Finally approved. Yiss.
Being a total noob at weightlifting (tried to follow a routine at home with a barbell about a year ago) I started going to the university gym (it's FREE) this week and started the full body routine from OP. A few questions though:
If I can't do normal pull-ups, should I substitute them with chin-ups, negatives, lat pulldowns or a combination of them? Was thinking of doing chin-ups 3x until failure (so that would be something like 4/4/3 at the moment) and some lat pulldowns. Or should I continue with negative pull-ups after chin-ups until I reach 8 per set?
What is a good excercise to replace the power clean? It seems somewhat intimidating and I'd rather get the other excercises down before I get doing it (also waiting for a Alan Thrall video
) . Even then, I don't know if people would take me dropping a barbell from my chin to the floor several times lightly. The gym is rather small (2 power racks, 2 flat benches, incline bench, decline bench and a bunch of machines) and has proper padding just under where the weights touch the floor. I felt I was bit noisy even when I deadlifted.
Yesterday I substituted it with deadlifts with less weight than on monday and chin-ups.
My bench and overhead press were a little shaky, especially the press. Should I use less weight for now(bench was 20 kg/45 lbs + bar, press was 30 kg/66 lbs + slightly smaller bar, as I did it in the dumbbell section)?
Am I supposed to add weight every time, if I didn't fail last time?
What is considered good abdominal work? Did 3x12 back extensions and 3x30s planks that made me shake good, is that ok?
21 year old 194 cm (6 ft 4") 81 kg (179 lbs) male, to put things into perspecitve. Looking to up my strength and tone up.
Being a total noob at weightlifting (tried to follow a routine at home with a barbell about a year ago) I started going to the university gym (it's FREE) this week and started the full body routine from OP. A few questions though:
If I can't do normal pull-ups, should I substitute them with chin-ups, negatives, lat pulldowns or a combination of them? Was thinking of doing chin-ups 3x until failure (so that would be something like 4/4/3 at the moment) and some lat pulldowns. Or should I continue with negative pull-ups after chin-ups until I reach 8 per set?
What is a good excercise to replace the power clean? It seems somewhat intimidating and I'd rather get the other excercises down before I get doing it (also waiting for a Alan Thrall video
Yesterday I substituted it with deadlifts with less weight than on monday and chin-ups.
My bench and overhead press were a little shaky, especially the press. Should I use less weight for now(bench was 20 kg/45 lbs + bar, press was 30 kg/66 lbs + slightly smaller bar, as I did it in the dumbbell section)?
Am I supposed to add weight every time, if I didn't fail last time?
What is considered good abdominal work? Did 3x12 back extensions and 3x30s planks that made me shake good, is that ok?
21 year old 194 cm (6 ft 4") 81 kg (179 lbs) male, to put things into perspecitve. Looking to up my strength and tone up.
Also mandatory first post xDxD, please be gentle etc.