Beginners' troubles

First, take into account… First of all you need to think about what results you want to achieve and in what time. Logically a training plan will look different for someone who wants to keep fit and different for a professional bodybuilder. How often you train also depends, for instance, on whether you do another sport besides weight training, or on the training style you choose – whole-body training versus training individual body parts. If you don't give much thought to how often you train and go to the gym at random, don't expect very visible results in your physique. A badly set-up training system usually brings no marked effect. Whole-body training versus training individual body parts If you also do another sport, or you only want to keep in good physical condition, then going to the gym twice or three times a week will certainly be enough for you. At the gym, focus on training the whole body and on compound exercises that involve several muscle groups at once, for example the squat. Between gym sessions, which are mainly strength-based, it certainly does no harm to enrich your free time during the week with a cardio activity. This way of combining compound and cardio exercises is also ideal if you need to lose weight. Training based on working individual body parts is intended mainly for those who really enjoy training and want to build muscle mass. Such a training plan involves, for example, going to the gym six times a week. What matters is having the individual sessions carefully laid out, with each of them devoted to a different muscle group. That way, over the whole week, you work the entire body while the muscles always have time to recover. How often to train when you need to lose weight If your goal is reducing body fat, then your gym session should consist of a strength phase and an aerobic phase. What needs supporting is not only the weight loss itself but also the shaping of your figure. Definitely don't underestimate cardio in the aerobic phase an…