GordyR's Beginners Guide to Bodybuilding

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Anybody done anything today, it was raining but there was nothing I could do in the kitchen for over an hour, thought **** it and went cycling. Dinner has never tasted sooo good :D
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Had sex, went for a 5 mile run then washed both cars, before breakfast! Dried and waxed both cars after breakfast :D

Had my share of Lager and Tequila last night too!
 
Wow I never knew bodybuilding was so complicated, looks like I'm going to have to go to the gym, I am about 5ft 10 and weigh 13stone, sometimes I weigh 13.5 stone or 12.9 stone which is weird and I go cycling quite often, usually to college thats about a 10 mile trip there and 15 mile back and for christmas I got this 10.3kg dumbbell but it seems that regularly using that is not going to make much difference and I eat meals like sunday dinners at home, drink plenty of milk and well snack a lot eating rice and beans mainly and the odd chocs but since its christmas there is HEAPS of chocs to eat so I have been eating way over what I usually eat, I also thought I was doing a good thing by looking at how much fat and calories things have in and always piking something with the least amount of calories in but thats not worked I've lost no body fat or anything, I've read the guide but its so complicated it just went through me I'm like gobsmacked that its that hard I mean I did not think it was a walk in the park trying to loose weight and gain muscle but really I dont know were to start.

Any ideas? I get hungry all the time and find myself going downstairs to get snacks like every hour or 2 and its usually crisps or chocs, maybe rice, sometimes its cereals or sweets and thats only going to make me fat I think. Should I buy some more weights?
 
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My first suggestion to help would be punctuation. Full stops are a friend to be embraced. Coherant sentence structure with a clear flow would also be nice instead of random stream of conciousness which is what it looks like here. I know occasionally I overrun and use commas excessively but that is too much even for me....... and relax, now I'll stop being quite so picky.

Second recommendation which is more to do with your goals is you need to define exactly what you want to achieve. If it is simply to lose weight then cardio is probably the best way to go for you. It is good that you have identified diet as a major factor because it is if you want to really see the results but first you need to focus on what your aims are, there are quite a few food suggestions at the start of this sticky that you could look into.

Do you have a gym near you that you could go to? If so what equipment does it have?
 
^^lol, if you think your finding bodybuilding hard right now you haven't even started. A 10.3kg dumbell isn't going to get you anywhere tbh, if your serious about it and want to build lean muscle you need good equipment and a good diet. Losing weight can be done on a treadmill, no need for 100 other machines. One treadmill and vary it up with HIIT routines or just plain running but keep altering to keep your body guessing each month. Im 13.5 stone and 6ft 3. Your weight varies due to water retention etc, but weigh each morning should be the same, I can go up to 14 stone but the next morning be 13.5 again. Bodyfat pretty much maintained at 11.3% now.

You need a lot more equipment, ideally your better joining a gym, unless you have funds and space to build a gym, you can improvise but it's better to have a proper built gym rather than cutting corners using this for that etc.

Doesn't matter if your diet has gone to crap over christmas, your not exactly competing so it's not going to kill your gains. Lose weight just go into a calorie deficit. For example I take around 2,000 calories a day, high protein intake but keep carbs moderate to low at 100g or less, but protein over 200g. You might want to invest in some whey protein, but make sure you get your workout + diet sorted out first otherwise it'll be a waste of cash. Sweets are generally bad due to sugar content. Cereal is fine but stick with porridge oats, bran or other fiber cereals. Stick with wholemeal bread, and eat lean meat such as sirloine or fillet steak, oily fish is good as well. Chicken is a good option, but lean chicken not KFC or w.e.
 
There is internet out here, who'd of thought it?

I can't fault the cage yet. For squatting it does everything you'll want with the adjustable pins and safety bars which allow you to go A2G without worrying about stuck.

The dipping bars are a lot thicker than they look on the pictures and again do everything you want. I love having these and they were a big factor in deciding what rack I bought.

As you the chin up bar, you couldn't ask for anything more. You can do really wide grip pull ups, medium grip chins or hammer grip chins.

The overall quality is great, it's solid, sturdy and is good enough quality to sit in a regular gym. This sounds like a bit of a sales add..... but for the price i'm seriously impressed.
 
Wardie said:
There is internet out here, who'd of thought it?

I can't fault the cage yet. For squatting it does everything you'll want with the adjustable pins and safety bars which allow you to go A2G without worrying about stuck.

The dipping bars are a lot thicker than they look on the pictures and again do everything you want. I love having these and they were a big factor in deciding what rack I bought.

As you the chin up bar, you couldn't ask for anything more. You can do really wide grip pull ups, medium grip chins or hammer grip chins.

The overall quality is great, it's solid, sturdy and is good enough quality to sit in a regular gym. This sounds like a bit of a sales add..... but for the price i'm seriously impressed.
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Sounds good, cheers for the review. Good holiday?
 
My first suggestion to help would be punctuation. Full stops are a friend to be embraced. Coherant sentence structure with a clear flow would also be nice instead of random stream of conciousness which is what it looks like here. I know occasionally I overrun and use commas excessively but that is too much even for me....... and relax, now I'll stop being quite so picky.
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My spelling and grammar is not the best on here, but its certainly not unreadable.

Second recommendation which is more to do with your goals is you need to define exactly what you want to achieve. If it is simply to lose weight then cardio is probably the best way to go for you. It is good that you have identified diet as a major factor because it is if you want to really see the results but first you need to focus on what your aims are, there are quite a few food suggestions at the start of this sticky that you could look into.
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Well, I want to basically, loose some weight but I dont want to loose weight so I'm skinny, I basically want to get down to about 12stone and be more tones, at the moment I'm quite chubby, but since I started biking in march I have seen great improvements to my legs at least, deffenitly more muscle there but I dont think the improvement in my legs was very fast and that is proberbly due to my diet and not doing any other exercise. Apart from the biking that I do often I really dont do much else apart from the 10.3kg dumbbell, pressups and the odd situps.

The areas that really concern me is my chest, lots of fat there to the point they look like 'manboobs' (dont know the what the realm term for that is) but it does concern me.

Do you have a gym near you that you could go to? If so what equipment does it have?
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There is a gym in the town 2 miles from me, but the area generally is not a very good place, its full of lots of idiots and no doubt the gym will be, its near the swimming baths too.

I hope thats enough information.

Thanks.
 
willhub said:
My spelling and grammar is not the best on here, but its certainly not unreadable.
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You wrote this much without using a full stop:

willhub said:
Wow I never knew bodybuilding was so complicated, looks like I'm going to have to go to the gym, I am about 5ft 10 and weigh 13stone, sometimes I weigh 13.5 stone or 12.9 stone which is weird and I go cycling quite often, usually to college thats about a 10 mile trip there and 15 mile back and for christmas I got this 10.3kg dumbbell but it seems that regularly using that is not going to make much difference and I eat meals like sunday dinners at home, drink plenty of milk and well snack a lot eating rice and beans mainly and the odd chocs but since its christmas there is HEAPS of chocs to eat so I have been eating way over what I usually eat, I also thought I was doing a good thing by looking at how much fat and calories things have in and always piking something with the least amount of calories in but thats not worked I've lost no body fat or anything, I've read the guide but its so complicated it just went through me I'm like gobsmacked that its that hard I mean I did not think it was a walk in the park trying to loose weight and gain muscle but really I dont know were to start
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It's not unreadable, but you do need to be pretty keen to read it in order to persevere through it.

Just for the record I eat a whole load of random crap and don't do much exercise and I'm in pretty good shape, so unlucky to the rest of you that need to all of these strict routines. :)
 
PurpleDinosaur said:
You wrote this much without using a full stop:



It's not unreadable, but you do need to be pretty keen to read it in order to persevere through it.

Just for the record I eat a whole load of random crap and don't do much exercise and I'm in pretty good shape, so unlucky to the rest of you that need to all of these strict routines. :)
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Yeah but if your traps picked a fight with morba's traps then where would your digestives be eh?
 
PurpleDinosaur said:
You wrote this much without using a full stop:



It's not unreadable, but you do need to be pretty keen to read it in order to persevere through it.

Just for the record I eat a whole load of random crap and don't do much exercise and I'm in pretty good shape, so unlucky to the rest of you that need to all of these strict routines. :)
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Well I cant do out about it can I, if I eat lots of random crap I'll get fat and I cant change that. But then again I have not really changed much over the past 2 years no matter what I eat I stay the same (I think) but I dont want to stay the same, I want to get slimmer and more toned basically.
 
willhub, you need to clearly define your goals and decide what level of dedication you wish to put into this.

I would suggest a weight training routine, a clean bulk and then a cut routine as imo you will always look better with muscle mass on you, rather than just being as most are which is extremely skinny with little mass.
 
And for the regulars on here, I've been given the go ahead to build myself a gym in my garden. This is great news for me, because:

1) I HATE, with a passion, waiting for equipment to become available in the gym
2) I HATE having to go at 9pm so that the gym is relatively quiet.
3) I would rather train with just my brother, as we have more focus that way.
4) I Do not like being stopped in the gym for someone to talk to me, ask advice, question me etc because I'm at the gym to train, and that's it.

I'm hugely pleased now, and am going to start buying materials thursday :)

And also, as I will have more time on my side now, I hope to be back on these Forums more. Fingers Crossed.
 
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