I am starting up again in weight lifting. How much longer before I can notice gains?
491550
Should start to see some good within a week. good luck.
1162629
how long have you been working out?\nbecause your strength will not appear over a short period of time\n\nand if you want to increase strength--do as heavy as possible during each set for 5-6 (when you reach failure)5 sets of 5-6 with 2 minutes of rest between each exercise will help you gain strength\n\n--and do pyramid sets--start with low weight 8-10, higher weight 6-8, heaviest weight 4-6, lower weight 6-8, and then even lower weight 8-10--pyramid shape, hence the name pyramids. \n\n\nplus you shouldnt overtrain--and you should eat a lot, rest a lot
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Here's one! I gave this answer to someone else a while back:\n\nGaining muscle mass is a combination of exercise, nutrition, and recovery. If any one of those is out of whack you won't experience the best possible gains. In some cases you won't see any.\n\nMy advice would be:\n\n1. Cut you workouts down to three full body workouts a week. Either Mon,Wed,Fri or Tues,Thurs,Sat. This schedule will allow your muscles to recover and grow. Remember to increase the weight on all your lifts by 10% every two weeks. Try this for about six months. \n\n2. Get a gram of protein for every pound of bodyweight or your lean body mass. Try to get it from lean sources. Eat about six small meals per day.\n\n3. Try creatine and HMB.\n\n4. Drink plenty of water. If you divide your bodyweight in pounds by two that is the number of ounces of water you need to drink in a day.\n\n5. Remember to stretch.\n\n6. Do at least a half hour of cardio three times a week. For some fun cardio take up a martial art like Karate or Tae Kwon Do.\n\n7. Take a good multivitamin.\n\n8. Find out what your body type is. Are you a mesomorph, endomorph, or ectomorph? Are you a combination of any of these. These bodytypes determine how you should workout. Look them up on www.bodybuilding.com for a full explanation.\n\n9. Get as much quality sleep as you can. Eight hours a night is good. You grow while you are sleeping.\n\nHere's a sample three day workout:\n\nWORK OUT PROGRAM \n3 X WEEK\n\n\nLEGS\nSquat 3x8\nStraight Leg Deadlift 3x10\nStanding Calf Raise 3x10-15\n\nCHEST\nBench Press 3x8-10\nFlyes 3x8-10\n\nBACK\nPulldown 3x10-15\nBent Over Rows 3x6-10\nDeadlifts 3x10-12\n\nSHOULDERS\n\nMilitary Press 3x8-10\nUpright Rows 3x10-15\n\nBICEPS\n\nStanding Barbell Curls 3x10-12\n\nTRICEPS \nLying Tricep Extensions 3x10-15\n\nSTOMACH\n\nCrunches 3x50\n\n\nMon., Wed., Fri. or Tues., Thurs., Sat.\n\nEvery two weeks increase the weight on each exercise by 10%. If you can’t don’t worry about it. Keep trying until you can.\n\nAfter a while you can move up into heavier workouts. Hope this helps!
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Boy I wish I could help you. I've never been into weightlifting but I have some friends who are really into it and I will check with them. Just know you aren't supposed to overdue reps.
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It doesn't mean that your training is ineffective, just not as effective as it might be.  Muscle soreness is a sign that you're tearing down the muscle fibers, forcing them to rebuild bigger and stronger.  If your muscles are not getting sore after a workout, you are probably not pushing them hard enough.  This means you should increase the weight that you perform exercises with (not increasing sets/reps).\n\nStudies have shown that workout intensity is the number one factor in stimulating myodilation (muscle growth).  Intensity means putting up as much weight as you can for as many reps as you can.  This translates into sets of 6-8 reps until failure followed by several forced repetitions (a spotter helps you lift the weight after you have reached muscle failure with the full weight).  Of course make sure you are warmed up properly before attempting any heavy weights.  With this kind of training, you should experience extreme strength and muscularity gains (assuming you follow proper nutrition for a weightlifter).  High-intensity training allows you to workout much less often as your muscles and nervous system need more time to recover following your workout.  You should not work any particular muscle group more than once in a 5-day period.\n\nSo, basically, lift harder and heavier and you'll get better results.
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it usually takes 6-8 weeks of proper training before you will begin to see results.
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try the following:\n\n- lower the weights (cut down maybe 5 lbs and see if it makes a  difference and if it doesnt, go a bit lower)\n- do some warm ups before lifting (such as 10minute light jog)\n- stretch your arms for 5-10minutes after lifting
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Depending on how you exercise and how long and what you eat!\nIt could take 3 months or it could take a year. It also depends on where you are physically. If you are "overweight" don't expect to be "ripped" in 3 weeks and maybe not even a year, but do expect to see some change not matter what.\nYou have to remember you are always going to be your own worst critic when it comes to your physical appearance and you are always going to be stiving for the look you see on other people in the gym or in media, but remember there are people looking at you wishing the could look like you too as you attain your goals. Just have fun and enjoy working out for the benefits of health and they way it makes you feel about youself. Attaining the perfect pyhsique is just like being bulemic or anorexic, you can come to point where you are never happy with what you do or look like and that is the danger of taking it to far. Some people can achieve goals easy, some have to work hard and some no matter what they do can never attain them. Your bodies physiology determines how far you can go in appearance and sometimes you have to settle for the best you can do or you'll end up hurting yourself than healing yourself!
565236
I agree...I always do more repetitions and most times no weights like for example leg exercises and it definitely does work better that way. Keep at it and within two weeks you will see a great improvement in the new leanness of your body.
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W/e, don't believe the B*i*t*c*h who said you're going to give up. After about 2 weeks you'll notice it. But I would do something else than push ups, or even something to go with that. Buy some weights to work your chest out. You can sometimes find them really cheap at garage sales or stores that buy used equipment. Good luck.
521958
At least five minutes of cardio first, then weights. If you want to do more cardio, then do it all before you lift.
317259
when you work out doing curls instead of doing real heavy weights do light weights like 20 and 25 and do lots of reps (like 15 reps for 25 and 20 for 20) this will help the cuts show up more (takes 3 to 4 weeks for top results)
701754
do 2 sets of 25 squats and the same with butt squizzing it works all start to notice in aslitle as 2 weeks.
613224
Try doing curls...have no idea how long it takes to see the results, but you will feel it soon enough....
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48 hours? I don't know about that.\nIt really depends on what level of training you are at.\n\nIf you just started you probably aren't using very heavy weights.  Just go with the flow and have fun with it.\n\nBut your chest will get harder, and you be like big man roar.
750909
if your a beginner you really should start on the machines to build up your strength first. at least for 2-3weeks.
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Actually, it can vary, depending on the shape you were in before you stopped exercising. It seems that you're fairly fit, and according to Men's Health, an occasional week break is often beneficial. Generally, it takes roughly 6 months to go from being in great physical shape to being a complete blob of unfitness.\n\nHowever, even if you are unfit, your physical appearance might still be the same as when you were in prime condition. Therefore, if you suspect that you're physically unfit but still seem relatively toned/chiseled/whatever, it's mandatory to start out slow, let your body readjust to the workout, then gradually increase the intensity.\n\nHope this helps. And bravo on running, it's a great cardio exercise. Your heart will thank you later.