GordyR's Beginners Guide to Bodybuilding

SK07 said:
But why eating 2500 calories that's way too much. I highly doubt I eat that in a day. But you have to burn more calories than you eat. and I don't think I could burn 2500 calories :/.

What is wrong with say eating 3 meals a day but meals with nothing much in them. Salads and oats for breakfast etc. Sorry not at terms with the metabolism. I mean doing that and your workout etc? I want the best results yeah but im not really understanding how eating 6 meals a day with about 2500 calories if CUTTING will benefit me by helping me lost any excess body fat especially around the abs.
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the 2500 was an example only..

it might be worth you going and having a read about some things:

Basal Metabolic Rate
Resting Metabolic Rate
 
I've only been doing free weights a couple of weeks, but I'm finding my hands and wrists wear out during the exercise, well before the rest of me is ready to give up... Is there anything I can do about it, will it improve with training, is this normal or am I screwed?

Good session though, still working on making my routine good though. Think I'm going to bite the bullet, pay the monthly fee and go for a 3-day split.
 
^You can buy like a support. It's for dumbells doing a pulling motion but it helps support your wrist I think? don't use them myself as I don't have this problem. I was told you can strengthen your wrist by having the end of your wrist at the end of your knee and doing a up and down motion.
 
@anyone:

Im wondering but would it be best for me to buy a swiss ball? I am at the gym 4 days a week. But would really like to do ab crunches and other ab exercises every day. And it allows me to do it when I have the time.
 
StixxUK said:
I've only been doing free weights a couple of weeks, but I'm finding my hands and wrists wear out during the exercise, well before the rest of me is ready to give up... Is there anything I can do about it, will it improve with training, is this normal or am I screwed?
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My forearms generally give up on me before my back will on back day, so on the later sets or heavier early sets, sometimes i will use a wrist strap.

what sort of exercises is your grip and wrists giving you trouble?
 
Right I've decided that for the time being I think I'd rather concentrate on my fitness and losing the extra stone or two rather than weight lifting.
 
neoboy said:
Right I've decided that for the time being I think I'd rather concentrate on my fitness and losing the extra stone or two rather than weight lifting.
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weight lifting is a great way to help you lose weight.........
 
Hopefully this will be a suitable place to ask this (and hopefully people wont flame me for asking a question that proberly gets asked a lot).

I would like some help on designing a workout routine to build my whole body. Normaly this wouldnt be hard as i could just use the one posted on the first page, but since i will be doing training from home, ill have to make do with the equipment i have, which will limit what i can do.

The equipment i have is a barbell with 2x 5kg weights, 2x 10kg, and 2x 15kg weights. 2 dumbells with 8x 1kg weights, 4x 2kg weights (im not sure if the dumbell and barbell weights are interchangable, but the barbell weights would be a bit too big to easily use on the dumbells). This alone limits me to use 2x 2kg weights an 4x 1kg weights on each dumbell when using dual dumbell exercises.

I also have a weight bench, with an attachment to do leg workouts, and a exercise bike with variable resistance.

As you can see i lack the equipment needed to do a full range of exercises, but i hope it will be enough to build up all my muscle groups.

One more problem i have, is that i cant do pushups. Ive tried, but i guess im not strong enough to push up my own weight and keep perfect form (ive never been good at pushups, not sure why but i want to eventully get better at them).
 
Dist said:
Hopefully this will be a suitable place to ask this (and hopefully people wont flame me for asking a question that proberly gets asked a lot).

I would like some help on designing a workout routine to build my whole body. Normaly this wouldnt be hard as i could just use the one posted on the first page, but since i will be doing training from home, ill have to make do with the equipment i have, which will limit what i can do.

The equipment i have is a barbell with 2x 5kg weights, 2x 10kg, and 2x 15kg weights. 2 dumbells with 8x 1kg weights, 4x 2kg weights (im not sure if the dumbell and barbell weights are interchangable, but the barbell weights would be a bit too big to easily use on the dumbells). This alone limits me to use 2x 2kg weights an 4x 1kg weights on each dumbell when using dual dumbell exercises.

I also have a weight bench, with an attachment to do leg workouts, and a exercise bike with variable resistance.

As you can see i lack the equipment needed to do a full range of exercises, but i hope it will be enough to build up all my muscle groups.

One more problem i have, is that i cant do pushups. Ive tried, but i guess im not strong enough to push up my own weight and keep perfect form (ive never been good at pushups, not sure why but i want to eventully get better at them).
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You would probably get a good response if you posted a thread in the main part of the forum.

As for the push ups, instead of the usual form try doing them on your knees rather than your feet and get started doing them that way. If you can only do a few, that's fine. Start off doing a few pushups that way then progress to the regual way of doing them where you extend your legs and put weight on your feet. That's how I started, doing three sets of eight reps for a week or two then three sets of ten for a week or two. After that, try doing three sets of five reps of normal pushups. You'll get there eventually, I can now do three sets of twenty reps of normal pushups without a problem six months after I started off the same way as I described above.
 
Dist said:
Hopefully this will be a suitable place to ask this (and hopefully people wont flame me for asking a question that proberly gets asked a lot).

I would like some help on designing a workout routine to build my whole body. Normaly this wouldnt be hard as i could just use the one posted on the first page, but since i will be doing training from home, ill have to make do with the equipment i have, which will limit what i can do.

The equipment i have is a barbell with 2x 5kg weights, 2x 10kg, and 2x 15kg weights. 2 dumbells with 8x 1kg weights, 4x 2kg weights (im not sure if the dumbell and barbell weights are interchangable, but the barbell weights would be a bit too big to easily use on the dumbells). This alone limits me to use 2x 2kg weights an 4x 1kg weights on each dumbell when using dual dumbell exercises.

I also have a weight bench, with an attachment to do leg workouts, and a exercise bike with variable resistance.

As you can see i lack the equipment needed to do a full range of exercises, but i hope it will be enough to build up all my muscle groups.

One more problem i have, is that i cant do pushups. Ive tried, but i guess im not strong enough to push up my own weight and keep perfect form (ive never been good at pushups, not sure why but i want to eventully get better at them).
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I'm in a similar situation to you, bench arriving tomorrow. This is what ive been doing for the last 2 weeks, I used a temporary table kind of thing for the BP lol.


Monday (Chest/Triceps)

Bench Press
Dumbbell Pullover/Dumbbell Flyes
Skullcrushers
Standing tricep extensions tricep bar
Pressups

Wednesday (Back/Biceps)

Deadlift
Bent over barbell row
Single Arm row
Bicep curl Barbell
Bicep curl EZ bar narrow grip


Friday (Legs/Shoulders)

Squats
SLDL/ Good Mornings
Lunges
Military press
Front barbell raise
Upright row barbell
DB side raise/Arnold Press

Make sure your form is good, don't worry about dropping a few KG's down if your form is correct then you will target your muscles properly. Get a belt to aid in this and gloves.

Then goto websites such as these to see how to do the exercises properly:

http://www.coopersguns.com/videos/exercise-encyclopedia/
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exercises.htm
http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html
 
So what exactly is the difference between whey protein and whey isolate? Isolate is more expensive so is it simply a matter of it being better than whey?
 
neoboy said:
So what exactly is the difference between whey protein and whey isolate? Isolate is more expensive so is it simply a matter of it being better than whey?
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Whey Isolate is absorbed even faster than concentrate, it's used by very serious bodybuilders and pro's. It's also good for people who are lactose intolerant I believe.
 
So I take it a beginner wouldn't really see much difference between isolate and concentrate so I might as well save money and go for concentrate.
 
SK07 said:
Might be a silly question but would this be worth getting?:

http://www.play.com/Gadgets/Gadgets/4-/693462/Absonic-4-Power-Ab-Belt/Product.html

For ab tightening? obviously I understand what it does but is it worth investing in? or are these things just something that makes you buy it because it seems an easy ride, like paul mckennas books.
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if they were really an good, do you really think they would be so cheap?

liposuction = ££££'s
ab belt = £11

........... :/
 
Morba said:
if they were really an good, do you really think they would be so cheap?

liposuction = ££££'s
ab belt = £11

........... :/
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Yeah but liposuction is for people with serious weight problems. All I wanna do is tone up my stomach. It's not like a keg lmao. But all I thought it would may be good for is sort of toning up the muscles around there. So in other words your saying it's useless, point taken.
 
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