How many sets should I do?

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I was just wondering if anyone could give me some advice on how many sets I should do?

I have never worked out before and I weigh ca. 60 kg.

I mainly want to tone my whole body - ass, arms, stomach, legs etc. For example, y friend told me that when I am working on my arms I should only do 10 reps, take a break and do something else, and then do 10 more reps. I am very confused as to what the right way is, because so many different sites say different things.


I was also wondering is it bad to work out for 3 days in a row?
 
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1) Do what flyingfree said.

2) There's no absolute right answer to your question, but in general for someone at your level I'd recommend 2-3 working sets per exercise. The volume and intensity should be low enough to allow you to practice good movement patterns, while also being high enough to reinforce those movement patterns and high enough to promote improvements in strength and muscularity. It can be hard to figure out exactly how hard you should be going from day 1, but if in doubt err on the side of caution -- it's much easier, safer and more productive to underestimate your workloads early on and build up to higher loads than it is to overestimate things and cause your progress to stall prematurely, or even hurt yourself. Believe it or not, if you don't even feel like you're working hard in the gym for the first month of training, it's not a problem, so long as you're working on and improving technique, and increasing your load consistently -- hard work will come soon enough with frequent increases in workload, and if you've built up good movement patterns before that time comes, you'll be better prepared for it.

3) It's okay to train 3 days consecutively if you do so intelligently. A typical high level bodybuilding program will involve training one body part each day, alternating through each body part every workout, training 4-6 days per week. A typical high level Olympic weightlifting program will have the athlete training the entire body every day, 6 days per week. But, as a beginner, you will probably get better results from training 3 non-consecutive das per week rather than 3 days straight, if you can allow that into your schedule.
 
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