08-27-2012, 11:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-27-2012, 11:30 AM by PatientZero.)
Whoa, have you guys never exercised before?
I'm not saying this as a snipe or to undercut the idea here, but you're coming at this all wrong.
Firstly you need to know what you're actually trying to do, not all exercises are equal, and I can tell you now, you guys aren't all gonna have the same physical condition to begin with.
Just to make the point, doing 10 push-ups a day isn't really an exercise regime that's gonna work for anyone, you might manage to build up a bit of muscle mass but ultimately all you'll end up doing is making your arms sore.
(and fyi, that muscle will be basically useless for anything if you haven't got the core muscles to support them, all the force from your arms goes through your trunk and down your legs)
Even if you ignore everything else I say, this is important, do not overexert yourself every day, you will injure yourself, potentially permanently if you go crazy with it. Rule of thumb; two to three days on and one day off, unless you're already fit and following a set regime I wouldn't push it further.
(there are people who do exercise every single day, but to be blunt about it they know what they're doing and/or have support from a trainer.)
Now if the aim of the game is to lose weight or to get "fit", and not to get TURBOXXXRIPPED, it's actually not as daunting as you might think, weight-loss wise your best bet is running, jogging, or even just walking.
To borrow a quote; "I don't care if you have to crawl, just get your ass around the block", you can use a treadmill if you really want to, but unless there's something medically wrong with you just eating right and getting yourself moving can work miracles.
As for doing more traditional cardio work, go for low strain and high repetition, maybe do some push-ups, next day do sit-ups, then squats, then a rest day. Rinse and repeat.
If you really want to give yourself a kick in the anatomy you can do smaller sets of each every day, or to make it simpler to follow do each until it starts to get hard (don't just keep going until you can't do any more, resist the urge to "push through the pain", you only make that mistake once), but it's only fair to warn you that doing it this way you will ache all over and the next day you'll wake up feeling like you've been hit by a small to medium sized car.
You can tell when you're actually getting a notable amount of exercise because at first it will suck completely, and you can tell when it's working because the suck starts going away.
tl;dr: 10 push-ups a day isn't gonna do anything but ache, you'd get more proper exercise just sweeping or mopping the floor every day.
(actually as dumb as it sounds doing housework can be pretty decent exercise and comes with an obvious pay off, if you don't already do it you might want to consider it)
I'm not saying this as a snipe or to undercut the idea here, but you're coming at this all wrong.
Firstly you need to know what you're actually trying to do, not all exercises are equal, and I can tell you now, you guys aren't all gonna have the same physical condition to begin with.
Just to make the point, doing 10 push-ups a day isn't really an exercise regime that's gonna work for anyone, you might manage to build up a bit of muscle mass but ultimately all you'll end up doing is making your arms sore.
(and fyi, that muscle will be basically useless for anything if you haven't got the core muscles to support them, all the force from your arms goes through your trunk and down your legs)
Even if you ignore everything else I say, this is important, do not overexert yourself every day, you will injure yourself, potentially permanently if you go crazy with it. Rule of thumb; two to three days on and one day off, unless you're already fit and following a set regime I wouldn't push it further.
(there are people who do exercise every single day, but to be blunt about it they know what they're doing and/or have support from a trainer.)
Now if the aim of the game is to lose weight or to get "fit", and not to get TURBOXXXRIPPED, it's actually not as daunting as you might think, weight-loss wise your best bet is running, jogging, or even just walking.
To borrow a quote; "I don't care if you have to crawl, just get your ass around the block", you can use a treadmill if you really want to, but unless there's something medically wrong with you just eating right and getting yourself moving can work miracles.
As for doing more traditional cardio work, go for low strain and high repetition, maybe do some push-ups, next day do sit-ups, then squats, then a rest day. Rinse and repeat.
If you really want to give yourself a kick in the anatomy you can do smaller sets of each every day, or to make it simpler to follow do each until it starts to get hard (don't just keep going until you can't do any more, resist the urge to "push through the pain", you only make that mistake once), but it's only fair to warn you that doing it this way you will ache all over and the next day you'll wake up feeling like you've been hit by a small to medium sized car.
You can tell when you're actually getting a notable amount of exercise because at first it will suck completely, and you can tell when it's working because the suck starts going away.
tl;dr: 10 push-ups a day isn't gonna do anything but ache, you'd get more proper exercise just sweeping or mopping the floor every day.
(actually as dumb as it sounds doing housework can be pretty decent exercise and comes with an obvious pay off, if you don't already do it you might want to consider it)