Fat Around Button Area?

[MartinBoy]

Indeed, just purchased 50kg dumbell set, and have some good meals for today

Day 213

Breakfast, protein shake and shreaded wheat.

Bannana, strawberry low fat yougurt (50 cals)

Lunch - 2 slices of bread with philadelpha (low fat cheese spread) - per 30g = 33cal 3.5g protein 1.4g fat. And few slices of thick ham.

Protein shake before workout.

Found it hard, used about 14kg of weight on each dumbell which was about 2kg so 16kg on each one.

Did 2 sets of squats reps 20.

2 sets of lunges reps 10.

did about 3 or 4 sets of flys (bringing dumbells inwards while lyin on bench) and did few reps of lifting them straight up while laying down (dunno name)

did few sets of curls, rows, shrugs

Bench press 3 sets reps 3, 50kg of weight so 20kg above what i normally do - the weights i bought fitted the barbell too

Was down there a while, adjusting weights and all, think i should have a proper routine next time, but yeah found it hard and sweated more than usual, just hope it works out for the best.

[cassiegose]

Yeah im sure it's fat i mean when i sit down it folds over like rolls, and that's true about being thin, brothers and mum always say im looking too thin, if it is skin, which i can grab alot of, what can i do about it as i do want a 6 pack. It's horrible looking skin that looks like fat and i really really dislike it which is why im trying to improve it, just hope these weights im buying are going to be worth the money

It could very well be skin Martin. I have no idea because i can't see you but sounds like it might be skin if you're that thin. Hmmm... Honestly do you feel like you've made progress since originally coming to the site? You've gotten stronger right? Are your muscles any bigger?

Yeah but no major changes due to the time ive put in, in opinion

Right Martin but its not so much about how much time you've put in... its about the quality of your workouts and diet. If you gave 100% EVERY day and followed the diet closely you would most likely be closer to meeting your goals. If you look back over the previous posts you'll see there were alot of days that I think if you were honest with yourself you would see that you weren't giving 100%. Yes, you have many barriars in your way... the whole living at home thing definitely makes it hard and I understand that. However I believe in YOU and I think you have it in you to do GREAT things if you're willing to put 100% effort into it. Know what I mean?

[cassiegose]

Indeed, just purchased 50kg dumbell set, and have some good meals for today

Day 213

Breakfast, protein shake and shreaded wheat.

Bannana, strawberry low fat yougurt (50 cals)

Lunch - 2 slices of bread with philadelpha (low fat cheese spread) - per 30g = 33cal 3.5g protein 1.4g fat. And few slices of thick ham.

Protein shake before workout.

Found it hard, used about 14kg of weight on each dumbell which was about 2kg so 16kg on each one.

Did 2 sets of squats reps 20.

2 sets of lunges reps 10.

did about 3 or 4 sets of flys (bringing dumbells inwards while lyin on bench) and did few reps of lifting them straight up while laying down (dunno name)

did few sets of curls, rows, shrugs

Bench press 3 sets reps 3, 50kg of weight so 20kg above what i normally do - the weights i bought fitted the barbell too

Was down there a while, adjusting weights and all, think i should have a proper routine next time, but yeah found it hard and sweated more than usual, just hope it works out for the best.

Meals look good Martin!

[MartinBoy]

Thanks Cassie, was wondering if you knew a good place to buy a decent/cheapish pair of training gloves, so i have more grip on the weights and pull up bar, right now the gloves im using are wolly ones and don't have any grip so it makes things difficult. Thanks.

[cassiegose]

Do you have any sports-type shops over there? Id go there and actually try some on to find the best fit. If you're ok with ordering online you could try bodybuilding.com... however you wouldn't be able to try them on before purchasing them.

[MartinBoy]

Oh i see, il have a look around.

Dinner - chicken portions, roast potatoes and greens.

[cassiegose]

Oh i see, il have a look around.

Dinner - chicken portions, roast potatoes and greens.

Nice!!!

[MartinBoy]

Day 214

Breakfast, protein shake and shreaded wheat.

I guess i shouldn't workout today after working out yesterday?

Scrambled eggs on toast 4 lunch.

Unsure what to do on wether to do cardio today.

Sausage sandwich.

Left out some flamegrilled chicken chunks for dinner, about 24g protein and around 110 cals.

[MartinBoy]

Day 215

Breakfast - protein shake and shreaded wheat.

Been looking at some excercise videos, maybe i should get a proper routine planned out instead of just doing whatever, maybe i should also take a spanner down and try and the bench so it's incline instead of flat, is this alot of hassle tho to keep changing or is it fairly simple? Ive been looking at some of the excercises uve posted but i can't find any that do the back, mainly dumbbell ones, do you know where i can find some? Thanks.

Tuna and pasta, with a bit of philadelpha low fat cheese to go with it for lunch.

Protein shake with semi skimmed milk during workout.

Tried changing the bench so i could do some incline exercises, took me a while to find the right sized spanner and then it was taking a while so i'll have to do that another day.

Workout - Can't remember exactly how many reps of each set i did but done quite alot.

Dumbbell lunges
Dumbell squats
Barbell bench press 50kg
dumbell flys bench press
dumbell rows
dumbell shrugs
dumbell curls
don't know what these are called but pulled the dumbells over head in a v type shape (working back i think)

Yeah probly a few more exercises but was down there a while, would you care to recommend some routines for me Cas? I haven't done a proper routine before and maybe i would benefit from it and save time during changing the bench press, from barbell to dumbell, im glad i bought those dumbells though, work alot harder with them and have more variety.

Had some flame grilled chicken pieces after - 110 cals 25g protein.



Mainly looking to work pecs and back. And also do these gloves look good to you?

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Dinner - jacket potato with some phildaeplha cheese spread, brussel sprouts and beef cobbler, (beef mince, bit of cobler (made of bread and cheese didn't eat much of it though)

[cassiegose]

Hi Martin,

I think finding a solid exercise routine is a splendid idea!

Are you looking for something to work lower back or upper back?

As for the bench.. i'm not sure how hard it is to adjust your bench. Ours at the gym are really easy. Gosh I wish we lived closer! I have an adjustable bench that I would gladly give you... however I don't think its feasable to mail it to ya.

For your routine... are you wanting to build muscle or are you still worried about that fat?

You're doing awesome Martin!! I'm so glad you got those new weights. I think those will definitely help!

Cassie

[MartinBoy]

Hehe, well that would be great but i guess it would cost with postage so

Well im sure once i losen it once and adjust it it'll be easier, it's just that the screws are so tight on it, and i don't want to crossthread the thing. I'm looking for mainly upper back than lower back, but both is fine, mainly on pecs and to lose the fat but im hoping in time that will go, not sure what to do about cardio as i don't really want to lose weight, as i don't think i have much fat - apart from the fat !!

[MartinBoy]

Ok seeing as im going to workout again tomorow perhaps i should make a routine?

Day 216

Breakfast protein shake and shreaded wheat.

Lunch and break, had ocean stick sandwiches, with philadeplha spread.

Got home, had two small rolo's prob about 40 cals?

Now going to have a can of baked beans.

[cassiegose]

Hi Martin,

Here are some articles for you. The first is a workout and the others are some good reads that I think will help you:

http://www.tmuscle.com/free_online_arti ... 9-hg.hydra" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.tmuscle.com/free_online_arti ... _checklist" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.tmuscle.com/free_online_arti ... ill_skinny" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.tmuscle.com/free_online_arti ... _to__it" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[MartinBoy]

Thanks cassie, il look at those now, dinner was a "fry up" however, not everything was actually fried, plummed tomatoes, an egg, some bacon, 2 small sausages, beans, and some oven baked chips, strawberrys after.

i read the first article but that just says how many reps in each week they did, not an actual routine or any exercises they did? Wow they really are bodybuilding meatheads!

[cassiegose]

You didn't read the article all the way through Martin. The exercises are listed. You should read it again.