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You don't really have to gorge yourself trying to reach some specific caloric amount. Just make sure you get a few protein shakes in a day, two servings or so of meat (chicken / fish) and you'll gain muscle as long as you're lifting heavy and consistently...

You'll make awesome gains doing that, assuming you're just starting out. Then in a year, if you want to gain more, you'll have to beat that plateau by eating more and paying closer attention to what you're doing... but for beginners, they can generally eat what they want and still make awesome gains.
 


You need AT LEAST 4k calories a day. Otherwise you are just wasting your time lifting.

Also I'd recommend splitting up your workout days so that you aren't doing the same thing every time. You need to give your muscles time to recover.

Set it up like:

Monday - Chest
Tuesday - Legs/ Squats
Wednesday - Arms
Thursday - Off day
etc.

Most beginners will see their greatest gains on a three days a week workout schedule. You grow when you rest, not when you lift.

Hardgainers (might be the case of the OP, from the photo) are better served to lift hard twice a week. Their bodies just can't handle the abuse of 3-5 hard workouts a week.

IMO. Which is moot, as most people don't lift hard enough to trigger a response anyway.
 
That's awesome. LoL.

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Ok, here's a pretty simple routine that is easy to stick to that will get you some pretty good gains.

Monday & Thursday

1.) Biceps
2.) Traps
3.) Chest
4.) Lats
5.) Thighs
6.) Neck

Tuesday & Friday

1.) Forearms
2.) Shoulders
3.) Triceps
4.) Lower Back
5.) Calves
6.) Abdominals

Wednesday and weekends are your rest days. You'll get two days rest of each muscle group during the week and 3 days rest for each muscle group over the weekend. This should give your body plenty of time to rebuild your torn muscle tissue for maximum gains.


Chest- Be sure to do Flat, Incline, and Decline barbell presses to fully develop your entire chest. Do the same with Dumbbell Flys. 3 sets of each exercise should do the trick. Be sure to have enough weight that you're maxed at your 10th rep in your first set. Then do NOT change the weight, just rest no more than 2 minutes between sets and do reps in your next sets until you're fatigued which should be less than 10 reps for each additional set.

Shoulders- You want to work the front, center and rear heads of the shoulder muscles.

1.) Behind the head barbell presses
2.) In front of the head barbell presses
3.) Side dumbbell raises
4.) Front dumbbell raises

Thighs-

1.) Squats
2.) Lunges

I think these are the two best exercises for the Thighs and Gluttes/Butt. I think that they will do you MUCH better than presses on a machine or reverse leg curls when you are just starting out.

I think this gives you an idea of what you need to do for about 3 months. Just study up on various exercises to work ALL of the muscle group you are targeting with your sets.

Then step it up to a 3 days a week (Mon., Wed., Friday.) overall body workout for another 3 months.

I think you will be happy with the results after six months of doing this. By then you will also have learned proper technique which is VERY important.

After the initial six months you will want to do a circuit routine 3 days a week where you do one set of each exercise with no break in between the 1 set routines. You will want to do this circuit completely through 3 times. Do this for 6 weeks and then change up again. By then you will have done some more research and get some ideas for other things to keep you growing and break through any plateaus.

The P90X program uses principles like this without the heavy weight resistance.

Like others have said, be sure to be getting enough protein and some WHEY powder into your diet. You will certainly want to eat at least 3 times a day. (3 meals and 3 snacks seems to be best though.)

By the way, after 6 weeks of circuit training you might want to change over to a cardio routine for another 6 weeks before getting back to the weights. Cardio helps your body use calories more efficiently. (Which will help you to put on size when you get back to the heavy weight routine.) That is why people trying to lose weight make very little progress when they do cardio instead of heavy weight resistance. Also keep in mind that your muscles are going to keep burning calories for up to 24 hours after you workout with heavy weights, so you HAVE TO EAT if you are going to gain any size.


Simple rule for working out:

Heavy weight with low reps = Size and Strength

Light weight with high reps = Reduced size/Cuts and muscular endurance.


I wish you well with your transformation.
 
lemon, hit the forums, read up, check out bodybuilding.com; tmuscle.com is also pretty good -- this shit's not an exact science when you're starting out, you'll have to listen to your body and adapt

I've been bodybuilding for a little over a year now and I've learned that nutrition is super important. I wouldn't focus on the calories if I were you, you're pretty lean as it is.

Just try to get about 2 grams of proteine for every pound you weigh, eat a ballanced diet (vegies, etc...), get some multivitamins (Animal-Pak is pretty good) and some good whey-isolate you can have post-workout.

Also, listen to ChrisS here, don't overtrain!

You need AT LEAST 4k calories a day. Otherwise you are just wasting your time lifting.

Also I'd recommend splitting up your workout days so that you aren't doing the same thing every time. You need to give your muscles time to recover.

Set it up like:

Monday - Chest
Tuesday - Legs/ Squats
Wednesday - Arms
Thursday - Off day
etc.
 
I'm not overtraining. Hitting the gym every two days.

Today was really good in terms of nutrition, extra effort to check my limits and solid count.
2600 calories
140 grams protein
Hard eating, will stick to this numbers in the next days, see if I don't explode.

Time to visit these forums and buy some multivitamins.
 
fuck leg extensions/curls. SQUAT AND DEADLIFT! HEAVY!!!

squats
deadlifts
pullups
benchpress
shoulder press

put most of your focus into those, and eat a shit ton of protein
 
I'm not overtraining. Hitting the gym every two days.

Today was really good in terms of nutrition, extra effort to check my limits and solid count.
2600 calories
140 grams protein
Hard eating, will stick to this numbers in the next days, see if I don't explode.

Time to visit these forums and buy some multivitamins.

If you're going to look for multivitamins, I recommend Animal Pak.
 
I'm not overtraining. Hitting the gym every two days.

Today was really good in terms of nutrition, extra effort to check my limits and solid count.
2600 calories
140 grams protein
Hard eating, will stick to this numbers in the next days, see if I don't explode.

Time to visit these forums and buy some multivitamins.

More calories! You'll thank me later. Thats a decent amount of protein but make sure to portion out your meals (5-7 meals a day). Get a big fucking breakfast and if you're trying to bulk, get rid of cardio.

These are just some pretty obvious things but will definitely help if you dont already know. good luck
 
dude for real, eat as much protein and carbs as you can lift 3 times a week, all 8-10 reps and all compound lifts, squats, deadlifts clean and jerks shit like that will pack on the meat...
 
fuck leg extensions/curls. SQUAT AND DEADLIFT! HEAVY!!!

squats
deadlifts
pullups
benchpress
shoulder press

put most of your focus into those, and eat a shit ton of protein


This.

I packed on a shedload of muscle in 2-3 30 minute sessions a week, just doing 2-3 of the above each time, but always making sure to include heavy squats and/or heavy deadlifts. That and eating lots of protein. Used to buy that shit in 10kg bags from myprotein.co.uk

I'd do rep ranges anywhere between 4-12, depending on what mood I was in. 3 x 5 squats + dl produced some good results, but your felt torn to shreds afterwards.

I could never understand the people who complained they spent 10 hours at the gym a week and didn't gain. I suspect most of it was spent talking.

However - I wouldn't recommend it if you're new to training. Best to spend 6-12 months doing easier stuff to get your body ready for the punishment.

Don't bother to health clubs. Go to the scary gyms in dingy industrial estates full of powerlifting monsters who look like they eat children for a protein boost. There's something about those places that makes you work a lot harder.

Also, the people there are often pretty sound once they realise you're a dedicated lifter. They can give you much more useful advice on correct form etc than some kid who's taken an 8 week personal training course.