Gym thread.

[PaulMacC]

haha lol insecure




Sounds good man aslong as your eating and lifting heavy youl grow

Decided to abbreviate it even more. Here's what I did today. I'm doing this three days a week now, then when it gets tough lowering it to two. Going to pack on about 5KG a week to squat/dead and probably 2.5KG a week to the bench. 1KG to OHP and Pulldowns/Crunches are double progression.

Squat
20KG x 8
25KG x 12
25KG x 12
25KG x 12

Overhead Press
15KG x 6
17.5KG x 8
17.5KG x 8
17.5KG x 8

Deadlift
20KG x 6
25KG x 10
25KG x 10
25KG x 10

Pulldowns
15KG x 8
15KG x 8
15KG x 8

Barbell Bench Press
20KG x 6
25KG x 10
25KG x 10

Crunches
10
10

[Nemo]

gonna join my local gym tomorrow. only gonna treadmill it up though since my arms are dead from martial arts on wednesday eurgh.

[PaulMacC]

gonna join my local gym tomorrow. only gonna treadmill it up though since my arms are dead from martial arts on wednesday eurgh.

dont treadmill, you are already skinny.

[Nemo]

dont treadmill, you are already skinny.

Am not that skinny, id consider myself like dead normal. But thing is, i wanna increase my stamina, know any other ways to do that then? Right now its pathetic

wanna start boxing, but gonna train up my stamina and pump up a bit before i do

[PaulMacC]

Am not that skinny, id consider myself like dead normal. But thing is, i wanna increase my stamina, know any other ways to do that then? Right now its pathetic

wanna start boxing, but gonna train up my stamina and pump up a bit before i do

Then do Cardio and eat a tonne. So you dont get super skinny.

[Nemo]

Then do Cardio and eat a tonne. So you dont get super skinny.

Which is why im gonna hit the treadmill, and yeah gonna start eating a lot more

[PaulMacC]

Niamh, follow Mark Rippetoes advice on bulking. I'm sure other members here will tell you the same thing

You are going to need to eat like mad. Unless you eat junk food and drink Coke and Pepsi constantly, you don't eat enough. As Mark Rippetoe said, he tells his kids that they have to drink a gallon of whole milk each day and get kicked out of an all-you-can-eat buffet at least twice weekly.
Do you have the ability to eat 3500-4000 calories EVERY day without consuming tons of junk food? Nothing wrong with eating pizza and a double cheeseburger (or two!) every day, as long as you keep lifting hard. Dump the candy, soft drinks, donuts, cookies, etc....stuff that is high in calories with no protein or nutritive value. You want *quality* calories.
Convince Mom to buy seven pounds of the 93% ground beef, and finish off an entire Hamburger Helper box with a pound of ground beef daily, as well as 2 or 3 peanut butter and banana sandwiches and as much milk as you can stomach. Don't like hamburger helper? Go for a box of mac-n-cheese along with your ground beef, but put down 1 lb of beef and 1 box of starch per day at least. Don't like mac-n-cheese? Make a bunch of spaghetti noodles or some rice or corn and peas, baked beans, potatoes. And eat dead animal. Lots of it. Don't want to eat a pound of ground beef? EGGS! Eat them! All of them!




Here are a few easy "tricks" that I used back in the day when I was lazy and didn't need to cook for anyone but myself.

1. Brown 1-lb. ground beef and/or George Foreman a pound of chicken
2. Make a box of macaroni and cheese
3. Mix the 2
4. Get a jug of milk
5. Drink milk and eat the chow
6. Makes 2-3 meals

Hamburger Helper - oh hell yeah! Just use 2 lbs of beef, and make 3-5 meals out of it
Peanut butter and banana sandwiches + milk = bulk food extraordinaire
Egg Sandwiches = scrambled eggs + cheese + whole grain bread and salsa = YUM! Turbo charged musclechow.

1. Stick 4-6 eggs into a skillet, cover
2. Let eggs get cooked on one side
3. Flip it over carefully, and cook the other side
4. Throw it on 2 pieces of toast or bread with salsa

Buy some extra virgin olive oil and take a T of it here and there throughout the day. Great antioxidant properties, great nutritive properties, and helps you get in some healthy calories. Oddly enough, it tastes decent as well.
Keep a jar of All-natural peanut butter and a spoon with you. Eat a tablespoon every hour or 2, depending upon how many calories you need to fill in.
You get the message. Be creative. You're a skinny *******, have some fun gaining weight while us fatties eat green beans and lentils. You need calories more than you need exact super-health-type foods.

[Nemo]

Niamh, follow Mark Rippetoes advice on bulking. I'm sure other members here will tell you the same thing

Coolio, thanks.

[Original42]

shut up and go back to doing your curls, tri-extensions and bench press on the squat rack

Niamh, follow Mark Rippetoes advice on bulking. I'm sure other members here will tell you the same thing

Can really tell that you visit bodybuilding.com

But yeh nice thread.

[PaulMacC]

Can really tell that you visit bodybuilding.com

But yeh nice thread.

I dont, I reside on www.hardgainer.com/forums
Bodybuilding.com tends to be full of weightlifting dogma.