Need some help/advice

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ChuckL333

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Hey, I currently weigh 195lbs and I'm 6 feet tall. I am overweight, yes. I'm however not 'big'. The weight I have is very spread throughout my entire body. I am athletic and play football, baseball and basketball. I am a bulky kid but it's not muscle, it's fat. I'm trying to replace that with muscle, become more thin and stay in shape. I've just started working out at home, for about 45 minutes a day (will increase with time, just 'warming up')

I start off by stretching, then doing 100 sit ups. After I do 50 push ups, 5 twelve second leg lifts on each leg, 100 line hops up a half foot step and 50 stair steps up a 1 & a half foot chair. With the remainder of the time I usually do a fast sprint-in-place exercise. I've been doing this for about a week.

Back when I first started a week ago I could do have of what I'm doing now, so I'm getting stronger and my endurance is getting better, however I'm now tending to gain more weight. I have seen a small, not big improvement on my shape as-well.

I'm posting the question to ask what else I can do to get the best out of my workouts. I also plan to start working out every morning once I wake up. What other exercises can I do? Also, it's winter and very cold where I live, so indoor exercises would be much better.

Also, if you can give a good diet to follow, as I have no idea on where to start for eating habits (I have really bad ones!)
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Also, for info on the areas I want to work on:

1. Core, Abs
2. Biceps
3. Triceps
4. Hamstring (Just pulled this playing football. It's now healed but I can feel a small pull once in awhile)

Actually, an all body routine would best fit what I'm looking for. The core/abs however is the most important to me.
 
Glad to see you're making changes, first of all :D

Diet is of key importance here. What you need to do first is decide on if you want to focus on gaining muscle or losing fat. Doing both simulataneously will work initially if you're new at this (which you seem to be), but it is short lived, so recognize that now. If you want to lose fat and you think you have a decent muscle base beneath you, then eat at a deficit. However, if you don't have much muscle, you may want to eat at maintenance or slightly higher for now. I know that seems counterintuitive to losing fat, but trust me, if you have no muscle, even if you lose fat, you'll hate the way you look. So, first things first. Figure out your goal and adjust your diet according. As for knowing what to eat, check out the nutrition stickies, the grocery list, etc. They'll give you a good idea. Track your calories - I like fitday and nutridiary, but you could also use thedailyplate or sparkpeople.

Workout: check out the weight training stickies and pick a good beginner routine. I would go with Strong Lifts 5x5 or buy NROL or Starting Strength. Both are great books to learn about exercises. SS really hits the main lifts from all angles. You will learn a lot. It's fairly obvious that, like most people, you want to augment the muscles that "make you look good." But you should hit your whole body equally, that stuff will come naturally.
 
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