I have some fat on me

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Ok, I don't know where my last post went since I made a similar post like this.

I have some fat on me. Ma dainly around my gut and chest. Now I am currently on a low protein diet due to what my culture eats. However, I am taking protein shakes to help me out on this. In addition, I am eating vitamins.

Now, I want to basically look muscular but not to the extent of a hardcore body builder. I want to look tough, but not overgrown with muscle. Somewhat like what you see with basketball players. Not exactly body builders, but they have muscle and it is apparent.

I am currently weight training every day. A light load on my back everyday and I alternate with this every other day.

WOrk on triceps, chest, calf muscles
Work on abs, biceps, forearms

I aim to do this in addition to eating the same amount I usually do while watching out for things such as soda, protein shakes daily, and vitamins. In addition, there is light aerobics going on.

Now should I continue this or start going on a diet while weight training. Or should I build muscle now and not worrry about intake and then later diet it off with the combination of aerobics. I am not sure what to do.

I am actually hoping that I continue my current lifestyle (which has been improved due to the cut of soda and other junk) and work out with weights. ANd the muscle should hopefully help me burn off more calories. And then later I have less to do.
 
I also have another question. How can you tell you have done a good workout. I ask this because whenever I first start up after a long pause, I can feel the soreness which stops appearing after working out a few times. After the soreness stops coming, how can I tell? Just by checking weight or physical characteristics.
 
i dont know how big you are now. If you're pretty skinny now, i would weight train and eat a big over my maintence so i slowly gained weight. You say you got some fat, so i dont know. its really up to you what you will do first

Weight training every day is not a good idea. You're muscles need time to recover, the basic rule of thumb is that a muscle needs 48 hours of rest before it can be worked again. Which is a good rule to go by, atleast in the beginner stage. I would recommend a full body workout 3 days a week consisting of:
Squats
Deadlifts
Rows
Pullups/chins/pulldowns (prefferably one of the two first if you can do them)
bench press
Military press

you dont need all in one workout though, but most of them, maybe on the day you do squats you dont do deadlift. and maybe on the day you do bench press, you dont do military, since it both hits the shoulders, and on the day you do rows, maybe you dont do pullups, if you catch my drift?

If you havent done these exersices before, i suggest you look into form, prefferably, get a trainer who knows his stuff to teach you.
or read some articles and watch videos of guys who knows how to do it ;)

soreness is not an indicator of a good workout. The first few workouts after a break its normal to get sore, but then if you get extreemly sore after that, you are probobly overdoing it. Beeing a little tight in you're muscles the day after a workout is fine though. but not hurting sore.
 
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"How can you tell you have done a good workout?"

Also, I would say that if you have to ask yourself that question, then it probably wasn't the most effective workout. I'm sure everyone has their own measuring sticks, but I feel best I'm walking to the locker room feeling like I got hit by a truck, and you should be able to tell if that happens.

P.S. ...and I don't mean by a light 3 hour session that eventually fatigues you, but a shorter session that challenges you every time.
 
well after each workout, it does feel like I have done the said. but I am talking about the next day. should the soreness only happen initially because I don't experience it anymore.

I am skinny with clothes on but off, you can see that I have some fat on me.
 
Yeah, you won't feel sore after working out forever.
 
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