Gym: how long before I can expect to see a difference?

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adouglasmhor wrote: »

A bench? Are you pressing in the squat rack or doing box squats.

I'm a bad person who presses in the squat rack...but I did ask the powerlifters and apparently they all do it as we only have 1 press rack, but 4 oly platforms!

HBS x

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Determined_diva wrote: »

I just do my weights on a low weight so that I tone up but will not end up looking like those bodybuilder women ( unless that's the look you want?)

Check out Staci on Nerd Fitness...she looks like we all want to, and did it by clean eating and powerlifting...she could deadlift nearly 2 of me!

On a personal level, since I started lifting heavy and low repped, I've lost 4kg. I don't really go on weight though, I go on how my body feels and looks.

HBS x

adouglasmhor

heartbreak_star wrote: »

I'm a bad person who presses in the squat rack...but I did ask the powerlifters and apparently they all do it as we only have 1 press rack, but 4 oly platforms!

HBS x

Fair enough. The gym I use has 2 press racks a power rack and one oly platform.

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I'm spoiled (Well, I say 4 oly platforms - it's 2 double-ended ones really )

I keep filling in those little feedback cards asking for another press bench and more stretching mats...we have 2 mats for the whole gym, cardio and weights areas!

HBS x

adouglasmhor

heartbreak_star wrote: »

Check out Staci on Nerd Fitness...she looks like we all want to, and did it by clean eating and powerlifting...she could deadlift nearly 2 of me!

On a personal level, since I started lifting heavy and low repped, I've lost 4kg. I don't really go on weight though, I go on how my body feels and looks.

HBS x

I don't want to look like her - sorry, GF is not far off a slightly older version of her though.

adouglasmhor

heartbreak_star wrote: »

I'm spoiled (Well, I say 4 oly platforms - it's 2 double-ended ones really )

I keep filling in those little feedback cards asking for another press bench and more stretching mats...we have 2 mats for the whole gym, cardio and weights areas!

HBS x

The gym I used to use took away all the benches and the rack, to make a rest area for the active living bods, then talked to me like I was an idiot when I pointed out most of the weights were useless without them. "My staff are trained".

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adouglasmhor wrote: »

The gym I used to use took away all the benches and the rack, to make a rest area for the active living bods, then talked to me like I was an idiot when I pointed out most of the weights were useless without them. "My staff are trained".

*sigh* I despair sometimes - you can't bench safely (or at all) without them, and can't squat safely without them. *sigh again*

Should have pointed out that most women want to look like Staci - not necessarily the chaps She's inspirational though!

HBS x

adouglasmhor

On a plus side my hack squat and millitary press came on in leaps and bounds untill I found a new gym.

He though we could use an old reebok step as a bench like they do as body pump.

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Ahhh...that's cute.

HBS x

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angelil wrote: »

I joined a gym mid-January and so far am a little disheartened with the results.

I've probably been attending for about four weeks (was out for the count with illness for 1 week), about four times a week. Each time I go, I tend to burn 200-225 calories on a mixture of bike, stepper and cross-trainer machines, taking about 30-35 minutes to do this. I'm a size 10-12, about 5'6" tall, weighing 65-66kg, so not enormous, but definitely could do with dropping a few pounds (my target weight is 62kg).

Being 5 ft 6 and just over 10 stones means you really don't have a lot of weight to lose which could explain why it is taking time to see results. In fact if you manage to tone up by exercising properly you probably could lose the inches around your legs without reducing much in body weight at all.
Definitely continue to workout even if you don't lose too much as a side benefit is that you will feel fitter.