For the bodybuilders?

[Anonymous]

I turn 17 in 3 months i'm discusted my my body it won't choose to be skinny or fat hahahah anyways my goal is to gain muscle mass and lose these darn love handles. I am 16 165 lbs 5'9. I want to have a muscularly lean body by the time i'm 18 that's my goal. What can I do to get on that path. I never had a dad or anything to teach me so any help will be greatly appreciated!

[truthbeknown]

Riding your bike is a great way to keep lean in general. Good weight lifting things you can do at home are push ups, chin ups, (if you have an over head bar), sit ups. You can do curls with gym bags full of old magazines or fill pails with water if you have no weights. The way you build muscle mass is pretty simple. You just have to stick to it. Every time you work out you introduce small tears in your muscle fibers. Your body repairs these tears and a coating of protein is formed around the fiber. This is how you get bigger and stronger. So you need to work out enough to cause those micro tears and then let your body repair them over and over. So you workout every other day for this cycle to take place. When you are done your workout, your muscles should be a bit sore, but not to the point you can't function. Are you thinking of joining a gym? It takes many weeks before you start to see progress and many people get discouraged and quit, SO DON'T QUIT!!!

[Anonymous]

well you are going to have to integrate cardio in your workout so you should with that.( jogging, jogging, and more jogging. heck even swimming.) then you have to make a plan of what part of your body you want to workout first. upper body (triceps, biceps, back, abs, shoulders, or forearms), lower (quads, glutes, calfs, and other leg muscle groups) after you got your plan you need to figure out your nutrition then stick with it<--- that's a challenge. also you need to figure out your rest days for your body to recover I think you only need two days but I have known people only do one.

[340sunny]

wrestle! I'm a wrestler, sorry. Realistically though, sports are great. You're getting fit with a bunch of your friends and getting to enjoy whatever you chose to participate in. They're there to hold you accountable, and you've got a coach to "father" you. That's how it works on my wrestling team anyways. (Also in wrestling it's really food/weight based so it'll help your diet)

[Whendutycalls]

Check out bodybuilders. com It'll help you find a workout routine and diet, as well as a schedule and timeline to reach your goal weight and build. Plus you'll get a ton of support and encouragement from other site members

[Decentguy]

eat mostly boiled foods, and avoud oily, fried foods, use protein more everyday, and also do cardio everyday

[Decentguy]

and also count your calories and macros and eat according to it

[Asker]

Thank you! I do admit I eat to much fast food I work at Starbucks I'll cut down on those unhealthy drinks as well, however do you think a banana smoothie with low fat milk and protein is good to drink?

[Decentguy]

yes, a banana smoothie with low fat milk and protein is always good. but eat bananas before your workout. and also eat carbs too, carbs are important too

[Asker]

My mom cooks pasta every single night with grilled chicken, is that a good thing?

[Decentguy]

yes thats a good thing, but as i said before, count your calories and then eat according to it

[Asker]

Yessir my main problem is my job I gained 20 lbs in 8 months from all that milk the calories there are atrocious I will fix my eating habits and throw my ass in the gym! Thanks for being so helpful

[Decentguy]

hmm
no prob man

[SwolDishWasher]

Stronglifts 5x5 google it. Eat above maintenance, so you gain half a pound a week. You'll be swole in no time.

To find your maintenance calories just google it, its really simple to find out.