What Would be Your Starting Weight be?

I would just like to point out that your fat does not "turn" into muscle. Fat is just "storage" for your body. As you get into better shape your muscles will grow in size and with a proper diet you will burn through the energy stores (fat) and lose weight.

As for your initial question there really isn't a direct answer. It is up to figure out the appropriate weight. Pick it up and do a set, if its too easy pick a heavier weight up, if its too hard then pick a lighter weight. If you are doing typical sets of 8-12 reps a good rule of thumb to go off of is rep 1 should be pretty easy but by rep 10-11 it should be quite tough! Then you will know you have a good starting weight. Try to gradually increase by just a few pounds every week or two! Good luck on your training! Remember consistency!

Bunny.

 

Just go to the gym and your first day will only exist of finding the right weight. When I started I just took the lightest dumbbell and tried to make the right move, as soon I got the right move I started to raise my weight every single set. Same for bench, just get hold of the right technique first and then add weight.. Don't be scared to take light weights, everyone started somewhere

 

put on as much as you can and lift 6-10 times LMAO you are an idiot if you think thats what to do... as much as you can would be a 1 rep max, You cant 1RM 6-10 times.

Work with weight you are comfortable with dont just drop weight on. once you are comfortable with balance and movement it will be no problem to add weight here and there.

If 20KG on a barbell is what you have been using , if you struggle keep using it (even go lighter if you need to) work your way up gradually. dont listen to the idiots who posted here.

 

I think you should play around and see what weights you should start off at, because everyone is different, so you can't really look at the person beside you and think that's what your starting weight should be. If the weights you are working on are too easy, lets say for example you can do 15 reps of it, then it would be too easy and you should increment by 1 (what I mean by increment of 1 is like if you're doing 10 pound dumbbells, move onto 15 or if you're on a machine doing 70's move onto like 80 or 90). If you can't do more than 5 reps of a weight, then you should probably decrease it by increment of 1 (Example: 25 pound dumbbells are too heavy, go down a level to like 20 pounds).

 

Hmm, some interesting ideas on here.
See I though heaviest you can handle with a small number of reps equaled bulk and muscle mass and lower weight with more reps equaled muscle endurance and definition.
Is that right?

 

You should calculate what weight you lift in terms of rep range and look to progress in either amount of reps or weight.

 

Weight training is arguably the best form of exercise for burning fat, along with high intensity training like sprinting.

you should still aim to increase the weight incrementally each session or each week, though.