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2005/05/02, 06:02 PM
Well, I'm retarded when it comes to health (as you may be able to tell from my username) and am curious to know whether my daily schedule is benefiting me at all in my goal to become more muscular.
My diet consists of fish, pasta, rice, beans, steak and chicken. Drink maybe about 2 health/protein shakes a day. I am a generally active person (I play basketball about 3 different times a day very vigourously). I do maybe 25 pushups as soon as I wake up and drink plenty of water.
I'm getting my weights and my benchpress by friday (I need to unload it from the warehouse) and I'll start working on weights.
If I'm really trying to bulken up my arms and my stomach and chest, what do I need to be doing?
Are calories a major factor that I need to put in consideration? Should I maybe track how much calories I intake?
How much protein (in grams I presume) should I be consuming in a daily basis? What other vitamains/etc. should I be focusing in?
If I want muscular-toned arms(maybe a little bigger) and a nice stomach and chest, what should I be doing with the weights and how much weights should I be lifting.
Is playing basketball so much which i presume to be cardio going to be affecting muscle?
I know a good diet is important, is there anything i should adjust...
Can anybody just generally direct me in the right direction?
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2005/05/02, 06:06 PM
You've found the right place...
Yes, calories are important.. yes, there are specific exercises to help your arms and chest.... and yes, all that is available here...
First, fill out your profile so we know more about you... then, you can get an exercise routine, for free, from FT... also, a nutrition tracker is available as well...
It's all on the bar near the top of the page!
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2005/05/02, 06:48 PM
yes...with so much basketball you're burning up your muscle...
I mean with so much activity to gain weight...you might consider taking something like 25-30 calories per lb...which may very well be around 5000 calories a day...just make sure to get 1.2-1.5g per lb in protein....and 3-4g per lb in complex carbs....only eat simple carbs directly after weight training with protein....some small % should be healthy fats...50-100g...depending on how your total caloric intake and everything else breaks down...
Bball after workouts not before....
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