markscott55

Weight before I trained 74 deadlift 90kg squat 70kg bench 60kg row 55kg military press 43kg gonna do monthly 1rm on each lift goals for 4th June deadlift 115kg squat 90kg bench 75 kg row 70 kg military press 55kg seem achievable really need to work on that squat but it will come

Thank you for the advise sundae I decided to go for a 5x5 and just asked a lad in the gym if he minded showing me properly how to do....squats...deadlift...bench press....barbell row....and military press properly. got to work on form obviously but felt good doing the lifts and he got me to do a one rep max at the end as sort of a starting point....bit ashamed about putting them up but they were not very impressive...He advised on a few targets....month by month and hopefully I can reach them

So here goes. at 27 years old 6ft and 175lb i have decided that after years of saying i hate being tall skinny and having a beer belly (as you can imagine not a good look) am going to do something about it....its actually time. so after reading through various articles on various websites.....I'm so confused. Do i eat a 3500 good calories a day or 6000 good calories a day? Do I train a different muscle group everyday giving each muscle group time to recover Monday chest Tuesday legs Wednesday arms Thursday back Friday shoulders etc just mixing in different lifts? or train everything in one session then rest a day Monday compound Tuesday rest Wednesday compound Thursday rest Friday compound Saturday rest Sunday compound Do i spend a fortune on pre do i need a specific mass gainer or protein powder? Maybe I have just completely confused myself by spending 3 years reading about what I should do instead of actually doing it!! I actually started changing myself about 4 weeks ago. But not lifting Purley spent the last 4 weeks cutting out the kfc and the taka ways quitting smoking doing core strengthening exercise eating healthy but not eating big....yet. example of a day. breakfast....porridge 150g dry 1/2 cup frozen mixed berry 2 slices whole grain toast with a couple of either scrambled or boiled eggs mid morning Homemade chilli (beef mince 80/20) 250g brown rice 150g(cooked) 1/2 cup broccoli 1/2 cup green beans. lunch chicken 250g breast and again rice and veg. dinner tuna 1 tin and low fat 30g grated cheese with pasta 200g Supper Natural peanut butter on rice cakes and a 250g pot of plain yoghurt with half cupof mmixed berries. I understand i am going to need to add another 1 maybe 2 meals and increase portions or so i have read. what are the people in the gym gonna think when the beanpole walks in the gym and picks up a dumbell? Is this even an issue or something to worry about? so as you can see I'm totally confused and thought I'd ask for some advice whilst introducing myself. I'm mark... I'm a bit of a newb