Tryin to get big..just started lifting. Any advice?

[95ZJ 10+ year member]

Steroids???

 

[alxmlr789 10+ year member]

I would take a pre work out supplement. I like Black Powder, gives me an excellent pump, and tons of energy. BCAA's are great too, I take those before i work out too. And of course, protein, protein, protein. Those should aid you in your work outs, but remember, they don't work out for you //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif I thought that the first few years i started working out.

The harder you work, the more you gain.

 

[gymfreak101 10+ year member]

Since none of these rooks told you, I will...
The most impostant aspect of geting big is....

sleep.

But what do I know.

Super Important, also if you can eat the right foods you don't need supplementation beyond maybe protein shakes, and if you do order supplements www. buildingbrawn.com is the fastest and cheapest place to get supplements.

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

Good Sleep

Although its good to get a lot of protein in, make sure to have a well rounded diet

Fruit, Vegetables, Red Meats, Milk, Grains

Make sure to do cardio as well it will cut and tone you more. I play a lot of sports and the big muscles are useless if they have no endurance. I prefer to run 30 min after I lift but everyone has there own thing.

 

[branham1127 10+ year member]

id recommend checking out advocare.com and seeing if they have a dealer near u..their products arent the cheapest but theyre definitely worth the money if ur thinking about taking supplements..

 

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

Super Important, also if you can eat the right foods you don't need supplementation beyond maybe protein shakes, and if you do order supplements www. buildingbrawn.com is the fastest and cheapest place to get supplements.

word, whole foods are the key to growth, try to get the majority of your supplementation form lean meat and veggies.

 

[gymfreak101 10+ year member]

5'11'' here and 227 now, so 208 does not mean he is fat or chubby and I just cut down from 265 since april.

 

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

yes but you are jacked, his bf% percent is probably alot higher.

 

[gymfreak101 10+ year member]

yea could be

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

5'11'' here and 227 now, so 208 does not mean he is fat or chubby and I just cut down from 265 since april.

forearms need work. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Ryan1126]

Go to GNC and get this stuff called Arsin, it works good, it cuts fat and builds muscle fast. but make sure you eat good with it or else it is useless.

 

[theothermike 10+ year member]

**** good size for 5' 11'' i think ur basic info has been covered here.

ill second the 1g protein per pound daily.

Red meat red mead red meat. for protein.

Peanut butter sandwichs, as well as peanuts have lots of protein

pasta and olive oil is very good for slimming down

adjust your routine and switch the schedule of the exercises u do every 4-5 weeks so your muscles dont get accustomed to the same routine.

and as mentioned get good sleep and use good form

 

[gymfreak101 10+ year member]

forearms need work. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

thanks lol I guess so , also can't get my traps big enough

 

[teedot231999 10+ year member]

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I know theres a couple of these, but half of it is a joke, so is there anyone on here actually knowledgeable about weight training? Im around 5'11 and weigh 208. Im tryin to really just get bigger and cut, not necessarily lose tons of weight and look skinny. Any work out tips or diet tips? Suppliments I should try maybe? I have been tryin to go to the gym at least 3 times a week, and I work out and swim.

Well I was simialr to your body type when I was a freshman in highschool. As a freshman in highschool I wanted to play football but I didn't think I was physically fit to play That year so I sat out. That summer I went on a warrior weight cycle. The Warrior Weight Cycle is a 9 week program which is suppose to get you bigger and stronger in that time frame. You should look into gettng some creatine or ripp fuel or mega mass or whatever type of weight gain supplement you feel comfortable with. The Warroir rWeight cycle is simple get a pad and pen. It's best that you work out with a friend . "Never lift wieghts alone"! The pen and pads are to keep a journal or record of your weight gain or loss and how much wieght you can lift. The first tihng you do is max out your bench press(max out is the maximum weighht you are able to lift in one repition.) then max out your curls as well as your incline bench press and max out your squat. Write down the max out amout The poupose of this is to know were you are physically so at the end of the 9 weeks you should be able to work out with your max out wieght. The first week you should work out with 10% of your body weight and max out weight. Each week you should increase the amount you lift by 10%. Your work out should be as follows you should do 5 sets of 5 on the bench press and incline bench press. on the culrs you should do 8 sets of 8 and do 6 sets of 6 for the squats. after every work out do as many push ups and sit ups as you can until you cann't do anymore. Now The second day you run 5 miles in 1hr`with 2-10lbs ankle weights. After runnig the 5 miles do 100 yards of lunges with the ankle weights. after that run up and down a set of stais with at least 10-30 steps. Do this for 30min. After the stairs do 50 yards of lunges then avfter lunges do the stairs again for 15 min. aonce you finish the stairs run 10 50 yard win sprints. After that go on power walk or jog 2 miles. Finally do as many push ups and sit ups as you can until you can do no more. During any of the activites you feel a shortness of breath, chest pains, sick,dizzy fatigue or anything along those lines stop immediately. Know your limits. Again never work out alone. Now if you can continue thi regiment for 9 weeks you will be Faster and Stronger. If you bust your azz I did this over the summer when I was a freshman my sophmore year I weighed 225lbs with tremensous cuts benching 375lbs squating 645lbs and my 40 time was a 4.4 sec. I became the starting tight end and outside linebacker. I was faster and stronger. This work out might not be for you but this is what I did to get cut.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[bk12321 10+ year member]

eat big, lift big, BE BIG!!!!!

to be more specific...

1) if you want to be a big guy, then you have to eat like one. how do you expect to look like a 250-lb guy when you are only eating enough for a 170-lb guy??? MOST bodybuilding websites say eat 2-3g protein per kg of body weight to bulk up (more if you are cutting weight), but I stick to at LEAST around a gram a day per pound of body weight. Try to get no more than 50% of this number from shakes (so 50% shakes 50% solid foods). Is that confusing??? Say iff you were taking in 400g of protein a day... make sure no more than 200g are coming from shakes, and at least 200g of it is coming from solid foods.

another thing is if you are trying to cut fat while gain lean muscle, even though doing this is inefficient, you need to eat lean meats ie. chicken, turkey, LEAN beef, whey/WPI/casein/whatever protein shakes.

like they say... DIET DIET DIET diet is key, and I dont mean dietING, but your daily diet.

2) you need to take a good multivitamin (NOW Adam or GNC Mega Men Sport are 2 good ones)

3) I highly recommend you take EFA's (essential fatty acids), you can get what you need in this department from a fish oil supplement.

4) the only other supplements I suggest you consider taking are: creatine, nitric oxide, a decent stim fat burner (for cutting), BCAA (mostly for cutting), and thats about it. I dont take any of these right now, but ive used them before and they do their job.

5) "they" say you only need to work out every other day, but I workout 7 days a week and dont intend on changing. the key is to take at least 3 days break every few weeks or so to make sure your muscles are getting the rest they need (it takes over 24 hours for a muscle to repair itself after the fibers are "ripped apart" by those last couple reps. it still doesnt hurt to only workout every other day, who knows it might be better for your gains, just make sure u switch up workouts if u work out every single day.

6) get a good routine going. if you really want to get buff, you need to establish a weekly schedule, and keep track of how u are doing (and keep upping the weight each week/2 weeks or whatever). Most of the people ive seen just go to the gym and work out whatever they feel like end up quitting a couple months in, mostly because they just dont have a set routine they follow.

7) FORM BEFORE WEIGHT. If the weight you have on there is too much to allow yourself to do the exercise properly... then DECREASE THE WEIGHT until you can do it. Form is so much more important that how much weight you can do with this or that.

8) Get 8 hours of sleep, if not a couple more. Just aim for at least 8 hours.

and other than that, get some good compound lifts going and u should be good to go.