advice for beginner.

[plunawat]

Hii guys,

i am a newbie, so apologies if similar query has already been answered or if i wasn't supposed to start a new thread... but am after some advice...

i used to weigh 57 kgs and my height is 172 cm or a lil more then 5'8.. being underweight i have just started working out in gym to add extra muscles and weight gain. my workout includes alternating between chest and triceps on 1 day and shoulders legs and biceps other day as suggested in one of the beginners thread in this forum.... also the workout also includes cardio with every routine....
i workout 3 days a week and take enough sleep. i am currently taking protein shake once on my day off from exercise and twice on the days i exercise. i have been drinking 1 litre of milk and 4 eggs daily, and i prefer a vegetarian diet but eat some prawns or chicken breast (3 times a week), and a few protein bars or protein drinks sometimes.

its been about 6 weeks now, and have gained about 2.5 kgs... also before i started going to the gym i had a complete body checkup by a professional trainer and my body fat came to be only 6 %... so gaining fats is not a problem.

is that growth for 6 weeks decent or i need to try harder ???
how soon should i expect to see some better results in the body itself ? a few months or longer ??
and is there any change i should make in my diet or workout ??
thx in advance

 

[Aaron]

Read this and this.

They will be infinitely helpful to you.

Regards,

Aaron.

 

[pseudonym]

Great to hear you're in the gym and looking to improve yourself.

Even better to see that you have made some progress!

However in response to your actual question - you can do/expect a lot better

between mid December 2009 and early Jan 2010 (the last time I weighed in) I gained 6kg in 3 weeks, some fat but mostly muscle. I am 184cm tall and went from 76kg to 82kg, (I'm now probably a little more than that).

I am not genetically gifted when it comes to weight gain (I finished puberty and 56kg) and it has taken me almost 6 years to put on the 30 extra kg I now carry so I believe my results are typical of what a skinny man can achieve (with seriously dedicated eating)

without a doubt the most valuable tools I found in gaining weight (and getting stronger as the two are intimately connected) were heavy compound lifts and drinking 3L of milk a day (in addition to eating a normal meat and veggie rich diet).

Read the links Austy provided and have a think about where you want to go with your training and lifestyle (there is nothing wrong with a vegetarian approach but it's going to be very hard to put on weight eating like that - I'd even dare say this has contributed to your minimal gains in the last 6 weeks)

as I said to start well done on taking control of yourself and on your progress so far (any progress is good progress no matter how small) keep it up!

 

[PowerBuilder]

holy siht bat man. your 6% body fat? Fcuk your lean. Obviously getting fat is a problem, since your body burns up calories like it's going out of fashion. It's more or less a license to eat more (since you DO want to get bigger...yeh ?

 

[plunawat]

thanx guys
jus going thru the website and all the post by you guys is a big motivation in itself for me..... and thanx for all the replies and the link provided....
still working hard n hope to c something better soon enuf....