Yeh lots of great articles I just ignore all the 'buy this stuff' crap. If you go into the beginners forum and look up the 'Are you a begginer part 1 and 2' lots of good advice there. I admit T-nation is a daunting place, and ive always stayed away from there, you ask any question thats a little bit stupid then you get the shit ripped out of you.
Starting strength Basic barbell training, I had to buy it from amazon.com (USA site) and it cost about £38 (i got the vol 2. which is the slightly newer one) in total to get it shipped over express. This book is great at teaching the basics, it has like 5-6 chapters 1 for each of the big lifts
(from memory, i aint got the book on me)
Squat
Deadlift
Bench
Press
Clean
Assistance exercises (rows,chins,curls,abs etc...)
and explains each lift in a very clear and concise way, Its great for a person like me who works out alone and learnt how to do the lifts by odd articles and
youtube vids, this book shows i have been going wrong in some lifts and is a MASSIVE help, it shows how to do things properly. Over on T-nation I asked 'reccomend me some books' and everyone said 'starting strength' is a must.
The food im eating is still all healthy, ive just realised i was being way to restrictive in the past, and not eating enough to grow.
Food roughly is
6:00am - Big bowl cereal, whey protein shake, fruit, cod liver oil supps etc.
09:00am - 5 hard boiled eggs, 2 slices of wholemeal, fruit
12:00pm - loads of chicken breast with salad/veg, white pasta
02:30pm (prewo) - Whey/dextrose shake/BCAA (1/2 before)
04:00 (postwo) - Whey/dextrose shake/BCAA (1/2 after)
05:00 - Some sort of steak, sweet pot. veg
08:00 - loads of Beef with salad/veg
10:00 - cottage cheese
I drink milk or water throughout the day. and snack on almonds
so ALOT of food, i was worried at first that this would just make me fat but ive been going like this for a while now and yeh it
could still do with some work but its certainly helping with recovery and strength going up.
Dave's workout
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Thats what makes this forum fav...I've shopped a pile of them, and the people here are friendly, and helpful, you can joke around etc. Exactly, what you said, say one wrong thing, and they tear you up. I've never had it happen to me, but I've seen other guys get ripped to shreads. Sounds like your eating plenty, at least your last entry, sounds like alot of food. Do you ever total up your calories to get an idea where your at?
I was eating a pile, but stopped gaining weight......but I was in the bathroom alot.
I was eating a pile, but stopped gaining weight......but I was in the bathroom alot.
Re: Dave's workout
How are things going in here?
Re: Dave's workout
it's not they say "this program won't work without these supps" or anything but the training info is second to none
shits on anything bodybuilding.com has to offer
shits on anything bodybuilding.com has to offer
Re: Dave's workout
Bodybuilding.com offers you discounted stuff, that is surely only discounted for 2-4 weeks max, assuming the supposed higher price was real to start with and not faked to make you think you're getting a discount.
That's not a blatent accusation, just a "what if", scenario.
That's not a blatent accusation, just a "what if", scenario.
Re: Dave's workout
This may be the best thing you've ever done. Mark Rippetoe's starting strength is a very very good routine for beginner strength trainee's. If i recall correctly it is split into 2 workouts that go something likeBigboi118 wrote: Starting strength Basic barbell training, I had to buy it from amazon.com (USA site) and it cost about £38 (i got the vol 2. which is the slightly newer one) in total to get it shipped over express. This book is great at teaching the basics, it has like 5-6 chapters 1 for each of the big lifts
(from memory, i aint got the book on me)
Squat
Deadlift
Bench
Press
Clean
Assistance exercises (rows,chins,curls,abs etc...)
Workout A
3x5 Squat
3x5 Bench
1x5 Deadlift
Assistance (Chin ups or whatever)
Workout B
3x5 Squat
3x5 Press
3x5 Row/Clean
With weekly progression.
If you wan't to get big and strong it's a good place to start as it teaches you good habits with the big lifts. Your progression will probably slow after about 6 months of training, but your strength should increase a lot in the first six months.
After you progress from starting strength may i advise Bill Starrs intermediate 5x5, i used it many many years ago and it is an awesome routine.
Also, you don't need dextrose pre workout.