I want to lose body fat and build muscle....I need help!!

bcasey7

Hi Lads,
Im 6'2 and about 14 1/2 stone so average enough but have a bit of a belly, am looking to lose alot of body fat and build muscle. Dont want to be a body builder or anything just very toned. Somebody has recommended the diet below to me does it sound right??

breakfast: Porridge made with water, two boiled eggs and a scoop of avacado for healthy fat

11am: handful of mixed nuts and an apple
Lunch: Chicken salad with some red peppers and red onions with drizzle of balsamic vinegar

3pm: Protein shake

Dinner: Any grilled meat/fish/poultry with salad and/or bown rice.

8pm: protein shake
Also taking a creatine supplement and also a mutivitamin.

Am doing weights 5 weights nights a week concentrating on arms and abs every night with one other muscle group on each night (chest, back shoulders etc..)

Does this sound right for what I want?? Thanks for any help.

Jimmy Bottlehead

Read the Stickies on fitness, nutrition, and supplements. Read through them, and start building up a base of knowledge about what you wanna do and how you'll do it. Then come back, if you can't find the answers. Most are in the stickies.

bubbleking

hey,

ok first of all I think it is impossible to lose body fat while building muscle so you need to decide which route you want to go down. May i suggest that losing body fat might be the first goal you should attempt.

First of all get your body fat measured in the gym this will help you track your progress.

Second if you are losing body fat and toning the muscle you have you need to make a few diet amendments - I would stop drinking the protein shakes if your goal is to lose body fat. Possibly also just stick to porridge at breakfast but there is no real harm in eggs and a limited amount of avocado.

Thirdly change your gym routine to incorporate full body exercises such as the Squat, Bench press, Deadlift, full chin ups and shoulder press. These exercises work all the large muscles which in turn will burn more calories. working the arms everyday is a very inefficient way of doing resistance exercises and its time that could be better spent

bcasey7

So what you're saying is my diet will suit what im looking for but my workout routine needs to concentrate a bit more on full body workouts each day?

Im look I am trying to achieve is the Ryan Reynlds look from Blade Trinity, will i be ok for that if i change my workout to wat you are suggesting???

Jarren

Just read the stickies bro:)

bcasey7

cheers mate but im a bit new to this what are the stickies???

O.P.H

bcasey7 wrote: »

cheers mate but im a bit new to this what are the stickies???

:eek:

These are the threads at the top of the fitness forum board, just look at the newest threads posted and then look up, you cant miss them.

For what you want, in a nut shell, you should start doing a full body compound weights programs for muslce gain -

http://www.startingstrength.net/workouts/

do interval training for fat loss -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haSljTB1wZM

and sort out your diet with the stickes.

Ciaran500

bcasey7 wrote: »

cheers mate but im a bit new to this what are the stickies???

The threads stuck to the top of the forum

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055157091
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054876750
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054989471

bcasey7

thanks for the help guys

corkcomp

bcasey7 wrote: »

Hi Lads,
Im 6'2 and about 14 1/2 stone so average enough but have a bit of a belly, am looking to lose alot of body fat and build muscle. Dont want to be a body builder or anything just very toned. Somebody has recommended the diet below to me does it sound right??

breakfast: Porridge made with water, two boiled eggs and a scoop of avacado for healthy fat

11am: handful of mixed nuts and an apple
Lunch: Chicken salad with some red peppers and red onions with drizzle of balsamic vinegar

3pm: Protein shake

Dinner: Any grilled meat/fish/poultry with salad and/or bown rice.

8pm: protein shake
Also taking a creatine supplement and also a mutivitamin.

Am doing weights 5 weights nights a week concentrating on arms and abs every night with one other muscle group on each night (chest, back shoulders etc..)

Does this sound right for what I want?? Thanks for any help.

this is at least the third time in a few months that you started a thread asking the exact same thing. have you taken on board the advice given previously? you need to stop sitting on the fence and do something NOW

squod

corkcomp wrote: »

this is at least the third time in a few months that you started a thread asking the exact same thing. have you taken on board the advice given previously? you need to stop sitting on the fence and do something NOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTvfpbTCSp4

....or start posting on the 'sitting on your ass' forum. Whatever suits.


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