What Sort Of Exercise Do You Guys Do

[london001]

how many of you guys have soft bellies fess up? what sort of exercise do you do? I am thinking of weight training, adding around 5 - 6 kg of muscle. in sikhi its important to be physically fit as well, right?

[humkire]

If you are going do weight training ,lets say 3-4 times/week training a different set of muscles in each section while the ones exercised in the previous day are in recovery , ... then do make sure you throw in a cple of 1 hr or 45 minutes aerobics/week ( which will b offered in the same gym) to achieve flexibility ,body tone and trimming fat,apart from cv exercises like the tread mill ,etc . Also do an hour of gymnastics in a specialist gymnastics gym/week to have good balance between left and right hemispheres of your body and suppleness To this add an hour of swimming , and an hour or two of martial training ,coupled with a healthy diet ,and read lots gurbani to stay humble as you shape up and thats a perfect recipe for a good healthy body .

Wasnt sure why you said in your thread .... ''you guys ....'' as if you dont feel part of the family on here. And by 'guys did you mean everyone-male n female or only males .

You said you wanted to 'add' muscle . In the initial stages,normally you tend to start losing fat(even if you are skinny) ,and tone/strengthen/firm up your existing muscles before you 'add' any muscle and that can take 6 mnths to a year or even more depending on your age. Ffrom a medical point of view its never to safe to have too much unnecessary muscle for a load of reasons , but better to focus on a lean but musculy,well toned, fit ,firm ,well carved , flexible , supple body .

Alot depends tho to your committment to a low fat ,low carb,high protein diet enriched with vits and mins and plenty of adequate sleep . Depending on your age again, you may want to supplement with l-arginine/l-carnihine etc or a combi of the two.

[satpunga singh]

sanjam kiriya, from shastar vidiya.

[THE WARRIOR]

sanjam kiriya, from shastar vidiya.

Do tell...

[Papi]

No offense but some of what you said is not correct. Unfortunately, this is reported as the gospel truth by ill informed media personals and self proclaimed "fitness experts". A lot of people that give advice on weight training can not even execute a simple squat correctly and yet somehow manage to convince people that they are the "experts".

If you are going do weight training ,lets say 3-4 times/week training a different set of muscles in each section while the ones exercised in the previous day are in recovery

This is good advice for a beginner. If your aim is to get strong (which it should be for everyone), I would highly recommend staying away from isolation exercises and sticking to compound exercises.

then do make sure you throw in a cple of 1 hr or 45 minutes aerobics/week ( which will b offered in the same gym) to achieve flexibility ,body tone and trimming fat,apart from cv exercises like the tread mill ,etc

Flexibility can not be increased by doing aerobic work, you need to do stretching to increase the range of motion of your muscles and there are certain weight trainining exercises that can improve one's flexibility. There is no way to "tone" the muscles, they either get strong and grow or get weak and shrink. You do not need to do aerobic focused work to "trim" fat, I have lost weight on neumrous occasions without ever stepping on the treadmill.

an hour or two of martial training ,coupled with a healthy diet ,and read lots gurbani to stay humble as you shape up and thats a perfect recipe for a good healthy body .

You said you wanted to 'add' muscle . In the initial stages,normally you tend to start losing fat(even if you are skinny) ,and tone/strengthen/firm up your existing muscles before you 'add' any muscle and that can take 6 mnths to a year or even more depending on your age.

Generally speaking most beginners go through a "honeymoon" phase where they can loose fat and gain muscle at the same time. I agree that this will last anywhere from 4-8 months for most people but after that you need to pick your battle. It will be a good idea to focus on either getting strong (thus increasing muscle mass) or to "loose" fat and look leaner.

Ffrom a medical point of view its never to safe to have too much unnecessary muscle for a load of reasons , but better to focus on a lean but musculy,well toned, fit ,firm ,well carved , flexible , supple body .

For natural, drug free athletes, there is no such thing as too much unnecessary muscle. As one stresses their body through weight training, muscles will get strong and grow. After a certain point your muscles will simply stop increasing in size, this happpend during my weight training years. How much your muscles grow simply depends on your genes and there isn't much that one can do about it. Well you could take drugs/supplements that promote muscle growth, but that would be a really stupid and irresponsible to do.

Alot depends tho to your committment to a low fat ,low carb,high protein diet enriched with vits and mins and plenty of adequate sleep . Depending on your age again, you may want to supplement with l-arginine/l-carnihine etc or a combi of the two.

Moderation is the key, various studies have been performed on each of the low fat, low carb, and high protein diet and they all seem to have advantages and disadvantages.

[humkire]

hahaaa well done papi! so now we all know who is the hidden hunk amongst us hahaaaa. bibiyaaa take note hahaaaa . ok im convinced so im hiring you rightaway as my personal fitness trainer hahaaa and i pay well too hahaaa . deso jee kina paisa chahida , tuhanu hunno toh hi 'hire' kar lea .

Leh vekho mauja Guru di Fauj dia vah vah.......reho naujawan ,hovo balwan ateh taktvaan, ao jitieh sara jehan, jeet payieh mahan, fateh Guru di karo parwan,jhulda rahe khalseh da nishan, japdeh rehieh Guru da Naam, ateh Shree Guru Granth Sahib Maharaj deh cherna vich sada parnaam .

Anyway, the purpose of my reply was to give an overall general advice on body building ,i.e to balance out and include different things in a good sound recipe that works with realistic goals based on my and the experience of many of my m8s who go to the gym and are trained fitness and personal indoor and outdoor trainers. At the end of the day once a person does start going committedly to the gym ,sooner or later he starts understanding how it all works as he reads more and discusses more on this subject .

My point concerning veeerjee's desire to 'just wanting to put on some muscles'' was that you need to look at this holistically and understand that gym training has got many different elements. I do stand by my point that just wanting to look bulky with lots muscles all over you can be unsafe as any doctor will tell you . Firstly it means all the more weight to carry around exerting more pressure on yur heart and more importantly , when you slack and take a break due to various pressures and distractions in your life, all of that becomes flabby . Hence its safer to focus on an overall objective of have a strong , toned ,agile , flexible and fit body with very good cardio vascular . And i will say this again ,its always good to make an effort to throw in some swimming,aerobics, cycling, ,aquarobics ,gymnastics,martial training, when you are doing weight training,and the results speak for themselves. One of my lodgers/tenant , a 24 year english guy in my house, is a trainer's trainer in kayaking ,mountain climbing and rock climbing (even trains the army lads in mountain climbing) . This guy does not do any weight training but just those 3 activities full-time have made his body as hard as a rock wherever u punch him and yet he is as flexi as a piece of string. He doesnt stand out as a 'muscleman' but yet he is one of fittest ,toughtest ,strongest , and physically most confident of guys i have met without an inch of fat anywhere on his body.

But....as they say.... to each his own. I am no 'fitness guru' but i have done quite a few 'simple squats' and was only trying to share my humble knowledge and experience in a way that wouldn't mislead or harm.

[Papi]

Sorry singh jee, my post was not aimed at you and it was certainly not meant to offend you.

[humkire]

hahaaa im well offended, sooo very offended hahaaaa!!!! now i demand compensation from you, of you phoning me every morning at 1 a.m morning to scream at me to get up and start doing simran as well as email me 2 gobi paronthe with sum dehi at 7 a.m every morning for the nxt 30 days hahaaaa .

dont worry, at least now i know i have to avoid getting into a fight with 'papi' because you do training hahaaaaa!

you are my brother so feel free to say anything u want anytime hahaa. its all cool. Asi ta tuhadee pyaar deh asre teh hi jeeondeh ha. Sade Guru de lala toh bina sada es duniya teh kaun heh sanu pyaar krn vale.

[satpunga singh]

sanjam kiriya, from shastar vidiya.

Do tell...

im taking an educated gess, saying that you already have a...how shall i put it...a fairly good idea

[soorma18]

Erm just a question for all of the body builders out there i am looking to start up weight training but have no idea of what routine to do. Like i know you split up different areas on different days but like what exercises should i do,how many reps and sets? Also should i take protein shakes for max gain?