Advice on routine

Eastwood_07

Hi, I've been browsing these parts for the last while without posting but I thought I'd put up my old routine and see if what I'm taking is sufficient, if you get what I mean. And I'll include all those nice little stats for you.

Right, I'm a 181cm male, 168 pounds - 20 years old. I train 2 nights a week with a game at the weekend usually. So what's that, 3-4 hours per week? Roughly anyway. I also do an extra session myself but that'd be included in the 4 hours. Calculated my BMI by myself here at home and I got 23 (not sure about the accuracy and all that), and body fat at 17.1% (also calculated here).

I've calculated my maintanence calorie needs to be 2900, using the formula in the other thread. Currently I've split up my Protein/Carbs/Fat into 210/370/60. That's not even 20% of fats by the way. 6 meals throughout the day :

Morning : Porridge with honey, 2 slices of wholemeal toast with honey and either an boiled egg or a banana. Oh and a cup of tea with some beautiful sugar
Mid-Morning : Apple and banana
Lunch : Chicken fillet sambo in wholemeal bread, milk
Afternoon : Some more fruit usually
Dinner : Steamed salmon steak with wholegrain rice or baby potatoes...with some sweetcorn too.
Evening : 2 pieces of fruit and some nuts

That's what it usually is. Any pointers?


Thanks.

slicus ricus

It depends on what you want to achieve. Are you looking to put on muscle, lose body fat etc?

Also, what sport do you play (game at wkend) and what does your current training involve?

If you post that info, we'd have a better indication of what you're aiming for nd will be able to advise ya!

Eastwood_07

Just aiming to get fitter basically. I'll probably start doing some small weights in the coming months but nothing too much I would think. Sport is gaa by the way and the training is normally just some light running to begin with followed with some speed work, and so on.

Eastwood_07

Anybody?

t-ha

Ever tried honey in your tea instead of sugar - it's pretty nice (in green tea anyway).

Your diet looks pretty good - remember to eat for your requirements though, i.e. if you're training you can probably throw in more carbs an hour beforehand.

Unless you have specific energy issues or weight loss/gain problems I'ld say you're good to go.

Eastwood_07

Cool. I might give the honey a go but sometimes I just have a glass of milk instead of tea. I'm not sure what to eat before training and when to eat it. I suppose some wholemeal pasta might be good (but when?). Currently I have a banana an hour before and that'd be it.

I don't have any main goals at the moment if you understand me, just trying to sort out my diet initially. Will focus more on this aspect in the coming weeks though.

Oh and two other things, I've noticed that I'm dropping short of my daily requirements even though I seemed to have upped my intake. I'm talking 200-300 calories short by the way. And is 10-12 chicken fillets per week normal enough?


Thanks.