My Workout Plan.

[IAMWILL]

Hey VT Hospital people, Will here with my 244th post, 32nd started thread. Being it the time of Lent, I have kinda gone out of the way and committed to stop being lazy, and do at least 50 pushups and 75 pushups outside of school a day. Now my hope in this is to build some muscle and healthy weight. My question is, is there any limit of how far I should push myself? I do these things in intervals, and I'm tired, but not aching at the end of this. The thing is though, I always wake up soar, but never feel pain when I'm actually working out. Why is this? Also, does anyone know any good exercises that will help me gain healthy weight and muscle?

[AllThatIsLeft]

you dont hurt while working out because your muscles are still warm, it hurts after because you have used your muscles and "damaged" them, the pain you feel it is them recuperating stronger.

if you want to built muscles you got to do weights, as well as pushups crounches and sit ups, etc.

just remember if you lift heavier weight less times your muscles grow.
if you lift lighter weights more times you tone.

[IAMWILL]

Ok... well any other advice?

[Mzor203]

My advice would be, don't set a static amount every day, but instead aim to increase the amount of pushups/situps you do every day by a small amount. It may be as little as adding 2 extra a day, but this way you'll gradually work your way up, and ease yourself into the tougher stuff. After a few weeks you will have already added a significant amount.

Just make sure you don't push yourself to the point where you feel almost sick when you're done. If you can't take it, you're adding too fast.

[Θάνατος]

you dont hurt while working out because your muscles are still warm, it hurts after because you have used your muscles and "damaged" them, the pain you feel it is them recuperating stronger.

Technically you are right you here, but your muscles will only be sore if you over exert your self. You do need to tear down your muscle tissue before you can build it back up though.

if you want to built muscles you got to do weights, as well as pushups crounches and sit ups, etc.

This is not correct at all you do not needs weight at all to build muscle. I was reading a book about a former football player Herschel Walker. He played college football for Georgia and won the Heisman trophy and never touch a weight while he was in College. He went on to star for the Minnesota Viking and the Dallas Cowboys and all he did is push ups and sit ups and ran with boot and pull a tractor tire behind him as he ran. A Person does not have to lift weight to get bigger you can do all the push ups you want. Weight do help but you don't needs weight to build muscle and get bigger.

just remember if you lift heavier weight less times your muscles grow.
if you lift lighter weights more times you tone.

Well again wrong information. Toning and building has top do with the amount of time you lift and the frequency of lifting.

To build muscle you need to lift at least three days a weeks. Lifting lighter or heavier wights has nothing to do with toning or bulking up. When you do lift lighter wights for more repetitions you are building muscle endurance. It is good on some days to lift for a total burn out. What i mean is lift a lighter weight as many times as you can until you can't lift that weight anymore. It will build muscle mass faster if you vary the way you lift.

To tone muscle you just need to lift once a week.

I hope the information i put here helps you out. If you want more information I would be happy to talk to you some more.

[byee]

Hey Will, this is Sam with my 32 response to one of your 32 started threads here at VT.

I think you should ditch the very arbitrary number of exercises you plan on doing per day. Anything selected arbitrarily is often erroneous, as I'm sure you know. Besides, you seem far more precise.

The best way to start a new exercise regimen is to start with ten. Ten's an easy number, and most importantly, easy to accomplish. You want to gradually introduce the stress of exercise to your muscles so they can gradually accomodate it. You want gradual improvement, nothing dramatic and fast, which causes pain from injury. And, you get the added benefit of the satisfaction of accomplishment.

On a weekly basis, add 5 to your work out. If you feel pain the next AM, skip that day, and drop back to ten (or the previous number). Strive for consistency and painlessness.

[Θάνατος]

SAM has given very good advice here. If you are working out though you need to work out every other day to give your muscles time to heal and recover. If you don't give this time for your muscles to heal you can do damage to them and instead of building muscle you will be tearing it down.

Work out every other day not every day.