Mad at my body

[Basketba1100]

I been workin out for a while now, I barely see results. I don't know whatz wrong with me, maybe I'm not drinking to much water or something. When I go to the gym, I just do 3 sets and 20 reps of everything. My legs look a little different, but my arms kinda look the same, I ready to give up, but I can't give up. Anybody know what my problem is, or do I need to do something different, I know itz some experts in here that can help me out. I wanna be tough lookin too.

 

[Basketba1100]

Oh yeah, are there any pills I can take, any that could help me?

 

[Nocturnal]

First of all, you need a routine. Try this:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=322699

Secondly, read this: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=323199

You need to do some researching.

 

[Cheiradawg]

Originally posted by Basketba1100
Oh yeah, are there any pills I can take, any that could help me?

yeah dbol

 

[Basketba1100]

thx

 

[MrFitness880]

omg...

first, no dbol, that never should have been posted.

no pills at all. you dont even need to think about supplements now. my guess, your diet sucks and your workout could probably use some serious overhaul.

are you doing 20 continuous reps or doing a 20 rep rest pause set?

tell me as much as you can. dont worry about supplements yet

 

[ScrewIt]

wow 20 reps of every workout/ every machine...

well dont worry i see that happen all the time to new members at the gym.

Just follow a workout routine and you'll be set , dont forget to adjust your diet too.

 

[MindOverMatter]

Here's the routine I originally started out with:

(4x means 4 sets, 6-8 means 6 to 8 reps [meaning you can do at least 6 reps, but no more then 8])


Monday - Arms
4x 4-6 barbell curl
4x 6-8 preacher curl
4x 4-6 weighted dips (or just dips if you can't do weighted ones yet)
4x 6-8 cable tricep pressdowns
2x15 Reverse Wrist Curls
2x15 Wrist Curls

Tuesday - Legs
4x4-6 Squats
4x15 Standing Calf raises
4x6-8 Leg extensions
4x6-8 Hamstring extensions

Wed - Shoulders
(Your front lateral will get worked out enough through bench / millitary presses, no need to isolate it yet)
4x15 Shrugs
4x4-6 Arnold Press / Barbell Millitary Press (I'll alternate every week)
4x6-8 Side Lateral Raises
4x6-8 Rear Lateral Raises

Thur - Chest
4x 4-6 DB flat bench (use dumbells instead of barbells every 2nd week)
4x 4-6 DB incline bench (use dumbells instead of barbells every 2nd week)
4x 4-failure -Chest dips
4x 15, 12, 10, 8, 6 cable crossovers (pyramid the weight up)

Friday - Back
4x as many as you can - Pull ups (once you can do more then 10, get a dip belt and add some weight to it)
4x as many as you can - close grip chin ups (once you can do more then 10, get a dip belt and add some weight to it)
4x4-6 Deadlifts
4x4-6 One Arm Dumbell Row / Close-grip Tbar Row (alternate every week)

Abs every 2nd day. Do this for now:
4x 25 sets of reverse crunches (done slowly)
4x 25, 15, 10, 5 of machine crunches (increase the weight every set)


Eat lots of protein, supplement protein/glutamine after every workout, eat lots of carbs early in the day, and you will make good gains.

 

[MindOverMatter]

And don't even touch D-Bol. You're way too inexperianced, and you don't know anything about it.

 

[Centaurion]

go for test instead

anyways, i think he was just kidding about the dbol.

 

[Jariel]

Poor results usually comes down to poor diet. If you're trying to gain weight, you should be eating all the right things in large quantities!

I followed Diesel's bulking diet almost exactly and I made some very fast gains.

 

[TyTe`EyEs]

LESS REPS



MORE WEIGHT

 

[LucidDreamer]

agreed, stick to low volume / high poundage, to those who suggest ilicit methods, grow up a little.

 

[Basketba1100]

ok i'ma go with more weights and less reps, thx to all

 

[madgame]

First of all dont worry cause you dont "see" no results. It takes years to build a muscular body (im not even talking about really huge muscles, but rather about the body of a rather muscular bball player or something). Even if you had done anything right youd probably barely "see" any results after working out for a couple of months. I mean its not gonna take you a decade if you do everything right but dont expect to have a nice built body before 3 years of working out (youll be able to keep this body for mad years though so its a good investment isnt it?).

I havent read everything but 20 reps is definetly too much. You gotta user heavier weights that u wont be able to lift more than 6-8 times for the first set...plus you need to get about 1g of protein per lbs of bodyweight (try to get them through food and drinks like milk, chicken and everything...besides theres soem protein in every food u eat so its not as hard as it might sound...in case u get it all from your food youll most likely consume enough calories too...cause you also need to consume more calories than you burn if u wanna gain weight).

so let me give u another good piece of advice which might be pretty helpful to you (and i hope nobodys gonna flame me for saying this like the 5th time on here). You dont need to work out (properly) for 1 years or more before even knowing if youre gonna be able to pack on any weight or whateva..... you gotta know that if youre able to lift heavier weights youre muscles WILL grow. Theres no way you gonna double the weight you can bench press without your chest getting bigger. Its just not possible, believe me. So start with a weight that you can only lift 6 times and not one single time more and try to lift that weight 7 times in your next workout session...it might take a few more sessions (not only one) to increase the reps your doing from 6 to 7 you..and then from 7 to 8 tho...but if u can increase your reps AT ALL even if its a slow process that means your gaining muscle. Just aim to increase the reps and thus the weights your lifting....oh and btw if u can do 8 reps put start using more weight so u can only do 6 reps again...that way u increase the weight u lift and ure muscles are growing.

You got it?

 

[Basketba1100]

yeah thx mann^