So I started working out

Post by **bitWISE** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:50 am

My gf's parents added me to their family membership and I have been working out with my friend three times a week for about a month. I'm already way more flexible. I've already moved up 40lbs in weight on most exercises. I generally feel better too.

What is kinda weird is that I weigh 10 lbs more than when I started. I don't think my body fat percentage is any higher but its amazing that I gained so much weight without gaining any size. I knew muscle weighed more than fat but damn...at this rate I'm going to weigh like 275 by summer.

Post by **glossy** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:53 am

i just started working out as well, parents are paying for it so all's sweet

. could probably do a lanky bitch like me some good, and it's still early days and so all that's come of it is some sore muscles after workouts :\

Post by **bitWISE** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:55 am

Yeah I'm actually starting to get excited about it. Considering I'm 6'6" I have huge potential to become one of those guys people look at and shit their pants.

Post by **losCHUNK** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:59 am

and throw a killer right hook

Post by **bitWISE** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:00 am

losCHUNK wrote:and throw a killer right hook

Bring it on chunk :icon32:

Post by **losCHUNK** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:07 am

**grabs bat** :icon34:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:13 am

*grabs nuke*

Post by **andyman** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:14 am

*remote detonates nuke in your hand*

Post by **tnf** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:17 am

You always make your biggest gains right away...then things slow down. Much of your initial strength increases are due to things like better technique and increased neuromuscular things (can't remember the name...there is a term on the tip of my tongue for it.)

Don't bet on the current rate of gains staying the same for an indefinite amount of time.

You've probably changed your body composition a bit, hence the change it weight w/o change in size.

Keep it up and good luck.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:20 am

i've done a bit of working out as well, not a gym because i'm a too much of a pussy. I borrowed my housemates weights and i've been doing a lot of walking and general exercises like sit ups and press ups.

I'm a fatty and i'm attempting to lose some of it

Over my easter break when i go home, my father's going to give me a huge pile of wood to split with the axe and possibly chainsaw, i'll be out there pretty much solidly for two weeks and i should work off loads doing that. I'm not exactly weak or even that unfit, i've just got a lot of excess fat and i need to work it off.

Post by **bitWISE** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:25 am

tnf wrote:You always make your biggest gains right away...then things slow down. Much of your initial strength increases are due to things like better technique and increased neuromuscular things (can't remember the name...there is a term on the tip of my tongue for it.)

Don't bet on the current rate of gains staying the same for an indefinite amount of time.

You've probably changed your body composition a bit, hence the change it weight w/o change in size.

Keep it up and good luck.

Thats what my friend was saying. As long as I look and feel good I don't care how much I can lift.

Post by **reefsurfer** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:45 am

ok ok..i guess its time to reveal my workout...

Been a flatlander for years,surfing for 8 years, did some dirtbike and also forest mountainbiking... sold my flatland bike 3 years ago, quit surfing last year.. never got any joy out of dirtbiking.. only do forest mountainbiking in the spring/summer time...

Also play tennis in the summer... and squash on the winter...

Never been to a gym in my whole life(ALL people i know,briefly and close friends) are gymaholics... its the latest thing(since 4 years back) and i dont understand it??

If you wanna get nice good looking muscles...start swimming/surfing.

If you wanna get a good condition.. get on the bike.

Testoclesius · Post by **Testoclesius** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:34 am

and if you want to be a fucking faggot, be like reefsurfer :lol:

Post by **GreXican** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:37 am

For those who feel money must not be spent (cheap) on exercises at a gym, just do basic pushups. it helps your chest and especially your triceps. I do 200 pushups regularly and my triceps are like a ball. As for your biceps, buy some weights. If you're too cheap, use your dog or a watermelon or something...

Post by **Tormentius** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:47 am

GreXican wrote:As for your biceps, buy some weights. If you're too cheap, use your dog or a watermelon or something...

:icon19: :icon19: :icon19:

Post by **tnf** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 8:05 am

GreXican wrote:For those who feel money must not be spent (cheap) on exercises at a gym, just do basic pushups. it helps your chest and especially your triceps. I do 200 pushups regularly and my triceps are like a ball. As for your biceps, buy some weights. If you're too cheap, use your dog or a watermelon or something...

Just buy some resistance bands if you are that cheap. You can vary the resistance by the amount of tension you create via the setup of the bands.

If pushups are your thing, vary your technique - hands close together will focus on the tris more, wider hands will hit the chest more. For variation, put your feet up on a step or something to shift the angle.

Use chairs for seated dips in addition to pushups for home workouts if you want to hit your chest and tris as well.

I used to do handstand pushups for shoulders before my neck surgery if I was away from the gym. Do a headstand by a wall close enough that you can fall back and let your feet rest against it for balance, then go down and up.

Post by **Grudge** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 9:25 am

reefsurfer wrote:If you wanna get a good condition..

heh, great "swedification" there

Post by **Who** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:21 am

Tnf knows what hes on about

Post by **Who** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:27 am

glossy wrote:i just started working out as well, parents are paying for it so all's sweet . could probably do a lanky bitch like me some good, and it's still early days and so all that's come of it is some sore muscles after workouts :\

try this,

Workout #1
deadlifts
overhead press
chins

Workout #2
squats
bench press
bent rows

Alternate the above two workouts with a day or two rest between them Also ... drink lots of WHOLE MILK.

EDIT
your going to need to eat a ton if you want to put on wait. And i mean a ton, i dont know what ur cal intake should be for your size but aim to take in about 4000 a day. 40% carbs 30% fat and 30% pro

And yeah, whole milk is great calorie-dense muscle fuel. Stuff a bag of nuts in your pocket and munch on them through the day. Grill 30 chicken breasts on Sunday afternoon, and make sure they disappear during the week. ( lean beef is better but hey)

Try using http://www.fitday.com/ for keeping track of it all.

Post by **reefsurfer** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:24 am

Grudge wrote:
reefsurfer wrote:If you wanna get a good condition..
heh, great "swedification" there

ok,it was late and i was tired... so how should i have put it then?

Post by **Pext** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:06 pm

Who wrote:Grill 30 chicken breasts on Sunday afternoon, and make sure they disappear during the week.

this part sounds good

Post by **Grudge** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:06 pm

I just thought it was a bit funny.

"Great cardio workout" or something, perhaps.

Post by **mik0rs** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:46 pm

I just started hitting the weights again properly, never managed to really get much of a bulk cycle off the ground because instead of concentrating on getting enough protein (which I initially set out to do, going for 200g or so) I just ate too much crap, nothing excessive, but too much chocolate and things like that give myself a chance of getting somewhere.

My legs are still aching from Thursday's leg session (squats, extensions, deadlifts and a few other things), thankfully I din't overtrain too much this time, unlike the last time I did squats and had to hobble around for a week, lol...

I can't wait to get on the bench tomorrow and hit my tris and chest pretty hard.

Post by **Who** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:18 pm

mik0rs wrote:I just started hitting the weights again properly, never managed to really get much of a bulk cycle off the ground because instead of concentrating on getting enough protein (which I initially set out to do, going for 200g or so) I just ate too much crap, nothing excessive, but too much chocolate and things like that give myself a chance of getting somewhere.

My legs are still aching from Thursday's leg session (squats, extensions, deadlifts and a few other things), thankfully I din't overtrain too much this time, unlike the last time I did squats and had to hobble around for a week, lol...

I can't wait to get on the bench tomorrow and hit my tris and chest pretty hard.

The world is always better post-workout.

Post by **mik0rs** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:21 pm

Who wrote:
glossy wrote:i just started working out as well, parents are paying for it so all's sweet . could probably do a lanky bitch like me some good, and it's still early days and so all that's come of it is some sore muscles after workouts :\
try this,

Workout #1
deadlifts
overhead press
chins

Workout #2
squats
bench press
bent rows

Alternate the above two workouts with a day or two rest between them Also ... drink lots of WHOLE MILK.

EDIT
your going to need to eat a ton if you want to put on wait. And i mean a ton, i dont know what ur cal intake should be for your size but aim to take in about 4000 a day. 40% carbs 30% fat and 30% pro

And yeah, whole milk is great calorie-dense muscle fuel. Stuff a bag of nuts in your pocket and munch on them through the day. Grill 30 chicken breasts on Sunday afternoon, and make sure they disappear during the week. ( lean beef is better but hey)

Try using http://www.fitday.com/ for keeping track of it all.

Couple of things, While the exercises in there are pretty good ones, he should probably be able to manage 3 days a week and fit in more exercises than that.

The nut thing is a good idea, good fat, good protein, but WHOLE MILK? Nah, Aside from tasting nice there's little benefit in that over low/non-fat milk. There's certainly no more protein in whole milk (at least not in the UK, it'd be bizarre for it to be different elsewhere.