Weight Training

[Tron]

So I'm sitting around and I realize that I'm way too skinny. Running backs my size (5'8") usually weigh about 200 pounds. I weigh 140. I figure 160 wouldn't be too unreasonable for me.

Well, naturally, this means I need to start lifting, but the problem is that I haven't done that since I wrestled my freshman year of HS. Now I'm a freshman in college. Basically I just want to get bigger, build strength, and develop explosive speed.

Any pointers or whatever for helping me reach my goals would be real, real sweet. Thanks a lot.

[BeerMoney]

Hit the big muscles.. Chest, back and legs. Lots of bench pressing. Push ups. Do some legs. They get the rest of the body going cause they are such a big muscle group. For back I recommend pull ups and pull downs.

Good luck. Oh yeah, egg whites. I never took a single supplement, and I got pretty strong with out them.

[bosoxfan]

Try and get Sup Bro to train you.

[Malone Brown]

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Hit the big muscles.. Chest, back and legs. Lots of bench pressing. Push ups. Do some legs. They get the rest of the body going cause they are such a big muscle group. For back I recommend pull ups and pull downs.

Good luck. Oh yeah, egg whites. I never took a single supplement, and I got pretty strong with out them.

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This is good starting advice but it takes much more than that for most people. I am a certified personal trainer, if you are serious about this and want more detailed advice you can PM and I'll be glad to help.
Malone

[BeerMoney]

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Try and get Sup Bro to train you.

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This is probably the best advice anyone has ever given on this forum.

[ftball0000]

Someone on here, I think INSChris gave me this website, it seems good to me. http://www.musclezone.co.uk/index.php

-Ftball

[nothumb]

Dude, don't be weightlifter. So [censored].

If you stay skinny, it makes your piece look bigger in relation to your body. Which is why I had to gain some weight... I was scaring 'em away! Had to let the guy blend in a bit.

Seriously, screw that gaining weight crap, you will just get sick of exercising in a month and get man boobs...

NT

[brassnuts]

Have you tired PMing Sup Bro?

[jakethebake]

Three exercises. Deadlifts, Bench Press, Squats. Do five sets of five reps. That is all. Forget all the other crap. You don't need to do curls. No tricep pushdowns. All you need is a bar & rack. No gym memberships, etc.

[Jman28]

I lifted pretty heavy during HS cuz I played football. I kinda wish I hadn't because now I have to lift or diet or run a lot or I'll get chubby. And I'm fairly lazy.

Also, what is your motivation to lift? Are you playing a sport? Do you just want to look like a male model?

Most girls prefer skinnier guys by the way.

Edit: TALL skinny guys especially. You and I can't help that.

-Jman28

[jakethebake]

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I kinda wish I hadn't because now I have to lift or diet or run a lot or I'll get chubby. And I'm fairly lazy.

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This is a myth. The getting chubby has nothing to do with having lifted in high school. Muscle cannot turn into fat. It doesn't work that way.

[Jman28]

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I kinda wish I hadn't because now I have to lift or diet or run a lot or I'll get chubby. And I'm fairly lazy.

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This is a myth. The getting chubby has nothing to do with having lifted in high school. Muscle cannot turn into fat. It doesn't work that way.

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Being that I have no authority on the subject, I don't want to get into an argument.

I just think that whether it was all the muscle I packed on, or the eating habits I developed in order to do so seems to have made it very very difficult to get rid of the muscle and stay thin.

I feel like I have a lot of muscle left over that isn't very toned.

[jakethebake]

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the eating habits I developed in order to

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That could be it.