Two-three times a week, I go to the gym-- 20 mins on those bike thingies, 30+ mins on the treadmill (I can't be sure of the time because I always accidentally hit the emergency stop button when I only have a 10 or so minutes left the I end up doing the treadmill again) After that I usually go swimming for an hour or so because then it's like refreshing myself while still working out. Then after that when I get home, I do my ab work out. Nothing major, just a bunch of ab crunches, variations of it. I've also started to eat less & eat more healthy foods. I eat breakfast, lunch, dinner when I'm supposed to. I've lessened my rice intake. I eat fruits as snack, I don't eat junk food anymore. My days are spent very simply: go to school, come home. I'm not very active at home nor at school. I sit, I learn or am on the computer. The most active I get is if I'm about to miss my bus. I hope this answer isn't as vague. Sounds stupid but is there any special thing for arms? Thighs got thighmaster, isn't there something especially for arms? No? No? But wouldn't working it out just make it more muscly? I don't want to make it muscly, I want it to go away. Or will working them out make them like...sweat away? Oh but my real question: what's 9-14+ reps per set? =| I'm new to the working out world, so please do enlighten me.
Repetition (rep/reps): a repetition or "rep" is the action of performing the complete motion of an exercise once. Using the bench press as an example, one complete motion means bringing the bar all the way down to your chest from an extended arms position, then lifting it back up to the starting position.
Each repetition normally has two distinct phases: the phase where you're actively lifting the weight, in which the muscles involved are contracting or shortening. This is variously called the concentric, positive, or overcoming phase.
Concentric phase: muscles are contracting
The second phase is when you're resisting the weight, bringing it to the starting position of the concentric phase. This is when the muscles involved are lengthening, and it's called the eccentric, negative, or yielding phase.
Eccentric phase: muscles are lengthening
Note that for most lifts, you're stronger in the eccentric phase than you are in the concentric.
Some people think of the concentric as "raising the bar," and the eccentric phase as "lowering the bar," but this is not always the case, as a look at the lat pulldown will show. In this exercise, you lower the bar during the concentric phase (contracting or shortening the muscles).
- took definition from other site since im too lazy to type it out in my own words and... i have no idea why I am doing this
when you could use google to look up the definition..........................................................
I think your still too vague - You have to realize that you are horrible right now at giving accurate information.
So I will only ask you a few question at a time until we get you rolling with being able to communicate effectively!
Swimming ~ details - how often how long what strokes do you perform etc ~ how many days a week how many minutes hours ~ your experience level etc.
"lessened my rice intake" - I have no idea what this means. Unless your inviting me over to watch you eat in the next 30 seconds I can imagine you eating 5lbs of rice every 30 minutes or 1lb every 1 hour.. etc ~ You need to be more descriptive like describing color to a blind person. so please re-evaluate your wording and rephrase this to be accurate.
"I eat breakfast lunch and dinner" - this also has NO meaning whatsoever to me ~ So is breakfast lunch and dinner only 1lb of rice and 10 pizzas? Do you only eat pizzas everyday?
* completely and utterly useless information.. you are unknowingly practicing the art of bullcrap ~ it is when you tell meaningless things that offer no actual real information on you as a person and your lifestyle
please reconsider your wording and rephrase.
So far so bad.. very very difficult to understand your situation without pictures and seeing you since your post was so vague.....
This is why I keep telling people to read through the thread.. so you could practice the good writing and communicating that some soompiers have displayed... So let us get you started ~
Age:
Height:
Weight:
Experience with sports:
Any athletic experience ( even cheerleading or competitive dog chasing ):
Typically what was your old diet ~ exactly for 1 week what would you eat
Typically what is your current 1 week diet habits - please be specific exactly
Detail exactly what training when you did workout at the gym with those people that morphed your body?! exxxxxactly ~ How old were you, how old were they, for how long did you do this, what was your eating like ~ as exact as you can describe - during this period.
If possible post a picture with your body~ preferably a tanktop so I have an idea what these "muscly" arms look like........
I'm sure other people will be able to give you good responses and advice based on what you have said ~
