First, if you don’t know what you are doing, really, get a trainer and tell the trainer you are serious and that the trainer should be serious or they’re fired. Make sure you get a good trainer. Tell the head trainer that you want a good trainer. Ask around about who is a good trainer. Seriously, a lot of trainers suck. You don’t want to pay for a bad trainer.
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How to maximize the pain (but only the good pain)
… as in “no pain, no gain.”
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Don’t be Fukushima and let your core melt down
The above discussion applies only to the muscles mentioned (chest, back, shoulder, various leg muscles) and ignores “The Core.” People define the core differently, but it usually consists of the abdominal, obliques (a kind of abdominal) which are together often referred to as “The abs” as in “hey, dude, my abs are ripped”; the lower back (which we pretend to be one big muscle) and perhaps your hip flexors. Maybe your hip flexors are in the “lower body – pull” category. Your choice.
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The pattern you follow in the gym depends on the scale. Not that scale.
At the scale of a stint of several days of working out ….
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How to use the Gym to attain your personal fitness goals
I had promised a few pointers regarding using the gym experience to become fitter or maintain fitness. Do not use my advice without consulting a doctor first. Everybody who does anything should do so only on advice of a doctor. I wonder if anyone has ever done that (consulted their doctor). I imagine the doctors must be pretty busy with this sort of thing. Anyway, what I have learned from Lenora, books, and experience:
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