A new me hopefully

mwrf

Ok, this is me:






I've just turned 25, 79kg , What you see there is 8 years
of guinness and greasy food. I've decided to lose
it all and put on some muscle if possible.

I joined a gym two weeks ago and since then I have
drastically changed my diet, taking information from the stickies
and other threads here. I was never the sporty type.

Current Diet is :
8:30 - Breakfast - Porridge with full fat milk
10:00 - Snack - Handful Nuts with either an apple or banana
12:30 - Lunch - Yesterdays dinner / Tuna on wholewheat bread / chilli with brown rice
15:00 - Snack - Handful Nuts with either an apple or banana
18:30 - Dinner - Pork Stir fry with brown rice / Fillet Chicken + wholewheat pasta with pesto / beef stew
22:00 - Snack - Two teaspoons of peanut butter

I'm trying to drink 3 litres of water a day.
I'm finding it quite easy to stick to this actually and have
broken it just once in two weeks when I had a chipper.
I estimate a Calorie deficit of approx 700 per day.


Ok, On to my routine.

I have been going to the gym almost every day missing
only Saturday and Sunday last weekend. On Tuesday I went twice,
at 06:30 am and 21:00. My plan is to go early morning twice a week.

My daily routine is:
(a) 10 minutes on Cross trainer at level 10 - this is very tough,
10 minutes is all I can handle. Calorie reader is usally
around 180 - 200

(b) 5 x 10 reps Lat pulldowns, I go 20kg,25kg,30kg,30kg,35kg through
the sets.

(c) 5 x 10 of the platform thing where you lift your legs up

(d) 20-35 mins on the bike Calorie reader usually shows about 150

If it's early morning, I'll skip the bike and do a few lengths
in the pool.


So, My questions are:

(a)
Can someone tell me what I should be doing as part of
my routine weights wise? I really have no clue. I have never
done weights before and I am, to be honest, quite weak.

(b)
Is a 500 a day Calorie deficit enough for me to lose this weight
within a few months?

Any other advice or pointers as to where I am going wrong
would be great.

Canis Lupus

Only two point regarding your post as there are better equipped people to advise you but:

Weights, take a look at starting strength wiki (I do the practical program). Look at the videos, practise the form and get a trainer in the gym to give you the once over as well. I cannot recommend a better weights plan, it's brill

Don't burn yourself out with 5 days a week. I know you're new and the gym is great initially but if you go too mad you might start to hate it/the novelty will wear off before you settle into a nice proper routine.

size5

stebishop wrote: »

Ok, this is me:






I've just turned 25, 79kg , What you see there is 8 years
of guinness and greasy food. I've decided to lose
it all and put on some muscle if possible.

I joined a gym two weeks ago and since then I have
drastically changed my diet, taking information from the stickies
and other threads here. I was never the sporty type.

Current Diet is :
8:30 - Breakfast - Porridge with full fat milk
10:00 - Snack - Handful Nuts with either an apple or banana
12:30 - Lunch - Yesterdays dinner / Tuna on wholewheat bread / chilli with brown rice
15:00 - Snack - Handful Nuts with either an apple or banana
18:30 - Dinner - Pork Stir fry with brown rice / Fillet Chicken + wholewheat pasta with pesto / beef stew
22:00 - Snack - Two teaspoons of peanut butter

I'm trying to drink 3 litres of water a day.
I'm finding it quite easy to stick to this actually and have
broken it just once in two weeks when I had a chipper.
I estimate a Calorie deficit of approx 700 per day.


Ok, On to my routine.

I have been going to the gym almost every day missing
only Saturday and Sunday last weekend. On Tuesday I went twice,
at 06:30 am and 21:00. My plan is to go early morning twice a week.

My daily routine is:
(a) 10 minutes on Cross trainer at level 10 - this is very tough,
10 minutes is all I can handle. Calorie reader is usally
around 180 - 200

(b) 5 x 10 reps Lat pulldowns, I go 20kg,25kg,30kg,30kg,35kg through
the sets.

(c) 5 x 10 of the platform thing where you lift your legs up

(d) 20-35 mins on the bike Calorie reader usually shows about 150

If it's early morning, I'll skip the bike and do a few lengths
in the pool.


So, My questions are:

(a)
Can someone tell me what I should be doing as part of
my routine weights wise? I really have no clue. I have never
done weights before and I am, to be honest, quite weak.

(b)
Is a 500 a day Calorie deficit enough for me to lose this weight
within a few months?

Any other advice or pointers as to where I am going wrong
would be great.

Few pointers
1. calories counters on the machines if you are going to use them make sure you have programmed in your weight age etc.
2. First few weeks use as "muscle activation" do 2/3 sets of 10 to 12 reps BUT do more weight exercises. eg chest, lat pull and some kind of row shoulder , legs etc-
3. After this peroid you can increase weights and chage exercise.
4. As already stated you need to preform the exercise corretly

oh oh daugher crying will come back on this:cool:

Canis Lupus

Erm... I'd argue that as long as you leave your ego at the door Starting strength starts you off perfectly. He doesn't need to worry about doing a couple of weeks of a split routine.

Also calorie counters change depending on what machine you're in. I ignore them. Just putting the time and effort in is all that matters.

size5

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Erm... I'd argue that as long as you leave your ego at the door Starting strength starts you off perfectly. He doesn't need to worry about doing a couple of weeks of a split routine.

Also calorie counters change depending on what machine you're in. I ignore them. Just putting the time and effort in is all that matters.

Depends on what you mean by strength training? If you mean low reps high weights(which is strenght training) disagree. Needs longer time under tension of the muscle to stimulate muscle growth & hence burn more calories. Peroidise the training starting muscle activation then move on from there.

Regarding calorie counters have measured some of the top brans against my Heart rate monitor and are relatively accurate provided you put in age etc However I haven't monitorded against the home brand ones.

AGREED Time & effort is what matters