My progress thread!!

[Doink the clown]

TweetTakes a lot to post pics of yourself...if you want my advice go on the wendler's 5/3/1 program, eat like a champ and we'll see you a year from now. I personally am not a fan of the large amount of exercises you have in your program, they have their place just not where your at. hope this helps,the best days i had in my 20+ years is the time your in right now,enjoy.

[tn94z]

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Takes a lot to post pics of yourself...if you want my advice go on the wendler's 5/3/1 program, eat like a champ and we'll see you a year from now. I personally am not a fan of the large amount of exercises you have in your program, they have their place just not where your at. hope this helps,the best days i had in my 20+ years is the time your in right now,enjoy.

What is the wendler's 5/3/1 program? What do you mean about the exercises? That is just a list and not necessarily what we "do" every day.

[Doink the clown]

TweetWendler's 5/3/1/program is a simple powerlifting program that will add mounds of muscle on that frame of yours.It's easy,hard and fun in the fact your always chasing personal records and it makes you use maximal weights for as many reps as you can.Best $20.00 you'll ever spend,unless it's in the Phillipines like i was....anyways,you can buy it over at www.elitefts.com,it's an e-book.
ref your exercise list,i'm not attacking it,but after you do Kroc rows,dips,chins and neck harness you'll see what i mean. All this just a suggestion bro!

[tn94z]

TweetNo problem man! I am still learning so make as many suggestions as you want to.

[tn94z]

TweetSo is the Wendler's program strictly for strength and powerlifting? Should I try this out if my main goal is to lean down and not get "bodybuilder" huge?

[tn94z]

TweetBoy my clean eating went out the window this weekend!! We have been snowed in since Friday. I am really going to have to get it back on track tomorrow!!

[a-bomb83]

Tweeti'm not knocking you by any means, because we all started somewhere, but that program you have looks like it came straight out of a flex magazine. now, for a beginner such as yourself, you will see pretty good size/strength gains on a program like that....but only for so long. your body will soon adapt to all those exercises and you'll plateau within a year or so. i'd recommend buying the above mentioned book, and looking around at different training styles/articles around the net. there are a few online trainers that really know their sh it, and i wish i had known those techniques 12 years ago when i first picked up a barbell. basically, the program you have outlined is a LOT of volume. so for one bodypart, chest for example, you're going upwards to 150 or so reps for ONE bodypart, that's rediculous. i'd be sore for 2 weeks if i did that. an example of how i split it up is

mon- back/bis

weds - chest/shoulders/tris

fri - legs

i do back on monday cuz monday is national chest appreciation day at every gym across the US, so rather than wait in line to train, the power rack's are usually open, so i go that route. i've got on quite i rant, sorry lolz. if you've only been training a few months, you have a LOT of learning to do. again, nothing wrong with that, everyone who's even been training for 20+ years, should still be learning imo. no one has all the answers. again, hit me up if you want a few resources on where to start your research. i usually print out some good articles, and read them while i do cardio or make brown.

[tn94z]

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i'm not knocking you by any means, because we all started somewhere, but that program you have looks like it came straight out of a flex magazine. now, for a beginner such as yourself, you will see pretty good size/strength gains on a program like that....but only for so long. your body will soon adapt to all those exercises and you'll plateau within a year or so. i'd recommend buying the above mentioned book, and looking around at different training styles/articles around the net. there are a few online trainers that really know their sh it, and i wish i had known those techniques 12 years ago when i first picked up a barbell. basically, the program you have outlined is a LOT of volume. so for one bodypart, chest for example, you're going upwards to 150 or so reps for ONE bodypart, that's rediculous. i'd be sore for 2 weeks if i did that. an example of how i split it up is

mon- back/bis

weds - chest/shoulders/tris

fri - legs

i do back on monday cuz monday is national chest appreciation day at every gym across the US, so rather than wait in line to train, the power rack's are usually open, so i go that route. i've got on quite i rant, sorry lolz. if you've only been training a few months, you have a LOT of learning to do. again, nothing wrong with that, everyone who's even been training for 20+ years, should still be learning imo. no one has all the answers. again, hit me up if you want a few resources on where to start your research. i usually print out some good articles, and read them while i do cardio or make brown.

No offense taken man. That is one of the biggest reasons I posted this thread was to get advice like this. I would appreciate any links to information on better training. The routine above is not what we do every night. Those are just the exercises that we do for that body part. What I mean is, we basically pick from that list and do that body part...not necessarily every exercise that I have listed. Make sense? I just posted that up quickly to show everyone what exercises we perform in case there were any suggestions.

Anyway, hit me up with some info!! That is what I am here for...to learn. I spend a lot of time at the gym, so I don't want it to be wasted. And I will probably order that ebook today and read through it.

[tn94z]

TweetSo how lean do you think I can get by June?? We have decided to go the beach in June and I am just wondering how lean I can get. What will it take to get it done.....specifically??

[Heavy_Duty]

TweetJune is a long ways away.

Dedication is key. You could easily have a six pack by June.

Diet, training, fluids, cycle, supplementation, sleep.

It's all up to you and your will power.

[a-bomb83]

Tweetone thing i can recommend is to NOT look to your training for calorie expenditure, but instead get your ass on the treadmill. 4 days/week at 30-40 minutes at a high incline at a very fast walk, like 3-4mph. do that until june, watch your diet, and train heavy, and you'll lose what fat you have.

[a-bomb83]

Tweeta few sites to check out

www.ironaddicts.com

www.intensemuscle.com

www.elitefts.com

[tn94z]

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one thing i can recommend is to NOT look to your training for calorie expenditure, but instead get your ass on the treadmill. 4 days/week at 30-40 minutes at a high incline at a very fast walk, like 3-4mph. do that until june, watch your diet, and train heavy, and you'll lose what fat you have.

Ok. I have actually started going to the gym in the mornings before work. I get on the elliptical for 45 minutes. My heart rate is anywhere from 135-150. I usually go at least 4mph up to 5mph. I don't go any higher because it starts beeping at me to lower my heart rate...I use the fat burn setting. I am sitting down to night and getting my diet lined back out after being stuck in the house all weekend and eating like crap!! I'll keep training as I have (with the exception of reading the Wendler's book....may go that route). Thanks man!

[a-bomb83]

Tweetglad we could help, keep us posted.

[bowbow]

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a few sites to check out

www.ironaddicts.com

www.intensemuscle.com

www.elitefts.com

I've followed some routines from ironaddict, This man knows his stuff. He has what is called a Simple power based routine that works great. Not much volume, just basic power lifts, no isolation work at all. That would work well with your goals as it's only a 3 day a week routine which will allow for alot of time for cardio.