Hi,

I am onto assignment two, and I was wondering when it comes to the exercise Bill says two exercises for each muscle group for total of six sets. Not sure what that means. Does it mean I will have to do a total of 12 exercises?

I don't have the BFL book so I am going to work on doing my own strength training exercises, and i wanted to make sure I was getting in the right amount of sets.

Can anyone give me some guidance??

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Originally Posted by Butterflylady Hi, I am onto assignment two, and I was wondering when it comes to the exercise Bill says two exercises for each muscle group for total of six sets. Not sure what that means. Does it mean I will have to do a total of 12 exercises? I don't have the BFL book so I am going to work on doing my own strength training exercises, and i wanted to make sure I was getting in the right amount of sets. Can anyone give me some guidance??

Hello, if you go to the Body for Life website...Bill explains in detail about the workouts. This should give you all the information you will need. Just an example would be this to give you an idea:

Chest Exercise

Chest Press

do 12 repititions for the first set using say 8lb dumbbells
10 for the 2nd increasing weight to 10lbs
8 for the 3rd increasing weight to 12lbs
6 for the 4th increasing weight to 15lbs
back up to 12 for the 5th-decrease weight to 10lbs

When you get to the 6th set you will do 12 repititions immediately after the 5th set using 10lbs but you'll do say chest flys. Rest for 2 minutes before moving onto the next body part. So each body part you will pick two exercises and follow what I wrote above. I hope this helps but like I said, the website lays it all out for you.

Good luck!
~Shannon

Butterflylady,
My experience is that the nutritional part (6 BFL "approved" meals per day) is 50% of the solution; the Body for Life book gives you great detail on both the exercises and nutrition, and I'm not sure you can find that information on-line. Regarding the exercises in addition to what Shannon posted, you are to rest 1-minute between sets, for each body part, but no rest between the last two 12-rep sets for each body part; then 2-minutes and move on to the next body part (so you end up doing a total of 60 reps per body part) - all this should take no longer than about 50 minutes for the complete upper (or lower) body workout. There are 5 upper body parts and 4 lower body parts; and as you'll need to throw in a different exercise for that last 12-rep set as Sharron posted, you really need to come up with 18 exercises in total. And of course, after 4-weeks, you should change up the exercises. It's a lot easier than is sounds, but I highly recommend getting the book, as you may waste some time and effort, and possibly not get the results you're hoping for without it - although I had been working out before BFL, it wasn't until I closely followed BFL that I saw the results I was looking for. Good luck! Joel

I'd say Shannon and Joe hit it on the money. IF possible I'd go to Amazon and get a used copy (real cheap) of both of Bill's books (Body for Life & Eating for Life) as their "in a nut shell" all you need. Together their a "one, Two" knockout punch to a better bod hence a better "Tude" Thoughts and Actions. Good luck---Mike

Thanks so much. That information was a gold mine!!

Thank you for your response. It helped tremendously!!