Hi,
I’m new to this fitness thing and I do need your help. Here’s the thing… I started training with free weights and rowing machine to gain weight. The problem is that I’m loosing even more weight. I know this should be normal, I just started a couple of months ago… But then I read a all lot of stuff and I got the impression that I really do risk achieving exactly the opposite of my goal… I’m really new at this and don’t know much technical stuff, so this is going to be a big post. This is the full story….
I’m 30 years old, 1,80 meters (5ft 11 in) and I used to weight about 75 Kgs (11st 11lb). I have something in between a small and medium frame. This was maybe 8 to 6 years ago. Then I had some bad years, with lots of stressful events in my life, and I was a heavy drinker (2/3s of a wiskey bottle per day) and heavy smoker (3 packs Marlboro reds a day – 20 cigarrets per pack). I was always drunk or hanged over, not eating and a complete mess. No drugs involved. I ended up losing a lot of weight and in the worst part of it I was with maybe 60 Kgs (9st 6 lb). I did stop drinking but I still smoke 3 packs a day. Got my life organized the best that I could and is now more or less stable. I gained some weight and was around 70 kgs (11st). Nonetheless, I felt really weak and not good about my self, seeing my self in the mirror so much thinner then I used to be. I asked around and people said I should begin lifting weights. They advised me that free weights were better for that and cheaper too. I cant afford the time and money to go to a multigym right now. Given my past years, I checked a doctor and he said that I was fine and could train this way.
This is what I’m doing so far. I have 3 routines that I rotate, and I do 2 every day (before dinner and going to bed).
1st routine (rowing machine) – 50 pushing forward, 50 pushing backwards
2nd routine: Press Ups – 20 reps; Crunches – 20 reps; Leg Raises 25 reps; Press Ups – 20 reps; V crunches – 20 reps; Press Ups – 20 reps; Hyperextensions 20 reps; Triceps Dips – 20 reps; Crossover crunches – 20 reps; Triceps Dips- 20 reps; leg raises 25 reps.
3rd routine (Dumb bells – 2kgs each – 20 reps in everything); Dumb-bell Press, side lateral raise, bent lateral raise, concentration curls, bench press, squats, seated shoulder press, upright row, pullover and triceps extensions.
So far, the positive things are that I fell more energy and more resistant. But I lost almost 5 kgs and am now with 65 kgs (10st 3lb).
So, what are your thoughts regarding my situation? Oh and btw, don’t say “quite smoking”, I can’t do that right now, keeping away from alcohol is still hard enough…
Thanks!
I’m new to this fitness thing and I do need your help. Here’s the thing… I started training with free weights and rowing machine to gain weight. The problem is that I’m loosing even more weight. I know this should be normal, I just started a couple of months ago… But then I read a all lot of stuff and I got the impression that I really do risk achieving exactly the opposite of my goal… I’m really new at this and don’t know much technical stuff, so this is going to be a big post. This is the full story….
I’m 30 years old, 1,80 meters (5ft 11 in) and I used to weight about 75 Kgs (11st 11lb). I have something in between a small and medium frame. This was maybe 8 to 6 years ago. Then I had some bad years, with lots of stressful events in my life, and I was a heavy drinker (2/3s of a wiskey bottle per day) and heavy smoker (3 packs Marlboro reds a day – 20 cigarrets per pack). I was always drunk or hanged over, not eating and a complete mess. No drugs involved. I ended up losing a lot of weight and in the worst part of it I was with maybe 60 Kgs (9st 6 lb). I did stop drinking but I still smoke 3 packs a day. Got my life organized the best that I could and is now more or less stable. I gained some weight and was around 70 kgs (11st). Nonetheless, I felt really weak and not good about my self, seeing my self in the mirror so much thinner then I used to be. I asked around and people said I should begin lifting weights. They advised me that free weights were better for that and cheaper too. I cant afford the time and money to go to a multigym right now. Given my past years, I checked a doctor and he said that I was fine and could train this way.
This is what I’m doing so far. I have 3 routines that I rotate, and I do 2 every day (before dinner and going to bed).
1st routine (rowing machine) – 50 pushing forward, 50 pushing backwards
2nd routine: Press Ups – 20 reps; Crunches – 20 reps; Leg Raises 25 reps; Press Ups – 20 reps; V crunches – 20 reps; Press Ups – 20 reps; Hyperextensions 20 reps; Triceps Dips – 20 reps; Crossover crunches – 20 reps; Triceps Dips- 20 reps; leg raises 25 reps.
3rd routine (Dumb bells – 2kgs each – 20 reps in everything); Dumb-bell Press, side lateral raise, bent lateral raise, concentration curls, bench press, squats, seated shoulder press, upright row, pullover and triceps extensions.
So far, the positive things are that I fell more energy and more resistant. But I lost almost 5 kgs and am now with 65 kgs (10st 3lb).
So, what are your thoughts regarding my situation? Oh and btw, don’t say “quite smoking”, I can’t do that right now, keeping away from alcohol is still hard enough…
Thanks!