Weight Training For Beginners

[Goliath]

DOMS has no correlation to a good workout. Dont be discouraged if you don't feel sore after every session. You will find, you will feel sore the most, the first few weeks starting to get back in to training. If you feel you are plateauing, change your routine up, should be done every 6-8 weeks anyway.

[freeze_dk]

Is it good to train a bodypart while its still tender? Did chest tuesday and tri's still sore abit and wanna train arms tomorrow

[Goliath]

Generally you want minimum 24hrs rest between body parts, ideally 36-48hours. I find, if I'm a little tender hitting another body party, after the first few warm up strips the tenderness has either decreased or gone.

Also depends on your intensity, your probably not going to want to go heavy twice in a row on the same body part, especially if there is not much rest between sessions.

[bossmang]

yer lol those pulls ups were a load of sh*t

iv been slack the last week due to work

back into it next week hopefully.

[MiKa]

Down to 111kg as of this morning... Need a whole new wardrobe, which is a good thing but is gonna send me broke lol...

[Adamski]

Squats finally seem to be coming good. Spent some time adjust my stance and setup and also invested in some Do-Win lifting shoes.

Managed 14 reps at 125kg today. Will lift the weight for the next round. Still got my 5-3-1 week next week. Might shoot for a 170kg single. Will see how I feel on the day.

[Wingnut]

I'm up to 80 for my sqauts and 3 sets of 12-14 so I guess I could up it a fair bit but I'm finding my hip joints get really sore whilst coming up if I go heavier. Could it be something to do with my form?

Spoke to a guy at the gym and he suggested I should be doing more core work or even wear a belt to keep my pelvis in a better position.

[STIFLR]

Hey Joel you may be rotated through the pelvis, a trip to the chiropractor will fix it. I know mine rotates after each legs session.

Definitely do core work and in regards to a belt, its up to the individual. Maybe try it and see how it go

[_Velocity_]

First time back in the gym after the knee reco. Just going to focus on upper body for now and then I'll ease into core and legs as the knee starts to recover.

My usual warm up on the rowing machine felt chithouse (no fitness and couldn't extend the leg completely) but I managed to finish my whole routine.

Surprised how much I've dropped off in just two weeks.

[Goliath]

Good luck with the rehab mate. I started squatting about 3 weeks ago. Only box squats though, as I normally squat ATG, but there is to much tension on my patella tendon. After warming up, I go up to 100kgx10x3, then reduce the weight. I believe I have an fairly easy 120kg box squat in me, but don't want to push the tendon to much yet. Did a crap load of single-leg leg press the months leading up to this, go up to 120kgx12 per leg (far shy from the 200kg single leg I was doing haha).