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I can help set up a weightlifting program, give suggestions on specific exercises and how to deal with injuries. We can discuss your goals and effective ways to work towards them. I compete at powerlifting, and have been weightlifting for over 15 years.

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15 years weightlifting experience, including competitive powerlifting.

 
   

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Weightlifting & Exercise - muscle gain


Expert: Brian - 7/15/2006

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well my workout changes each week because to mix things up. The only thing that is steady is monday i work biceps, triceps and shoulders. tuesday is legs. wednesday is chest and back and thursday is full body which is one exercise from each muscle group. i always do 3 exercise of each group and three sets of each exercise. my workout is either, slow isolated, sets of 10, until failure, band workout between sets, and bosu ball workout between sets. It kinda rotates so i do a different one each week.and the exercised i do are always different because i heard variety is key so my muscles dont get used to the routeen. so unfortunately i cant tell you exactly what i do each week because its always different exercises. thanks for your time and any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Taylor
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Hello,
  My name is Taylor and im and 18 year old male. I have been lifting for about 2 years. When i started i was a thin 6'0'' 135, and now im 6'0'' 160 lbs. Im cut and muscular but still too small for college footbal which im moving on to. I have not gained weight in a year and i have been lifting very hard 4 days a week and doing everything necessary to gain mass. I was wondering if you could help me find a way to put on some weight because its just not going on. Thanks for your time
Taylor

Answer -
Taylor - Why don't you send me your weekly workout program. Tell me like this:
Day 1 - <exercise1> <#> sets <#> reps, <exercise2>...

It's kinda hard to figure what you could improve not know what you're doing now...
==Brian

Answer
Taylor - You could be doing more sets. I recommend 4-6 sets of 8...which will mean using heavier weights. Do 4-6 sets of one exercise before moving on to the next. You also might want switch Monday and Wednesday--do the larger muscle groups (chest and back) earlier in the week. that way, your biceps and triceps won't be tired from having been worked just two days before.

_-Brian

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