"weights"

[Rosebolt]

So yeah. I have this cute tiny 1 kg weight in my room, didn't use it much, ever.

Last week i decided to just start doing stuff like that. I wouldn't call it weight lifting, considering it's so light. I am one of those super skinny tall guys where you see the bones on their arms. Yeah, one of those.

Anyway, a friend told me that because 1 kg weight is so light, it doesn't do anything to your biceps whatsoever, it just trains endurance.

I made a commitment to never spend any money again unless it's absolutely vital, so do any of you guys who actually have knowledge about training have any suggestions on how to actually get some good training and limit pushing done?

 

[khaoz_ferox]

Eat at a caloric surplus, about 10-20% over your maintenance. If you don't know what your daily requirement is find an app or an online calculator to get a rough estimate. I use Myfitnesspal, it's the ****.

Try to get 1g of protein per lb of lean body mass in your diet.

Join a gym or see if you can get a bunch of second-hand weights.

find a solid program and stick with it. Stronglifts 5x5 is pretty good, or head over to bodybuilding.com and search Allpro's beginner routine.

Good luck, dude.

 

[Rosebolt]

Eat at a caloric surplus, about 10-20% over your maintenance. If you don't know what your daily requirement is find an app or an online calculator to get a rough estimate. I use Myfitnesspal, it's the ****.

Try to get 1g of protein per lb of lean body mass in your diet.

Join a gym or see if you can get a bunch of second-hand weights.

find a solid program and stick with it. Stronglifts 5x5 is pretty good, or head over to bodybuilding.com and search Allpro's beginner routine.

Good luck, dude.

Thanks man, i appreciate it.

Biggest problem for me is not knowing **** about exercising, what works and what doesn't work etc. So thanks for the links, i'm already checking them out!

 

[khaoz_ferox]

If you're going to bodybuilding.com make sure you read the stickies. You'll encounter a lot of jargon in some of it but it's not as complicated as it seems. Eat, lift with intensity,sleep, grow.

 

[Punisher]

You can still tone your body with light weights. I sometimes use the cute weights when I'm tired of lifting heavy weights

 

[LoneKiller]

Are you looking to build mass specifically? Training for strength? Although your routine won't be quite as intense. I recommend reading this for info purposes.

http://muscleandbrawn.com/bill-kazmaier-training-routine/

 

[khaoz_ferox]

Interesting article. I don't think a split ideal for someone starting out though. It's all about those compounds, baby!


it's probably worth mentioning:

strength: 1-6 rep range with heavy weight

hypertrophy: 8-12 rep range with moderate weight.

 

[LoneKiller]

Interesting article. I don't think a split ideal for someone starting out though. It's all about those compounds, baby!


it's probably worth mentioning:

strength: 1-6 rep range with heavy weight

hypertrophy: 8-12 rep range with moderate weight.

Oh no. lol
I was thinking along the lines of breaking the routine down to half of the reps and sets Kaz uses. Maybe 3x a week as opposed to 7.

 

[khaoz_ferox]

Could work, man. Worth a try. You just have to find what works for you, and besides, nutrition is the key factor. Your body doesn't care about reps and sets, it responds mainly to progressive overload. I'm curious LoneKiller, do you lift?

 

[LoneKiller]

Could work, man. Worth a try. You just have to find what works for you, and besides, nutrition is the key factor. Your body doesn't care about reps and sets, it responds mainly to progressive overload. I'm curious LoneKiller, do you lift?

Nice to meet you khaoz_ferox.

Not heavily. I'm in TaeKwonDo so mostly I wear ankle weights and
kick and punch heavy bags and kick targets. I'll be completely honest with you. I used to lift, but just wasn't dedicated enough to keep it up.

 

[khaoz_ferox]

Sweet, I used to do TKD back before my life went to ****. Was a lot of fun. What belt are you?

 

[LoneKiller]

Sweet, I used to do TKD back before my life went to ****. Was a lot of fun. What belt are you?

Blue

 

[khaoz_ferox]

Ah, Joong Gun. Nice.

 

[LoneKiller]

Ah, Joong Gun. Nice.

How far did you go?

 

[khaoz_ferox]

Blue with a red tag.

 

[LoneKiller]

Blue with a red tag.

Impressive.