Problem: Article: The exercises you perform will depend on your goals for your body and your stage in the training process. It's generally suggested, though, that you stick to the same major compound movements that most bodybuilders use, making this the cornerstone of your strength training. Later you can incorporate isolation exercises and machines into your routine, but right now you should be focused on leaning up and gaining muscle, doing the following exercises: Squats Deadlifts Standing overhead press Bench press Pull-ups Dips Rows Picking the right amount of weight to lift is important to build the right kind of muscle and avoid injuries. First, you need to determine your max-out weight: the heaviest weight that you can lift, at least once. Use a spotter and find out your max. Ideally, beginner bodybuilders should be lifting 70-80% of that single rep max for 6-10 repetitions of 3-4 sets. This is the optimal set and repetition range for muscle growth. When you plateau, it's important to still stick to 1-5 reps of heavy weight (85-90% 1RM), occasionally interspersed throughout your weekly schedule. Don't push it too much too fast, or you risk injury. Use progressive resistance. Once you progress to a point where the weight you're using seems light at the end of the 10th rep, it's important to increase the weight gradually to avoid plateauing too hard. All bodybuilders will come up against the plateau, the point at which you stop noticing the rapid results you were noticing weeks or even days earlier. Learning to diagnose and correct these plateaus will help to keep you safe from injury as well as to keeping moving toward the results you want. If you want a muscle group to bulk, you need to increase the weight you're training and decrease the reps. If you want a muscle group to tone out, you need to decrease the weight and increase the reps. Typically, serious bodybuilders will isolate muscle groups to train on particular days in the week. You might have one day that you just train legs and abs, then the next day you'll train pecs and arms, then the next day you'll do shoulders and back, and then you'll do an ab shredder workout. Your last training day can be cardio, and then give yourself two days off to recover. Bodybuilders should be doing about 6-10 sets per body part, per week, consisting of 6-10 reps for compound lift and 8-15 reps for isolation movements, working particular muscles. Use a regimen that works for you. There's no single way to organize your weekly workout schedule, but it helps a lot of people to keep it fairly consistent. Note that it's okay to start with full-body routines if you're a complete beginner. Compound movements (which engage many different muscle groups) will require you to rest every other day, but they can be a good way to quickly and evenly improve overall body strength. When you're happy with your overall body strength, targeting certain muscle groups becomes more important. Lots of bodybuilders think that doing cardio "kills gains," which is partially true, but it's also necessary to get your body-fat percentage down as much as possible when you're first getting started. Bodybuilders need to balance cardio and building large muscles, which can be a challenge. Cardio won't make your muscles smaller, but it will make them grow slower. However, nobody will be able to see those rock-hard abs if you don't burn the fat off the top of them first. Shred the fat, then build the muscles up. Try interval training, doing 30 seconds of sprints at 10 miles (16 kilometer) per hour, then 30 seconds of 5 miles per hour jogging. Do this for at least 5 minutes, up to as long as you can take. Do cardio after you do your work out and do workouts for the whole time that you're doing cardio. Stop the cardio when you feel you're thin enough and you can feel your arm muscles without a layer of fat. It's absolutely critical to incorporate recovery time into your workouts as well. You cannot just train constantly and think you'll build muscle faster that way. That's the way to injure yourself. You need to have at least two days every week, during which you don't train at all. For a lot of bodybuilders, that's the day you can do other stuff: tan, go on dates, do your laundry. Use those days to get other stuff done so you can focus more on training during the days you're training, helping you stay focused.
Summary: Develop your strength training routine. Start with moderately heavy weights. Work past plateaus. Target particular muscle groups on particular days. Do calorie burning cardio, as well. Let muscles rest and recover before the next workout.

Problem: Article: You may not be able to create adequate pressure to loosen the clog if your sink is attached to a dishwasher. Use a clamp to close off the hose going from your sink drain to the dishwasher. Place the clamp as close to the pipe as you can get it. If there is no dishwasher attached to your sink, then don't worry about this. Food waste and other debris in the sink may get in the way of plunging, or even make the clog worse. Remove the waste and throw it away before you start plunging. You may want to put on a pair of rubber gloves before reaching into the sink, especially if the water is dirty or has been standing for a while. You need water up above the level of the drain to create a tight seal with the plunger. If the water is not already 3 to 4in (7.6 to 10.2cm) above the drain, turn on the tap and fill up the sink to this level. It does not matter if the water is hot or cold. However, hot water may help to loosen a clog that is due to grease. Never pour drain chemicals into a sink with standing water! The chemicals will not help to undo the clog. They will just sit in the water and produce fumes, which can be dangerous. If you are going to plunge a 2 drain sink, then you will need to block off the other side to create enough pressure. Get a rag or dishcloth, wet it, and push it into the drain. If the sink has an overflow hole, shove a wet rag or dishcloth into that hole. You may also want to hold the cloth or rag over the drain or overflow hole as you plunge. This will help to ensure that it will not pop out once you begin plunging.
Summary:
Clamp the hose to your dishwasher if you have one. Remove any visible debris from the sink before you plunge it. Fill the clogged sink with 3 to 4in (7.6 to 10.2cm) of water. Stuff a dishcloth into the other drain or overflow hole in your sink.