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Author: Pam 220/203/140
Date: 03-20-03 08:17
When you guys talk about free weight lifting.. do you mean you do weight lifting with light weights like 6 or 10 pound weights or do you use the weights on bars that you can add weights to? I've been doing upper weight lifting with light weights..started out with 4 pounders and now I'm trying 6 pounders.. Will that do me any good?
Pam
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Author: cc
Date: 03-20-03 08:22
Pam, free weights are the weights used without a pulley. Like if you are lifting with dumbells, those are free weights. Also, yes any increase in weight lifting helps, and will work. Also keep in mind, if you are toning, then do little weight but a lot of reps. If you want to build muscle, and look bulky, which you will tend to gain weight, then do a lot of weight with little reps. Does that make sense? Good luck! Keep up the great work!
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Author: Pam 220/203/140
Date: 03-20-03 08:26
Thanks cc. yes that makes a lot of sense.. Sometimes you get so much info from everybody on here from different posts that it becomes confusing but I've put a lot of it together to help me and it's doing great.. I love this site and everyone on here.. You're all such an inspiration to me.. THANK YOU
Pam
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Author: SS 238/212/180
Date: 03-20-03 08:47
Free weights or free form is basically anything that isn't a machine. Machines are great for isolation of the targeted muscle or muscle groups, but free form involves more supporting muscles in movements used routinely. Free weights are dumbels or barbells, or any weight that is not restricted along an axis of movement. Amount of weight is only a factor of your current capability. You want to keep whatever weight your working with a little on the difficult side to see improvement. Your muscles will quickly adapt to whatever stress you give them, and by progressively upping the difficulty or weight, you will see and feel steady improvements. The number of times a person lifts the weight can vary, if you can go to 15 repititions with the four pounders, then you want to increase to a weight that you can only lift 10 to 12 reps, and try to work your way back up to 15 reps. By progressively improving, you will be getting the results you are looking for.
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Author: JohnM
Date: 03-20-03 13:20
Near the beginning you should be able to move up in weight / or reps every single week, on each exercise, if you are eating/resting correctly. And you wont get bulky unless you start taking anabolic steroids, normally what happens is your muscle fibers get slightly larger, you normally dont create new ones, unless you are on roids. Get stronger by adding weight or reps each week, and fat loss, and increased definition and firmness will follow suit.
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Author: GymMachine
Date: 03-20-03 17:35
i agree totally with SS and John, although you do recruit more muscle fibre (this is a fairly new found thing though - last 5 years or so) but yes, muscle size grows according to the stimulus you provide it.
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