Just Starting to Work Out

Training Beginners
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the pic on the right is me last summer, the one on the left is from a month ago or so, not a great pic but you can see the difference ( i hope) I have lost about 100 pounds over the last year, i am just in shape enough now that two weeks ago i started working out some, before that was weight loss only by no pop/junk/crap/carbs, i am still trying to stay low carbs but i am just getting into working out so i just had a few things i was wondering about

i have a weight room in my house, unused for 3 years, i have a really nice treadmill and ellipticle machine, and a free weight set with a couple dumbbells and the curling/leg extention station, i cant run for crap yet-slow jog at 4 mph for 5 minutes and ease up to walk/jog, but i am up to 45 minutes, i am hoping to do 45 minutes of walking/slow jog every morning then at night do my workout routine along with some more treadmill, i am still not really sure on my workout but i am sort of following a post i found somewhere here of tuesday back/biceps, thursday quad/calves/hamstrings and saturday pecs,delts,triceps, with abs in there a few times,

i still am pretty out of shape and want to lose another 25 pounds (6’3" 240 right now) i ordered some Metabolic Drive and HOT-ROX, is it a waste to use too much Metabolic Drive if i am not working out extremely hard like i hope i can be in a few months? i try to do 3 sets of ten or so with just 4 or 5 different excersizes each night right now, and it isnt that heavy yet, but if it will help to take it i am going to do it, it tastes great by the way

i am going to try to do 45 minutes every day, plus a light workout for now, and protien kind of jumpstart my lean mass building without screwing up the wieght loss?

i also have tons of creaks and cracks when working out, my shoulders pop doing chest excersizes with dumbbells, is that normal at first? (33 years old)

maybe one year from now i can post a third pic and see how the three look with each other

edit: hmm,hard to see a huge difference in the pictures,the old one is too small maybe, and the newer one isnt that great, maybe i’ll get a better one soon,

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Good job on the progress so far - that’s a huge loss!

Regarding the Metabolic Drive, it really isn’t going to help you much without strong workouts to take advantage of the protein. Without the rest of your diet dialed in, it’ll be just like any other meal you eat.

Check out these articles, they’ll really give you a good idea of where you’ll want to be eventually with your training.

T-Dawg 2.0: http://www.T-Nation.com/readArticle.do?id=473067

Refined Physique Transformation:
http://www.T-Nation.com/readArticle.do?id=1615551

Since you’re just starting weights, I’d focus on doing those for a little bit to get your form down and get yourself used to lifting. Focus on compound movements and then when you’re comfortable and know the weight you should be lifting at, switch to a program like that outlined here by Thib:

http://www.T-Nation.com/readArticle.do?id=1499282

One thing to note, on the “heavy” days he describes, you should probably just stick to 3x10 or similar, trying to increase the weights each time. The low rep schemes are for people who’ve been lifting for a while.

Hope this helps - good luck!

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thanks for the reply, i will have time later tonight to check those links out and try to figure out what i want to do