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 Replies: 17 — Last Post Dec. 19, 2008 3:57pm by RyanL
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( Anonymous )
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Allright, I've been wanting to get a flatter chest (a guy here, I think I'm kinda chunky so I've been doing push-ups. Like three sets of 12 every other day...that's what I was told to do by a friend...I was wondering, is that too little? I've been seeing a little bit of change but I'm still not where I want to be. I was told not to bother with cardio if I'm trying to build a little bit of muscle (a la push-ups, other floor exercises) but I figure that would be best way to slim down in general right? Cause I was doing cardio on the treadmill every other day for an hour and they told me to stop. So is there anything else I could do for my chest without machines and dumb bells in addition to push-ups?
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oliveohm
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the combo of strength training and cardio will burn calories, and if you're feeling chunky, that's what you need to do.
as far as the push-ups go, do as many as you can. if what you're dong at the moment isn't feeling too challenging, then you should be doing more.
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5:15 pm on Dec. 17, 2008 | Joined: Jan. 2008 | Days Active: 216
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johndoe240
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cardio never hurt nobody and it helps to lower ones body fat
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dancetillyadrop
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Its going to take time, just be patient.
Try crunches.
And cardio might work to slim down, if your weight shows its going up its only muscle
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( Anonymous )
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I think it will be doable. Thanks
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c0verst0ry
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You should do short, but extremely fast and intense cardio about twice a week. Along with that, you should work out every other day. Your best bet is going to be weights. Figure out what your max is (a weight that you can do only one rep of). Then, for the actual work out, use about 70% of your max. Do about six sets of ten reps. Do that workout at least four times each week. If you do this, the workout will cause hypertrophy, so the muscles themselves will grow, and the cardio will burn the fat as well as compliment your regular workout. That should do it.
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( Anonymous )
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For that cardio, what would be good? Treadmill? That's what I was doing but I followed the cardio program on that, so should I just do something very fast on there?
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c0verst0ry
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Doing short distance sprints as fast as you can for about 40 seconds would be better. You could do 40 seconds of sprints, rest a minute and a half, then do another 40 seconds of sprints. Each 40 second interval would be a set, with a minute and a half between each set. You should do about 4 or 5 of those sets, twice a week.
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I refuse to believe things that people tell me are facts.
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c0verst0ry
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Actually, how many times a week you work out depends on what you are aiming for. Since you only wants a flatter chest, and since I suggested a hypertrophy workout, it is completely safe to work out four times a week.
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RyanL
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Quote: from c0verst0ry at 5:52 pm on Dec. 18, 2008
 Actually, how many times a week you work out depends on what you are aiming for. Since you only wants a flatter chest, and since I suggested a hypertrophy workout, it is completely safe to work out four times a week.
Are you retarded? Find me 1 study that proves working out any body part more then 2, 3 times MAX a week does any benefit for the body? It is OVERTRAINING. Heard of it? It's when you are not giving a body part enough time to recouperate and heal. You break the muscle down and you are not giving the muscle tissue enough down time to fully regenerate. So you just continually break the muscle down and it is actually BAD for you. You will lose muscle and it will be fatigued constantly. The max you should workout any body part to actually get any real benefits is 2times. Do chest/tri's monday, Leg's tuesday, back/shoulders wed, and bi's/forearms as a light day on thursday. Or split it up any way you really want to. but if you are only going to workout your chest you have other issues going on besides working out like being retarded.
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