NoExcuse's Journal

[noexcuse25]

Hey all... I'm new to these fitness and bodybuilding forums, one of the trainers at my gym told me about them. I've been feelin out a bigger forum site, but after a few posts think its just too big to be usefull... so I was happy to find this one.

ME: I'm 25, 5'll, 236lbs, medium frame
Fitness Experience: Not much, just high school sports
Goal: Loose weight while toneing muscle/gaining upper body strength.

I'm all in boys... u help me, i'll stick to it. Need a diet, some short term goals, direction at the gym... I'll post my day to day **** on here, hopefully a few of you will help me out.

[noexcuse25]

I've got questions out in the Nutrition and Beginners asking for people to help me with a workout plan and diet plan. But if you don't read those threads, I'd gladly take your help here.

[noexcuse25]

Beginning LowerBody Workout i plan for today: Feedback????

Exercis Area Rep/Time
Warm-up Full Body 10minutes
Standing Raise Calf 3/25
Seated Raise Calf 3/15
Reverse Standing Raise Calf 3/25
Leg Press Thigh 3/15
Leg Curl Thigh 3/15
Seated Hip In Thigh 3/15
Seated Hip Out Thigh 3/15
Cool-Down Full Body 10minutes
Swim Cardio 20minutes

[Lady C]

I would drop two of the calf rasies exercises and add in some hamstring exercises reverse curls.

[noexcuse25]

Thanks Lady C, I'll add a seated leg curl to the next time I do that routine... that does hamstrings, right?

I just got back from the gym and doing that routine... damn did those calf exercises burn, i freekin loved it.

I'll hopefully have time to work on an upper body routine for tomorrow, then switch those throughout this next week.

I didn't eat hardly anything today...just got too busy at work. I'll try not to let that happen again. Had some nuts for lunch (it was the only thing I had in the classroom) and cherieos on the way to the gym. Had a corn tortilla with natural peanut butter and honey post workout. Gonna have tuna, eggs and salad for dinner....meanwhile ignoring my buddies who want to go get waisted tongiht :

I'm outta protien... use Nitro-Tech currently... I'm gonna keep using it unless anyone has any suggestions????? Someone suggested that i get a higher carb protien for post-workout... but seems like a lot of money to get two brands.

[Lady C]

Originally Posted by noexcuse25

I'll add a seated leg curl to the next time I do that routine... that does hamstrings, right?

No, seated leg curl does the front of the leg (quads) you need the back of the leg (hamstrings). Machines that have you lying on a bench and pulling your legs up to your butt, weighted of course, works the hams.

Don't listen to people telling to to use all kind of supplements - you don't need them. All you need is a simple whey protein without additional stuff. Your biggest problem right now is getting your eating habits correct and maintaining them for a while.

If you can maintain good eating habits for over a month and are seeing progress in your workouts. Then worry about taking your nutrition to the next level.

I would do this instead of the upper/lower thing. Full-Body 3 times per week.

[noexcuse25]

Oh... i did do those laying leg curls... just not the sitting ones. I'll take a look at that workout and see if i can make sense