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Looking lean there.  Must be nice to have abs out.  Good place to work from.

i struggle to eat that much, im only just over 9 stone remember. if i eat that much my belly just looks huge and bloated all day and night.

Faux Real


Looking lean there.  Must be nice to have abs out.  Good place to work from.

thanks yeh its nice to see them its just keeping them, its just i look so skinny everywhere else and struggling with diet and routine to get the good weight on.

chriswade


i struggle to eat that much, im only just over 9 stone remember. if i eat that much my belly just looks huge and bloated all day and night.

Maybe you need to review your goals then, if you eat enough for a 9 stoner you will stay a 9 stoner.
 
Just adjust the portion sizes till your gaining a 1ib a week.
 
Your plenty lean enough already a bit of added insulation will help with upping your muscle mass.

i have put on 3 quarters of a stone in the last 6 weeks :). so its going on. im just worried about it going on as fat rather than muscle. and i cant decide on a solid routine as there is so many, and some moves i feel like my form is wrong or im getting nothing from it as i dont feel the are's i should be working pulling or sore next day.

Mate - dont worry too much - at 9 and a half stone - you have plenty of room to grow.

I would again recommend the 'Initial Basic Hypertrophy' workout.

yeh, that does look good. its just im used to working out like 5 times a week for about 1.5 hours in my bedroom and working up quite a sweat.

i know i was over training by far and not doing things correctly but if i suddenly change down to a 3 day routine with only 3 moves ill feel horrible and like i have done nothing.

is there no 4-5 day routine which will give equal gains but isolates different muscles better so it can spread them out over the 4-5 days.

it will just give me more motivation that way, if you see where im coming from.

chriswade


yeh, that does look good. its just im used to working out like 5 times a week for about 1.5 hours in my bedroom and working up quite a sweat.

i know i was over training by far and not doing things correctly but if i suddenly change down to a 3 day routine with only 3 moves ill feel horrible and like i have done nothing.

is there no 4-5 day routine which will give equal gains but isolates different muscles better so it can spread them out over the 4-5 days.

it will just give me more motivation that way, if you see where im coming from.

IMO No - you do not need to isolate muscles
 
But if needs be use the same exercises split (+ maybe 1 other additional compound) into 4 so
 
1 - Chest & Biceps
2 - Legs
3 - Shoulders & Triceps
4 - back
 
2 ON 1 OFF - So m/1, t/2, w/off, t/3, f/4, s&s/off.
 
I would again recommend sticking to it as prescribed.

4 days does sound better as you have lised, and will help me feel a lot better too.
i might stick a day of cardio in too, on one of the 3 off days.

There are loads of options out there for training. Really recommend you get your diet sorted, post in the diet section.

I'm doing a 4 day split at the moment  with an extra chest/back day thrown in as chest is my weak area and I just love training back. Check out my training if you want I've logged all my workouts here. But a 3 day split is good if you are starting out in a gym as you'll have access to heavier weights.