Skinnyasian's skinny log

Hi all,
After being too scared to do a log online, ive finally pumped up the courage to start one.
The Stats

Age : 23
Height 5'8 ish
Weight 143 lbs 'ish
BF: Havent a clue

The background
Lifted my first dumbell in april 2007 at teh gym, I was just under 9 stones, skin and bones. My excuse for being skinny, " I eat alot but cant put on weight" LOL. Ive put on some muscle and weight, but want more muscle mass, and get rid of the fat and be a bit more lean ( i know it cant be done all at once).
Since Last april ive had 3 full months off, september - Fasting, February- Broken finger, March - Holiday

Routine

Mon: Shoulders
Tues: Chest / Biceps
Wednesdays: Rest
Thursdays: 5 a side Football
Fridays: Back/ Tricep
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Legs and abs


Mon: Shoulders
Shoulder Press
Lateral Raise
Rear Delt Raise
Shrugs

Tues: Chest / Biceps
Bench Press
Incline DB Press
Flys

Biceps Curl
Arm Curl
Hammers

Wednesdays: Rest


Thursdays: 5 a side Footie


Fridays: Back/ Tricep
Lat Pull Down
Wide Grip pull down
Close Grip pull down
Deadlifts

Skullcrushers
Tricep pulldown
Tricep pulldown with rope


Saturday: Rest


Sunday: Legs and Abs
Squats
Leg press
Leg Curl/ seated leg curl
Claf Raises



My diet is as follows, i work 9-5.30 in a office so hot meals i dont usually have.


7.20am breakfast:

2 peices of wholemeal toast with peanut butter
2 boiled eggs
protein shake
1 Cod liver oil capsule

9.25
Cup of tea and a hobnob

11.00
Tuna sandwich on 2 slices granary bread with lettuce and cucumber
piece of fruit
water

13.15
2x 1/2 chicken breast (grilled) in 2 pieces of pitta bread
piece of fruit
water

BLANK- Need ideas


19.30
what ever my mum makes, it could be chicken or lamb or veg curry, or rice etc, but mainly is with Chappati's just think of indian subcontinent foods,
20.30
GYM

22.00
Protein Shake

23.30
A few spoonfuls of cottage cheese

24.00

SLEEEEEEEEEEP



I'll try and have some courage to post some pics but not sure yet :)

Any comments, questions, queries etc please feel free to ask.

beginners, especially for the skinny ones, a full body / upper lower split might be a better option

BLANK

sandwich, pro shake, boiled eggs...

don't forget your EFAs

best of luck

 

Just got back from doing Shoulders in the gym
(Weight, reps)
Shoulder Press
15kg, 12, 10, 10

Lateral Raise
7.5kg, 12, 12, 12

Rear Delt Raise
on machine 28lbs, 15,
35lbs, 10
7.5kg dumbell, 10
5kg dumbell, 10

Shrugs- didnt do shrugs , but did front raise, on the pulley machine

3rd pin, 15, 15
4th pin, 10

all in all not a bad workout, though i can still feel the burn and its been 40 minutes since i came back.

ill try and post some pics later today or tommorow.

so the pics.............. dont laugh please......
Front



Front Tensed


Arms


Back


Back Spread


Side- Fat belly lol



So as you can see i'm bit on the skinny side, even though its been 10 months since i started in the gym, it is big progress from where i started, but i want add more muscle.

Chest/ Biceps today

Bench press
50kg- 12 reps
52.75kg- 10 reps
55kg- 10 reps (had help with the last few)

Incline BB Press
40kg- 12 reps, 10 Reps

Incline DB press
12.5kg (each hand) 10, reps

Flys (on machine)
42kgs- 12 reps
35- 10 reps
35kg- 10 reps

Bicep
Bicep Curl
10kg- 12 reps (each hand)
12.5, 10, 10 reps (each hand)

Arm Curl (Machine)
50kgs- 12, 12 reps
62.5kg- 10 reps

Not a bad workout, struggled a bit with the flys (i started off with a too higher weight), but other than that not too bad.

Back and Tricep today.

Pullups (assisted)
5kg, 8
15kg, 10, 10

Lat Pulldown.
40kg, 12
35kg, 10, 10

Low pulley (i think the weights are in lbs)
75lbs, 15, 12
87.5, 12

Deadlifts
40kg, 12, 10, 8
one problem i had were my foreams were knackered and kept losing my grip any tips for forearms and bettre grip?

Tricep
Dips
BW, 12, 10, 10
Chuffed to bits with this, didnt think i could do dips with no assistance. might need to improve my form though

Tricep pulldown.
3rd pin, 15
4th pin, 12 (delts were hurting because of form)
3rd pin 20 (to failure)

Overall again not too bad, the deadlifts i wasnt happy about, but chuffed with the dips.

any comments, tips, please feel free to post.

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Legs and abs today

Legs
Squats

50kg- 12
55kg- 12
60kg (personal best)- 10

Leg press, i think kthe weight is in lbs
160lbs, 15, 15
180lbs, 12

Leg Curl
70lbs, 15
75lbs, 15
80lbs, 12

Calf raises
10kg, 15
15kg, 12
just too sets as i felt my shins really badly so that all i did

happy with my squats, 60kg (includes the 20kg bar), was fairly comfortable.

For my legs i want to get them stronger rather then for size.

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Ello. You still training at Musclework 2?

I should be joining very soon I hope. Is it easy to find people to spot you on bench? I won't have a training partner unless I can get one of my mates to leave Clissold and come train with me. I don't mind rolling the barbell down my stomach if I can't rep it up but I'd look pretty stupid doing that in a gym..

So back to training for good now yes? When is your next fast? You could still train on those days if you were to have massive meals. You can only eat once or twice a day right? Been a while since I studied RE..

Age - 18
Bench - 95kg (at 63kg)
Deadlift - 120 (at 63kg)
Front Squat - 92.5kg (at 62kg)

ORIGINAL: jack5r

Ello. You still training at Musclework 2?

I should be joining very soon I hope. Is it easy to find people to spot you on bench? I won't have a training partner unless I can get one of my mates to leave Clissold and come train with me. I don't mind rolling the barbell down my stomach if I can't rep it up but I'd look pretty stupid doing that in a gym..

So back to training for good now yes? When is your next fast? You could still train on those days if you were to have massive meals. You can only eat once or twice a day right? Been a while since I studied RE..

Yup still at MW 2, when are you gonna join?

In terms of asking someone to spot there is always, i mean always someone who is willing to help, no one has ever said no when ive asked them, and quite a few of of them really egg you on to get the last few reps.

Back in training for good, the 8 weeks out, when i broke my finger and holiday had an effect on all my lifts, muscle memory was totally gone. Which is weird as when i was fasting last year i didnt train one bit and lost a stone in weight, but when i started again i was still lifting the same weights before i started fasting..............is that right lol?

The next fast (Month of Ramadan) will be for the whole month of September. We dont eat from sunrise to sunset, but in between those times we can stuff ourselves. Not sure If i will train while fasting, i'll make a desicion closer to to the time.

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ORIGINAL: skinnyasian

ORIGINAL: jack5r

Ello. You still training at Musclework 2?

I should be joining very soon I hope. Is it easy to find people to spot you on bench? I won't have a training partner unless I can get one of my mates to leave Clissold and come train with me. I don't mind rolling the barbell down my stomach if I can't rep it up but I'd look pretty stupid doing that in a gym..

So back to training for good now yes? When is your next fast? You could still train on those days if you were to have massive meals. You can only eat once or twice a day right? Been a while since I studied RE..

Yup still at MW 2, when are you gonna join?

In terms of asking someone to spot there is always, i mean always someone who is willing to help, no one has ever said no when ive asked them, and quite a few of of them really egg you on to get the last few reps.

Back in training for good, the 8 weeks out, when i broke my finger and holiday had an effect on all my lifts, muscle memory was totally gone. Which is weird as when i was fasting last year i didnt train one bit and lost a stone in weight, but when i started again i was still lifting the same weights before i started fasting..............is that right lol?

The next fast (Month of Ramadan) will be for the whole month of September. We dont eat from sunrise to sunset, but in between those times we can stuff ourselves. Not sure If i will train while fasting, i'll make a desicion closer to to the time.

Sounds good. Normaly my mates just try and make me laugh so I drop the weight instead of actualy egging me on. Last exam is on the 12th of June so then I guess. Cant wait!

Maybe very short sessions just so your body knows that you still have muscles and they need to be used.

Age - 18
Bench - 95kg (at 63kg)
Deadlift - 120 (at 63kg)
Front Squat - 92.5kg (at 62kg)

Sounds good. Normaly my mates just try and make me laugh so I drop the weight instead of actualy egging me on.

lol

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Hey mate looks like you got it all sorted just thought i'd drop in and say good luck just keep at it!

Shoulders today

DB Shoulder Press
15kg, 12, 10
17.5kg (personal best), 9 (couldve got 10 but my momentum went)

Side Shoulder raise
7.5kg, 12, 12,12

Rear Delts (on machine)
28kg, 12
35kg, 12, 10

Front raise
2nd pin, 12
3rd pin, 10, 10

Happy with the 17.5kg on the shoulder press, and the rear delts. Bring on Chest tommorow,

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ORIGINAL: Jebiah

Hey mate looks like you got it all sorted just thought i'd drop in and say good luck just keep at it!

I'd like to think ive got it sorted, but its really slow progress, but "Slowly but Surely" !!!

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Progress tends to be slower than most people hope but keep it consistant and you will soon start seeing the gains that you want

Chest / Bicep today

was absolute SH*T

Bench Press
50kg, 12
55kg, 10, 8 (personal best)
40kg, 8

Incline DB press
Absolute cack, couldnt even do 4 reps on 15kg each hand (its usually a doddle), haveno idea why i couldnt even do it, gave up on upper chest

Flys
35kg, 12, 10
28kg, 8- struggled a lil...

Biceps
Bicep curl

10kg, 12
12.5kg, 10, 10

Arm curl (machine)
50kg, 12, 10
37.5kg, 15

I have absolutely no idea what happened after the BP, should i of done the last set (40kg)?, did that mess me up? havent a clue but im pissed off........

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Back and Triceps today

Thought i'd do deadlifts 1st rather than last- was sweating on the 3rd set lol

Back

Deadlifts

12 x 40kg - Terrible form, was told by a huge polish guy that i was bending my legs too much
12 x 40kg - Much better form, legs slightly bent, lower back now doing all the hard work
10 x 50kg
9 x 55kg- Good last set, though my grip is letting me down.

Close grip chin ups (on machine)
10 x 10kg assisted
10 x 10kg assisted
10 x 10kg assisted

Lat Pulldown14 x 7th Pin
12 x 8th pin
10 x 8th pin

Low pulley
12 x 9th pin
10 x 10th pin
9 x 10th pin - Forearms totally dead on last few reps

Triceps

Dips
12 x BW
10 x BW
6 x BW + 5kg
6 x BW

Two Hand overhead tricep extension
12 x 15kg
10 x 15kg
10 x 17.5kg

Tricep Pulldown
12 x 3rd Pin
12 x 3rd Pin
To failure x 4th Pin

Overall very good workout, the deadlift was a killer, though as i did it first my forearms were killing me throughout all other exercises.Will probably carry on doing the deadlifts first and see how it goes.

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Off to the gym to do Legs

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Do you know if the gym is open on bank holiday monday?

Age - 18
Bench - 95kg (at 63kg)
Deadlift - 120 (at 63kg)
Front Squat - 92.5kg (at 62kg)

ORIGINAL: skinnyasian

Off to the gym to do Legs

lol i'm not the only one who feels like that on legs day then haha

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