dungparker
Well-Known Member
Re: TASM Fitness Thread. Shirts off Challenge continues! YOU CAN DO IT by NOV 4
Thanks you lunaman ,
Find a beginner weight training program to follow (not just a vague number of pushups) and increase your protein and caloric intake by a mile. Get a proper program put together by someone with experience, like Strong Lifts or Starting Strength, and stick to it diligently for long enough for your body to train and grow. While eating a TON of clean fuels and lots of protein. Faffing around with "per day" numbers won't help you nearly as much as a structured workout plan will.
Pushups are great exercises and good for you, but they're not great for gaining mass specifically. Or course any challenging and consistent exercise will train your muscles to develop and respond, but certain lifts and weights are much much better for gaining mass.
For example, I can do 200 pushups in a row and execute between 400 and 500 pushups on training days, which is more than anyone else I know, and yet I am still a very lean and slim person, much smaller than most people I can crush in a pushup competition. I'm not training for size, so my regimen is not one I would recommend for someone trying to get gains that are 140% of their current weight. That person (you) needs to be building a strong strength platform first on which to then lift heavier and heavier weights in compound lifts. You need barbells and oats and chicken.
Here's a good starting resource for you:
index - gainit
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Thanks you lunaman ,