I have been on a new diet/workout regime for about 5 weeks now. At first it was for weight loss, trying to get cut. I started at 155 and now I am at 149. I can see results as far as my beer belly (which I have quit drinking) and I am more tone. However i would like some size to my biceps. I am am currenlty doing fat burning weight training every other day and treadmill twice everyday with one rest day a week. I also am taking hydroxycut and whey protein. Any advice? I am 5’07" and 31yo.
I wouldn’t be too worried about the size of your biceps right now! Work on all the compound lifts; squats, deads, chin/pull-ups, bench, dips, ect… Eat enough clean food to promote muscle growth. Your biceps will come around eventually (the rest of your body will too!)
How are you going to get bigger biceps if you’re cutting?
You have to eat to grow, and you have to train to grow. And guess what? It’ll take more than some biceps curls. It’s going to take many compound exercises and some direct arm work in conjuction with a nutrition plan to pack on size.
At 5’7" why are you trying to lose weight? Unless you are >20% bodyfat, I would recommend changing to a healthy diet with more calories and hitting the weights with the goal of packing on more size and strength.
What are your stats besides being 5’7", 149lbs and 31 years old? Do you know your bodyfat levels? Do you have photos? How long have you been training?
Have you read any of the articles on here before posting???
Tube steak. . . naw, just kidding!
From the sound of things, I suggest starting here:
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=640350
That thread will answer many of the questions you have now, and have yet to ask.
Enjoy the ride.
What, no picture?
welcome cates:
From your question, its clear you are new to all this.
IMO, cutting is not what you want to be doing no matter how much body fat you have. you just aren’t big enough to warrant it.
Start lifting heavy - use one of Chad Waterbury’s routines to start.
Hard workouts with heavy weights will naturally begin to transform the body fat you have into muscle UNLESS you eat a bunch of junk and drink a lot of beer and in general undermine your training with bad nutrition.
In a 4-6 month time frame of regular workouts and decent nutrition, you can lose 5- lbs of body fat, and gain 10 lbs of muscle if you work hard.
You’ll look better, but you won’t weight less. why would you want to weight less than 150 lbs???
Your beer gut is a symptom. Don’t try to lose it. It will go away by doing the right things.
Do pay attention to ab work. Ian King’s Amazing Abs routine works really well. If you have a gut, you probably need a lot of postural correction and King’s routine will help that a lot.
You’ll look thinner without losing weight by doing that.
Good luck and read a lot here. That’s how you learn.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
What, no picture?[/quote]
hahaha!
to follow up, if you do curls in the squat rack, stop.
[quote]cates wrote:
I have been on a new diet/workout regime for about 5 weeks now. At first it was for weight loss, trying to get cut. I started at 155 and now I am at 149. I can see results as far as my beer belly (which I have quit drinking) and I am more tone. However i would like some size to my biceps. I am am currenlty doing fat burning weight training every other day and treadmill twice everyday with one rest day a week. I also am taking hydroxycut and whey protein. Any advice? I am 5’07" and 31yo.[/quote]
“I am am currenlty doing fat burning weight training every other day”
What does that include?
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[quote]DTak wrote:
“I am am currenlty doing fat burning weight training every other day”
What does that include?
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It probably includes a rep scheme comparable to the length of my penis…
…ridiculously long.
Who am I kidding? I’m hung like an elf.
-Nate
A beer belly at 5’7 150? Probably more like really bad posture/weak inner abs. 150 pounds is pretty skinny. Eat some food.