For Newbies Only:
We will continue our series of Weight Lifting 101 posts here by introducing some new terms that you will have to become familiar with if you are going to succeed in changing the way you look. As you may have already guessed, working out with free weights is a little bit more complicated than doing steady cardio. It’s not as easy as just hopping on a treadmill for 30 minutes.
Since weight lifting is a form of anaerobic exercise, your muscles will not be able to maintain such a high level of intensity for long periods of time. Instead, you will break your exercises into a series of sets that comprise a certain number of repetitions. Let me explain what this means by defining the terms you’ll need to know. (more…)
- Stop Counting Reps (for a week)
I bet you count your reps.
I do.
And all my programs that I design for clients or sell do.
But why?
Why Counting Reps Makes Sense
Counting reps can
- help you measure progress (ability to do more reps today than a few weeks ago means progress, right?),
- keeps you focused (if you are supposed to do 8 reps, and you are on #7, you are more likely to go to 8),
- ensure you follow a proven program, one written by someone who presumably knows more than you about how most bodies work and what will get results.
But counting reps can also deter progress because (more…)
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