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Originally Posted by Bryan G
Hey Guys,
I am in need of a new program for the gym. I know Phil at Choppa knows his shit so hopefully he sees this :-).
I am looking for program for the gym. Back in Jan I broke my jaw and as a result I started to lose a lot of weight (which was good, I needed to). I went from 190 to 158lbs which is where I am now. I am happy with that, I want to be around 160lbs. My diet is pretty good now as I am basically following the Wheat Belly diet (Low Carb, High Fat/Protein. No Grains)
So just looking for a program at the gym to help me maintain where I am at now and get some more definition.
Thanks in advance!
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My advice is this.
You're just going to get more and more confused with extraneous details and arguments and discussion and endless contradiction.
Read bodybuilding.com every day.
Look at it as if the most anyone knows there is 60% and they are making up the other 40% to sound cool and smart and like an "expert"
Eventually, you'll start noticing the same 60% again and again and again and that certain principles remain unchanging. Those are the only things you really need to understand.
Make just a token effort to educate yourself by reading that forum/articles daily.
You'll start to see that diets the same goals are basically the same.
Workouts for the same goals are basically the same.
It will start to seem so clear and simple that you'll be thinking for a while "it must be more complicated than this", but its really not. There is the 60% that are the unchanging fundamentals and the 40% which is everyone's "look at me" irrelevant bullshit.
You need a lifestyle change and it has to be a part of your lifestyle. You're not going to make that happen with "hey guys, give me a plan so i don't have to learn, think or understand".
You are already following a fad diet based on flawed science which has been proven wrong again and again and again in study after study in the last 5 years. Now you are asking others to think for you about workouts. I understand why and i'm not trying to make fun of you or your scarf and understand its confusing. I'm just saying that you won't be any less confused or more confident or have a better understanding without taking some control yourself.
If you want this to be a lifestyle change, you have to be the one educating yourself through reading, through watching others in the gym, asking questions of those who know etc.
You need to clearly understand your goals, define your goals and tailor your diet and training to those goals if you wan to achieve them. You don't get to say "i want to eat pizza and look like Arnold or "i want to be a vegetarian and compete in Mr Universe" or "i want to eat low carb and bulk up". Diet and goals have to be in sync. A very very very basic education and very limited experience is enough in terms of understanding what to do. However, making sure your form is good (its likely not), your effort is enough (its likely not), making sure you are getting enough water, enough sleep, that supplements, diet and nutritional timing are in order and so on are all factors to consider which will determine gains. People can talk about what workout routine to follow until they are blue in the face but if your form is horrible, your effort sucks, your intensity is low etc.,... you'll just be wasting your time anyway.
I think Michael Mathews said it best in Bigger Stronger Leaner - basically we are always confused "there is so much contradictory information and opinions and people claiming their way is the best way, or where they try to be unique and give unique advice to appear as the expert because the simple truth is that "follow these easy 3 steps" doesn't sell books, workout dvds or supplements or personal training". But its not really that complicated. It just feels that way initially because of the massive fog of peoples consant bro science bullshit. The more you believe you need to rely on others for "expert advice" and direction without understanding yourself, the more confused you'll be as you'll keep getting contradictory advice, you'll be bombarded with irrelevant tiny details such as the physiology and biochem involved and you'll always get varying and contradictory opinions.
Never forget that almost all advice people give are not based on you, your needs, your lifestyle, your goals etc but based on their own. That is also not helpful.
Make reading bodybuilding.com a habit. Skim it daily. read articles etc. After a while, you'll realize the common themes with diet and training for specific goals and you'll have all the info you need to achieve your own goals. "What to do" is just a tiny part of it. As i've said, correct form, intensity, sleep, hydration, diet, nutritional timing, supplements etc also matter... and "what should my workout routine be" won't help you there, when everything else is not in order.