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I'd recommend looking up a good trainer in your area, and either paying for a series of sessions (since you're new) if you have the money, or paying for just one session ($50-$100) and getting them to write you up a diet and exercise plan to follow, based on where you currently stand. The best programs are generally ones custom made for you. You can then schedule follow-up sessions once a month, or every few months, to keep you motivated, give you milestones to hit, and allow the trainer to adjust your plan when it's necessary. If you flat out cannot afford a trainer (as I couldn't back when I started my own weight loss), this book is an excellent starting point: http://www.amazon.com/Mens-Health-Hard-Body-Plan/dp/1579542298/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265392807&sr=1-9
Feel free to follow up with me if you need more info.
http://www.amazon.com/Mens-Health-Hard-Body-Plan/dp/1579542298
This book helped me out sooo much when I started lifting seriously 15 years ago. I got an extra copy somewhere in the house if you're interested. Pm me.
Yup. :) Talk to the people at the front desk. Most gyms will even have a "free introductory session" to set you up for one of those programs. It can be a little expensive though. Alternatively, there's a ton of listings on craigslist.
When I first started going to the gym, I found it really useful to get a book. That's just the one I used, there are plenty of others, but it helped me.
>My lifts are with a 40 pound bar, started only able to do 6 reps, now I can do 20. The lifts are from [This Men's Health Book[(http://www.amazon.com/Mens-Health-Hard-Body-Plan/dp/1579542298). Also do 1 hour of cardio each day, and usually a 30 minute walk in the evening.
Your "lifts"? ALL of them are just the 40 lb bar? (I'm not checking out the book)
so you do "weight lifting", 3x a week and somehow you are "maxing out" doing only 40 lb lifts 3 times a week? I guess you did count walking as exercise so that all that logic kind of fits together.
>So it looks like I've been maxing out for 7 months... sounds like I'm doing the weight training right, then. And I'm probably about to slow down.
But you are not doing what a bodybuilder does, and wont get where you've convinced yourself you can by doing a fraction of what hard working bodybuilders do. Hopefully you just failed to mention how much weight you're putting on the bars, 40 lbs is a huge joke, especially if you've been doing the same weight for 7 months, that isn't the same as someone being stuck at 300 on bench.
Well, I guess since you bought a book you know better than anyone!
I had this problem when I first started lifting too. My advice would be to read up on some different exercises just to get an idea of what you can do at the gym. bodybuilding.com has a good list of exercises, and I've also used some books such as Men's Health Hard Body Plan.
After becoming familiar with some exercises, it becomes a lot easier to design a workout plan that suits your needs.
If you don't want to design your own plan, some of the routines others have suggested here are good for beginners too.
I have this 10 pound flat tire around my belly, so I've got 30,000 calories right there. Seems massive enough to me.
My lifts are with a 40 pound bar, started only able to do 6 reps, now I can do 20. The lifts are from [This Men's Health Book[(http://www.amazon.com/Mens-Health-Hard-Body-Plan/dp/1579542298). Also do 1 hour of cardio each day, and usually a 30 minute walk in the evening.
Also just saw a personal trainer last week and he gave me some new things to work on.
I don't have any pics, but trying to get to being able to see my abs -- even when I was 4 I had a beer belly (horrible family beach pics). I tried dropping meat, dairy, and processed foods to get rid of my acid reflux a year ago and my weight started dropping (and now I can have a serving of alcohol and not need a 2 Tums chaser, woot!). So now I can eat salads and stick to exercise, so hopefully somewhere in the next 6 months I'll get to see my abs at long last.