Hey!

Im a person with a really high metabolism, you can coun't me in in the "hardgainers" list. Im very skinny by default, 2 years ago I eat junkfood 3 times a week and still didn't weigh more than 149.6 lbs (that was actually the heaviest I've ever been)

Any way I adopted a new lifestyle some time ago by enrolling in a boxing gym for a year. Because of various reason's i've quit boxing and my current training plan is Cardio 3-5 days a week (it depends on my timetable) and Weight Lifting.

Lately I've become way more concious of my diet.

I don't really know if I should be cutting or bulking though. Right now im just eating as much healthy food as I can (tuna, salad, chicken breast, brown rice, etc.) Cause I did a serious cutting diet for a week but I looked way to skinny, not very attractive for the ladies.. haha.


So maybe you can give me some advice? Should I eat more or less?

Thank you!




Pd: Sory about the low quality picture, I have some more but don't know how to post more than one picture.

My chest looks bigger in the picture than what the mirror tell's me every morning.. I'm having trouble with my chest, it just won't get bigger.

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You should be lifting weights and eating well, bulking.


What does your lifting routine look like?

Hi Captnoblivious!

Usually my sets consist of reps of 10-8-6. I go along adding more weight each time. First I do back, then chest. I do some abs then. After the abs I do biceps and triceps. After that I finish with bench pressing again. The whole routine takes me 1 1/2 Hour. 30min of Cardio and 1 hour of weightlifting.

(English is not my native language, I know this doesn't give too much information but I don't know the names of the specifics in English or the names of the machine. I didn't come up with the routine myself, I explained the trainers of the gym my goals and they set it up for me)

Start lifting and use a real program.
*keep a lifting journal if you want to make progress. "adding weight each time" is not a program.

Eat with a goal in mind. In your case I would try to add muscle since it looks like you have never spent serious time in a gym. Not trying to hurt your feeling here but cutting now would just leave you skinny.

Thank you Jlone!

No feeling's hurt, thx for the advice, I'll start with that weight journal.

Since you took that in good stride here are some programs I recommend.

5/3/1:
http://www.flexcart.com/...efault.asp?m=PD

The Juggernaut Method:
http://www.flexcart.com/...PD&pid=3730

Thread on program design:
http://tnation.T-Nation.com/...f_that_dumb_one

Thx, i'll be taking them into account.

My birthday is on the 5th of January, expect a new post then showing my progress!

Last question: When bulking should I eat every two hours or three hours? (of course the right meals, not McDonalds or stuff like that)

Going to the Gym 5 times a week, should I supplement with Creatine?

Thank you LibertyPatriot,

I'll go for the 4000 calorie a day diet and report in two weeks.

Good to see someone take the advice given.