Experience help please? Going on holiday soon....

[AdamDougal]

Hi,
Not very often i post in here but i always have a flick through for useful tips etc.
My question is :-
Im going on holiday in september and i want to look as good as possible. Im currently 12st with a BMI of 24.1 and Body Fat% of 13.6 (not the slimest of people tbh! Carry a bit of fat but not alot!)

Im thinking id like to train some body parts more than 1/2 times a week. Main priorities would be chest and abs to be honest.
Can someone recomend a good training program i could maybe try please?
Personaly i think i would benifit from doing chest and abs 3x a week? Im unsure really but im still wanting to fit a good workout in there?

Sorry if my post seems a but unuseful/stupid just thought id ask for aome advice.
Thanks.

[lwigmore]

What's your current diet like? or do you just eat anything on the go?

Way i see it, abs are made in the kitchen/cardio, just work hard on cardio and eat well and your abs will show

[LScottBell]

Are you happy with your current weight? I would maybe drop my bmi down a little more nothing major but a nice cut diet then hit the weights. But thats fully up to you and your happy with how you are.

I just see building muscle with layers of fat above can make you look fatter tbh....


Im currently dieting 2000 calories 160+ gram protein in thier and lifting weights which should cause less muscle break down and the body focus more on the fat. I dont stick to the strictest of diets and always give yourself a *treat* or form of cheat day now and again or you will start to give up as a few of my mates have done in the past. Slow process at around a pound per week or so but works and i think you dont get that drawn in look?

Just something to think of but could even lose half a stone or so before september? If done slowly and training i think that in the 2 month thats your best option on the *look* side of thing.

Up to you though mate.. Best of luck

[AdamDougal]

Thanks for the advice to both of you really fo help!

As for my diet id say im doing good with it.

On a morning for breakfast i either have 2 brown fibre toast with beans and 1 egg
As a 'snack between dinner and breakfast i like to eat fat free yougart and oats.
Dinner i tend to have a jacket potato and caujua chicken
Again either as a snack/half meal i have oats and yougart again or a protine shake until i finish work and get hole which is usualy things like vegitables/meat/curry etc.

As for take aways and things i like to treat myself every second weekend.


I was thinking i may do cheat 3 times a week (i train 5 days a week usualy) and now and again mixing another muscle group in with chest. Then on my other days do a few muscle groups as well?
And also a fair amount of cardio as like you say id like to drop a bit of weight just to look more 'slimmer' type of thing.

Thanks for the advice/help .

[b0t13]

im in the same boat, however ive been a gym-goer for awhile,

for the best results of what u want, u need to do cardio cardio cardio,

and do some big heavy low reps workouts on the weights, but do more than just the chest and abs,

you wont have a 6pack doing abs in the gym within ur timeframe so forget that...

work on your upper body and cardio and get a better all round shape,

google scoobys workshop and read everything! then youll know 100% more on what to do,

also diet is the most important thing, if u eat too many carbs, your cardio for fat loss is pointless!

[AdamDougal]

Originally Posted by b0t13

im in the same boat, however ive been a gym-goer for awhile,

for the best results of what u want, u need to do cardio cardio cardio,

and do some big heavy low reps workouts on the weights, but do more than just the chest and abs,

you wont have a 6pack doing abs in the gym within ur timeframe so forget that...

work on your upper body and cardio and get a better all round shape,

google scoobys workshop and read everything! then youll know 100% more on what to do,

also diet is the most important thing, if u eat too many carbs, your cardio for fat loss is pointless!

Thanks for the info mate.
Iv been training now for quite some time but i just want to cut up and look a bit better haha!
Thanks for the advice!

[666saxo666]

My gym is full to the brim at the moment with people thinkin they can turn into the hulk in a month for summer. Then in the winter months they all jog on. What ya can achieve in a few weeks is minimal.

[Arfurski]

Id just do a lot o core work. Just do your press ups, sit ups and hyperextentions as u have to work on your back aswell. U dont need to go to the gym for all that so no excuses haha. A bit of jogging wouldnt harm ya either.