Mental Notes & Random Musings

Well, someone read my last entry, and a question ensued. I know I am as shocked as either of you. It was a typical question that has always highlighted the main reason why I never wanted to be a personal trainer and always kept my health goals within my own sphere. It encompassed pretty much everything I have been doing in my own blog and posting to X and focused mostly on how nobody cares about it. It did though focus on how the questioner obviously had read a lot of it. The simple question of, “Does anyone other than you really care about this?” was followed by a lot of my faults demonstrating that they read enough of it to get a feel for what I was saying in an insulting way. It just made me laugh and figured I would make a parody of why I love fitness and don’t waste any of my time trying to get other people to love it. The easiest way to have a good life is to determine who is hopeless ahead of time and move on to those that are not. I’ll answer the next question first, which will...

It goes without saying that one of the most confusing parts of lifting weights is the "Set" or more specifically, what kind of "Sets" are you doing. Of the multitudes of reasons to start working out with heavier weight, the most widely used are increased bone mass, increased strength, and increased muscle tone. I personally have learned that the greatest benefit of bodybuilding and other general anaerobic training is the significant increases in metabolism, but most people don't think of that when they make their excuses NOT to lift weights. In any regards you will need to understand the different types of "Sets" that you can do to accomplish your goals. Here are some of the basics.  Straight Sets: This is basically how we all start out. We pick up weight and we do a certain number of repetitions (reps). If we like it, we usually pick up the same weight and do more reps. In time someone tells us that we must do a few sets and so many reps, and we star...