What is a reasonable "goal" for working out?

Question

I have a project that I have to do in my physiology/anatomy class in which we have to be our own personal trainer. I plan on doing mine on lifting weights. Now I am about 150 lbs and 5' 9 at 17 years of age. I can lift at about 120 lbs (very weak i know). What would be a reasonable goal within 5 months?

Yes i meant bench 120.

And also instead of doing weight lifting, what can I do to substitute that. Will doing push ups help? Or something else? And how often should I do them? My teacher told me not to overdo it...

Answer 1

You can lift at about 120 lbs? Do you mean bench 120?... or what? I'm not exactly sure.

I would say a 5 month goal should be about 50% increase of what you can do now if you want to ensure that you won't hurt yourself. Remember to build every part of the body only once a day, and eat protein and carbs right after workout. You should be fine.

Added.....

Pushups... yeah, that might be a great way, and you would be hard pressed to injure your body doing pushups. See what you can to now in 2min or so, and build on that until you can fill your 2min with clapping pushups or one-handers.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Slowly work up to heavier weights but make it your goal just to do something. Get out and away from the computer!

Answer 4

Your goal should be...to drop that class.