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smarties asked in HealthDiet & Fitness · 1 decade ago

In weight bearing exercises what is more important: the number of repetitions or the weigh of the weight? ?

And how many days a week one should do weight bearing exercise to loose weight?

Also how long does it take for body to start building muscle?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    The weight of the weight is more important, because that ultimately determines the amount of repetitions you will be doing.

    You should be doing resistance-training around 3-5 times a week, I recommend 4 times a week if you plan on doing cardio also.

    The body will start building muscle soon after workouts when it is given rest and the proper nutrients to rebuild and repair the broken down muscle fibers.

    Best of luck!

  • 1 decade ago

    Well. depending on how your body is and what you're eating/how you're weightlifting exercising you may gain weight by gaining more muscle and losing fat. Muscle weighs more than fat, remember.

    If you're just starting out try using a low level weight and just doing more reps. Maybe 2 reps of 15 for each arm. Rest between the reps for about 30 minutes or so. If you use more weight you may end up injuring yourself.

    Only weightlift every other day. So...3 times a week. Believe me, if you are not used to weightlifting you will NEED that day in between for your muscles to recuperate. If your muscles still feel really sore on the day you're supposed to weightlift then you may want to wait an extra day before continuing your routine.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Weights. yet bench pressing won't enhance the potential of your punches. Punching potential comes out of your HIPS AND LEGS, no longer your chest and triceps. Squats, deadlifts and potential strikes like cleans and snatches will improve your punching potential, because of the fact they build potential and potential on your hips, abs, glutes and legs... you be attentive to, the muscle mass that truly generate punching potential. it truly is to no longer say the bench press is ineffective - i could contain it besides for different motives. yet comprehend that greater physique pushing potential has no longer something to do with punching. and don't hear to Riley, he's an fool. Heavy, low-rep weightlifting won't make you cumbersome. average weight for average reps (6-12) is what builds muscular tissues. in case you raise very heavy weights for a million-5 repetitions and don't eat insubordinate quantities of nutrition, you may get very sturdy without putting on any weight. this way of lifting is all approximately training your needed frightened device to have interplay greater muscle fibres (on condition that your physique only ever makes use of a definite volume of its muscular tissues at any given time). you're actually not expanding the scale of your muscle fibres; only training your physique to artwork greater sturdy and make the main of greater of those fibres. Watch Olympic weightlifting and you will see precisely what I advise. that's user-friendly to work out commonly used-looking, 150lb adult men lifting 400lbs+ overhead and making it seem uncomplicated. maximum adult men who weigh 150lbs can no longer even raise 400lbs (or everywhere on the edge of that) off the floor.

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