For BG fitness fanatics, a question..

[sephir]

5'11 and 135. A lot of people say I look too skinny, but I actually think I could lose a few pounds.

[Weiing]

6'1 145 Started going to the gym recently...any adivce? I can never put on weight

How old are you? First you'll need to figure out how much calorie you burn, then add around 300-500 calories on top of that. You can go here to see how much calories you burn http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_burn.php

Going to the gym is a good start. Lifting weights will help tear muscles to stimulate growth. Good workouts are: squats, deadlifts, bench presses, shoulder presses, lunges, good mornings, lat pulldowns, cable seated/barbell/dumbbell rows, etc. However, you can do a lot of body weight exercises, too, that are just as good: push-ups, pull-ups, dips, squat jumps, lunge jumps, etc. You can get a great workout in 30-45 minutes at the gym. Don't forget to change up your workouts every 6-8 weeks and don't forget to rest. It's good to take a 1 week complete rest between changing workouts because it'll let your body catch up on rest as well as sort of 'reset' your muscles for when you start a new workout. You don't have to completely overhaul your workouts too..minimal changes, different variations of the same workouts, changing the reps x sets are just as good.

If you haven't ever worked out really before, you should see some initial growth, called 'newbie gains', as your body is doing something new and exciting and will build muscle quicker.

Hope that helps some.

5'11 and 135. A lot of people say I look too skinny, but I actually think I could lose a few pounds.

How come? Is it because it's flabby?

[Atreides]

and make sure you eat eat eat, most people don't eat enough because they are petrified of gaining weight and then come back 3-4 months later and wonder why they haven't seen any muscle gains

5'11 and 135. A lot of people say I look too skinny, but I actually think I could lose a few pounds.

I highly doubt you need to lose weight, if you want to look better you will almost certainly not achieve it by losing fat (since there's almost no way you could have very much left to lose)... instead you should try to put on some muscle and you'll be a lot happier with the result.

[Sanoske]

5'11 and 135. A lot of people say I look too skinny, but I actually think I could lose a few pounds.

Are you serious...? This guy is trollin' BG Fitness.

[Serif]

is anyone on this forum OVER 200 lbs and live a healthy lifestyle?

i feel like shaq right now

i know im supposed to be big and all, but geez <_> its all good though lol

6'6" and I am usually in the 220-230 range

[Weiing]

Are you serious...? This guy is trollin' BG Fitness.

I hope...

[Atreides]

6'6" and I am usually in the 220-230 range

serif is a big ol' slice of manpie that I would love to eat, preferably warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

[richardd]

serif is a big ol' slice of manpie that I would love to eat, preferably warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

gtfo skinny boy

[sephir]

and make sure you eat eat eat, most people don't eat enough because they are petrified of gaining weight and then come back 3-4 months later and wonder why they haven't seen any muscle gains



I highly doubt you need to lose weight, if you want to look better you will almost certainly not achieve it by losing fat (since there's almost no way you could have very much left to lose)... instead you should try to put on some muscle and you'll be a lot happier with the result.

I race bicycles and ANY added weight is a burden especially because I'm a dedicated hill climber. I also do rock climbing so that is rather self explanatory.... Both sports are entirely power to weight driven, and therefore beneficial to do purely strength work and never 'bulk up'. I can bench 1.5x my own weight, every day do about 250 sit ups (5 different ones using different core groups), and bike an average of 50km a day.

I've got a 30 inch waist, 38 inch chest and 23 inch quads. I might be considered underweight, but I'm very fit and I eat more than most people who are over 50% my bodyweight, but yet I don't seem to gain any weight.

[Meat]

is anyone on this forum OVER 200 lbs and live a healthy lifestyle?

i feel like shaq right now

i know im supposed to be big and all, but geez <_> its all good though lol

I'm 6'0 220 right now, at about 210 my abs come out and around 200-205 they're deeply etched.

[Moss]

6'1 145 Started going to the gym recently...any adivce? I can never put on weight

Here is a good link I just came across for "hardgainers" : http://www.marksdailyapple.com/gain-...-build-muscle/

I am of a similar build (6'1" 160), and I tried a workout similar to the one above for 3 months a few summers ago and went from 140 -> 157 lbs. After being lazy all of last year I started doing P90X - once I finish I will probably go back to the simple 5x5 workouts referenced in the article.

[richardd]

I'm 6'0 220 right now, at about 210 my abs come out and around 200-205 they're deeply etched.

my man

[Weiing]

Here is a good link I just came across for "hardgainers" : http://www.marksdailyapple.com/gain-...-build-muscle/

I am of a similar build (6'1" 160), and I tried a workout similar to the one above for 3 months a few summers ago and went from 140 -> 157 lbs. After being lazy all of last year I started doing P90X - once I finish I will probably go back to the simple 5x5 workouts referenced in the article.

I see you reference Mark a lot... well, twice now. Are you a fellow apple?

[Moss]

This thread is the first I've heard of it, but I have been reading through it a lot now

[Weiing]

Ah that's cool. Yeah... I really love Mark's site. It really contradicts/challenges a lot of conventional wisdom, which may make it less popular/appealing to the majority of people here.

[archibaldcrane]

I can bench 1.5x my own weight

This is my current goal. Even if I get down to 170, ...that's still 255. At 180 it's fucking 270, ugh.

[richardd]

This is my current goal. Even if I get down to 170, ...that's still 255. At 180 it's fucking 270, ugh.

hey man, we all been there lol

im supposed to be able to bench 390 (i weigh 260 now, just got home from the gym. been about 3 weeks since i last weighed myself anyways) and im about 20 lbs short. but than again, i been really lazy about that particular area, and been focusing on my legs and stomach lol. ill get back into the groove, and hell. i know you will. we floridians need to stick together baby


la fitness is ftl in palm beach btw. im missing gold's gym. idk if its just me, but there's an over- population of bigger ppl trying to get in shape now, which is cool and all, but god. i dont wanna wake up at 6 am just so i can use a machine that all the bigger ppl keep hogging. at least gold's gym was a bit quieter. over here at least

/rant off

edit: oh nvm, you're in cali. gtfo assbutt

[Headspace]

I've gained about 10 lbs over the past year of working out (don't weigh myself often, so not quite sure on that estimate) it's just hard for me to eat what I need to to build better mass

[Weiing]

hey man, we all been there lol

im supposed to be able to bench 390 (i weigh 260 now, just got home from the gym. been about 3 weeks since i last weighed myself anyways) and im about 20 lbs short. but than again, i been really lazy about that particular area, and been focusing on my legs and stomach lol. ill get back into the groove, and hell. i know you will. we floridians need to stick together baby


la fitness is ftl in palm beach btw. im missing gold's gym. idk if its just me, but there's an over- population of bigger ppl trying to get in shape now, which is cool and all, but god. i dont wanna wake up at 6 am just so i can use a machine that all the bigger ppl keep hogging. at least gold's gym was a bit quieter. over here at least

/rant off

edit: oh nvm, you're in cali. gtfo assbutt

Don't need to focus on your stomach area. Unless by focusing there, you mean doing squats/deadlifts/pushups/pull ups, then sure.

And Cali > FL!

And what kind of machines???

[richardd]

DUnless by focusing there, you mean doing squats/deadlifts/pushups/pull ups

i did!

And Cali > FL!

crazy delusional Asian woman!


i was just talking about like treadmills and shit lol. i usually warm up on those before i start any lifting