new_apprentice

OK I NEED SOME HELP AND I WANT IT FROM SOME REAL LIFE ADVICE FROM REAL PEOPLE.
THIS IS ME; I USED TO TRAIN A BIT ABOUT A YEAR AGO BUT HAVE BEEN OUT FOR ABOUT A YEAR DUE TO ILLNESS. IM NOW GETTING BACK IN THE GYM AND WORKING OUT. I WANT TO GET BIG AND I WANT TO GET RIPPED. IVE GOT THE EYE OF THE TIGER AND THIS IS SOMETHING IVE ALSO WANTED TO DO.
IM 23, 6FT2 AND WEIGH ABOUT 16STONE OR 100KG.
I NEED HELP CAUSE IVE PUT FAIR BIT OF FAT ON DURING THIS YEAR WITHOUT TRAINING AND I REALLY WANT IT GONE FAST BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO GET BIG. IVE ALWAYS BEEN A PRETTY WELL BUILT BLOKE.
I HAVE MOST TROUBLE WITH MY DIET, I DONT KNOW WHEN, WHAT AND HOW MUCH I NEED TO BE EATING? I KNOW THAT PROTEIN IS VERY IMPORTANT BUT IM CONFUSED ABOUT CARBS? SOME PEOPLE SAY TO CUT IT OUT TO LOOSE WEIGHT BUT DO I NEED IT TO GROW??
MY TRAINING AT THE MOMENT IS EACH BODY PART ONCE A WEEK AND IM TRYING TO DO A BIT OF SPEED WALKING IN THE MORNING BUT I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO??
I NEED HELP WORKING OUT A REALLY GOOD DIET PLAN AND ALSO A WORK OUT PLAN THAT WILL HELP ME LOOSE MY FAT AS WELL AS GAINING SOME GOOD MUSCLE.
ALSO I WOULD APPRECIATE SOME ADVICE ON SUPPLEMENTS AND STUFF. IM PREPARED TO TAKE ANYTHING (WITH IN REASON) IF IT WILL ACTUALLY HELP ME. IM A BIT WORRIED ABOUT BUYING PRODUCTS THAT DONT ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING.
I UNDERSTAND I MIGHT BE ASKING ALOT FROM YOU LOT, BUT I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE SOME GOOD ADVICE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE REAL AND HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE.
ANYWAY HOPE YOU CAN HELP

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Panthro

Hi russell, welcome to the board! This is a mine of excellent information!

Sounds like you are doing the right thing about training. firstly, i recommend you look through past posts on this and the nutrition forums, that will give you loads and loads of great info to get started!

Then fire away with questions and we will help you as much as we can!

J.

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Panthro

sh1t, where near crewe are you from?????? I used to live about 3 miles away.....

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new_apprentice

CHEERS PANTHRO,
I LIVE IN ALSAGER. KNOW IT?

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Panthro

ill PM you in a minute... check your PM (private mail) box at the top right of the screen... lol

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Insanity

Panthro getting to know his old mates again?

Panthro

no, he wont know me. Lucky for him! lol

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mdrury2003

Hi mate and welcome to the board!!

Have a look in the nutrition section as panthro says mate, i think hackskii and winger have posted loads of diets up in there lately.. if not i am sure they and everybody else here will sort one out for you ;)

BSF James

Training sounds fine, just be sure to keep progressing the weight. As far as the diet goes, as I've said to other people, you really need to focus on one thing at a time. Bulking up and getting ripped are opposites and you cant chase in two different directions. To bulk up you need to be in positive calorie balance (taking in more than you use) and to get cut you need to be in negative calorie balance. If you manage to bulk whilst only putting on a very small amount of fat, this can actually reduce your bodyfat percentage and make you look leaner, but to actually lose lbs of fat whilst putting on lbs of muscle is very unlikely (naturally at least). I'd say choose one goal, put all your effort into that, then after a couple of months switch to the other. It may take several repetitions of this but you'll gain muscle and lose fat each time and get further down the road to reaching your ultimate target.

Carbs are very misunderstood at the moment thanks to dr atkins. They aren't as bad as made out, but when trying to get lean it is a good idea to restrict them sensibly. When bulking they are extremely important - in the process of physically building muscle, protein is the raw ingredient but carbs are the fuel.

Depending on your current physique you could choose to bulk first and cut up later, or vice versa. Personally I would usually bulk first unless I was carrying a lot of bodyfat. If that is the case then you dont really want to be adding fat on top of fat, it only makes it harder to shift. To bulk or cut - its the main dilemma a bodybuilder faces, especially when just starting out. Just remember its not a race, and slow steady progress is better than intermittent progress.

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GoldenArrow

Good post, agree.