Eagle Fitness Health Club & Tanning: Kids Club

Question:
Do I need to do three or four exercises per muscle group.

Comments:
You'll waste a lot of time. Think of it this way: The harder you train, the less time you'll be able to sustain that level of effort. For example, many men can run for an hour if they jog slowly, but you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who could do high-intensity sprints -- without a major decrease in performance -- for that period of time. And once performance starts to decline, you've achieved all the muscle-building benefits you can for that muscle group.

Recommendation:
Instead of focusing on the number of different exercises you do, shoot for a total number of repetitions between 25 and 50. That could mean five sets of five repetitions of one exercise (25 repetitions) or one set of 15 repetitions of two or three exercises (30 to 45 repetitions.)