Help with everything

[toddythehotty]

I had posted earlier about being new to the whole website so let me give you a little summary:

Im 20, in college, around 5'9, and about 160. I worked out for about a year with no plan whatsoever in the gym. I didn't get any of the results I wanted. Not even like 2% of the results I wanted. I'm going to start working out now so I can be bigger by spring break. I said in my other post that I wanted to be shredded, but my idea of shredded is not shredded at all. I just want it to look like I'm bigger and I work out thats my ultimate goal. I want muscle showing but not to the extreme or anything.

Anyone have any tips or a good workout plan I could follow for six and half months so that I can lose maybe a few pounds of fat and get muscle to show? I want to be able to make some good visible progress not necessarily too extreme.

[taxgeek]

I had posted earlier about being new to the whole website so let me give you a little summary:

Im 20, in college, around 5'9, and about 160. I worked out for about a year with no plan whatsoever in the gym. I didn't get any of the results I wanted. Not even like 2% of the results I wanted. I'm going to start working out now so I can be bigger by spring break. I said in my other post that I wanted to be shredded, but my idea of shredded is not shredded at all. I just want it to look like I'm bigger and I work out thats my ultimate goal. I want muscle showing but not to the extreme or anything.

Anyone have any tips or a good workout plan I could follow for six and half months so that I can lose maybe a few pounds of fat and get muscle to show?

Monday: Squat, straight leg deadlifts, pullups, rows
Wednesday: Bench Press, overhead press, dips
Friday: Deadlifts, Squats
Saturday (optional): Bench Press, Pullups, Overhead Press, Rows

Eat about 3000-3500 calories a day, try to get at least 20% of your calories from protein, avoid saturated fats if you can. A little bit of cardio won't kill you, if you're looking for something to do on Tuesdays and Thursdays 20 minutes of moderate cardio with some ab work may help.

[36912]

I had posted earlier about being new to the whole website so let me give you a little summary:

Im 20, in college, around 5'9, and about 160. I worked out for about a year with no plan whatsoever in the gym. I didn't get any of the results I wanted. Not even like 2% of the results I wanted. I'm going to start working out now so I can be bigger by spring break. I said in my other post that I wanted to be shredded, but my idea of shredded is not shredded at all. I just want it to look like I'm bigger and I work out thats my ultimate goal. I want muscle showing but not to the extreme or anything.

Anyone have any tips or a good workout plan I could follow for six and half months so that I can lose maybe a few pounds of fat and get muscle to show? I want to be able to make some good visible progress not necessarily too extreme.

you could try PPL, upper/lower or full body workouts to start with.

[charles1997]

I do a push/pull/leg routine and work on progressing my lifts, I've seen some good size gains (for me) from it.

Monday (legs)
Squat 4x5
Stiff-leg Deadlifts 2x8
Leg Extensions 2x12
Leg Curls 2x12
Calf Raises 3x15-20

Wednesday (push)
Bench 3x5
Incline DB Bench 2x8
Flyes 1x12
Dips 2x8
Overhead Extensions 2x12
DB Press 2x8
Lateral raises 2x12

Friday (pull)
Deadlift 3x5
Chin-ups 2x8
Barbell Rows 2x8
One-arm DB row 2x8
Barbell Curls 3x12 or 2x12 and hammer curls 1x12

[toddythehotty]

What kind of stuff do you eat that doesn't give you too much fat? I've had a problem with that for a long time.

Monday: Squat, straight leg deadlifts, pullups, rows
Wednesday: Bench Press, overhead press, dips
Friday: Deadlifts, Squats
Saturday (optional): Bench Press, Pullups, Overhead Press, Rows

Eat about 3000-3500 calories a day, try to get at least 20% of your calories from protein, avoid saturated fats if you can. A little bit of cardio won't kill you, if you're looking for something to do on Tuesdays and Thursdays 20 minutes of moderate cardio with some ab work may help.

[klokos]

Your question and goals are very vague…

Go on body space and look up a program that sounds good for you.
Eat 3000+ calories a day. Stay away from saturated fats and sugars.
For quick "gains" , look up Monohydrate Creatine . Great product, and when taken correctly you can get good gains
Look up posts for beginners..there's tons of them that'll help you out with getting started
You probably have bad form. Go here to check proper forms for each exercise
http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/

[IDrinkBloodLOL]

I have lots of advice to give but I've chosen to withhold all of it because your goal is to "look bigger by spring break."

[taxgeek]

Some fat is fine. Unless you're a cosmetic athlete preparing for a competition (bodybuilders) I don't think fat is anything to be afraid of. Just try to minimize the saturated fat and try not to let fat make up more than 25% of your diet.

I try to avoid loin cuts of steak (rib eye, new York, t bone, chuck eye...although technically that's a chuck cut but it's pretty similar to rib eye) which kinda sucks because those are my favorites. I started eating more flat iron (aka top blade) and sirloin. Chicken and tuna are good too.

For starches I eat a lot of whole grain pasta, and potatoes. A lot of guys eat a lot of oatmeal, but I don't because I can't stand the stuff. Rice (brown or white) is good too.

Those are the staples of my diet, but you gotta find out what you like to eat while eating towards your goal. I recommend browsing through the nutrition forum.