Ok, a few months i went to the services office and said i wanted to join the Army, well according to them, my height and weight ratio makes me a training hazard!.
I am probably 13 1/2-14 stone and 5 foot and a *** paper, well about 5’ 7-8", so now comes the time to step up my training. I am reducing weights a little, so i dont bulk out until after i joined up.
I take hydroxycut, every now and then, but i have seen my friends use another one (name not remembered) and i would like to try that aswell, if i went on a non stop course for 2 months using both constantly, do you think it would be safe?, but remember, i do not want to lose to much muscle, just shed excess fat, that i have a little of.
I totally agree with what Ironfist said. Doing twice as much is a real bad idea. IMO the whole line of thermogenic fuels and metabolic enhancers are bad, I wouldn’t recommend even doing a single dose per day. It’s cardio and heavy muscular endurance work you need combined with smart eating habits. Don’t go for any fad diets, drugs, or starvation routines to lose weight. Don’t overtrain in the opening couple of weeks or injuries will pop up out of nowhere, even if you think you are doing fine. There is no point in starting out balls to the wall and being shot out with a sore ankle or knee by week three. Once you get mildly acclimated to having your body breakdown and heal on a regular basis, increase the intensity as far as you can while still listening to the warning signs your body might give that you need to wane up.
Don’t reduce weight…stop buying into the myth that you are going to get huge in some small period of time from working out heavy. Work out intensely, then do cardio afterwards, or better yet do cardio on a seperate day. Pay close attention to what you eat as you would be wasting your time in the gym if you don’t eat properly. The whole endurance training to tone philosophy is BS and just another one of the countless bodybuilding myths.
The recommendation to start doing muscular endurance workouts is based on what he will be hit with in basic training. The army doesn’t care what your bench press or squat is, but they do care if you pass the PT test and can march all day with a full bergen on your back. Make things easier on yourself and train to get your muscular endurance up. Train what you’ll be required to do and save the weights until you are out of bootcamp.
well i will cut down on the suplements, but does anyone know howi can write out a good meal plan, taking in to account that i’m 17 and live with my mum :).
so aslong it doesn’t mean to much cooking, it’ll be fine.
Eat less. Eat more Vegetables and fruit. Drink a ton of water everyday. At least 4 litres. No soda, No chocolate bars no candies no potatoe chips. No Mcdonalds or any fast food for that matter. Oh yeah and just because your working out hard does’nt mean that you can eat alot you still need to maintan a healthy well ballanced diet.
For diet and excersise tis I like Mens health magazine they have a website as well.
There are a many things you can do to help your diet. If you want to spend a bit of cash maybe invest in a george foreman grill, although it’s not necessary. It makes cooking pretty easy and gets rid of a good amount of saturated fat.
Things you could change would be watching what you drink for starters…cut out as much processed fruit juice and pop and start drinking a lot of water, mineral water, and skimmed milk.
Eat lots of chicken breasts (grilled), as this is good tasting food that is also quite good for you. Another suggestion if you are in school is to bring your lunch and make it a turkey or roast beef sandwich, these are also good, similar to chicken in value and you can slather with mustard, as mustard isn’t fatty like mayo or most other condiments. I’m a meatatarian but I actually don’t mind the pre-packaged baby carrot sticks…they are pretty good as a mindless snack at work for me. Or even plain celery. You have to ease into changes to your diet, but the best way to get a rigid perfect diet is to stop looking at food as something you enjoy and simply look at it as fuel and nothing more. I know this is next to impossible…I know I can’t do it…but I thought I’d throw that out there too.
You don’t necessarily have to eat less to start dropping weight. Make some of the changes above and if you start losing weight great. If don’t lose weight then cut out some calories, approx. 500 in a day would do it, and you should see some results after a couple weeks. As your body stops losing fat reduce by a bit more until you are maintaining a satisfactory weight level. Hope things work out for you.
I went back to the office, deciding that the Royal Marine Commandos are for me, they have a 30 week training programme, the longest and the best in the west :). I was recommended to run 5-6 times a week doing 3-5 miles at a time, well i cant run, so does anyone know how i can increase my VO2max intake ASAP?.
As each marine is required to run 30 miles across bad terrain, with a full bergon and do it in under 8 hours, i need to build for this, any ideas?, thnx