Ey Up!

[Austin6mil]

Owdo! My name's Paul and I've dabbled with weight training since I was 13 yrs old, never went anywhere with it due to lack of knowledge :? . Have recently joined a Gym here in New Plymouth and would like to think that this will work well for me. I've been overweight :oops: since I stopped being single (truth :shifty: ) about 14 years ago, so my goal is to lose the belly and build a little size. It's working well so far, 3.5 weeks in and although I've maintained my weight I'm swapping fat for muscle by the day.

I'm taking whey protein (although i'm trying hard to replace as much of it as poss with eggs and meat) creatine (fizzy!) glutamine (life saver!) and some simple pre workout carbs (although I have bough some honey and will be substituting with that for a trial). Just picked up some caffeine tablets so will be trying those out tonight :shock:

I should probably explain the Owdo and Ey Up , i'm from North Yorkshire, well close anyway, from Middlesbrough.

I'm looking forward to seeing what i can get out and maybe even add to this forum.

Cheers

Paul

[teamfatboy]

Welcome Paul,

Yep, it's that "stopped being single" snag, eh!

Tell us a little more about your training and goals.

[Luigi]

ey up laddy ! welcome

[Gym rat]

Welcome abord laddy

[Dragon]

Welcome

[gazza]

awight geeza. welcome along, what are you looking to accomplish with your training?

[Pseudonym]

Eee by gum, you've asked fer it now, lad. :pfft:

Good to have you here, mate.

[bigmd]

hey there welcome. Quick feed back from what i have read. Loose the pre workout carb/honey. The stuff around your middle is plenty of energy to get you through your workout. if you are carbing up before you train thats what you will use for energy, you want to satart dipping into those fat stores asap.

most are carrying that little extra padding from too many carbs in our diet not so much the fat. Hope that helps a little.

[Austin6mil]

Cheers Big MD not a bad thought.

Guys I've only been training 4 weeks this time round so I'm a little random at the moment just trying to build some overall strength, learn what's working on a diet and see if I can stick with it this time round.

My idea at the mo is to do a 3 session week. I have limited time to get to the gym as I work 7-7 mon to thurs and need to see the kids and wife before I crash.

Doing incline leg press, 5 x10 x200kg

Calf raises (maxxing out on the machine so I'll have to start doing them with a barbell) 5 x 10-12 x whatever the full wt is (not enough)

Leg raises 5 x 8-10 x 56kg

Squats about 30kg 4 x 10 (at the end of the session so feeling pretty weak) Think I'll change this round to do more on the squats cos the leg press is pretty poor and theres only space to put an extra 40Kg on, the calf raises as mentioned are too light so next week it's gonna be almnost all barbell work I think.

Apart from the leg raises, they really stress my legs so i'm sticking with them.

I had a great session last week on my triceps and lats only, rope pulls, pulleys, skull crushers etc I was in agony till I got hold of some glutamine.

did a separate session on biceps and shoulders (alternate dumbell rows) ez bar curls, upright rows, bench press, incline dumbell presses. that was okay but didn't stress my pecs enough (I was only in the sleepout not at the gym) so I think i'll give the pec dec a try out on friday in addition.

Very little cardio at the mo, not much time for it, basically i'm just finding my feet, seeing what works, what doesn't where i'm weak etc trying to build some overall strength and make some mistakes.

Not looking to get huge or ripped, my ideal would be more underwear model/beach bod than aspiring to greatness, in addition to the fact that greatness takes years and there are so many steps on the way that a beach bod is a big enough step to attain at the moment.

Would like some advice on ab work, which I hate and what works best.

Thanks for the warm welcome.

[Pseudonym]

If you hate training abs, then you'll like my training.

Basically, I don't see the point in doing hundreds of reps every day. I train my abs once, maybe twice, a week. And I train them heavy - so failure occurs around 12 reps. Just like any other muscle.

[Austin6mil]

I took 200mg and i felt a bit shaky afterwards so won't be taking that much if any in fututre.

I also tried some superpump 250 on a different night, 2 scoops on an empty stomach.

Pumped me a little, I worked hard in the gym but I didn't sleep at all that night. Felt sick for the next 2 days!

:cry:

Since I work out in the evenings, i won't be taking it again, even just one scoop. Sticking to my effervescent creatine instead.