Progress after a week!

Adam

This is me 18.09.05: & then today, 24.09.05, see any progress?

zx9rjas.

Not yet mate, it will take time :-)

J

RJ Magnus

give it a few more weeks and you will notice some real changes

Adam

ok, I'll post back then!

divie

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You got to set yourself real, sensible, acheivable yet progressive targets and hoping to see a change in a week is not going to happen and will get you feeling miserable that your not getting anywere.

Try weighing yourself once a week at the same time in the morning, moniter your strength and try to increase weight steadily, i find the best way is when you get to 12 reps say on the bench press add 5 kg and the reps will come down and so on.When your weight settles either increase or deacrese the calories depending on goals but keep protien high.
You will find a helpful way of seeing results is on how your clothes fit because you see yourself everyday its hard to see progress as its so gradual, but if you come up or down a jean size you know how you been doing.Give it 6 months and people who you dont reguly see will say how big or leaner you are getting, it gives you such a boost my m8.

PS keep at it as you are looking ok even now,

Adam

Thanks Divie, I will keep at it.
I'm 186 lb now, if I keep on my sensible diet & go to the gym 4/5 times a week for an hour, will my weight come down & then start to go up as i lose fat & put on more Muscle?

Nick500

If you are on a cutting (losing weight diet) then its more likely that you will lose weight fairly quickly for the first few weeks, then it will slow down. If you haven't done weight training before then I estimate perhaps that you will get to 170lbs and then hover around that mark, at that point you may start noticing increased muscle density and hardness.

Remember to change your diet around. If you've lost weight then maybe you should cut the carbs slightly more to adjust to the new lighter you to make sure that the weight loss is still being driven in a positive direction.

When you get to a target weight (do you have 1?) say 165 - 170lbs, you might have a reasonable body fat % and then want to put on the good muscle pounds and bulk up.

At that point then you'd want to up the complex carbs and protein intake and although you might get back to your current weight of 186, it will be good bulk weight rather than fat.

Speaking from experience i went from 13 stone 8 to 11 stone 5 (190lbs to 159lbs) last year, then bulked up to 14 stone 8 (204lbs). The change was dramatic to say the least and people who saw me last year say a combination of oh my god your huge, or wow your so much slimmer. I take that the mean that they have either noticed the increased muscles on me or they have noticed the fat loss.

Currently at 13 stone 7 so pretty much even to 14 months ago but with a way lower BF% and much higher LBM %.

Keep at it adam, forgive me if you already have one, but maybe keep a diet/training log in the progress journals section for all of us to keep an eye on !

Impressive efforts so far, keep it up.

Nick

fred

There is no such thing as microwave gym!! You have to put in the time and effort!

But seriously if you want my advise I would recommend that you use light weights and many reps, try 3 sets of 20 or 30 reps to failure on all your exercises. That will give you good definition and strength, and you'll see results faster. Try to stick with free weights, machines don't work as well.

Do lots of running, walking or cycling. Get professional advise about your diet.