Newbie - Working on pecs at home - How long I do per day?

[Peepo]

Hello, Ive recently decided to do some work on pectotal muscles. I'll be doing it at home with some dumbells. Ive gotten some exercises of this website which was very helpful
What I want to know is how many minutes per day should I aim to do, and roughly how many weeks/months will it take to start to see the changes?
Thanks

[Packard]

Hello, Ive recently decided to do some work on pectotal muscles. I'll be doing it at home with some dumbells. Ive gotten some exercises of this website which was very helpful
What I want to know is how many minutes per day should I aim to do, and roughly how many weeks/months will it take to start to see the changes?
Thanks

Pectorals.

Start with push-ups. Close, medium and wide hand positions.

[RK19]

pernickity packard?

theres about a million variations of chest exercises with dumbbells, but i would also say start with the pushups- normal,decline,wide grip, narrow grip etc.

[RK19]

persnickety

maybe in america, here in scotland its spelt pernickety

[Packard]

persnickety

maybe in america, here in scotland its spelt pernickety

Yup. The Europeans screw up a lot of words--England, Scottland and Ireland stand above all in those matters.

[Boss Man]

Scottland

So do Americans it would seems

By the way, nice picture of a European actor

It's not screwing them up, it's evolving them into a more modern day parlance. You see the British were already the advanced people in the world, so little old America had to spend time and money, improving it's population, urban sprawl, power, wealth and technology, which is obviously something you would expect burgeoning societies to do.

One day, they'll stop trying to become the most hyper-mega-global force in the universe, for 5 minutes and tackle the minor inadequacies in their language.

However America reminds of that game Top Trumps. Even the Top Trump was sometimes trumped itself. Never the perfect playing card .

[Peepo]

Hi guys thanks for the replies. I have to admit I cant do pressups, I cant even do one! lol How can I build up to doing press-ups? Or can I do pecks with the dumbells rather than pressups?
Thanks

[RK19]

good to see you got back bossman

[Peepo]

Im a girl btw, I dont know if that makes any difference?
How many minutes of dumbells should I do per day for me to eventually see results, 30 minutes perhaps?
Thanks

[Packard]

Im a girl btw, I dont know if that makes any difference?
How many minutes of dumbells should I do per day for me to eventually see results, 30 minutes perhaps?
Thanks

How much you train depends 100% on how you feel when you train the next time.

If you feel fully rested, then you can add more reps, sets or exercises.

If you feel some residual weariness you should either cut back or stay at the same level.

Ideally you should adjust your workouts so that you are "just" fully rested for the next workout.

This rarely happens, so scheduling an extra rest day every once in a while to allow your body to catch up on its rest is a good idea.

[RK19]

How many minutes of dumbells should I do per day for me to eventually see results, 30 minutes perhaps?
Thanks

get out of that frame of mind,its about quality not quantity.

you will only get out of something what you put into it, and lifting db,s for 30 mins wont get you far. as stated earlier keep working on those pressups,learn to use your own weight before using external weights.

[Peepo]

Hmm, Maybe Im missing the point? I cant do pressups because arms are weak & body big. Yet I can lift dumbells no problem & can feel it working the pec muscles. So to work pecs via pushups I would first need to strengthen arms, which adds even more time to the ammount of time its going to take before I can begin to work pecs.
Are you saying that pushups are better exercises to work pecs & that I should learn how to do them as the dumbell exercises dont do much?
friend showed me today how to do press ups with knees on the floor, I guess I could do that.

[Peepo]

Hello, Ive recently decided to do some work on pectotal muscles. I'll be doing it at home with some dumbells. Ive gotten some exercises of this website which was very helpful
What I want to know is how many minutes per day should I aim to do, and roughly how many weeks/months will it take to start to see the changes?
Thanks

Pectorals.

Start with push-ups. Close, medium and wide hand positions.

Yes I know its pectorals. Im just a lazy arse typist who doesnt correct typos

[RK19]

yes pushups are better for you than using dbs (especially at an early stage when you should be using your own bodyweight as resistance) if you cant do proper ones yet then do the "at the knee" ones and work up to proper ones.

[Peepo]

Hello, Ive started doing them leaning on the stairs for now . As I get better I will move down to lower steps until Im on the floor. At the moment Im doing about 60 per day in 3 intervals of 20. The muscles in shoulders are hurting abit. How many do I need to do per days to have some effect on pecs?
Thanks