Thread: Looking for some advice.

Hey Andrew, welcome aboard.
Ok, first things first-you must work your legs. It balances out your physique and, when done properly, squats (the king of leg exercises) make your entire body grow. Make no mistake they are tough. But if you arent a candyass and persevere, you'll grow to like them as well as hate them. You'll also be impressed with the results.
You say you want to workout six times a week. I believe that that is way too much. i feel as a beginner, you can make amazing gains with a 2-3 day routine which concentrates solely on learning compound exercises. These are squats, barbell bench presses, military presses and barbell curls to name a few. If this is done on a 3 month basis, you'll find that this can really do well to make the body grow-BIG. This will do you fine, and after you get about six months of training under your belt, you should then move up to a 5 day routine concentrating on 1-2 bodyparts a day with a day of rest in between. I'm a competitive bodybuilder and I dont even train six times a week, unless it is six weeks before my next contest.

As for supps, I really think that your diet should consist of whole food, a whey protein drink (twice a day-once in the morning with complex carbs) and once at immediately after training with a good sized meal of carbs again. I also think you need a drugstore, no frills multivitamin. A year from now, you may want to start looking into creatine/cee for more gains. But really for now, I think you should trust me on this. Again, I dont use many supps, except for whole food timed at various parts of the day, scientifically makes great gains.

Cardio-2-3 weekly, can be low impact running, cycling walking. It's healthful and will partition nutrients correctly so that you dont gain as much fat.

If you would, post your diet. I would like to see what you eat so that we can make adjustments and see what needs to be altered.

Good luck with training. Sorry you didnt get the magic answer but i firmly believe that as a "newb" to the world of weight training, you need to take baby steps to ensure that you continue on your path to HUGEness.


BTW-if you want anymore insight on the routine that I am talking about, let me know via PM.

post the training questions(s) and routine in the training forum.

as far as supps, a multi-vitamin, EFA's, whey protein, and maybe some creatine to start.

yes, he's right. sorry.

Thanks for the replies! Right now I am trying to decide which protein and creatine supplements to use. I saw an add for something called VPX No Shotgun. Could someone explain to me what this stuff does, and if it is any more effective then anything else? I was trying to read about it, and honestly, I was confused, lol. And what about the VPX protein supplement Zero Impact? Are these VPX products any different or better then anything else? Thanks!

No Shotgun is a nitric oxide supplement that works very well, but Im not sure that its what you need right now. Also, are you talking about the Zero Impact protein bars? If so, they arent so bad but try and stay away from the protein bars because they have a bunch of junk in them.

What is a nitric oxide supplement, and what does it do? The Zero Impact was a protein powder.

Nitric Oxide supps all have the key ingredient L-Arginine in them which is an amino acid, whichs helps produce nitric oxide in your body. N02 is used for pumps because it dialates the blood vessels in your body.