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@DieHardBastionFan
Even before you get started. You should check around the net how to do every exercise properly. If you can, get a PT for exercises like squat and deadlift. The first weeks should just be light weights and focus on proper technique. You might not like it but injuring yourself is just not worth it. Also, keep your core tight at all times.

I did, I just didn't notice I was doing them wrong until a friend told me (I'm talking about the dips.) The PT at my gym is pretty useless, but I'll still ask him how to do the more difficult excersices. So far, everything I did was pretty basic.

Quote from Frozenkex

If your shoulder hurts, or whatever muscle group, try to let it heal before you do any exercise with that. Light stretching and cardio is fine.
Also to avoid injuries, soreness and infact increase effectiveness of your workouts always warm up and stretch, and after the workout cooldown (which is the same thing as warm up).

From what i know, i suggest having atleast 1 day in between workout sessions, you can do some cardio on that day though if you want.

Yeah, of course, I'm not gonna excersice a muscle that is still sore. So, I should "warm up" after each exercise, or after the whole "gym day"? And yeah, I'm pretty much following WishedHeHadBeta's beginers guide in the OP, there's no 2-workout-days-in-a-row there.

I actually started your begginer's routine this past monday. So far, so good. I do like 1 more excersice per day though, one per muscle group feels like too little. I did biceps and triceps today. I messed up my dips and now my shoulder hurts more than it should, nothing serious though. Any extra advice?

Quote from WishedHeHadBeta

*Big chunk of advice*

Thanks man! I'll have to google a lot of those excercises, English not being my mother tongue and all, but I apreciate the advice. I think I got most of it. I had a couple of questions, but rereding your post cleared most of them.

Also, sore muscles last for a whole week? How annoying. And C4? I don't think eating an explosive is going to help me at all :P. I'm not planning on taking any supplement at all, just a healthy diet. Going full-out on health this summer (I'm from the southern hemisphere.)

Thanks again, I'll let you know how it goes.

If it's not too much to ask, could you give me a reasonable weekly excercise routine? I'm signing up at the gym after my exams, and my friends say the trainer there is an idiot and doesn't really know anything.

I know you're not supposed to follow a routine from a guy that hasn't even seen you, but you sound knowledgable. FYI, I've never gone to the gym. I'm not fat nor scrawny nor ripped. Pretty much an average non-gym-user.

If it's too much trouble, or this wasn't the point of the thread, nevermind, I'll just ask my friends. If, on the contrary, you're honored to share your wisdom, make it as detailed as possible.

Ask me if you need to know anything.

PS: There's quite a few people here who are into weight lifting. At least there were.