I’ve been reading this site for a while and thought i’d post here and monitor my results. it will help me be more serious about this and hopefully will allow me some feedback from you guys.
STATS
i’m 6’4, 190, 18% bf
TRAINING
i’m planning to start big boy basics for approximately 3-4 weeks. i plan to work out tuesday, thursday, saturday, sunday with either rest or light cardio on the other days. i will try to get 8 hours of sleep a night.
DIET
i am vegetarian. using Berardi’s formulas i’ve figured i should eat about 3700 cals a day and will try to keep it 40c/30p/30f. i also will only eat p/f or p/c meals, never c/f together.
for carbs, i plan to eat: oatmeal, whole weat bread, sweet potatoes and veggies and fruits
What are your goals? For your height and weight, your bf is pretty high. I’m 6’6, so I know 190 is not bony, but pretty thin. What is your age and lifting experience? If your goal is to get big, you need to keep your metabolism down. Meaning no cardio, and three big meals as opposed to six. And lift heavy, basic movements. Again, before I could give any advice, I would need more info. But I do know how to get big. I started at 165 pounds and am now at 290.(It took 20 years)
Well, I can tell you what I would do, this worked for me.
Diet, you have it lined out, but I would add to eat a high calorie meal (shake with eggs or ice cream and fruit) right before bed. If you wake up in the night, have a protein bar, but by far, the most important, is eat a good breakfast. It will provide you with the nutrition you need, but more importantly, you will train your body to want and need more food. I remember when I was thin, I only ate when I was hungry, and the results showed.
Training. After the first 2 months, I think you should settle into training 1 bodypart a day, once per week. I feel this is most effective because it enables you to focus on the bodypart, obliterate it, and get out of the gym in a timely manner. The exception is abs, you can work them every other day. You may want to work calves more often too. If you go with your diet and supplements, and work out very hard and intensely, you should gain your desired 10-15 in 6 months. You’ll probably gain 5-10 soon after starting your creatine.
To be honest, I have never counted calories. When I first started trying to gain weight, I was playing college basketball, so my metabolism was crazy, and I just ate as much as I could. I do remember eating so much before going to bed feeling like I was going to puke. I would eat a blenderful of a weightgainer shake with ice cream and 4 eggs, and four fried potatoe patties with salsa. Then get up an hit the cafeteria and start all over. My weight gain was very slow and frustrating, but I was able to gain 10-15 pounds per year.
It was only when I got in my late twenties that I really began to learn about proper nutrition, ie- adequate protein intake. Creatine came out when I was about 28, and I thought it was awesome. People would say it didn’t work and that it was a fad and all that, and that was bullshit. I could see and feel that it worked. Anyway, long story short, if thats still possible, eat, lift, be happy. You will see gains. Don’t look at other guys and compare yourself to them. You are building your body, nobody elses. Good luck.
Double your creatine intake, one in the morning, one directly following your workout, unless you are working out in the morning, then just split them.
I am not familiar with that workout, but I sure as shit don’t like it.
[quote]Phill wrote:
Nope looks good creatine is fine no need to waste itr. 1 tsp ~ 5g is plenty. Unless your a veggie then maybe more will do you some good.
Keep up the great work
Phill[/quote]
He is a veggie Phill so I guess the second dose would help him a tad. Or you could eat some juicy steak???