Hey everybody! My name is Steven, and I live in Illinois. I just (re)joined Cardinal Fitness in order to try to get into shape.
I have pretty developed calves and thighs, I am seriously in need of working on my upper body, though!
My current routine consists of running (Starting at 6.5 miles per hour, and then working my way up to anywhere between 8.2~9.0 miles per hour) for about 30 minutes. (Or until I reach ~500 calories burned.
I then do seated bicep curls (machine, preacher curls?) 3-4 sets 10 reps per set, around 75~80 lbs each. (I have very small arms with little muscle, I usually inroad by the 4th set and look like a quivering idiot!
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Then the chest press machine 3 sets 65 lbs 8-10 reps per set.
If I happen to do abs I do around 50~80 seated crunches with 80 pounds in sets of 10. (Which is easy..) But I also have a little too much stomach fat to see them anyways!
My main goals would be to drop mid section weight, lose some of my ass since it seems a little too prominent, and develop my upper body a little more. I am very intimidated by the free-weights section, since there is usually 20~30 bodybuilder-esque guys in there, and I don't have anyone who can go to the gym with me haha.
So I guess my questions would be, what are the best ways to accomodate my goals, and what else should I add in there.
Diet-wise, I am pretty sound. I stick to diet pop, and relatively low calorie options (sneaking the weekly cookie break or junk food splurge.) which is a lot better then most people, I believe. I am working on cutting them out completely, but it is hard for someone to go cold turkey!
I was also wondering about supplements, creatine, etc; I am also going to start a multi-vitamin routine, so if you have a good one, let me know!
And some of my body stats:
Height: 5"11'
Weight: 175-180
Age: 22
I think I covered all the bases, so let me know! Thanks!
I have pretty developed calves and thighs, I am seriously in need of working on my upper body, though!
My current routine consists of running (Starting at 6.5 miles per hour, and then working my way up to anywhere between 8.2~9.0 miles per hour) for about 30 minutes. (Or until I reach ~500 calories burned.
I then do seated bicep curls (machine, preacher curls?) 3-4 sets 10 reps per set, around 75~80 lbs each. (I have very small arms with little muscle, I usually inroad by the 4th set and look like a quivering idiot!
)Then the chest press machine 3 sets 65 lbs 8-10 reps per set.
If I happen to do abs I do around 50~80 seated crunches with 80 pounds in sets of 10. (Which is easy..) But I also have a little too much stomach fat to see them anyways!
My main goals would be to drop mid section weight, lose some of my ass since it seems a little too prominent, and develop my upper body a little more. I am very intimidated by the free-weights section, since there is usually 20~30 bodybuilder-esque guys in there, and I don't have anyone who can go to the gym with me haha.
So I guess my questions would be, what are the best ways to accomodate my goals, and what else should I add in there.
Diet-wise, I am pretty sound. I stick to diet pop, and relatively low calorie options (sneaking the weekly cookie break or junk food splurge.) which is a lot better then most people, I believe. I am working on cutting them out completely, but it is hard for someone to go cold turkey!
I was also wondering about supplements, creatine, etc; I am also going to start a multi-vitamin routine, so if you have a good one, let me know!
And some of my body stats:
Height: 5"11'
Weight: 175-180
Age: 22
I think I covered all the bases, so let me know! Thanks!