Thread: Need Advice on Workouts and Diet

Alright so I have been working out for a few years now and I have a decent amount of muscle. However, I am lacking in the chest.

I really started working my chest about 3 weeks ago. I think my main weakness was that I was lifting too heavy and the stress was put on my shoulders etc and not my chest. Since then I have really worked on squeezing my pecs in exercises and lowering the weight to ensure I have proper form. Obviously its been about 3 weeks so I dont expect much but I was trying to ask your opinions on my diet.

I am 165 pounds, 5'11". I dont have much fat on me. Currently I do cardio about 3 times a week for no more than 20 minutes. I dont know if its a fair comparison but after taking a break from cardio for a few months, I started to do it every week. In less than 2 weeks, my legs had a noticeable muscle gain but this type of gain is not showing in my chest.

I will admit, I have a low carb diet. About 2 years ago I was pushing 300 pounds and went on a low carb diet to loose weight. Since then I have grown so used to this diet it has become permanent. However, I need carbs for muscle gain so when I started really working my chest I started to eat more carbs, I eat a bowl of oats cereal and a scoop of whey protein every morning. Throughout the day I eat lots of chicken, turkey, salads, vegetables, some bread but I still dont consume alot of carbs or any high fat sources. On lifting days I have a mass gainer that I use right after my workout and I usually eat some lean meats or even the cereal. I use the AMP xxx at the moment and use about 3 scoops after lifting and scoops here and there on off days. How much should I consume?

I think my biggest problem is I feel if I consume too much carbs I will start to gain weight. However, my gains in my legs from cardio are confusing me, maybe I am consuming enough carbs? How many should I consume?

Any advice would be appreciated

Thanks!

You gotta eat the carbs brah. You probably shouldn't go overboard if you used to be bigger, but I would at least eat more grams of carbs per day than grams of protein.

Something you might try is starting with incline bench press. My chest always looks bigger when I start my routine with incline bench. Still need to do flat bench or DB press, but I feel alot better starting with incline.