161803398874989 Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 P90X is too much if you just want to gain some muscle. You're better of taking one of the bodyweight workouts described on the blog (Angry Birds, Beginner Bodyweight) and taking it from there. If you decide to lift wait, go to a gym. Getting all the equipment you need for a home gym is ridiculously expensive. Quote Quare? Quod vita mea non tua est. You can call me Phi, Numbers, Sixteen or just plain 161803398874989. Link to comment
js290 Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 http://www.gymnasticbodies.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9:all-muscle-no-iron&catid=2:articles&Itemid=3http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PdJFbjWHEU Quote Link to comment
m00se Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 Getting all the equipment you need for a home gym is ridiculously expensive.It really isn't. Cheap dumbbell weights cost very little. If it costs me £40/month for a gym membership, that's nearly £500/yr. You can easily get more weights than you'd possibly need for the next year for less than that. Quote Link to comment
anxiety Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 Your school should have a gym you could use. But if you get a few pieces of equipment you could do a lot of things. Just eat a lot and lift heavy, that's how I went from being underweight to pretty muscular. I have a progress thread in the woot room part of the forum, it's under '1 year progress' However, I got my gains in a gym, which was a lot easier in my opinion. Quote I lift things up and put them down! Link to comment
161803398874989 Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 You don't even need a lot of equipment for a "home gym" though, do you? If I just get a set of 2 100lbs adjustable dumbbells ($172), I would be able to do exercises for basically every muscle group that I would be able to at the gym, AND increase the weight whenever I want, right? So what's the difference? I decided to start doing the angry birds workout (and maybe I'll eventually buy that strength/running/fitness guide thing that's sold on here), so I guess that works for now.I don't know, I figured home gym equipment would include an olympic barbell, plates, squat rack for safety, maybe a bench. That's a lot of money right there. By all means, if you want to buy two dumbbells and do your exercises with those, you should do it. It's up to you, after all. Quote Quare? Quod vita mea non tua est. You can call me Phi, Numbers, Sixteen or just plain 161803398874989. Link to comment
zdub Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 I wouldn't stress the diet part of it too much besides eating A LOT. Carbs can still help you get the calorie intake you need to put on some weight. Whole milk and peanut butter have been my personal favorite and most used weight gaining foods. It doesn't get any simpler than:Eat A LOT and lift HEAVY doing compound movements.Follow those two tips and you WILL see weight gain and fitness improvement. That's where I started and it's got me through my first 15 pounds. Weight lifting is ideal, but bodyweight exercises can get you there too. Look at olympic gymnastic competitors who never lift weights.http://gymnasticbodies.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9:all-muscle-no-iron&catid=2:articles&Itemid=3Let us know what you decide on! Quote Link to comment
ebm1224 Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 when you say you are a teenager, how old are you? i ask because i've heard in the past that it's not ideal to lift heavy weights before a certain age. and keep in mind you're still growing most likely. i can't tell you how many people i know who were super skinny as teens and then got to their 20s and put on weight simply because of changes in their metabolism. i wouldn't worry too much about putting on weight unless your doctor recommends it. and be careful if you do decide to do a restrictive diet because you want to make sure you're getting all the nutrients that your body needs. the main focus should be developing healthy eating and exercise habits that you can take with you as you get older Quote Link to comment
js290 Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 when you say you are a teenager, how old are you? i ask because i've heard in the past that it's not ideal to lift heavy weights before a certain age.http://www.drdarden.com/portal_includes/articles/trainingRoutines/StrengthTrainingforKids.htmlhttp://www.strongkidshealthykids.com/and keep in mind you're still growing most likely.Bodybuilders can only artificially simulate the hormonal environment of a growing kid. Quote Link to comment
Mushroom_Boy Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 If you are really in to building a home gym, I highly recommend training with some homemade sandbags (sand is amazingly cheap, especially compared to things like adjustable dumbbells/barbells), and because it has a tendancy to shift around a lot so it really works all of your stabiliser muscles. Also, don't underestimate the value of working your way through bodyweight exercises to advanced versions (for instance, regular pull ups/press ups to one arm pull ups/press ups). Learning some rudimentary gymnastics will probably help a lot as well (work your way through some progressions to an L-Sit, planche or back lever for exampl)e. From what I have heard using gymnastics rings for fairly standard bodyweight exercises is a killer (I've had a go at dips before, and it was brutal!) Quote http://nerdfitness.com/community/showthread.php?5737-Tom-s-6-Week-Rocky-Montage!!!&p=69489#post69489 Do You Wanna Drink Bailey's From A Shoe? Link to comment
js290 Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 I haven't eliminated dairy or grain out of what I eat and I don't feel like I have solid proof that I should yet. http://www.archevore.com/panu-weblog/2009/6/23/the-argument-against-cereal-grains.htmlhttp://jn.nutrition.org/content/125/6/1503.full.pdf"When subjects consumed the breads baked with sourdough, lactic acidand Na-propionate, their glucose and insulin responses were reducedcompared with the wholemeal bread alone. The rate of in vitroamylolysis was reduced only by ingestion of the breads containinglactic acid... It is concluded that sourdough baking and otherfermentation processes may improve the nutritional features of starch.The results also demonstrate that certain salts of organic acids mayhave metabolic effects." Quote Link to comment
ironplasma79 Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 I have to agree with the folks on here who said that as a teenager you're liable to fill out. As a teen I was a runner and I gained 20lbs from my freshman to sophomore year and then didn't put on a single pound more until college no matter what I ate/did. I have done p90x to 60 days twice (then got bored and moved on), and I will say if you sink the money into the system, the weights (or a few types of bands), and a pull-up bar, and are consistent you will see results. My first time doing it I went from small and medium t-shirts (I've always been skinny) to medium and filling out large t-shirts in the shoulders but not the arms. Personally, as someone who has done a few of the Tony Horton programs. I would recommend trying power 90 (i.e. p90x 1.0) as you can get it on amazon used for $30. Once you can complete that you can decide if p90x is right for you. Quote Link to comment
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