For quite awhile, ive been trying to lose weight, get fit, and just to improve myself generally....i dont last more then a few days. But this time, ive sworn to myself i'l make a difference, but it seems to me that my search for training info is my main excuse in not actually working out.
Anyway, basically, i keep reading this that and the other, and most of the time, its quite contradictory. Even around this forum im pretty confused, so i'd like to make one quality concise thread about a little of everything around training. Please help!
For a start.
Stretching:
Theres all these types
ballistic stretching
dynamic stretching
active stretching
passive (or relaxed) stretching
static stretching
isometric stretching
PNF stretching
Strength training
Lots of reps and low weights?
makes you faster appently? more dense muscles?
Low reps and max weights?
better absolute strength? muscles are not very effective?
I try to do the max weight i can, for as many reps as i can, then lowering weight and trying as many as i can then etc. is that goood? and what for?
the sticky strength thread had lots of good info, but some of it was contradicted in places. Ive been told by others that lots of reps are the best ways for building dense muscle? please correct me >.<
Pre and post workout nutrition?
Particularly, (no meals after workouts which i keep hearing around the forum)
What should you eat before and after?
Example and explainations for the above?
At the moment, i feel like a know abit about everything, but not really enough to be sure. I do wing chun once a week, but am aiming to train at least 4 days out of 7. I seem to lose motivation as well which isnt good. My diet isnt horrible, but could be much better. Really, my goals are to lose fat, get stronger and to condition my body for wing chun.(which i guess are the basic goals for most regimes )
It jsut seems like theres lots of little rules which kinda do and dont make sense like the ones listed below (some true?, but others im unsure):
Dont eat 4hrs before sleeping
No simple sugars (does that inculde fruits and their juices?)
Dont train on empty stomach?
Dont drink alot in a meal?
Eat many meals (kickstarts metabolism)
Work larger muscles first
Cut back on red meat, and alcohol
Sore is good?
Anymore to add?
Thanks
p.s. sorry for being a noob =p