I am 24 and 6'. About two years ago I started lifting. I went from 150 to 183 in the course of 4 months. Then I got hit with some health problems. I got Mono that lasted 2 months, followed by regular strep infections that ultimately required a tonsillectomy (you dont eat much after this procedure). In the Autumn of 04, a month after surgery I weighed in the low 140s.
Rather then starting back I gave up my dreams of getting bigger and stronger. I stopped all of my active hobbies, climbing, lifting, hiking. I started smoking, and eating like crap and basically being a waste.
This lasted until spring of 05. That's when I started road and mtn biking. It kind of woke me up to how lazy I had become. I quit smoking, started to eat right, and ventured back into the gym. Right now I am 164#. Yeah I am still small but I wanna grow!
Any thoughts you have are welcome. Thanks in advance.
Routine
I have an A and a B routine that I alternate between. There is 3 days in between each routine. Thus if I do A on Monday Tuesday would be off. Wed would be a B day and Thursday off. Friday I would do A again. To finish the week, Sat is off Sunday is B.
Workout A
3x5 Squat (180#)
3x5 Bench Press (140#)
3x5 Dead lift (200#)
3x20 Tri Dips (off of a chair body weight)
Workout B
3x5 Squat (180#)
3x5 Military Press (95#)
3x10 Shrugs (110)
3x8 Bi Curl (with curl bar total of 60#)
3x10 Calf Raise (single leg only body weight)
My basic diet.
Meal
1) 4 eggs (either poached, scrambled, or HB) 2 whole wheat toast
2) 1/2 C (amount uncooked) Brown Rice + 1C of beans (black, kidney, etc)
3) Pork Chop 8oz, Yam (average size), 1/4C Brown Rice
4) Pasta 12oz w/meat (8oz) sauce (beef, turkey)
5) Chicken 8 oz, 1+ 1/2 bean salad (mix of black, black eyed peas, etc)
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Snacks
1) Cereal and milk (2%)
2) Nuts and banana
I also take a multivitamin
Post lift I drink a shake of 20g protein, and 40 grams maltodextrin.
I dont use any other sups
Sorry for the length of the post.
Thanks again,
p
Rather then starting back I gave up my dreams of getting bigger and stronger. I stopped all of my active hobbies, climbing, lifting, hiking. I started smoking, and eating like crap and basically being a waste.
This lasted until spring of 05. That's when I started road and mtn biking. It kind of woke me up to how lazy I had become. I quit smoking, started to eat right, and ventured back into the gym. Right now I am 164#. Yeah I am still small but I wanna grow!
Any thoughts you have are welcome. Thanks in advance.
Routine
I have an A and a B routine that I alternate between. There is 3 days in between each routine. Thus if I do A on Monday Tuesday would be off. Wed would be a B day and Thursday off. Friday I would do A again. To finish the week, Sat is off Sunday is B.
Workout A
3x5 Squat (180#)
3x5 Bench Press (140#)
3x5 Dead lift (200#)
3x20 Tri Dips (off of a chair body weight)
Workout B
3x5 Squat (180#)
3x5 Military Press (95#)
3x10 Shrugs (110)
3x8 Bi Curl (with curl bar total of 60#)
3x10 Calf Raise (single leg only body weight)
My basic diet.
Meal
1) 4 eggs (either poached, scrambled, or HB) 2 whole wheat toast
2) 1/2 C (amount uncooked) Brown Rice + 1C of beans (black, kidney, etc)
3) Pork Chop 8oz, Yam (average size), 1/4C Brown Rice
4) Pasta 12oz w/meat (8oz) sauce (beef, turkey)
5) Chicken 8 oz, 1+ 1/2 bean salad (mix of black, black eyed peas, etc)
---
Snacks
1) Cereal and milk (2%)
2) Nuts and banana
I also take a multivitamin
Post lift I drink a shake of 20g protein, and 40 grams maltodextrin.
I dont use any other sups
Sorry for the length of the post.
Thanks again,
p
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