Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum today. First some background info. I'm 22 5'8 198 pounds. Just graduated college with my degree in pre-med and will be going to medical school in september 07. Now that the stress of college is over for now and I'm settled into a normal routine I need to get back in shape. When I graduated high school I was 5'7 and 155 pounds, very lean and pretty strong. College wrecked my fittness. I gained roughly 10 pounds each year of school. Yeah some of it was from partying, but I also lost my motivation for the gym. I remained very active playing in the hockey club and I am active in many physical activities (too many to list now, ask and maybe I wil post all later). The point is I am getting back into it starting today, and I am going to apply my knowledge of the human body and chemistry to make this work the right way, the smart way. Obviously my goal here is to get back down to a respectable weight and body fat percentage. If I had to guess I would say my body fat is around 20%. It was under 10% in high school. I definetly have the genetics to get to that size, it's just about doing it now. So first of all, should I start a bulking phase or a ripping phase? The stack I would probably start right now would be a creatine ethel ester and NO powder, whey protein, and glutamine. Any advice here? Thanks.
Sport To bulk or cut first?
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Opinions differ on this but I'm on the side where you want to be lean or leaner before possibly adding more bodyfat to an already high bodyfat %. There is some evidence that the higher one's bodyfat % is that possibly more of the weight added during bulking will be bodyfat as opposed to lean muscle.
why is this in the supps section?
Alright, thanks for the advice. Does anyone have a good cutting plan? I would like it to be fairly aggressive, but not extreme. Here is my current workout (2 muscles a day).
Monday
Chest: incline dumbell press (3x10), decline dumbell press (3x10) cable flys (3x10)
Tris: single arm pull downs (3x10), two handed cable pull downs (3x10), behind the head dumbell press (3x10)
Tuesday
Back: Lat pulldowns (3x8 or to fail), cable row (3x10)
Bis: Preacher curls (3x8 or to fail), hammer curls (3x10), 21's (3 sets)
Wed
Shoulders: Side delt raises (3x10), front delt raises (3x10), military press (3x10)
Legs: (bad knee from hockey injury) Single leg press machine (3x20), hamstring curl machine (3x20), calf press machine (3x20).
So that is the basic workout, then I usually repeat starting thursday and take sunday and mostly saturday off. I try to throw in cardio daily, but that usualy doesn't work out. Any sugestions for modifications to make a good, aggressive cutting phase? Thanks a lot.
Monday
Chest: incline dumbell press (3x10), decline dumbell press (3x10) cable flys (3x10)
Tris: single arm pull downs (3x10), two handed cable pull downs (3x10), behind the head dumbell press (3x10)
Tuesday
Back: Lat pulldowns (3x8 or to fail), cable row (3x10)
Bis: Preacher curls (3x8 or to fail), hammer curls (3x10), 21's (3 sets)
Wed
Shoulders: Side delt raises (3x10), front delt raises (3x10), military press (3x10)
Legs: (bad knee from hockey injury) Single leg press machine (3x20), hamstring curl machine (3x20), calf press machine (3x20).
So that is the basic workout, then I usually repeat starting thursday and take sunday and mostly saturday off. I try to throw in cardio daily, but that usualy doesn't work out. Any sugestions for modifications to make a good, aggressive cutting phase? Thanks a lot.
No need. - I just moved it......