Trevor, your description of your life reminds me of myself when I was in the Navy. I was always working or studying. I can hear it in your words just how nice it was to have some time off.
If you want to put on lean muscle, there's a few rules that you have to follow to a T.
1.Eat more protein - it's what that muscle you want is made of
2.Do less cardio-hardcore cardio and bodybuilding do not mix
3.Lift heavier- when you do your sets, shoot do 6 to 10 reps to failure or just about failure (in the future you'll want to change this up sometimes to "shock" your muscles into growth, but this is a good work out for muscle building in general).
4.Track you results- Example:"With 35 lbs. I was able to go all the way to 10 reps and could have kept going. Use more weight next time", or "40 lbs was too much, start with 35 next time"
5.Read up on bodybuilding - Same as I'm doing on this forum. I'm learning what's working for others. I recomend some of the older harcore body builders stuff, before they were as polluted by trying to endorse products.
I'm not a licensed physical trainer, just a person who studied the heck out of bodybuilding and one who made incredible gains by applying what I learned.
It's awesome how much weight you've lost. Your commitment to working out is great too. You can get where you want to be just be applying what you learn about putting muscle on, just like you've learned how to shed a bunch of weight by finding out what had worked for others. Good luck with that and feel free to ask me if you have any questions. I'll only tell you something if I'm really sure of it.
I agree about the scales. I won't be abandoning them completely, I just won't be looking at one too often. I'm going to be driven by looks. I know that if I see changes then my efforts are bearing fruit. And those looks are the main thing I'm after!
Your weight loss is insirational. If you can do it, then I can too!
Don't let the money issue get to you as much. As Kdel said, you might want to slow down and let things go their course. Sometimes we keep holding onto a situation becuase we keep holding on to it (focusing on it)! Let it go and it will (go)! If you ever have the time to read anything other than your studies, I'd reccomend The Power Of Now to help you with that our a number of other dis-eases that our lives are sometimes ailing from.
Anyway, good to see you doing what you're doing. I'll be talking to you some more here.
If you want to put on lean muscle, there's a few rules that you have to follow to a T.
1.Eat more protein - it's what that muscle you want is made of
2.Do less cardio-hardcore cardio and bodybuilding do not mix
3.Lift heavier- when you do your sets, shoot do 6 to 10 reps to failure or just about failure (in the future you'll want to change this up sometimes to "shock" your muscles into growth, but this is a good work out for muscle building in general).
4.Track you results- Example:"With 35 lbs. I was able to go all the way to 10 reps and could have kept going. Use more weight next time", or "40 lbs was too much, start with 35 next time"
5.Read up on bodybuilding - Same as I'm doing on this forum. I'm learning what's working for others. I recomend some of the older harcore body builders stuff, before they were as polluted by trying to endorse products.
I'm not a licensed physical trainer, just a person who studied the heck out of bodybuilding and one who made incredible gains by applying what I learned.
It's awesome how much weight you've lost. Your commitment to working out is great too. You can get where you want to be just be applying what you learn about putting muscle on, just like you've learned how to shed a bunch of weight by finding out what had worked for others. Good luck with that and feel free to ask me if you have any questions. I'll only tell you something if I'm really sure of it.
I agree about the scales. I won't be abandoning them completely, I just won't be looking at one too often. I'm going to be driven by looks. I know that if I see changes then my efforts are bearing fruit. And those looks are the main thing I'm after!
Your weight loss is insirational. If you can do it, then I can too!
Don't let the money issue get to you as much. As Kdel said, you might want to slow down and let things go their course. Sometimes we keep holding onto a situation becuase we keep holding on to it (focusing on it)! Let it go and it will (go)! If you ever have the time to read anything other than your studies, I'd reccomend The Power Of Now to help you with that our a number of other dis-eases that our lives are sometimes ailing from.
Anyway, good to see you doing what you're doing. I'll be talking to you some more here.
that’s cool!
You can get that from whey and still be a vegan.
