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I have never been a "work out" kind of guy. I am a fit slim guy and generally in good health. Very little body fat. Gaining weight is not something I have to worry about.
It would be nice if I could gain weight but I'll be 35 in March and the amount of effort it would take to just gain 5lbs would be to much work and I really don't have the time to dedicate BUT, I would like to use the membership. I won it at work. Get this, it's for 2 YEARS. I don't have to pay a dime.
Here is another good thing......the gym is right across the street from where I live. I can look out my window and see the cute girls on the tredmills.
So I have no excuse not to use this wonderful prize I won.
What kind of workout program should a beginner start with? I do know I want it to involve running and strength building.
Depends on how many days/week you want to go there. If it's 3 days/week, you may want to do a whole body workout in one day for starters, then move up from there. Maybe split it up into upper and lower body. Honestly, I wouldn't do the running just yet. The workouts will give you a lot of exercise for now. You can always incorporate them in at some point down the road if you feel like you should.
Being "thin", I would do basic heavy multijoint strength building movements. Anywhere from 6-12 repetitions for each set, 3-5 sets each. One or two movements per bodypart, depending on the size of the bodypart.
You can eventually graduate to once/week bodypart training. Chest/mondays - Back/Wed- etc..
These are some of the best multijoint movements one should consider for a workout to gain muscle.
Squats
Deadlifts
Bench press
Dips
Bent rows
pull ups
Shoulder press
Even if you do just the above, you will notice increase in size and strength pretty quickly. You don't have to get fancy with machines or movbements such as "one arm dumbell blah blah" because they will not be as efficient as the ones above. Again, you can graduate to them at some point, but I would stick with mostly the above for a while. I still do them after many years of lifting weights. Well, I'm old school and lift in my basement, but that's another story. lol
Did it come with any PT sessions? If so this is a good way to start because they can assess you and set up a plan to meet your needs based on what your workin' with currently . Muscle Milk is something you might want to invest in.....great source of the protein that you'll need after a workout and it will help with increasing mass.
Did it come with any PT sessions? If so this is a good way to start because they can assess you and set up a plan to meet your needs based on what your workin' with currently . Muscle Milk is something you might want to invest in.....great source of the protein that you'll need after a workout and it will help with increasing mass.
Depends on how many days/week you want to go there. If it's 3 days/week, you may want to do a whole body workout in one day for starters, then move up from there. Maybe split it up into upper and lower body. Honestly, I wouldn't do the running just yet. The workouts will give you a lot of exercise for now. You can always incorporate them in at some point down the road if you feel like you should.
Being "thin", I would do basic heavy multijoint strength building movements. Anywhere from 6-12 repetitions for each set, 3-5 sets each. One or two movements per bodypart, depending on the size of the bodypart.
You can eventually graduate to once/week bodypart training. Chest/mondays - Back/Wed- etc..
These are some of the best multijoint movements one should consider for a workout to gain muscle.
Squats
Deadlifts
Bench press
Dips
Bent rows
pull ups
Shoulder press
Even if you do just the above, you will notice increase in size and strength pretty quickly. You don't have to get fancy with machines or movbements such as "one arm dumbell blah blah" because they will not be as efficient as the ones above. Again, you can graduate to them at some point, but I would stick with mostly the above for a while. I still do them after many years of lifting weights. Well, I'm old school and lift in my basement, but that's another story. lol
Muscle Milk is something you might want to invest in.....great source of the protein that you'll need after a workout and it will help with increasing mass.
I told my wife that if she wants to be stronger she should take some of my Muscle Milk daily and she got all upset and thought I was being dirty.
Muscle Milk and "100% Whey" are great sources of protein. Just be sure to take it within 20 minutes of finishing your workout.
If I remember correctly from a previous post of yours CR, you like girls with some curves!!!! Take advantage of the membership. You'll find plenty of curvy scenery.
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. Muscle Milk is something you might want to invest in.....great source of the protein that you'll need after a workout and it will help with increasing mass.
