Just Starting Up

[Fit_After_40]

Just wanted to say hey to everyone out there. Just signed up today and have started a BodySpace profile. Any comments, encouragement, suggestions definitely welcome.

I am a really hard-gainer and have just started back to getting my health in order. The big 4-0 seemed to have brought alot with it ... lol. Celebrated my 41st just this past Monday and that is the day that I started getting serious. I don't think I intended it to be that way but just sort of happened.

Hope to hear from others and make a few friends along the way.

Cheers.

[agsuper]

welcome. you will find a wealth of info here and some nice folks. as long as you stay in the ov35 section

[IronAvalanche]

Welcome, and good luck with your goals!

[Fit_After_40]

Thanks. Been hanging around the site for a couple years "long time listener, first time caller" ...

Have learned a lot about lifting and nutrition but always ready to learn more.

[bikes4u]

Welcome! what part of IN you from? Good luck on you goals!

[Fit_After_40]

Welcome! what part of IN you from? Good luck on you goals!

Live in Indy on the South Side just outside of Greenwood. Saw you are from Indy as well.

[bikes4u]

Live in Indy on the South Side just outside of Greenwood. Saw you are from Indy as well.

yes--I live just NE of Geist. Member of Cardinal Fitness--pretty nice gym and cheap-no contracts. You might check it out if you don't belong to a gym yet.

[Fit_After_40]

We just moved down from the Geist area a couple months ago. Back a couple years ago when I was really working at it, I went to that Cardinal Fitness there on Pendleton Pike.

Amazes me how small the world is ... :P

[Thunderman]

Hi there! I am an ectomorph as well. I am 6'2", 184, 10% bf. I strain to get every pound on me, and lose 5 in a few days when I get off my plan.

Here is my advice to you.
#1 Quit smoking, your appetite will increase and you will be able to eat more calories.

#2 Get on a strict eating regime. This doesn't mean diet, this means eating plan. Lots of clean protein, clean carbs, and clean fat.

#3 Get on a strict workout regime. Stick to it.

I can give more details if you want

[BUDTAO]

Welcome, hope your wanting to gitbit! Enjoy the trek and have fun...

Andrew

[Fit_After_40]

Hi there! I am an ectomorph as well. I am 6'2", 184, 10% bf. I strain to get every pound on me, and lose 5 in a few days when I get off my plan.

Here is my advice to you.
#1 Quit smoking, your appetite will increase and you will be able to eat more calories.

#2 Get on a strict eating regime. This doesn't mean diet, this means eating plan. Lots of clean protein, clean carbs, and clean fat.

#3 Get on a strict workout regime. Stick to it.

I can give more details if you want

Thanks to all you guys for the support. Great community here.

Thunderman,

Started the following on Monday:
AM: 4 scoops EAS Whey (92g protein) and L-Glutaimne
Late AM: Banana or Yogurt, Granola Bars or whole grain bar
Lunch: PB and Jelly or tomato wrap with turkey
Mid afternoon: Oh Yeah! protein bar (about 25g protein)

I pack a baggie full of fresh carrots, green peppers and celery and munch on that throughout the entire afternoon

Post-workout (Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri) - 2 scoops EAS Whey
On my off-days I have dinner with my family

About an hour and a half before bed I will either have 2 scoops casein protein or something like cottage cheese.

Any comments/suggestions definitely welcome.


Workout:
Mon: Chest, Back, Biceps
Tue: Squats, Hams
Thu: Chest, Shoulders, Triceps
Fri: Squats, Hams

After every workout I do anywhere from 150 - 200 reps of jump rope for my calves. Have not started abs yet (will not be able to see them anyway ... ). I make sure to really push the compounds.

Just finished up my first week and man I feel awesome.

As far as the smokes, been at it for 26 years and I have tried to quit many, many times. I am gonna start on some goals to get it out of my system starting next week. I hate it but I know myself and if I say I am gonna quit this time and fail it will really bring me down and hit my confidence. I know it is going to limit my overall progress and I hate that. I am going to kick this crap though.

Thanks again to all for the positive encouragement.

Cheers.

[Thunderman]

You need more protein at lunch, and less as the first meal. Your body won't digest 92 grams, it will only allow around 45-60 in..... you are crapping out the rest. And mix some carbs with the whey in the am as well. Have more protein at lunch, and some more coomplex carbs. For a post workout drink you NEED some fast carbs to repair the damage as well as some whey. Mix 3 tbs of ovaltine in with your whey and you will feel a huge difference.

[Fit_After_40]

You need more protein at lunch, and less as the first meal. Your body won't digest 92 grams, it will only allow around 45-60 in..... you are crapping out the rest. And mix some carbs with the whey in the am as well. Have more protein at lunch, and some more coomplex carbs. For a post workout drink you NEED some fast carbs to repair the damage as well as some whey. Mix 3 tbs of ovaltine in with your whey and you will feel a huge difference.

Hey Thunder,

Thanks man. Orca (Kevin) pretty much said the exact same things ... BTw alot more info in the journal I started. I have already cut to 2 scoops of whey in the morning and am adding toast or oatmeal to that.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=118442141