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I've read through the other threads here and I find myself in a different predicament than most, here goes:

Im 19 years old, 6 ft, 200 pounds.

My goals: 2 waist band sizes smaller (34 -> 32), pecks, neck toning

available to me: Bowflex

Up until last year I kept myself active with karate 5x per week, cycling 15mile per day, and serving as an active firefighter. college ended all that and I sat on my arse eating doritos and staying up late every night... my body has changed a lot. I still have a decent amount of muscle base but it needs to be refined.

basically Im looking for minimal fat loss and strength training primarily for the above area's, however since I have never formally worked out I have no idea what kind of routine needs to be done! so far I do 25 pushups and 50 crunches in the morning and I just started playing around on the bowflex in the basement aimlessly.

advice on how to design a workout routine, and maybe a good starter routine is appreciated. (the internet is lousy with advice but nothing seems to have substance judging from the google searching I did to find this place)
 
rawrmachine said:
I've read through the other threads here and I find myself in a different predicament than most, here goes:

Im 19 years old, 6 ft, 200 pounds.

My goals: 2 waist band sizes smaller (34 -> 32), pecks, neck toning

available to me: Bowflex

Up until last year I kept myself active with karate 5x per week, cycling 15mile per day, and serving as an active firefighter. college ended all that and I sat on my arse eating doritos and staying up late every night... my body has changed a lot. I still have a decent amount of muscle base but it needs to be refined.

basically Im looking for minimal fat loss and strength training primarily for the above area's, however since I have never formally worked out I have no idea what kind of routine needs to be done! so far I do 25 pushups and 50 crunches in the morning and I just started playing around on the bowflex in the basement aimlessly.

advice on how to design a workout routine, and maybe a good starter routine is appreciated. (the internet is lousy with advice but nothing seems to have substance judging from the google searching I did to find this place)
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That's an interesting goal :D
 
Finally! Someone with a man's goal. Trade that bowflex in and get yourself some free weights. Start gettin yolked my future powerlifting friend :D
 
I agree with Lei, trade in the bowflex. Then concentrate on heavy compound lifts. When I started out I wrote out my routine and stuck to it. Switching it up every 6 weeks. I'm constantly refining that routine and now I switch it around every week. It will take some time to figure out what works for you but just keep at it.
 
Since I left school and came home my diet has improved immensely.

I like to have a three egg omlete in the morning, lunch is fruit+ a salad, dinner is balanced and I usually eat a 3egg sandwich before bed (midnight)

it gets mixed up a little bit every now and again but thats the main pattern of it, I dont know if thats considered good by he standards of the board but its much better than I did at school.

and so far I've been doing good workout wise,
In the morning I do 30 pushups followed by 100 crunches followed by another 15-20 pushups and another 100 crunches. I stretch and do pull-ups at lunch, and I've started working out after dinner by doing 20x 100lbs benchpress', 20 sets of bicep curls, 20 lats, and repeat until tired (currently about 2 repetitions total)

I've seen some changes already in the few weeks I've been at it, the fat is coming off my torso and my arms (esp biceps) are becoming increasingly toned, any advice on how to make them larger/ make the process faster is appreciated
 
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