Thread: Building Muscle/Working out

I started weight training in the 70's. I've been a member of Bill Pearl's gym in Pasadena, Brignole's Gym in Pasadena, and the original World Gym in Santa Monica (this was the one Joe Gold opened after he sold Gold's). I was a member of LA Fitness for many years until I got tired of getting colds and the flu. I now have my own home gym set up (now the only nastiness I have to worry about on gym equipment is my own).

Best tips I can give you are:

1) Be realistic about your goals - not everyone is genetically gifted to be a Ronnie Coleman (he'd be a big man even if he didn't lift, or use "other" things). You might be more of a Frank Zane. Just be the best YOU. At 25 you still have the advantage with plenty of endogenous hormones circulating.

2) Stay natural - drugs may give you fantastic results in the short term (very tempting when you are a young stud), but you may pay a heavy price in the long run (very regretable when you are older and hopefully wiser).

3) Use common sense and don't fall for all of the marketing hype that saturates the fitness industry. Do your homework. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Remember - most supplements come from good old whole foods. Don't throw your money away.

4) Stay basic with your training. Use compound exercises to maximise time and muscles incorporated. Squats, benches, dips, pull-ups, and dead-lifts (assuming no back injuries) should be the foundation of your program.

5) Have fun and don't go overboard - you'll burn out fast. Remember that rest is just as, if not more, important as training. Don't always lift heavy. Lighten it up once in a while.


Scott

Good tips so far from everyone and I will definitely agree with jockeys about the squats.

I am a free weight guy. Have bought various workout programs from a few fitness sites. I will give the links for the ones i have and I will say that if followed they do give results.

My biggest problem is the nutrition. Not enough consistancy...good one week horrible the next.

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