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I know for awhile my last few posts/threads haven't been too serious but here I need some help on my journey to start actually working out.

So I weigh 150 (lmao I know, too skinny) and I'm 18 and I have no idea where to start. Can someone give me a general outline on what I should do before I get a gym membership?

Thanks,

TBR

Right that's what I was thinking, if he needs some Deca I know a guy who is the local connect in my town :lol:

Hey, screw you guys!

And I do need to make a lifestyle change and I'm willing to put in the dedication towards it. I'm tired of being so small and skinny and at the same time being so lazy.

Go like 3x a week (you dont want to go too much, because you'll burn yourself out and end up quitting)

When i started out i just did a 3 day split...
Monday- back, biceps and forearms
Wednesday- legs
Friday- chest, shoulders and triceps
(the days in between were rest days)

Research diet (learn how much protein, carbs, and fats you need per day)

Research proper form for certain exercises on youtube (soooo many people get injured/dont get great results from not using proper form!!! and its annoying as fuck looking at someone doing an exercise with chit form lol)

Buy protein powder, if needed (a few good brands are optimum nutrition, cellucor, syntha-6, muscletech, dymatize)

Keep in mind that your physique is not going to change overnight... it will take a month or two before you start to notice solid improvements

Long time since I've posted, but guess this is a thread where I can put some knowledge in.

Food: IIFYM all day. You must login or register to view this content. Put your info in there and determine how many times you can eat per day and how often you train. Prepare to surprise yourself with some crazy numbers to feed on.

You'll need protein no doubt...for you (weight gain/muscle gain) go with Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard blah blah. Pretty affordable and reputable protein i've used before.

Workouts: How bad do you want to get gains is how hard you train. Start at 3 days/week and after a month or until you feel it's too easy move on up to 4 days/week. Day 1: Back/Biceps Day 2: Legs (Yes you have to train your legs properly) Day 3: Chest/Biceps/Shoulders. One rest day between each day. Aim for 8-12 reps on each set. When you hit that 8th rep, 9th, 11th etc. it must be the most you can do. What this means is that you should be squirming to finish your last rep. Increase weight until satisfied. Aim for 3 sets/machine as well.

even if u were muscular you would still be small, aint no replacement for height it dont matter how jacked you are

I'm not too short but I'm not too tall I guess. I'm still growing in height and I'm at 5'10" right now, but I do agree w/ you.

Thanks, Budz. I appreciate your reply despite not posting too often.

As far as a schedule of sorts per day, like what workouts I should start off with, what would you recommend?

Edit: Regarding your "(Yes you have to train your legs properly)", I played soccer from 4th grade up until my senior year in high school (I don't anymore) but I prefer leg workouts over arm workouts, for obvious reasons.

Thats pretty short tbh i know quite a few girls who are that tall.

Back: Wide-grip pulldowns (cable machine), bent-over barbell rows, close-grip pulldowns (cable machine), seated machine rows (close grip and widegrip). Pull-ups(if you can) are good as well.
Biceps: dumbell curls, barbell curls, hammer curls, straight bar bicep rows (cable machine that can move up and down).

Chest: barbell sets, incline dumbell chest raises, chest flys, incline dumbell chest flys, push-ups
Tricep: french press, skullcrushers, straight bar pulldowns(cable machine that can move up and down), pushups and dips as well

Shoulders = barbell and/or dumbells.

All these you can google the proper ways to do them easily. Good luck