need advice plz

[dice]

http://www.dolfzine.com/page352.htm

i really cant afford a gym membership right now but i do have dumbbells, is this a legit routine for bulking/cutting up? i need to do both cuz im skinny but not toned at all

 

[circa1369]

doing something is better than not doing anything at all. When I first began working out I was in the same situation and just worked out with a set of dumbbells at home (get the ones where you can add and remove weights, walmart, etc has those) read the bulking guide posted here in the forum. Eat a ton - 6 small meals a day and make sure you are consuming more calories than you are burning and try to get as much protein as possible. Lift heavy with few reps. What you want to do is "shock" your body and stimulate muscle growth. If you lift heavy, your body will have to adapt and new muscle will grow by placing a large amount of stress on your existing muscle. But your diet is very important because your muscles can't grow if there's nothing to build the muscle with (protein). Take a look around at sites like http://www.exrx.net/Lists/WtMale.html look at all the dumb bell excercises. For many excercises, you can make them work with dumbbells if you're smart enough to figure it out. Menshealth.com www.abcbodybuilding.com is another good site. I'm sure you'll make some progress if you really put some effort into it (oh yeah, don't overtrain. Your muscles need at least 5 to 7 days to rest, read up on that) After a while though, you will get to the point where you realize the benefits you will get from weightlifting and you will join a gym. Good luck

edit:

to me, the routine you just posted seemed a little too.. easy. If you want to bulk, aim for 6 to 8 reps, not 10 or 12. Figure out what works for you and do your research.

 

[Lifeforce]

No, that routine suck!

TOO MANY REPS

TOO LITTLE REST BETWEEN SETS


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If you want muscles to grow, you have to give them a reason, you will not grow with light weights and many reps. If you want to work at home get a strong backpack and stuff to fill it up with heavy stuff like books to help you get more INTENSITY. Aim for 4-6 reps and 30-40 minutes of workout each time. Rest 2-3 minutes between each SET. (edit)

 

[circa1369]

I'd recommend waiting 30 -60 secs between sets so that you use up the remaining muscle fibers that haven't been used yet. If you wait too long, certain fibers can recover. If you wait 30 to 60 secs, you will be able to exhaust more muscle fiber and increase the intensity of your workouts. Another thing to try is to do the excercises very slowly (and make sure you do them right instead of just throwing weights around)

 

[Lifeforce]

Muscles NEED to recover between sets, that's the point of having rests. It is common sense, if the muscles can't recover fully than you cannot utilize them fully. If you push them to failure, how is it possible that you can manage to do another set just after?

Dice!

You can use a backpack to the following exercises:

Squats
Push Ups
Pull ups <--- Add this to your workout to train LATS!
Standing Calves Raises
Dips <--- Add this to your workout, you can do them between two sofas or two SECURED chairs.
Lunges (if you exchange stiff deads for it)

Try to get as close down to 4-6 reps you can. When it comes to abs, get as close to 6-12 reps you can, crunches can be done with assisted weight on the upper chest to get more intensity.