Hey, trying to finally take the gym more seriously

[marty2002]

My names Andres, I'm 18, 5"9, and I weigh 153 pounds, I've been actively going to planet fitness for 3 months and have made steady, but not serious progress. My dad gave me a membership to a more "sophisticated" gym, with much better equipment and what not as a Christmas present, forever thankful for it!

I want to be able to follow a strict workout routine every week to not only grow muscle but build strength. In all my time of growing up I never played any sports, so I was never too active, and developed a skinny fat body growing up. When I was in 11th grade I took a strength training class which worked. But after that I fell out of love for working out. Back then I didnt have the resources, like transportation, motivation, or friends to go to the gym outside of that class. I lost a lot of my progress that I worked so hard for. It really threw me off. Here I am now, a freshman in college, taking things seriously. I have a lot of work to do, and I have goals set in time. I want to have a body I can feel proud of, especially in the summer. I began this thread asking for a good workout routine, but now I realize that I just need to keep consistency, even with school and work, i've still been able to make and find time to go to the gym whether its late at night or early in the morning. Thank you all for reading!

[faithbrah]

might want to take a look at the fierce 5 program: https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...hp?t=159678631

[Brandon2576]

I would recommend the Fierce 5 program in the stickies. It is great for beginners trying to gain strength, size, learn how to linear progress, and is great for getting good with technique.

[BeginnerGainz]

Programming (as long as its proven) that is appropriate for your level, which is novice, is NOT as important as being consistent.

Please understand that muscle building isn’t something you can accomplish in a few short months, it is a lifelong pursuit.

Eat enough, get enough protein, keep stress (in the gym and out) to a minimum and get enough sleep.

[ECGordyn]

Have fun in the gym, experiment and discover what different movements feel like, but definitely take the time to learn the main barbell movements and their close assistance movements. Squat, deadlift, bench, barbell row, overhead press, and pull-up/pulldown.

Fierce 5 is a great starting point.

Some good YouTube channels:
Alan Thrall
Candito
Calgary Barbell
Brazos Valley Barbell
Reactive Training Systems
Renaissance Periodization
Juggernaut Training Systems
*Maybe Jeff Nippard. He's appealing to beginners but overall he's almost sub par.
Don't get sucked into the AthleanX bin.

[jaxqen]

Have fun in the gym, experiment and discover what different movements feel like, but definitely take the time to learn the main barbell movements and their close assistance movements. Squat, deadlift, bench, barbell row, overhead press, and pull-up/pulldown.

Fierce 5 is a great starting point.

Some good YouTube channels:
Alan Thrall
Candito
Calgary Barbell
Brazos Valley Barbell
Reactive Training Systems
Renaissance Periodization
Juggernaut Training Systems
*Maybe Jeff Nippard. He's appealing to beginners but overall he's almost sub par.
Don't get sucked into the AthleanX bin.

Even though all the others look way worse than Cavaliere.
But I do agree, Athlean X is annoying AF.

[TAWS6]

Programming is important and most people are novices doing advanced splits. Fierce 5 is good because it has a program for every experience level so there's really not much that you can mess up. Other than that cut/bulk cycles ,eat correctly, get enough protein and sleep is basically it.