Chris Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 I do regular sport twice a week but have recently gained free use of a gym through work. The gym is based in the office building and isn't staffed, so there's no-one there to give advice on what you should be doing or helping you to set excercise goals.Basically I'd like a personal gym programme to follow that complements what I'm doing already, but haven't been able to find any good websites that give me what I want. Can anyone recommend one?Otherwise has anyone had any success with a personal trainer service? Are there any recommended ones in Aberdeen? I wouldn't be looking for somewhere to leach money off me every month, just that I can pay a small fee for to get a consultation and to provide a program and then I can go back to them every now and then to get it updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 I don't know how useful this would be, but I just joined a gym and the girl that took me through my gym programme was a sports science graduate...It might be worth seeing if a sports science student in their final year would be interested in helping you out for a few extra bucks..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 IIt might be worth seeing if a sports science student in their final year would be interested in helping you out for a few extra bucks..?Yeah that occurred to me, probably would have been easier to organise if I was still working for a university.Any sports science students here?I found one personal trainer service here and the price they charge to draw up a plan was pretty reasonable, but I have no idea if they're any good. So thought I'd see if anyone had some to recommend here before I got in touch with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 at the gym I use, the staff are available for consultation on programme as part of the membership (they are usually sports biomed students) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 I'm surprised you can't fine a suitable site on t'intermesh.What are your goals, weight loss? muscle gain? stamina? or just general fitness?There are some standard rules of thumb that you could follow (happy to share) for any of the above, but getting some guidance would be the best way.The minky approach would be to get one of the free (or low-cost) inductions/assessments at any of the franchise gyms - then do your own thing....but that just wouldn't be cricket now, would it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 at the gym I use, the staff are available for consultation on programme as part of the membership (they are usually sports biomed students)Aye, but this isn't a commercial gym, it's an unstaffed company gym in the main office building. Diesel, my goals are increased cardio, speed and strength. Not bulking up though. I do martial arts training twice a week so want to complement that. In the meantime I'm planning on doing 20 mins on the rowing machine, 20 mins on the weights (haven't planned the specific excercises yet) and finishing with the treadmill and stretching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 You should really be focusing on doing cardio one day and weights the other rather than combining the two.Plus, doing weights exercises and then hopping back onto cardio affects your performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 yeah, what I was meaning is that if you were to find / advertise for a sports biomed student you could be on a winner.sorry dudegood luck with it too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 sports biomed studentsFor some reason, that conjures up images of beautiful, toned female cyborgs, programmed for sex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 yeah, what I was meaning is that if you were to find / advertise for a sports biomed student you could be on a winner.sorry dudegood luck with it too!Cheers!The student route is a possibility if I'm stuck, could ask around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 How well equiped is this gym?If your wanting to increase strength/speed you should probably concentrate on olympic lifts. Also squats and bench. Big movements, low reps.Also if your doing enough cardio during your other type of exercise, you probably want to only do cardio as a warm up/warm down. Maybe one extra day if your keen (when your not lifting). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest treader. Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 if you want to lose weight, swim swim swim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 How well equiped is this gym?Couple of rowing machines, treadmills, step trainer, cross country trainer, bike, vertical plate weights machine, leg plate weights machine.Also if your doing enough cardio during your other type of exercise, you probably want to only do cardio as a warm up/warm down. Maybe one extra day if your keen (when your not lifting).My other training is cardio intensive but I'd like to speed up my improvement in this area as some nights I get knackered really quickly compared to others in the class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 If its muscle gain/weight loss you'd like I could write you a fairly decent programme. Im not a sports science student, but I read up on it quite a lot and have held down a job in a gym before part-time.For cardio, I'm not so hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 My other training is cardio intensive but I'd like to speed up my improvement in this area as some nights I get knackered really quickly compared to others in the class.Sadly, the most effective way to improve cardio/stamina is good old fashioned running.Cycling and swimming help, but it ain't the same as your body weight is supported in both those activities.Boring as fuck, but then that's what iPods were invented for.I've started running at lunchtimes again (now my k-nees are better) and am feeling the benefits already.A good deal of the pre-season training at any of the Junior or amateur clubs I played for involved hunners and hunners of running - that kinda says it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Hmm, perhaps I'll cut out the weights and maybe do a couple of short sessions with them during the week. Then I can do a full session on the cardio machines at the weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Running outside is better for you. A treadmill doesn't have the same resistance or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Running outside is better for you. Running outside is cold and wet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Exposure @ Lemon Tree Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Running outside is better for you. A treadmill doesn't have the same resistance or something like that.Running on a treadmill also sucks a lot of ass. I did a fair bit of running in the good old countryside over the summer for the first time in years and it was awesome. I actually wanted to go running!! And it does your fitness the world of good. But, with the crap weather and dark mornings/nights I haven't been able to get out in the past couple of months, but have been playing plenty of football and doing a lot of swimming. I went on the running machine for the first time in absolutely ages (probably over a year) yesterday and remembered how much I hate treadmills. Running inside just ain't the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Running outside is cold and wet.Ach, put a bunnet and a pair of gloves on min!You'll soon warm up.I go out in all weathers and once you get going, the cold and rain are a blessing.The wind is a bastard though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Exposure @ Lemon Tree Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Ach, put a bunnet and a pair of gloves on min!You'll soon warm up.I go out in all weathers and once you get going, the cold and rain are a blessing.The wind is a bastard though.It's not really the cold that bothers me - I quite like running in the cold. One of my gripes with treadmills is that after about a mile you're totally overheating cos gyms have bloody heating on in them!!I leave for work at 5.30am and don't get home till at least 6 most evenings. I live right out in the country so running in the absolute pitch dark is at best a little dangerous...! Believe me when I was running in the summer, I think it was only warm once. It is the North East.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 The gym is across the road from my flat and is free. Bugger running outside in winter if I don't have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Outside running doesn't supply you with Sky Sports News or kids TV in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 I've found this site:BodyDaemon | Free Online Fitness JournalFree to use and seems really good for keeping a track of goals and everything you've done to achieve them. Still doesn't help with designing a workout.Think I'll just play it by ear for a while and see what kind of progress I make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Might also be worth a gander through this:Football365 Forum: Football Forum => **The Official Gym 2.0 Thread** It's back and bigger , better and stonger than ever!No idea how useful it'll be though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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