Need Help !

[Brent]

I really want to build a bit of muscle but weight 100kgs and have a bit of stomach and some man boobs lol ! I would really only like to work chest and arms and back because my legs are real thin.

So have heaps of questions ?

1. Do I loose some weight first ?

2.If not where do I go from here diet, what weights to lift and how to lift them ?

[Mrbig]

ask ramy haha culdnt resist

it can be done but its very hard and takes a very strict diet and workout plan do you know your exact bf%

[teamfatboy]

Anything's possible - for sure you'll never know 'til you try.

Some other things about you that might help:

a. age

b. training - how often do you train, and what does training look like

c. diet - do you currently have any idea what you're eating?

and no, don't ask Ramy, he's too busy being Master of the Universe...

[1day]

I would really only like to work chest and arms and back because my legs are real thin.

LMAO!!! thats the dumbest thing i eva herd, lol. u realize that making just ur upper body bigger is gona make ur legs look even smaller :doh:

punish ur legs mate and theyl grow :wink:

[Brent]

Good point but as I said Im very new to this.

Im 1.8m tall and have only recently joined the gym so just been doing cardio.

I have two weetbix for breakfast.

four slices of bread for lunch

and two portions of chicken, beef or pork with veg for dinner.

[Brent]

So as you can see need help in all aspects

[teamfatboy]

Surely do...there's not nearly enough protein in there, and waaaay too much carbs, in proportion.

But, maybe a good place to start would be to read the links under 'Resources' about diet and the basics....

[nemesis]

Hey Brent sounds like your in a similar boat to me with your weight and height stats'.

I'm kinda new to all this too but would recommend (only as this is what I've been doing :roll: ) starting on the cardio and getting a reasonable level of cardiac fitness up first before focusing hard out on the weights.

My reasons for this would be,

1) Quickest way to get motivated is to see results and you will see results / notice improvement in your fitness levels quite quickly if you stick to it. I walked up hills and mount's and within a couple of days I got quicker, cope better and recovered faster. This made me try harder to see greater results. Which it did buy the way! \:D/

2) If you want to see results from weight lifting I recommend losing some fat first. I've already explained i think it's important to see results as soon as possible to keep yourself motivated and if you make gains but can't see them you probably wont push past your first down spell. Ya know that time when it's either just easier to not go to the gym, or it becomes "hard work", it's cold outside, etc, etc? My old favorite, the rest day that becomes a couple of days to a break. :roll: if you see your hard earnt gains disappearing you'll soon get your fat ass back in the gym. no offence! I mean me of course! :doh:

Anyway, lose some weight and you'll notice your muscle gains sooner and of course in turn you'll want even more to make further gains! got it?

Also add lots of weight lifting compound excersises to the mix to build a good starting base for when you do begin the weight lifting. It helps with feeling fitter overall thing which got me started and motivated.

ALSO..As everyone on here has told me I will tell you....DIET!

No that doesn't mean eating less and eating tastless crap like diet means to most people. It means focus on your nutritional intake. You need different things for different goals.

If you want take my advice, then you want to learn about good calories and bad calories, good carbs and bad carbs as well as the general calories in VS calories out balance. You'll want more kj out than in to start, if you aim to lose weight. But you will want huge amounts more when you start to focus on the weights and making big gains.

Don't do what I did at first when I started focusing on the weights. My diet was a weight loss diet with lots of meal replacement shakes and very little carbs all day. I then wondered why I had no strength or energy to lift?? :doh: If you want to lift you need the good fuel. :oops:

Main tip from someone who knows very little......research! lots of it! and along with that probably just as important....beware the bullshit! :^o there's lots of it in lots of places. No one is gospel! take everything with a pinch of salt until your absolutely confident it aint bullshit!

Hope I have helped a little bit mate, and I hope you get the results your after! good luck

[jmax88]

Try doing a detox to loose burn some fat to start.

last september my workmate weighed 99kg (170cm) he tried the 6 week detox along with a 5km run 3 times a week, saw good fast results so carried on the detox diet without the pills. we have a weigh in every day at work, yesterday he was 80.5kg! and his weight is still plumeting. just like on an american informercial advertising abb flex 2000

true story

[Bazza]

The key thing is to make the commitment. I have similar stats to you and like a lot of guys our size, the first thing is to determine if you are looking for size, or looking for shape. As a newbie its always hard to decide which comes first, and for my five cents you may want to address any extra girth first.

Once you have your food (and if you are like me...beer) under control and you start seeing improvements, then, in my opinion you can start thinking about eating and training for size. The whole self image thing is most important from the get go....start making some food changes...get into some cardio and start seeing some changes.

There are a ton of experienced people on here who can give you the advice of routines and diet once you get underway. Go for it!

[vracula]

mate you don't want to ignore your legs,unless you wanna look stupid or have the problems with running later on,this is coming from a guy who has ignored his legs for too long.take my advice don't miss out on squats and deadlifts you just get stronger and feels great and since the quads and hammies (leg muscles) are really big muscles your metabolism gets a jump start as well and "supposedly" increases secretion of growth hormone which helps you grow more muscle. :nod: look it up if ya don't believe me.

it might hurt the first two weeks and then it's all sweet,i don't have a problem doing cardio now a day after my leg day and then do plyo's 3 days down.