10:12
  I just picked up weights and loved it, slowly learning proper techniques from people & the internet. You'll build muscle surprisingly fast if you keep it up, but don't expect major results in only 2 hours.(especially if you don't utilize all 2 hours)
• Rin wrote on 2012-05-10 14:38
  There aren't treadmills or bicycles in weight training rooms, as far as I know. It's called "weight" training for a reason, after all.
  
  You probably should be expecting lots of stationary machines with weights on them, all for lifting. These machines are designed for one thing, and that's to build muscles or power. Things like treadmills and so forth build endurance, or "body coping".
  
  If you're going to be in the weight room for two hours, I suggest just experimenting each machine type for different muscles of your body. In that case, don't strain yourself (or worse, injure) by putting on weights. If you want or need to, you can use very small weights, and test how it goes.
  
  You won't get muscles instantly after just lifting weights for 2 hours though. It's a slow process that takes weeks for you to notice the results from feeling, and months before people will visibly notice your body changing. I do guarantee you will feel a slight, non-painful burning over your body after you stopped, and then be sore when you go home or wake up the next day.
• protoman206 wrote on 2012-05-10 15:22

  Quote from Rin;860246:

  
  
  You won't get muscles instantly after just lifting weights for 2 hours though. It's a slow process that takes weeks for you to notice the results from feeling, and months before people will visibly notice your body changing. [SIZE="3"]I do guarantee you will feel a slight, non-painful burning over your body after you stopped, and then be sore when you go home or wake up the next day.[/SIZE]

  
  
  Best part after a workout 8D
• Sumpfkraut wrote on 2012-05-10 19:05

  Quote from Rin;860246:

  I do guarantee you will feel a slight, non-painful burning over your body after you stopped, and then be sore when you go home or wake up the next day.

  
  I can tell you that this is not a guaranteed phenomenon. I would have noticed by now. Then again I seem to have had a comparatively well-developed muscularity anyway, or I wouldn't have managed to lift 5kg for 3 sets á 8 repeats, so... Maybe that makes a difference.
• Xemnas wrote on 2012-05-10 19:29

  Quote from Sumpfkraut;860483:

  comparatively well-developed muscularity anyway, or I wouldn't have managed to lift 5kg for 3 sets á 8 repeats

  
  
  [video=youtube;OGAu_DeKckI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGAu_DeKckI[/video]
• Sumpfkraut wrote on 2012-05-10 19:40

  Quote from That Guy;860500:

  [video=youtube;OGAu_DeKckI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGAu_DeKckI[/video]

  
  Considering that starters (like me!) are usually recommended much less, I would argue that's comparatively well-developed. I know pretty well that 5kg is a laughable weight on the grand scheme of things.
  
  But maybe I'm mistaken and they just recommend lighter weights because they underestimate the potential of starters. Either way, that's what I gathered.
• Second wrote on 2012-05-10 19:50

  Quote from Rin;860246:

  I do guarantee you will feel a slight, non-painful burning over your body after you stopped, and then be sore when you go home or wake up the next day.

  
  First time I worked out, it was painful to walk up the stairs for a few days.