Hi there guys,
After some advice if you'd all be so kind, I'm 19, about 6'1" and at last weigh in about 11 stone. I have a very lanky figure, tall and thin with rather long and thin arms. I'd like to bulk up a bit and get some mass to my arms and useable strength as well as working on abs and shoulder/back muscles. In honesty my biggest problem is probably my lack of motivation or staying power. I seem to go through phases of "Yeah, I'm going to work out and actually do it this time.." for about a week before giving up. I'm also rather self conscious at gyms, I don't like to use the machines or lift wights in front of other people. So when I do feel like doing it, I'm confined to my less than ideal bedroom with just enough room for my bed and a chest of drawers. My workout consists of dumbbell workouts; I use a dumbbell with 10KG on it and do 3x10 lifting from shoulder height to above head straight up, 3x10 bicep curls, 3x10 hammer curls and 3x10 two arm triceps extensions. Needless to say I have seen zero benefit from this so far (or as far as I can make out). My other problem is that I currently attend college 3 days a week and work full time as a cinema projectionist around that. This means a normal day for me can mean getting up for college at 8am, leaving college at 4.30pm and then working 5pm-11pm/12am only to start again the next day. Most weekends I work all day. In turn this means I hardly eat enough as it is, let alone enough to support a workout. I very rarely eat breakfast, lunch is normally a sandwich bought from a store and dinner is normally my main meal for the day.
So really I'm looking for any advice you can offer for a workout plan that would benefit me with an idea of time slots and if at all possible nutrition advice.
Thanks for reading this rather large post and thanks in advance for any advice!
Josh
After some advice if you'd all be so kind, I'm 19, about 6'1" and at last weigh in about 11 stone. I have a very lanky figure, tall and thin with rather long and thin arms. I'd like to bulk up a bit and get some mass to my arms and useable strength as well as working on abs and shoulder/back muscles. In honesty my biggest problem is probably my lack of motivation or staying power. I seem to go through phases of "Yeah, I'm going to work out and actually do it this time.." for about a week before giving up. I'm also rather self conscious at gyms, I don't like to use the machines or lift wights in front of other people. So when I do feel like doing it, I'm confined to my less than ideal bedroom with just enough room for my bed and a chest of drawers. My workout consists of dumbbell workouts; I use a dumbbell with 10KG on it and do 3x10 lifting from shoulder height to above head straight up, 3x10 bicep curls, 3x10 hammer curls and 3x10 two arm triceps extensions. Needless to say I have seen zero benefit from this so far (or as far as I can make out). My other problem is that I currently attend college 3 days a week and work full time as a cinema projectionist around that. This means a normal day for me can mean getting up for college at 8am, leaving college at 4.30pm and then working 5pm-11pm/12am only to start again the next day. Most weekends I work all day. In turn this means I hardly eat enough as it is, let alone enough to support a workout. I very rarely eat breakfast, lunch is normally a sandwich bought from a store and dinner is normally my main meal for the day.
So really I'm looking for any advice you can offer for a workout plan that would benefit me with an idea of time slots and if at all possible nutrition advice.
Thanks for reading this rather large post and thanks in advance for any advice!
Josh