GordyR's Beginners Guide to Bodybuilding

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Will take that in to consideration. Im only working one day more than you say though to be honest. Wednesday is basically rest day. As morba said, I could just combine the arms in to another day and Id be at your recommendation, so i think i'll do that :)

edit: edited post above... is that looking a bit better~?

edit: havent been going to failure but struggle on the last 2/3 reps of the second and third sets

edit: bear in mind i only have 30 minutes for a session too
 
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Please excuse my n00b terminology here....

I have just had my induction at the GYM and they have lots of wonderful contraptions with regards to legs and arms etc. I can't for the life of me remember what they are called or what they all do off the top of my head as there were so many but pretty much everything is covered.

This guide is focussed on free weights however the free weights at the gym are minimal really but this is the only GYM that suits my schedule. Will I be limiting my workout using these? Most have two hand positions to work out different muscles on the same piece of kit etc.

Can some advise me and possibly script a a routine to suit?
 
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Please excuse my n00b terminology here....

I have just had my induction at the GYM and they have lots of wonderful contraptions with regards to legs and arms etc. I can't for the life of me remember what they are called or what they all do off the top of my head as there were so many but pretty much everything is covered.

This guide is focussed on free weights however the free weights at the gym are minimal really but this is the only GYM that suits my schedule. Will I be limiting my workout using these? Most have two hand positions to work out different muscles on the same piece of kit etc.

Can some advise me and possibly script a a routine to suit?
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With a Barbell:
Squats
Deadlifts
Bent Over Rows
RDLs
Military press

With dumbells:
bench press (flat and decline)
shoulder press
lat raises
bent over lat raises
shrugs
curls
overhead tricep extensions

Machines / cables (if they have them):
Lat pull down
tri pushdown
calf raises


forget hand positions for now, just find the one that works best and stick with it :]
 
Anyone offer me some advice please -

Currently using, well will be when i start training properly Phosphagen HP, which is essentially creatine i think, should i be taking this pre and post work out? And also, i can;t help but feel i need protein, now i have myoplex deluxe, which has 53g of protein, 11g of glutamine etc., but they are designed to be a meal replacement rather than protein shake i think? So would i benefit from maybe swapping my post work out creatine shake with something like Hurricane XS which incorporates Protein and creatine?

Cheers
 
I have used Hurricane XS in the past and will be ordering some more shortly, its a good shake and tastes pretty good as well.
 
Hi all,

Just a quick question really.

Are flat bench crunches worthwhile? Basically, I have the following bench (Only paid £43 else where during a sale):

http://www.gymworld.co.uk/prodpage.asp?ProdID=3047

And want to know whether flat bench crunches are ok? It's just that I can't seem to find any examples of flat bench crunches on the net.

I just lie on the bench and do a crunch as normal, with my feet touching the floor at the end on the bench.

I also rest a weight on my abs whilst I do 2x12 crunches.

Just looking for some advice.

Sorry for the long winded post :)
 
ab work is largley uneccesary for most folk, if your very lean and you want to bring the abs out a bit then hanging leg raises and normal crunches will be fine. but if you cant see your abs already dont bother.

Flat bench crunches are just crunches on a bench and really are sit ups not crunches
 
Ok thanks for the advice.

Upper/Chest is making progress so I just need to lose the beer belly. I do cardio work for an overall but thought I'd try some ab work.

Suppose there's no harm in doing the bench crunches/sit ups or whatever.
 
Morba said:
whats the one where you put hands behind head and grab the bench, then lift your body up so that body goes verticle, lowering to just off bench then back up again?
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cant recall the name but they are awesome especially with an incline. Weighted crunches rock too, i was using a 70kg dumbell at one point lol
 
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