Any Personal Trainers or Fitness Freaks out there?

[riff]

Good Morning. Good Afternoon. Good whatever Greenwich time.

After well over a year of sloth, I decided to shape up. Since New Years I have lost 10 pounds of flab and I am probably 5 pounds or so from my ideal body-weight. Damn, it feels good. I feel handsome, sexy, invigorated.

That is all fine and well, but I have some concerns. First, what good is ideal body weight if it isn't fit bodyweight. So I started to go to the YMCA again (been fucking paying for it for the past 5 years and totally skipped going last year except for once or twice). So far I have spent most of my time on the treadmill (which I hate, to be honest because I am basically a lazy fuck- much more fun to sit on the couch, do a couple of bong hits, and jerk off- heheh).

Well, here is what I am wondering about. It does feel good to work out with weights. And I like the way I look when my muscles are nice and tone. But before I became slothful, I worked out with weight 3 times a week and I felt like I got too big. I was certainly getting stronger, but my size increased, and I was disappointed in the amount of definition I was attaining for the amount of work I was doing.

I don't want to become a muscle man or get too much bigger. I just want I nice attractive physique. Losing the 10 pounds has helped tremendously and I am pleased, but I don't want to just be this skinny looking dude with an ideal bodyweight. Does this make sense?

Any advice, or links you can share with me?

I have a friend who has offered to train me, but he told me that he was unavailable for the next few weeks. He told me that in 6 weeks he could make me into a new man. heh. Hopefully not too new (I mean, I enjoy doing bong hits and sitting on the couch jerking off LOL), but is this true?

 

[EthiopianPrince]

I'm a self-described "fitness freak". You must have impressive genetics if you gain muscle so easily ... for most guys, gaining a pound of muscle a month is a great achievement.

If you just want to be toned, the standard advice is to keep the weights light and do high reps. You might also want to pick up swimming as a hobby. Swimming works the muscles against water, giving you the "swimmer's build" that many women like.

Good luck!

 

[riff]

I'm a self-described "fitness freak". You must have impressive genetics if you gain muscle so easily ... for most guys, gaining a pound of muscle a month is a great achievement.

If you just want to be toned, the standard advice is to keep the weights light and do high reps. You might also want to pick up swimming as a hobby. Swimming works the muscles against water, giving you the "swimmer's build" that many women like.

Good luck!

Thanks, we have an indoor pool!

Love the signature by the way.

 

[christophe]

You may want to try the following:

light to moderate weights with high reps 3x week
work only one or two groups per session (ie) biceps triceps
cardio 3-4 times per week 20 minutes per session
keep the simple carbs to a minimum eat a diet high in protein moderate fat intake 20-30% and light on simple carbs

this is the maintemeance that I am on and it works wonders

dont go by the scale weight either...use the mirror to tell you if you are on track...if you like what you see stick with what you are doing

 

[KillerMuffin]

Experts recommend that you work with weights three times a week and not work the same muscle groups on consecutive exercise days. Do at least three hours of cadiovascular a week. You'll be fit, you won't look like Dorian Yates (get google), and you'll have a nice bod.

Eating is the big thing. You gotta eat right, but you know that. Drink lots of water.

If you aren't familiar with weight lifting, or it's been a while, get a personal trainer to help you set up the schedule the first time. You don't want to hurt yourself.

The StudMuffin's favorite mag is Oxygen for two reasons. One: It's got fabulous exercise advice for people who want to keep their necks smaller than their thighs. Two: The women.

 

[christophe]

I met Dorian Yates once....for crying out loud that man is just fucking huge. He had no neck, well i am sure he did everyone does...but it was buried somewhere beneath his traps...

 

[WriterDom]

Higher reps and lower weights should be the ticket if you just want to tone.

 

[Mischka]

Swimming works the muscles against water, giving you the "swimmer's build" that many women like.

EP is right - have you ever seen a bulky male swimmer? I'm not well versed in how it works, but swimming is a great cardio exercise that will balance your weight work outs and keep your muscle development lean.

Within each swimming workout, start out with an easy 200 yard freestyle warm up. Then concentrate on upper body (use a pull buoy), lower body (use a kick board), and total body (use no extra eqipment). Rotate between short distances (50 yards or 1 lap), medium distances (100 yards or 2 laps), and long distances (200 yards or 4 laps) for each area of the body.

Example "ladder" workout:

• Warm Up: 200 yards freestyle
• Short Distance: 2 laps each upper body, lower body, total body. Rest 30-45 seconds between each lap. Total - 300 yards.
• Medium Distance: 1 set each upper body, lower body, total body. Rest 1- 1 1/2 minutes between each set. Total - 300 yards.
• Long Distance: 1 set each upper body, lower body, total body. Rest 1 1/2 - 2 minutes between each set. Total - 600 yards.
• Medium Distance: 1 set each upper body, lower body, total body. Rest 1- 1 1/2 minutes between each set. Total - 300 yards.
• Short Distance: 2 laps each upper body, lower body, total body. Rest 30-45 seconds between each lap. Total - 300 yards.
• Cool down: 100 yards backstroke.

Total Distance: 2,100 yards. Added bonus - if you do flip turns during each lap, you'll incorporate a decent ab workout without even thinking about it.

Hope this helps.