Before Pics!

[handyandy]

Me beofre going to gym, took a few shots so i can see my developments, coments?

[diamond]

is there are reason your pants are pulled down ?

[handyandy]

was in the process of getting changed, already had the belt off so they few down naturally.

[INSPECTOR64]

WTF :-s

[handyandy]

???

[Luigi]

comments ? yea start training and dieting hard and youll be improving in no time.

[Pseudonym]

Hey Andy, I split this into a new topic (although the old one had already been derailed quite successfully! )

Well done for taking Before photos. You'll be pleased you did when you've made some more progress.

Suggestion: See how your back poses are scrunching the shoulder blades together? Try spreading them out. You're not doing yourself justice at the moment.

Keep training and eating hard.

[biggurl27]

comments ? yea start training and dieting hard and youll be improving in no time.

Don't think you need to "diet" as such, you can probably get away with eating a lot more than most due to being quite slim. I would suggest heavy weights 5 days, no cardio, eating 6-7 meals per day, some guys would be good on here to advise the quantities and suggestions for a bloke of your height at weight, however I would say whole eggs, steak, lots of protein shakes, good combo fats/protein/carbs, you will have to train hard and eat heaps.

What are you eating at the moment and what is your training looking like?

[Luigi]

comments ? yea start training and dieting hard and youll be improving in no time.

Don't think you need to "diet" as such

isnt a diet determined by what your eating not how much your eating, so even if he was to stuff his face to put on weight he would still be on a diet, a mass gaining diet which i ment he should be doing as opposed to a weight loss diet.

[biggurl27]

Yes indeed, good call Luigi

[handyandy]

Thanks for the advice, i am eating a lot of tuna on rice as it is easy to cook and tastes great. I am also eating eggs (with yolks??) a lot as they are a good breakfast meal.

I eat 1 cup of rice with a tin of tuna for a meal or 4 - 5 eggs on toast in the mornings with some fruit.

My training is from this website and looks like this:

Monday

Muscles used in pushing the weight away from you

Pectorals (chest)

Flat bench press - barbell

Incline dumbell (DB) press

Pec deck machine

Deltoids (shoulders)

Seated dumbell press

Side laterals

Triceps (arms)

Cable pushdowns

Tuesday

Rest

Wednesday

Legs, abs

Quadriceps (front of thigh)

Squats

Leg press

Leg extension

Hamstrings (back of thigh)

Leg curl

Calves

Standing calf raises

Abdominals

Crunches

Thursday

Rest

Friday

Muscles used in pulling the weight towards you

Latissimus dorsi, and rhomboids (upper back)

Lat pulldowns

Cable row

DB row

Erector spinae (lower back)

Hyperextensions

Biceps (arms)

Barbell (or curl-bar) curls

Concentration curls

Saturday

Rest

Sunday

Rest

Any advice on this?

[Flamer]

Keep a training log (notebook or similar). Without recording what you are doin/have been doin it's hard to monitor gains. Look to regularly increase weights. Sometimes pays to keep notes with how the days training went to get a better overall picture of how "other factors" (diet, weather, sleeps) affects training.

What sort of rep ranges are you doing?

[2guns]

is there are reason your pants are pulled down ?

its called low riding!

apparently makes the bitches go crazy... :-s

[handyandy]

I am aiming for 10 reps on every exercise, does this sound rite?

Is a 3 day split the best option for me or should i be opting for a 4 or even 5 day split?

2guns you should try it, the "bitches" love it

[biggurl27]

haha yeah give it a go 2guns, might up your game

[2guns]

haha yeah give it a go 2guns, might up your game

big girl u should think about upping your game before advising others ok

[diamond]

lol.

[handyandy]

so how does my routine sound? should i be aimming for a higher day split (4 or 5 day)?

[biggurl27]

haha yeah give it a go 2guns, might up your game

big girl u should think about upping your game before advising others ok

Yeah good call 2guns, I aint got no game :cry:

HandyAndy I would do 5 day split mate, heavy as possible and try to improve your weights each week.

[samoan_muscle]

HandyAndy I would do 5 day split mate, heavy as possible and try to improve your weights each week.

I agree. Aim for a 4 to 5 day split and target each muscle group. No point in doing these upper body / lower body 'combined' workouts imo. You want to be a bodybuilder so you may as well start training properly now.

This is my current training split:

Mon - Chest/Shoulders

Tue - Quads / Abs

Wed - Back

Thur - Delts / Traps

Fri - Biceps / Triceps

Sat - Hams / Calves / Abs

Sun - Off

[disasterpiece]

HandyAndy I would do 5 day split mate, heavy as possible and try to improve your weights each week.

I agree. Aim for a 4 to 5 day split and target each muscle group. No point in doing these upper body / lower body 'combined' workouts imo. You want to be a bodybuilder so you may as well start training properly now.

This is my current training split:

Mon - Chest/Shoulders

Tue - Quads / Abs

Wed - Back

Thur - Delts / Traps

Fri - Biceps / Triceps

Sat - Hams / Calves / Abs

Sun - Off

what is different in ur second delt workout?

[handyandy]

Thanks for that samoan, that program looks much more appealing to me.

Someone mentioned earlier about getting onto protein shakes, is there specific brand i am looking for or will any type of shake do? Also how often and when should i be having these?

[samoan_muscle]

HandyAndy I would do 5 day split mate, heavy as possible and try to improve your weights each week.

I agree. Aim for a 4 to 5 day split and target each muscle group. No point in doing these upper body / lower body 'combined' workouts imo. You want to be a bodybuilder so you may as well start training properly now.

This is my current training split:

Mon - Chest/Shoulders

Tue - Quads / Abs

Wed - Back

Thur - Delts / Traps

Fri - Biceps / Triceps

Sat - Hams / Calves / Abs

Sun - Off

what is different in ur second delt workout?

Monday is usually just some dumbell press followed by front and lateral raises. Basically my delts are already pre-exhausted having trained chest but I'm trying to hit my delts twice a week. They're not lacking in size so to speak however I want them freaky and bigger. Thursday I do more of a dedicated deltoid workout: db press, Behind the neck seated military press and a whole shit load of raises with some shrugs and the occasional face pulls.

[handyandy]

Thanks for that samoan, that program looks much more appealing to me.

Someone mentioned earlier about getting onto protein shakes, is there specific brand i am looking for or will any type of shake do? Also how often and when should i be having these?

[samoan_muscle]

Thanks for that samoan, that program looks much more appealing to me.

Someone mentioned earlier about getting onto protein shakes, is there specific brand i am looking for or will any type of shake do? Also how often and when should i be having these?