How many weight (resistance training) exercises should I do for each muscle group?
Mike, your goal for good overall total fitness is a goal so many people have set. It’s a very specific goal because it targets a lot of areas of fitness, whereas weight training may usually omit certaina spects like cardio or muscle resistance. For example, a bodybuilder trying to gain 20 lbs in five months will focus greatly on heavy weights and extreme burnout at the end, whereas the person training for basic training in the Army might be concerned with completing two-three miles in under 18 minutes. It’s difficult to encompass a total overall fitness goal without cycling thru different programs at different times of the year. But I’ll try my best to answer your question. There are different approaches to how many exercises to do for each muscle group. When you refer to legs, you can easily argue that six to seven exercises is sufficient for anyone to lose all the ATP (adenosine triphosphate) in their muscles to create extreme muscle fatigue and hypertrophy. But then you pinpoint spe
