Hi there,
I am pretty new to the gym and I am trying to lose weight through heavy lifting (gain muscle, lose fat, win-win). When I first started the free-weights seemed intimidating: I have no idea the proper form for most exercises nor how to actually go about exercising the right muscles, so I started using the machines.
My current workout consists mainly of a 5m exercise bike warmup to get blood pumping, then 2 sets of 5-8 reps at about 80% max on every machine I can. Then I do about 10m more of light cardio while I rest my muscles and do another 2 sets of 5-8 reps on each machine. I do this usually 2 times a week sometimes 3.
I was going to describe them all but here is the 11 piece strive set I use at my gym
I am gaining muscle so no harm there, I just want to do as much as I can safely and was wondering if anyone could fill me in if I could improve on my current plan assuming only 2-3 gym visits a week. Should I be doing more/less sets at a time? Should I be doing one set on each machine then looping back around, or doing all the sets at once to exhaustion before moving onto the next set?
Thanks in advance for your help!
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