My Body- Suggestions and Comments?

Training Beginners
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So im 18 years old and i just started working out 1 year ago exactly this month. Im wondering what you guys think i should do, im not sure what my body fat percent is for sure but ym scale says 16-17 always. (what you think?)

I lost 25 pounds 2 years ago and i just cant get my skin as tight as it use to be, any suggestions? maybe comments on what i should make bigger etc. “i will post a front tomorrow”

Ive followed the same routine for a long time

Monday - workout
tuesday - cardio
wednesday - break
thursday - workout
friday - cardio
saturday - break
sunday - workout and so on like a trend… slacking here and there on the cardio

EDIT - FRONT PIC IS UP, PLEASE GIVE ME SUM ADVICE AND OPINIONS.

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Looks, like your young with plenty of time and years ahead of you. You need to keep working on adding muscle everywhere. I can’t tell you specifically (you only posted one pic), but most likely you can get bigger all over. Those BF% scales aren’t even close to accurate, don’t drive yourself crazy with them. H

ow tall are you and how much do you weigh? Whats your diet and workouts look like? Im sure they’ll be more help when you give out more information.

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[quote]sitarek wrote:
So im 18 years old and i just started working out 1 year ago exactly this month. Im wondering what you guys think i should do, im not sure what my body fat percent is for sure but ym scale says 16-17 always. (what you think?)

I lost 25 pounds 2 years ago and i just cant get my skin as tight as it use to be, any suggestions? maybe comments on what i should make bigger etc. “i will post a front tomorrow”

Ive followed the same routine for a long time

Monday - workout
tuesday - cardio
wednesday - break
thursday - workout
friday - cardio
saturday - break
sunday - workout and so on like a trend… slacking here and there on the cardio[/quote]

Try ‘Push/Pull’. Lift weights 4 days a week. Replace steady state cardio with some HIIT (or drop it altogether). Emphasize compound movements.

Push/Pull means breaking muscles into ‘push’ muscles and ‘pull’ muscles. So on pull day, you do back, biceps (mostly back though), deadlifts, abs. On push day, you do bench, flyes, shoulder presses, triceps, and squat, and maybe calves.

Do push, pull, rest, push, pull, rest, rest or push, pull, rest, push, rest, pull, rest. Alternate heavy lifting with a lighter, higher volume. So maybe Mon-push heavy, Tuesday - pull heavy, Wed - rest, Thurs - push lighter, Friday - pull lighter.

Take advantage of your high test levels (probable) and decreased recovery time while you have them.

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EAT EAT EAT AND LIFT LIFT LIFT

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Yeah, you got a solid base dude. You just lack any sort of size. I know it’s redundant, but stick to the compound lifts and eat a bunch. Simple as that.

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to the guy up there im 5`10 160 pounds

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Yeah, to echo everyone else above again. Eat clean and frequently. Workout hard and heavy. Stick to the compound lifts to add a nice base to your frame. Don’t neglect squats and deadlifts. Don’t neglect squats and deadlifts. Don’t neglect Squa… oh, you get the point.

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This is my front and my back is at the top of the page, it would be cool if you guys gave me advice and honest opinions on how im doing :smiley: thx

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you look relatively lean. You also look like you can use a general coat of muscle everywhere. Your still early in your weight lifting life, keep lifting heavy and hard.

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Looking good for your age and experience.

But you need to watch out for the size and strength imbalance that has developed (your right side is stronger). It is visible already and it looks like it is causing your right shoulder to float up when you are flexing.

DB movements will help to correct this as will teaching your left arm to do many of the right arm tasks.

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You need to widen your back and shoulders. Weighted wide grip pull ups and various delt lifts. Go isolaterally, and only lift what your weakest side can lift till it catches up.

What about your legs? Are you squatting or deadlifting?

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i play hockey 4 times a week im semi-pro so i dont work out legs to often

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Buy Mark Rippetoe and Lon Kilgore’s Starting Strength and Practical Programming for Strength Training.

Low-bar Back Squat 3 times a week. Deadlift 1-2 times. Power clean 1-2 times. Press 2 times. Bench Press 1 time. Drink a gallon of whole milk a day on top of your food intake.

At your age, you will get bigger and stronger than you can imagine.

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Low-bar Back Squat 3 times a week. Deadlift 1-2 times. Power clean 1-2 times. Press 2 times. Bench Press 1 time.

i dont understand prolly 70 percent of what that is or anything lol

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[quote]sitarek wrote:
Low-bar Back Squat 3 times a week. Deadlift 1-2 times. Power clean 1-2 times. Press 2 times. Bench Press 1 time.

i dont understand prolly 70 percent of what that is or anything lol[/quote]

You do know what a squat is though? Deadlift? Yeah, I don’t powerclean either, but the internets are great for looking that shit up.

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i know wat deadlife is , but powerclean nope

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can any1 maybe who is use to estimating or who has a good idea of my body fat percentage?

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who cares, its just a #. Your lean. But if you have to know, post a pic of yourself holding up a shoe. Surely someone can then give you a close estimation within a %.

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[quote]sitarek wrote:
can any1 maybe who is use to estimating or who has a good idea of my body fat percentage?[/quote]

Caliper tests are bullshit anyway. I got tested when I started a brutal diet. 16%. 10 days of very low carb, low cal dieting later, after dropping about six lbs - a different trainer caliper tested me at 21.5%.

At that point, I realized it’s all bullshit - you can’t even find a trainer who caliper tests the same way.

Take photos and do the ol’ ‘mirror test’. The mirror doesn’t lie.