good weight routines

[jim2001]

hey, does anyone have any good 3 day split routines for weights as i am doing 4 at the minute and its too much as i only want to increase strenght and also get fit for prmc, cheers

[kwew]

i dont do the same training routine but i would certainly agree that if you can train with someone it helps.

[jim2001]

cheers lads i am currently working on a three day split mon wed fri and do running every other day

[J.M.C]

Yeah thats similar to me jim..

mon/wed/fri > weight training(press ups/chin ups aswell)

mon/tues/thurs/fri > running(sits ups aswell)

[davo141]

I just beast my self everytime i goto the gym as it is not very often...usually wedensdays saturdays and sundays. I try to work everything from running down for CV to an hour on the weights for upper body 3 sets of sit-ups and a easy bike ride for 15minutes or the x-trainer for 15.

Then do sit-ups, running, press-ups and pull ups every day i dont goto the gym bar 1.usually thursday or friday to keep my body on its toes

cheers, dave

[always go commando]

as long as you can't do anymore at the end of your workout, its been a good routine

[Jason The Argonaut]

as long as you can't do anymore at the end of your workout, its been a good routine

I my self don't workout until I cant do any more like davo141. But i don't go down the gym every other day, I have a mini kind of gym in my office at home (at the end of my garden). I workout for about an hour every week night, and over the last few months I have seen vast improvement in my physical form.

[Rugby lad]

I've just been to my local Armed Forces careers office and have been told by two Royal Marines who were based there to ditch the weights all together.

This shocked me at first but they then explained that it is far more important to be 'The master of ones body'. He told me to do press ups, sit ups, pull ups, dips, burpees etc. until i can clear the pass in grade with ease.

He also mentioned the importance more on shorter faster runs than long ones. 1.5 miles in under 9mins and 3 miles well clear of 20mins.

Rugby Lad

[davo141]

I, as a lanky streak of pi*s feel i need to carry on with wieghts if not just to build mass and weight which could come in helpful during training when you need stuff to burn to keep you going.

I usually only do major groups such as shoulders and arms...cant be bothered, or know how to break them down even further to groups such as clafs one sesh, thights the next etc....waste of time and money:)

Plus it helps in everyday life so cant be bad!:)

cheers, dave

[dannyd]

Rugby Lad,

I think what they probably mean is to stop doing heavy weights. I have been told by two different people on different occasions (one RMR PTI, the other a commando trained army PTI) that doing weights will help you. However, they both said that you should concentrate on reps rather than weight. The army guy said to do a set of 20, then 40, then 6. Changing the weight each time so that you can't do any more at the end of a set. The RMR PTI said to do sets of 20.

I was also advised not to use leg weights as you can build up the wrong type of muscle in them???? I presume he meant that your endurance would decrease. Both said to concentrate on running cycling etc for leg strength or doing squats without any weight but lots of reps.

[Jon]

Anyone know if its sensible to work with heavy weights and low reps (for strength) and with low weights and high reps (for endurance) during the same training program.

Im thin and need to gain upper body strength and muscle, even though I know endurance is important.

[Butch]

There is no reason why you can't work with both high and low rep schemes during weight training. High reps/low weight will predominantly work the slow twitch muscle fibres used in endurance events and low reps/high weight will work the fast twitch muscle fibres used in explosive events. Workout using a low rep sheme one day and then a high rep scheme the next thus allowing your muscles sufficient time to recover between workouts.