Hello... Sorry... too long?

[belly0fdesire]

Hello, everyone...

I've come here because I want to find a community where I can exchange ideas and because I want better results. I'm a 6'2 male... I don't know how much I weight at this point, but I was at abou 225 at the beginning of this year... I would assume maybe 210-215 at this point. I'm usually broke and can't afford any weights or a gym membership.

I've seen great results from the beginning of the year. My pants are all falling off and my shirts aren't fitting quite as well... but I haven't seen much improvement lately. I'd like to post my routine and see what you all think I'm doing wrong or should change.

At the beginning of this year I told myself that I was going to do 300 push ups every day. (Monday through Friday)... and started out doing 4 sets of 75 push ups every 2 hours in the bathroom here at work. Then I decided to add somethings to my routine, using some 20 lbs. weights I had, then I bummed some 30 lbs. weights from my brother and worked those into my routine as well... Also, I worked my push ups up until I was at 150 reps in a set and set myself to 600 per day in March. Then, last month, I added to that.

So, I go in the bathroom, into the stall, drop down and do 150 push ups, then i do 20 squats, then i....... do my business.... then I do 50 more pushups after i flush.... (sorry if this is TMI)... I do this 4 times throughout the day for a total of 800 pushups everyday.... unless I just collapse.



Aside from pushups routine:

Every morning (monday through friday):
100 jumping jacks
100 sit ups (just added last week)
12 side shoulder raises (using 20 lbs. weights because my shoulder pops and it hurts a lot if I do more weight)
12 front shoulder raises w/30 lbs. weights.
100 Shrugs with 30 lbs. weights
20 "rows" with the 30 lbs. weights, then again with the 20 lbs. weights
20 "military presses" with the 30 lbs. weights, then again with the 20s

Then, while at work, I do the push ups and stuff mentioned above and every day after work I do the following:

Monday:
3 sets of 100 situps

Tuesday:
2 sets of 30 butterfly presses with the 30 lbs. weights
2 sets of what I would describe as overhead pulls... I lay on my back with the weights on the floor above my head and lift them over my head using only my shoulders... not sure what this is called, but it stretches me out and feels good.

Wednesday:
3 sets of 100 situps

Thursday:
biceps: I start and finish biceps with 777s with the 30 lbs. weights. In between those I just do random sets of hammer curls and regular curls until i feel burned out.

triceps: Then I do 1 set of 12 skull crushers with the 30 lbs. weights, followed immediately by 12 with the 20s, then 25 situps, then 30 dips I do with my hands on the stairs in my apartment and my feet resting on a chair from the kitchen... I do this 3 times.

Friday:
Nothing but the bathroom stuff.

Saturday:
3 supersets of my every morning back and shoulder routine.

Sunday:
A repeat of Thursday's arm routine


My chest is pretty sore every day, but I do my workouts anyway. I know one thing I need to change is my diet.... I'm always very hungry and I need to learn to curb that. I was using some fruity creatine mix I got from target, but wasn't feeling any different or seeing any difference, so I pretty much stopped taking it. I also have some whey protein that I should probably be taking more regularly. When I do drink it, I usually do so before bed.

I've been thinking of adding some running at night to my routine, but I've heard that

Please. Any advice?

 

[spicypumpkin]

Hey, welcome to the forum. You will find lots of helpful people here. I would recommend reading the stickies in the weight loss section of the forum. There, you will find some good basic information on diet and exercise. You're doing a good job of working out without having access to a gym.

Also, don't forget the importance of diet. It's important to make sure you have enough nutrients when you eat. Practically starving yourself to where you are hungry all of the time will only mess up your metabolism. Increasing the intensity of your workouts will do wonders for calorie burning. You won't have to worry about eating less if you exercise with more intensity.

Good Luck and welcome to the forum!

 

[Dreamster]

Wow...you are pretty dedicated. I'm sure you will reach your goal someday. Welcome to the form and good luck with everything!

 

[NBS 4life]

What have you heard about running?

First of all have a look at the stickies and also the ones in the weight training section.

There are a few fundamental problems with your program the one that jumped out at me the most was the whole 100 situps thing. Abs are like any other muscle (even if they are proominantly slow twitch endurance based) they need to be trained with lower reps and higher resistance.

 

[tonymcclellan]

Welcome. If you are doing 1000 pushups, you should be doing 1000 rows to balance. Do you have any stairs? Picnic tables? Are these adjustable weights? Anything to do pullups on?

 

[marko157]

you seem to have time and great dedication but i suggest you should concentrate more on compound exercises ie; squats lunges dead lifts. If you could maybe buy a barbell (not too expensive) it would add greatly to your equipment . As NBS 4life said i dont see the point in all those sit ups in my opinion scrap them and search for a full body workout as for diet read a few stickies.



good luck and welcome