Overweight, Thick as Pig Shit Newbie seeks Advice(lite-hea..

Greetings,

I am as described in the header, but I'm making progress. My question
is this:
Back when I last worked out (and that Austrian guy was going for win #7
- yes,
that long ago) I am SURE the process was, in EACH session --
Lift your MAX to failure and then keep going with lesser & lesser
weights.

Now my kids tell me ( and seems some here say) the opposite -
EACH Session --Start Lite and work up to your Max weights.

Which is it?

I could almost swear it used to be number 1 and I even seem to remember
some vids of
Arnie or maybe Franco barely able to lift the bar alone they were so
fatigued. Not sure
of that though. It is certainly how I would *like* to work-out if
there's no diff.

If it matters, I'm just out to build some upper body mass at home with
free weights and
a bench and whatever works at home. Fat Bellies need DIET a whole lot
more than
exercise to slim. I'm not asking for diet advise or "total life
makeovers" type stuff no matter
how important you may think it is. Just the answer to my question.

Please accept my respectful thanks in advance,

Rock_Bustin

Dnia 2006-11-15 rock_bustin RemoveThis @yahoo.com napisa³(a):
> Greetings,
>
> I am as described in the header, but I'm making progress. My question
> is this:
> Back when I last worked out (and that Austrian guy was going for win #7
> - yes,
> that long ago) I am SURE the process was, in EACH session --
> Lift your MAX to failure and then keep going with lesser & lesser
> weights.
>
> Now my kids tell me ( and seems some here say) the opposite -
> EACH Session --Start Lite and work up to your Max weights.
>
> Which is it?
>
> I could almost swear it used to be number 1 and I even seem to remember

You are way to old for #1.

> some vids of
> Arnie or maybe Franco barely able to lift the bar alone they were so
> fatigued. Not sure
> of that though. It is certainly how I would *like* to work-out if
> there's no diff.

The only diff is a burnout. This max every workout is an American
invention. Nations which regularly kick American asses in strength
sports have different idea about maxing out. They do it sparingly.
Though, going to failure on high rep sets is not so bad, but not all
the time. It will still burn you out. I recommend doing sets with the
same weight and going near failure only on the last one (or maybe two,
but that's it).

> If it matters, I'm just out to build some upper body mass at home with
> free weights and
> a bench and whatever works at home.

Plenty of things work at home. Remember to balance your routine.
Horizontal push, like bench, should be balanced with horizontal pull,
like row. Shoulders like it a lot. I'd say, that your one-armed
dumbbell row should be at least equal to your dumbbell bench.

> Fat Bellies need DIET a whole lot
> more than
> exercise to slim.

Walking works too. Weights mostly add weight to your frame, but
happily they add good looking weight. For fat burning I'd recommend
short rest intervals and supersets. Or complexes, if you are up to
them. It's possible to have good "fat-burning" workout with weights.

What I wanted to say? Probably that high energy expenditure makes
dieting much more effective or something like that. Anyway, I didn't
diet and lost some fat and gained some muscles. I wasn't obese, but
still seeing how my weight gaining approach fails in spite of trying to
eat more gives me this kind of perspective. Before gaining muscles it
looked like putting on weight was no problem at all. I had to control
myself, now I don't have to, and probably some force feeding will be in
order.

Muscle mass makes things easier. Really.

> I'm not asking for diet advise or "total life
> makeovers" type stuff no matter
> how important you may think it is. Just the answer to my question.

Did I smell some trauma?

> Please accept my respectful thanks in advance,

You are very kind.

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Andrzej Rosa 1127R