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**Malves** · 01-25-2005, 08:43 PM

Hello there,

I am kinda new to bodybuilding and just recently got more interested on it. I weight trained before, but never had real gains because unfortunately I am a hardgainer.

That always led me to loose interest in keep going to the gym.

I like to read about fitness and end up at Mr.Ellis site and read some good information there for hardgainers. I have plans to follow his program in the near future, but so far I am doing it by myself.

I was able to buy 2 bottles of 1-AD off ebay and currently I am taking 2 capsules a day. Today's gonna be a week since I started on 1-AD and my diet. I can see a little improvment already and I am getting excited about it, even thou sometimes my wife has to slap me in the face to keep me motivated. I see improvment, but very little - I gained only 1 pound in a week.

I am taking a load of protein - about 160g/day - from whey protein, eggs, chicken, milk, and fish. I am also taking lots of carbs and fat (the good one

).

I am 33yo, 5'10", 159lbs. My goal right now is to get to 170lbs. I am not really concerned about fat loss, and right now I am at 17%

, according to accumeasure, even thou I think I am doing something wrong with it. At least I hope so.

One last thing. Because of work, wife and a boy, it's really hard for me to go to the gym, so for now I only have a bowflex available. The free weights are in the garage until Spring.

Well, it's good to be a member here and hope you guys can help me out when I need it.

**Prince** · 01-25-2005, 08:58 PM

Malves welcome to IM!

**redspy** · 01-25-2005, 11:06 PM

Welcome aboard Malves.

**Malves** · 01-26-2005, 03:14 PM

Thank you for the welcome, guys.

I knew I was doing something wrong with the accumeasure. I follow the site instructions that I found here and measured again. 12.5%...I think this is better.

**King Silverback** · 01-27-2005, 05:21 PM

Welcome!!!

**RikkiHoon** · 01-28-2005, 09:54 PM

Hi everyone,

Immediate apologies for busting in on a 'reply' section to post my initial post, but I couldn't find out how to do it? Stupid or what?!? Very sorry about that guys

I am a real newbie to this whole thing but am determined to get it right. I started working out 5 times per week a few weeks ago (I worked out consistently for about 6 weeks) and was certainly getting stronger and developing a little more muscle. However, I stopped at Chrsitmas and have just started again. I think I may have been over training before, so I was wondering if you guys could just tell me if this workout is really effective (I have changed from my old schedule, as I think it was too much and after a hard days' work the thought of 1 and a half hours in the gym sometimes turned me off the idea, although I still went consistently. So as to ensure consistency I have based the workout on the Bare Minimum Training theory - although I haven't yet purchased the e-book! so a little guess work is at play!)

Monday: chest/ back / traps

Tuesday: bike 18 - 20 mins.

Wednesday: bike 18 -20 mins., biceps / triceps

Thursday: bike 18 - 20 mins., chest / traps

Friday: biceps / triceps

My aim is to lose about 15 kilos over the next few months, maybe 6-8 months. I am controlling my diet by eating non-fatty, high-protein small meals 5 times per day. I don't want to turn myself into Goliath, just lose fat and tone up whilst enlarging myself moderatly. I think that the main problem is that, being an Englishman, I love my beer (!), but I know that being serious about fitness means controlling that too, so I have switched to drinking gin and tonic. Is that still OK, or is ANY alcohol destructive to developing fitness muscle mass and stength?

Sorry for so many questions, but this site is great and would really like to become an active member and learn about how to do things the right way as I see so many idiots in the gym wasting their money and time. maybe in the future I can help newbies like myself

Thanks in advance to anyone who replies - I really appreciate it.

**Pylon** · 01-29-2005, 10:04 AM

Wazzup Rik? To start your own journal, hit the "New Thread" button at the top of the journal page.

Alcohol bad, but a little won't kill you. Good luck!

**RikkiHoon** · 01-30-2005, 02:40 AM

Hey, thanks very much Pylon

. I'll post a similar message in the New Threads section as you suggest. Also, that's good news about the alcohol, although, to be honest I don't drink too much anyhow. Nice to know a couple of beers here and there won't destroy the hours in the gym!

Thanks again.

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