This was an interesting thread. I could use some advice. Every day, I try to engage my body in some HIIT cardio. I go onto my tennis court, and run as fast as I can back and forth to each side 4 times. Then i take a break for about 30 seconds and do it again. So far, that's all I have been able to do at one time. My lungs at this point could take it, but after that second set, my legs feel like jelly. I also am currently doing something called the 100 pushups challenge every other day, allowing my muscles to rest. Should I also be allowing my legs to rest? Only doing HIIT cardio every other day as well???

I play guitar every day, so my arms look nice and toned, and out of the three body types, I am a mesomorph, meaning that out of the three, I have the best genetic blessing to not only have killer abs, but also some good looking arms as well. I'm just confused, and don't know if if I'm not doing something right?

A penny for your thoughts, gentleman?

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3 days of HIIT each week should be enough, your HIIT session should be around 20 minutes. If you can't make the 20 minutes lower the intensity. I usually make sure that there's a 2 day rest for each muscle group, for the heavy lifting part that is. Same would apply to the pushups, eventually you will overtrain if you continue doing this for a couple of weeks, for example 10 weeks in a row. But this depends on the person itself. Some people need more days to recover. I personally like to plan a deload week every 6 weeks of training.

Soooo you're saying make sure that you have at least 3 HIIT cardio sessions on the track each week. Have them be spread out every other day. Each day that you train cardio should be a 20 minute session.

If you are throwing pushups and heavy lifting into the equation, work those muscles on the days when you are resting your legs from the cardio.

This sounds great and all, but how the hell do I lower the intensity on the HIIT cardio?
Should I make it that one trip to the other side of the court and back constitutes as a set, and then take my 30 second rest, then do another set? Will this put the clock on my side?

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I agree with the 2 days of rest for each muscle group comment. I usually only work out my chest and biceps with pull ups twice a week, 3-sets of 10(Wide grip w/ palms facing out). However, I do abs almost everyday because I read and have heard from trainers that this is fine. I don't do abs religiously though but when I do there is definitely a difference. When doing abs I do the p90x ab ripper that you can find on youtube.

I also work my Transverse Abdominis muscles(Side abdominal section) by locking my legs under something that will allow me to suspend my upperbody parallel to the floor. I then take a 25 pound weight(11kg) barbell weight and hold it with straight arms above me while rotating my upper body and arms from left then back to center and after that rotate arms and body to right(I do 14 reps and 3 sets of this). I like this exercise because it gives you the side cuts and the V-cuts that are by your side right underneath your abs.

I leave the rest of my muscular development up to doing Muay Thai. My legs are nice and toned do to lots of leg kicks. My shoulders are also well developed from keeping my hands up and shadow boxing. My neck is well developed from doing clinch-work. So point of this post is that I don't feel like you have to focus too much on weight training if you are doing Muay Thai.

Here is a pic of how I managed to develop my body so far:

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Heavy low reps and light high reps both build muscle. Everybody is different, mentally/physically. So just test both and see what results work better for you.

You guys should look into the Wendler program. It is strength AND hypertrophy so you get the best of both worlds. You don't have to spend your whole life in the gym either.

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P.s. Good post OP, I totally agree, I took a break from lifting weights due to kidney stones but will get back into it soon.

P.p.s. Games SN - most personal trainers are the biggest charlatans going, worst than PU, good ones are rare. Do your research to get a good one. My trainer was a retard and tried teaching me retard squats.

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One thing I'll add for the scrawny guys who can't seem to put on any weight. The ectomorphs.

From what I've found through my own personal experiences. Women like a guy who is fit and tone much more than a big bury guy who is stacked with muscle. What tends to happen in society is we all just associate fit guys with the ones who are stacked like a body builder. What's funny, is a lot of women are actually intimidated and repulsed by these guys. I'm a decent looking guy, but I'm small. I'm 6' tall and only 140lbs. But what I lack in body size I make up for by being incredibly tone and "ripped". For my entire life, I've struggled with weight. I just can't put it on. But what I've figured out, is I may not be able to build muscle, I can gain strength. Ectomorphic bodies don't build muscle the same way mesomorphs and endomorphs do. I have a very close friend who is a mesomorph. The guy drives a Beer truck and slings cases and kegs all day. Thus he's the typical egg head body builder looking guy. His arms are about as big around as my neck. But in an arm wrestle I can hold him steady.

I can't stand working out in a gym. Lifting weights, to me, is about as exciting as visiting a hospital. I just can't get into it. What I've found I love though, is rock climbing. What's great about this hobby is that is works with my body type so well. It's a whole lot easier for me to hold my 140lb self on an inverted wall with a two finger pinch than if I weighed 200lbs. It's also one of the best workouts you can do. There are a ton of crossfit guys who climb just because of the muscle control and core strength it builds. If you are an ectomorph looking to get strong and can't seem to actually build muscle. Get on YouTube and search climbing training videos. Even if you don't climb, these are awesome ways to work out and get sculpted without actually lifting weights.

And like I said, it's not at all about being big. It's about being fit.

Oh: One other thing. Climbing gyms and popular outdoor routs will introduce you to all sorts of great looking fit women. It's not like a normal gym where girls are out there working out, not wanting to be bothered. Everyone in the climbing community is really friendly and happy to just be out there doing their hobby. And there's never a bitch shield to deal with. It's really the perfect place to meet girls.

Edit: here's a picture of myself to show that I am not at all a big guy. But I do have a good amount of definition and muscle. I've been with quite a number of really hot, model quality women who said they found me very sexy.

Im on board with what you're saying. Do something with passion.

I met women pre-qualified to be fit and go getters on the trails all the time. If its a killer mountain everyone wants to stop for a break anyways. Quick chat, so we're gonna need beers after this right?, and grab a number. 50% of the time I meet them for drinks that day.

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