how to be strong and skinny at the same time?
hello guys
i am 31, 180 cm and 61 kg, so really skinny and just started the gym. it seems that i must first try to gain weight and muscle. but the fact is that going to the gym is the most boring activity in the world for me. i also started swimming after years and i'm really enjoying it. it also makes me feel fresh when i run mornings.
but all of my friends discourage me from doing cardio and says it prevents me gaining weight or muscles. i know that it is true but i really do not want to be bulky (in long term of course), i really admire swimmers bodies or bruce lee-like bodies.
and most important, i want to plan long term, i can't see myself hitting the gym for years in the future, i like to have a more active life style, do running swimming and also try some push-ups moves at home. and i want to have a strong but light body when i reach (if i can) reach my 60s. now i'm lookin for some advice if i should do cardio or not, or i'm just at the beginning and should continue weight lifting. (sorry if don't have a fluent english)
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Need help with stronglifts 5x5
So I’ve lately been thinking about starting strong lifts 5x5. I started lifting 3-5 months ago in track but we would end up taking weeks off and stuff it wasn’t very consistent, I also went to the gym 3-4 times a week towards the end of school. I then took another break because I was out of town and all that until a couple of weeks ago when I started lifting again. I’ve been doing the tiger fitness core 4 program but want to switch to sls 5x5 to get my strength up (I never lost any btw). I want to do it but it talks about starting with the bar or 50% of 1rp but I want to do a little below my normal working set
5’9” 140 pounds average build have somewhat muscle I bench 125, power clean 135, and squat 160 (I last maxed on bench about 3 months ago and the other two lifts were when I started lifting) when I started lifting in track I was able to add up to 25 pounds on my bench in a little over a month my working set is 95 on bench and if I do sls 5x5 i would do 80 or 85 I would do 95 on squat and 135 on deadlift. Would I be able to do this and still make good progress? (Sorry if this was sloppy and long)