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I joined a gym (Anytime Fitness) about a month ago through Gymflex and salary sacrifice at work and I managed to get my official induction yesterday.
My plans are to go each morning before work and effectively replace my morning walk. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I'm working my way through the NHS C25K program and Tuesdays and Thursdays I'm going to use the machines.
These are the exercises and weights she's given me.
For the lat pull downs she suggested starting on the lighter weights, working up to the heavier weights with fewer reps and then going back to the lighter ones. Only one set of each but multiple sets on the other machines.
I appreciate that these are probably incredibly light weights compared to most people in here but hey, this will be the first time I've trained in a gym for nearly twenty five years!
So picking apart what she's suggested here, when she says (for example) shoulder press, 3 x 8 15kg. Clearly this is three sets of eight reps at 15kg. How long should I be pausing inbetween sets and would it be reasonable to simply start at the top of the list and work my way through them all on both Tuesday and Thursday. Realistically I don't think doing all these is going to take very long but I'll be trying for myself tomorrow morning for the first time.
Bottom line, is this a sensible start for me?
My plans are to go each morning before work and effectively replace my morning walk. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I'm working my way through the NHS C25K program and Tuesdays and Thursdays I'm going to use the machines.
These are the exercises and weights she's given me.
For the lat pull downs she suggested starting on the lighter weights, working up to the heavier weights with fewer reps and then going back to the lighter ones. Only one set of each but multiple sets on the other machines.
I appreciate that these are probably incredibly light weights compared to most people in here but hey, this will be the first time I've trained in a gym for nearly twenty five years!
So picking apart what she's suggested here, when she says (for example) shoulder press, 3 x 8 15kg. Clearly this is three sets of eight reps at 15kg. How long should I be pausing inbetween sets and would it be reasonable to simply start at the top of the list and work my way through them all on both Tuesday and Thursday. Realistically I don't think doing all these is going to take very long but I'll be trying for myself tomorrow morning for the first time.
Bottom line, is this a sensible start for me?
