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Fitness & Weight Lifting

Whether you are into freestyle or pre-choreographed aerobics, bodybuilding, weightlifting, or powerlifting, discuss your goals, worries, techniques or add some positivism and experience to the subject.

How much can you bench press?

For those of you who lift - how much can you bench press? Do you care? I benched 235 a few months ago and would like to make 250 someday.

by User avatar robp

Strength Training Plan

I've never really done much strength training but would like to start. Specifically, upperbody-torso since I'm going to be putting in a lot of miles in the next couple months. I've tried to start once before, but found that I let myself off easy (e.g. I'll lower the weights, do fewer reps etc)...

by User avatar bjoiner

I've proved the theory of muscular endurance

I've been following the tri-newbies weight lifting plan for quite a while now. The plan really emphasises high reps and low weight to build up muscular 'endurance' and not necessarily muscular 'strength'. I can do 3 set of 12 reps @ 140 lbs. flat bench w/o much problem but I never lift heavy: 1)...

by User avatar purple hayes

What effect lifting weights has on female breasts?

My wife has recently started lifting weights and asked me what happens to breasts when the pecs underneath develop. Is the effect of more muscular pecs positive of negative on breasts? PH :D

by User avatar purple hayes

Chest pain with hard workout, what could it be?

Answered by a doctor

When I significantly increase my running pace, I get a pain in my chest/side. By "significantly increase", I mean running 2 miles at a 7:00ish minute pace within a 5 - 7 total mile run at my normal 8:00 - 8:30 pace. While running at the accelerated pace, my breathing definitely gets...

by User avatar DSBill

How to set up a good back training routine?

I don't know if it's inexperience or lack of intensity or that's just the way it is on back day, but I can't ever get a good pump/burn going. Chest, arms and legs are no problem. Very easy to really get a good pump going. I'm worried that my back will start lagging behind my legs and chest....

by User avatar purple hayes

Callouses - how to not get them?

My wife has been to the gym to lift on a very regular basis for the last few months, but has started to develop callouses. She got a pair of gloves a few weeks ago, but she said that they aren't helping. Are there any other tricks to avoiding this problem?

by User avatar purple hayes

Weight Lifting and Cycling balance

I want to develop my body proportionally. I am going to start lifting weights. Since I don’t want to give up cycling I am not sure how I am going to balance the two of them. I hear that bodybuilding is very demanding and I don’t know if I am going to have enough time and energy for my...

by User avatar horacio

Push ups and tight shoulders while running

Answered by a doctor

Is there any connection? I have recently started doing push ups. I just do one set in the morning and one set in the evening of as many as I can do (which is an embarrasingly low number). But I noticed that during my race this weekend, my shoulders were tight and almost painful. They felt better...

by User avatar PackerBacker

No energy, always tired, what to do?

I'm looking for help on how to start working out. I'm a little out of shape and not over weight. I always feel tired but have no energy to start a workout even though I really want to. I know once I start I will feel better. Second question is working out in the morning better then in the afternoon?...

by User avatar harrison