Thread: Need Help

Posted this in diet and nutrition by accident.

I'm brand new to weight training and using it as lifestyle change to get healthy and fit. I've read many posts and articles on this site and frankly, its overwhelming at this point. I'll start with some background and let you know the training routine I started this past week. Any advice on adjustments would be appreciated.

First, I am 5'-10" and weigh in at 195 lbs. I have never lifted weights with any consistancy before, but am motivated to start. A friend gave me a Weider power pro stack and I bought a set of dumbells.

I think I need to lose about 25 lbs of fat and would like to pack on lean muscle growth. That is my goal.

My diet used to suck. After years of denial, I realized I had an alcohol problem and two weeks ago, made a commitment to give it up completely, permanently. At two cases of beer a week, I have cut 7000 calories directly out of my weekly caloric intake and replaced it with primarily fresh brewed iced green tea. Also gone is the binge eating of mostly high fat, processed crap that is easy to fix and eat when you are hammered. Not sure how many bad calories that was, but I'm sure it is a significant amount. I'm striving to eat as many meals with whole foods that are high in protein now.

I have devised and implemented a workout routine as follows:

3 times a week with at least one day rest in between of weight training.

Here I try to do 3 sets of 8 reps and try to reach failure with the weight at or near the end of the last set. Still learning which weights accomplish this with different exercises. I try to hit all the large muscle groups each workout, doing 6 to 8 different lifts. I do cardio on the non-lifting days.

Is this a viable plan to reach my goals? How much protein should I strive to put im my diet?

Thanks in advance,

Boilermaker

Originally Posted by boilermaker

Thanks CowPimp. Where did you learn all this stuff?

I just read stuff in books and on the Internet. I've probably spent way too much time doing so.