Re: question about changing sides

[Guest guest]

For calves I do 12 on each side and do them consecutively without a break. I

break after doing both sides like normal.

question about changing sides

> Well Today was my first lower body workout. I think I did ok. I need to

raise some of the weights, because today was a lot of testing since I never

did it before. I have a question though. On the exercises like the one leg

calf raises, where you work one leg at a time, what are you supposed to do

for your reps? For the first set, do you do 6 on one leg and 6 on the other,

or do you do 12 each? And if you do 12 each, do you take a minute break?

Any suggestions?

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[Guest guest]

You do 12 on each side with no break in the middle. After all, you're

working one leg at a time, so there's no need for a break until

you've done both " sides " .

Phoenix

> Well Today was my first lower body workout. I think I did ok. I

need to raise some of the weights, because today was a lot of testing

since I never did it before. I have a question though. On the

exercises like the one leg calf raises, where you work one leg at a

time, what are you supposed to do for your reps? For the first set,

do you do 6 on one leg and 6 on the other, or do you do 12 each? And

if you do 12 each, do you take a minute break? Any suggestions?

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[Guest guest]

Or, if you're really " accurate " for a one minute rest, start your

stopwatch after the first side!

Moos

> > Well Today was my first lower body workout. I think I did ok. I

> need to raise some of the weights, because today was a lot of

testing

> since I never did it before. I have a question though. On the

> exercises like the one leg calf raises, where you work one leg at a

> time, what are you supposed to do for your reps? For the first set,

> do you do 6 on one leg and 6 on the other, or do you do 12 each?

And

> if you do 12 each, do you take a minute break? Any suggestions?

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[Guest guest]

damn, that hadn't occurred to me, I've been splitting my lunges up

into 6 on each leg - I doubt I can physically DO 12!!

in NZ

> > Well Today was my first lower body workout. I think I did ok. I

> need to raise some of the weights, because today was a lot of

testing

> since I never did it before. I have a question though. On the

> exercises like the one leg calf raises, where you work one leg at a

> time, what are you supposed to do for your reps? For the first set,

> do you do 6 on one leg and 6 on the other, or do you do 12 each?

And

> if you do 12 each, do you take a minute break? Any suggestions?

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/27/2004 11:23:19 PM Greenland Standard Time,

moos@... writes:

> Or, if you're really " accurate " for a one minute rest, start your

> stopwatch after the first side!

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I have always taken a minute break after I am done with both legs. I do

walking lunges (they are really hard). I guess on any exercise I do that does

the

arms or legs separately, I go back and forth between each leg or arm. An

exception to that would be concentration curls, I do each arm separately, and I

have always waited a full minute after finishing with both arms. Now that I

think of it, a couple years ago (when I worked out at home) I used to do one

legged calf lifts. I always waited the minute. Am I doing this wrong and not

getting as intense a work-out as I should?

Thanks,