what are good gym training goals to achieve to look good and make most out of workout time?

What are some good gym training goals to achieve to look good and make most out of your workout time?.

A good goal to follow would be to add 5 lbs. to each exercise you do each week. this is for the bigger exercises like the bench presses, squats, deadlifts, leg presses, etc.

Some exercises like isolation type exercises, this goal would not apply, things like side laterals for shoulders, dumbell flys, curls etc, would not be applicable.

And it is not something you will be able to do every week, just something to try and achieve on the big exercises, adding a small amount now and again, when you add this weight make sure you can do the previous amount of sets and reps easily, then you know you are ready to add the 5 lbs extra.

You might get less reps as a result, but work at that extra weight until you are back up to your previous rep range, before trying to add another new amount of weight, like i said sometimes you will find it easier then others, so make sure to fist master the previous weight sets and reps wise, before going up another level.

this will be more easy to do for big exercises, but for smaller exercises like bicep curls and tricep push downs you may not always be able to make those 5 lb. jumps in weight, so do not worry and just work it more for the big exercises like squats, deadlifts etc.

you will find there is a big difference between adding 5 lbs. to a 250 lb. deadlift then to adding 5 lbs. to a 25 lb. bicep curl. So you just need to keep that in your mind and also do your best to increase your strength whenever possible when at the gym, but only when you have got over the previous hurdle weight wise satisfactory.