Thinking about joining gym... help!

[Blowfish]

Funny how I'm asking advice on whether I should go to the gym or not...

I plan to join the University gym, however, I already have 2 10kg barbels at home and have a bench, as well as 2 5kg dumbels.

I was thinking to train about 4 days on weights... because I have read on fatlosstips.com that I shouldn't train more then 3 days a week. So I was thinking if I went to the gym twice a week and worked on my home gym set the other two nights (mind you I only lift for like 20 minutes and the rest is cardio at home), it would be a good plan yeah?

 

[Anhslaught]

I think that's preferential. Personally I like working out at home better. I'm competitive so when I see something far beyond my level, its just discouraging. Working at home I got privacy and the only person to defeat is myself and my friend at our own pace.

 

[Double]

no, you're plan is real crap and i advice you to educate yourself about working out and the right nutrition to lose fat. you will only make beginner gains with that plan, then you will hardly make any gains and lose motivation. sorry but i'm just statin the truth

 

[coolguy676767]

hmm, I wouldnt recommend it, I weightlift competeitively for my school, and have been doing it for 3 years, and got my bench up from 135 to 330, and I only lift weights 6 months a year, cause I play football, so I know how to make big quick gains, first of all, I lift weights for 5 days a week, 2 hours a day, now you cant just start doing this out of nowhere, start with 4 days a week, skipping wednesday, and skip weekends, and do upper body one day, and lower the next, and only go for about an hour, and dont do less than 4 reps, than gradually make the workout about 15 minutes longer eah week, and at the end of 4 weeks start working out 5 days a week, and after about the first 3 weeks you can lower the reps all the way to were you are doing about 3 sets of 1, plus lots of other sets per workout. The only muscles you shouldnt do 1 rep sets on are squats. at the end of the 4 weeks, which is the begginning stage, you should have made some gains, but not as the big as the ones as you will make,a nd you will get very sore for the first 4 or 5 weeks, but do what you can, and after that you wont even get sore, I can work out for 2 and a half hours, and not even be sore the next day, and doing lots and lots of sets.

With this you will make huge gains, and if you cant make it to the gym for 2 hours, then just do some supersets, like do flat bench by itself for example, then superet triceps pushdowns and curls.

I would recommend

Monday, bench and tris, with arms
Tuesday, squats, leg ext, curls,
Wednesday, shoulders and back
Thursday, Bench again
Friday, Legs again