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    Talking The beginning of my journey - I need your help & advice.

    Hey everyone, my names Tom I'm 16 (17 in May) and I have decided to begin training and becoming a lot healthier person.

    I have a large background for distance running, swimming, cycling, triathlons, basketball, AFL, cross-country skiing and free skiing.
    I competed in all of those sports until I was 15 and I got shin-splints, compartment syndrome and basically had to give up all sports.
    Then my life went a little bit pear shaped and I smoked a lot of weed, drank a lot, smoked a lot, slept terribly, ate terribly and was overall not a very health person what so ever.
    I've recently been inspired and given the opportunity to run again. I am doing a running rehabilitation program that involves me NOT working out my legs which is a bit of a shame however I will be fine in around 10-12 weeks time if I do what I've been told.

    My stats:

    Height: 6 ft 1 - 185cm
    Weight: 77.7 kgs - 170 pounds
    Moderate metabolic rate
    Probably around 14% BF - guess :P
    Fairly skinny, not much muscle, a bit of unwanted body fat - due to excessive.

    I am willing to cut out many things from my old life to get ripped. I AM aware that Rome wasn't built in a day and I understand this will take a lot of long hard hours and a lot of commitment to achieve my goals.

    My goals are basically to become ripped, not body building ripped, not huge like powerlifters but ripped.
    Muscly and skinny.

    I have already made progress but removing myself from bad influential friends, cut back on all weed, drinking, smoking, junk food and am beginning to make progress already however I need YOUR guys help on getting me there and helping me out with questions, my routine and other things along those lines.

    Please correct me where I'm wrong and back it up please, this will help me greatly and constructional criticism is taken on board

    I believe I will be 'cutting' and trying to gain muscle mass.

    My diet at the moment is fine, eating healthy meals, plenty of them and can address this in a later situation - I am aware that a diet is critical in my progress.

    ABS DAILY

    Sunday: Arms - tri's & bi's
    Monday: Chest -
    Tuesday: Shoulders & Back -
    Wednesday: Chest & Arms
    Thursday: Personal training - 30 min all round body work - no legs atm
    Friday: Shoulders & Back
    Saturday: Rest

    This is a rough idea of how I would like it to flow but I'm not sure so I need your help. I am aware that I have a rest day in there and thursday's will count as a rest day for the mean time.

    At the moment I have access to body weights, dumbbells, a barbell (getting bench soon), a chin up bar and more body weights

    Arms:
    Biceps: 12 push ups - warm up
    Concentration curls: 4 x 6 - 8
    Hammer curls: 4x 6 - 8
    Close-grip chin up 3x fail -
    Triceps:
    10 Staggered stance push-ups
    Dips: 4x 12
    Close-grip bench: 4x 6-8
    Seated tri dumbbell extensions: 4x 6 - 8
    10 Staggered stance push-ups/Hands back push-ups
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    Chest: Warm up 10 wide arm push ups to target chest
    Bench: 3 x 6 - 8
    Flyes: 4 x 6 - 8
    Dumbbell bench press: 3 x 6 - 8
    10 feet elevated push ups
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    Back & Shoulders:
    Back:
    Bent over two-dumbbell row palms in: 4 x 6 - 8
    One arm dumbbell row: 4 x 6 - 8
    Wide grip chin ups: 3 x fail
    Mixed grip if I am struggling
    Shoulders:
    Standing dumbbell press: 4 x 6 - 8
    Front raises dumbbell: 4 x 6
    Rocky/Bradford press: 4 x 6 - 8
    Dumbbell shrug (traps) 4 x 8
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    Legs: can do nothing on these at the moment besides what my physio tells me to do.
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    ABS:
    Hover/Plank: 3 x 1 min or 3 x fail
    Bicylcle legs x 40 secs
    Cross-body crunch
    Exercise ball pull ins: 4 x 10
    1 min Hover
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    Suppliments:
    Whey protein (WPH) - 1st in morning, pre & post workout
    NO Caffine - doesn't do a thing to my body :S
    Casein protein - before bed
    Fish-oils & Multi-vitamins
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    Please can you people help me out where I'm wrong, tell me the correct info, re-do my schedule or workouts whatever bearing in mind I have access to a chin-up bar, barbell, dumbbells x 2, body weights, an exercise ball, a foam roller and what ever else is around my joint.

    Thanks very much
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