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Learn How to Train
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[/fusion_text][fusion_text]Before you put your big girl pants on and dive head-first into the gym, there are a couple of pieces of terminology that you’ll need to understand so that you feel confident heading into the weights area.
1. Reps
Reps is short for repetitions. This is how many times you lift a weight without stopping for a break – easy, right?
2. Sets
Completing a set means completing a certain number of reps. Sets are performed one after another, but with a rest in between each one.
Example:
| Sets x Reps | Rest | ||
| 1 | Leg Press | 3 x 10-12 | 60 |
This means perform 3 sets of 10-12 reps of the Leg Press exercise (with a 60 second rest in between).
3. Failure
Failure describes the point in a set when you can no longer lift the weight with good form.
Example:
| Sets x Reps | Rest | ||
| 1 | Chin Up | 4 x Failure | 60 |
This means perform 4 sets of chin ups, where each set you do as many chin ups as possible whilst maintaining good form for each set.
4. Superset
A superset is where you perform two exercises back-to-back without stopping. Exercises labelled with the same number, but with a lower case letter afterwards, are a superset.
Example:
| Sets x Reps | Rest | ||
| 1a | Deadlift | 4 x 10 | 10 |
| 1b | Bicep Curls | 4 x 8 | 60 |
This means perform 10 reps of Deadlift and then immediately perform 8 reps of Bicep Curls with 10 seconds rest in between.
Full rest periods are taken after completing both exercises.
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