Soldato
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Evening all,
So I'm 6ft and 95kg so about a two stone overweight. In the last year I went from 108kg to 84kg but since returning home from university have, evidently, put 11kg back on.
Now I'm looking to lose weight so I joined a gym this weekend and plan on swimming twice a week. I'm a good strong swimmer and find this the easiest way to do any cardio as I've always hated running. I'm also absolutely hopeless at running, although have found it easier since losing weight, and am hoping to being by running 1 mile and see if I can step it up gradually.
I'll be doing my best to eat healthily and well now, but I'm not great at it, like carbs too much! Hopefully this exercise will help offset some of this.
Additionally, which is where I would like you sport fellow's advice, I want to begin to develop more muscle. I'd say that at the moment I'm not weak, but definitely desire to be stronger and show more obvious muscle (some being hidden under the fat!).
So, I'm wondering whether you guys could suggest a routine I could do twice a week (hopefully) which will help me put on muscle mass. I know I could just go to the gym and lift weights but it's not necessarily constructive if I don't have a plan. I have no particular shape or size that I'm aiming for, but I've currently got strong legs (after carrying 17st around for years) so I'd be focusing more on my upper body.
Apologies for the long winded post...I'll try to get some pics up some time soon!
Cheers,
dirtychinchilla
So I'm 6ft and 95kg so about a two stone overweight. In the last year I went from 108kg to 84kg but since returning home from university have, evidently, put 11kg back on.
Now I'm looking to lose weight so I joined a gym this weekend and plan on swimming twice a week. I'm a good strong swimmer and find this the easiest way to do any cardio as I've always hated running. I'm also absolutely hopeless at running, although have found it easier since losing weight, and am hoping to being by running 1 mile and see if I can step it up gradually.
I'll be doing my best to eat healthily and well now, but I'm not great at it, like carbs too much! Hopefully this exercise will help offset some of this.
Additionally, which is where I would like you sport fellow's advice, I want to begin to develop more muscle. I'd say that at the moment I'm not weak, but definitely desire to be stronger and show more obvious muscle (some being hidden under the fat!).
So, I'm wondering whether you guys could suggest a routine I could do twice a week (hopefully) which will help me put on muscle mass. I know I could just go to the gym and lift weights but it's not necessarily constructive if I don't have a plan. I have no particular shape or size that I'm aiming for, but I've currently got strong legs (after carrying 17st around for years) so I'd be focusing more on my upper body.
Apologies for the long winded post...I'll try to get some pics up some time soon!
Cheers,
dirtychinchilla