Hi guys, I have no idea where that picture came from, but I'm posting it here for your benefit. Now that you have an idea about eating the right things or avoiding the wrong ones, let's continue with the sexy lessons.
BODY TYPE, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
To start, an important question to answer is: what's my body type? This is important so you can honestly assess the effort you need to exert to get to your goal. You have to know what you're working with and adjust your LIFESTYLE according to that(lifestyle ah, meaning no short term goals through whatchamacallit diets. Don't plan to get back to being out of shape after all the hard work. ) If someone tells you to follow a certain diet guaranteed to apply to all situations, batukan mo siya and say "Gago."
We all have our own goals and challenges.
Avoiding the boring terms, there are three body types:
1) The Fatty, where I would say the most unfortunate but not hopeless. You're gonna have trouble seeing your abs.
2) The Skinny, where everything you eat will have almost no effect on your weight gain, you'll have abs, but it'll be an effort keeping the guns pumped.
3) The Lucky, ala Derek Ramsey, magtoothbrush lang lumalaki na biceps... Die.
I'm pretty sure you have an idea on where thou falls under, but if not, google "tests" to determine your body type. I know of one where you make balot your wrists using your middle daliri and thumb... So conyo. Gutom na ata ako, english... Depleting.
Here's what you should focus on in terms of workouts.
IF YOU'RE THE FATTY TYPE
If you're the Fatty type, you'll be at the most disadvantage. Do not lose hope, extra-effort lang katapat niyan.
This means your METABOLISM is slow, you have to focus on speeding it up. (I'll be posting about metabolism next time, which I think is one of the most important concepts EVER)
For now, your main workout should revolve around CARDIO and STRENGTH development. (Note that cardio is not all about running. There are more effective ways to get your cardio fixed. But if that's what you like doing, go ahead.) Up your cardio twice or thrice a week, first goal is to lose the flubber.
Strength development is different from MASS GAINING. The latter is more for showing off to the opposite sex. I don't suggest you put on more mass as much as the Skinny dude, you wanna look like a blimp? You develop your strength to enable you to do more EFFECTIVE workouts, and increase your metabolism due to the increase in muscles. If you're a girl, I'm pretty sure all you'll say is "I only wanna do cardio, I don't want to look like a she-hulk." Woman, I'm telling you right now, unless you stuff yourself with testosterone and drink protein shakes with your every meal, THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN.
IF YOU'RE THE SKINNY
For the Skinny dudes, congrats, not much cardio for you. (but don't cut it out completely) You can probably eat like there's no tomorrow. Just adopt workouts that would allow you to pack on pounds. What are they? Workouts that require you to lift heavy, and allows you to rest for a min or two to be able to lift heavy again. Focus on lifting weights that would tire you after 8-12 reps. (This will not really work for the Fatty types because those guys need to keep their heart rates up during the workout).
Why 8-12 reps? Well scientists say that when you lift enough weight that allows you to fail between 8-12 reps, you use enough resistance to create what gym rats call "hypertrophy", meaning you literally increase the volume of your muscles.
I understand there would be crossfitters who would disagree about the resting period, but this is for beginners who want to look good first. Next time na yung ultimate fitness na iyan, ang mahal mahal ng membership eh.
An example of a skinny dude would be Brad Pitt, in most of his roles he looks awesome, but when you look at his workouts, they're pretty simple. He just packed on mass to his skinny frame, and viola, laglag panty mga babae. So Skinny dudes, go google compound workouts for mass gaining.
THE LUCKY
For the Lucky types.. Wtf are you still doing here, go away. You don't need this guide. Haha I kid I kid. But seriously, you don't need my help.
*I'll give more details on these concepts next time, it's good enough to know what you need to work on... and this note is getting too long.
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