Here's a quick question from a newbie. Do you normally work each muscle (i.e. biceps) for say, 3 sets, once in a workout or do you normally do different excercises for one muscle group in a workout (concentration curls and hammer curls in one session or just, for example, concentration curls and tha...

I'm not going to lie, I am 290 lbs at 6'2". I am very interested in turning health around and have been running for about a month and just very recently joined a gym. Also, I am learning about nutrition and it seems to me that protein is very important and I am consciously trying to add more pr...

Ok, I went and did some workouts on the machines as well as ran as a part of warmup. The problem is that I am unsure how many reps I should be doing on various machines? 5-8? 3-5? 10+? I usually was about 100LB on each machine and some I was able to do more reps that others. I did about 3 sets of 8 ...

Well, I joined and gym and never really ever being in one, I was in awe of the equipment. Plenty of free weights and machines. The machines look to be the way to go but I am not sure.

Plenty of cardio equipment too. I can't wait to play.

Thanks for the input.

I am actually pursuing a gym membership currently.

I am guessing 12.5lb is too light or I am going to invest in a lot of time just doing high reps.

I would think 25 lb dumbbells would cut those reps in half as well as using machines at the gym.

Hello, I am in the beginning stages of trying to get fit. I am a very big dude motivated to make a change. I am 6'2" and 290lb. I am learning quite a bit on this site about nutrition so I am getting that in order. I will be visiting the nutrition forum in regards to that. What goal is, is that ...