Any advice/ changes i should do to my Routine

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DarrenG91

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As of right now i'm 18 6'3 255. I played football for 4 years and I don't plan to play in College so i am planning to slim down and get healthy. Right now i rarely eat breakfast which i know is bad but i normally don't have time because i commute to high school from 2 towns away. For lunch I have a whole wheat wrap with turkey lettuce and tomato. I only drink water sometimes juices but i don't over do that. With lunch there's normally a honey oat health bar. 7th period i have a gym class which ranges from different sports. After school i run a mile and do some stadiums. I work 3-6 Than i goto the gym and do 40-50 minutes on the Elliptical at the gym. Average speed is around 6.8 MPH and burn at least 600 calories sometimes more. I usually eat dinner around 9 which is bad but thats when i normally get home. I tend to usually have variety of dinner of a meat and lots of veggies.

I just started this last week. Is there any advice i can get and how fast should i be seeing results?

My schedule
Monday: Gym Class, Mile/ Wind Sprints/ 40-50 mins on eliptical/ Bench
Tuesday: Gym Class, Mile/ Wind Sprints/ 40-50 mins on eliptical/ Bicep and Tricep Curls
Wednesday: Gym Class, Mile/ Wind Sprints/ 40-50 mins on eliptical/Bench- and DB Bench
Thursday: Gym Class, Mile/ Wind Sprints/ 40-50 mins on eliptical/ Bicep and Tricep Curls
Friday: Gym Class, Mile/ Wind Sprints/ Bench- DB Bench
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: 40-50 mins on eliptical/ Bicep and Tricep curls
 
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Your description is a bit brief, do you know how many calories your're eating? What exactly are your goals? Fat loss, muscle gain? You know what you need to improve on because you said it... eat breakfast. How many of those sugary juices are you drinking? Replace them with water and actual fruit. The crappy "health bar" can be replaced with real food. And what the cardio machines tell you you burn in calories is a rough and usually incorrect estimate to say the least. Are you using some type of more accurate measuring device or just what the machine tells you? Also, a bit more specifics on your strength training program (can't remember if you said you are currently lifting... if you're not then you should be) would help.

BTW, welcome to the boards :)


Edit: I didn't see the scedule at the bottom of your post the first time. The cardio looks a bit... excessive. Do you preform any strength training?
 
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Well currently without breakfast i am currently eating around 1500-1700 calories a day. The cardio machine is what is telling me how many calories i'm burning. As of right now the only lifting i do is Bench Monday Wends and Friday and I Do biceps and triceps Tuesday Thursday and Sunday. In all honesty i don't drink much of the juices. Thanks for the help so far.
 
Do you do any strength training for your lower body..? You might want to rethink your scedule... switching to an upper/lower split or even full body would be more beneficial. Stick to the compound moves, and make sure you include ones for your lower half. Squats, deadlifts, lunges...all that good stuff. You can cut out some of the crazy cardio and sub in a good weight lifting program into your scedule.

Your caloric intake seems low... is this what your're actually eating, do you measure your food? You might want to take a look at the stickies at the top of the nutrition section... good info on setting up diet numbers there.
 
Lower body is a problem see on the football team we were allowed to to deadlift and squat. At my new gym they deem it intimidating to deadlift because the bar slams on the ground and it looks like i will have to DB squat because they dont have a squatting bar there.
 
DB squats will work if there's no rack...better than nothing. You can still do lunges... and for that matter you can even do some deadlift variations with them. Aside from the free weights, does your gym have a leg press machine? That would help as well seeing as how you're limited in what free weight moves you can do.

The lower half of your body should never be neglected. It's just as important as your upper half. And think about it... the muscles in the thighs and butt are big, right? So if you work on them they'll have a huge impact on your metabolism and body composition.

Hope this helps you!
 
Do more exercise and change your routine. I mean don't take rest in Saturday. And away from eating fat food. Hope you will be slime very quickly.
 
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Well i gained 2 lbs after doing this for 3 days is this normal? I'm hoping that its just muscle being built in my calfs and thighs
 
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