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hey everyone, like i said im new to this forum...so heres abit about me...

age 25
height 5'6
weight 180 lb

aim to add good quality mass until may and then for 3 months cut down before my hols in august.

Could someone tell me if my diet and training is in order

typical days diet

8am 1 bowl of porridge 1 30g protein shake
11am 1 apple
12.30pm chicken salad sandwich on wholemeal
4pm pre work out 1 banana and 40g protein shake
6.30 post work out (same as pre work out)
8pm chicken breast veg and wholemeal pasta
10.30pm 23g protein shake

training - 4 excersies per body part with 1 warmup set and 3 working sets

monday - chest & triceps
tuesday - legs & abs
thursday - shoulders & biceps
sunday - back and traps

any feedback would be great

thanks ;)

Hi Pete, welcome to the forum.

Your diet seems ok for mass, and for your weight. However, the only things i would change is to have 100g porridge oats before training with protein and maltodextrin after training... or dextrose which would be better.
I found EAS Phosphogen to be of excellent use, ive been using this for post workout myself. 1 small scoop will give you 35g dextrose and 5g creatine.
Switch to ethyl ester when dieting to avoid water retention.

Add some oats before bed also, you wont get fat if you eat carbs before bed... its a myth!

I have no carbs at the mo before bed but thats only so i can lower my glycogen levels even further for when i get up in the morning to burn fat.

So, keep the carbs in mate 8)

thanks for that... i may struggle with getting to eat porridge before i train due to being at work....maybe buy some quaker oat bars instead... thanks for the advice, at least i know im on the right track!! :)

Blend the oats with whey and water. You can leave it in a shaker all day and it wont go off... nice and simple.

Blend it... drink it... save time! 8)

Hi Guys,

I am also new to this forum and wondered if i may have some advice?

I have been weight training almost a year now and want to push myself harder but there is a few things i know i should do which i already dont!

I need to vari my workouts more and use more free weights, but everybody part i work i will do the same excercise everytime! i need to know the best way to learn new excercises, i mean i dont even do deadlifts, or squats which i know is terrible!

secondly my diet is as follows and just wondered if anyone could let me know if and where i can improve:

  meal 1 (7:30 am)   70g porridge

                (9:am)       whey protein shake

  meal 2 (10:30am) 1 chicken breast / rice

  meal 3 (12:00pm)   ready meal - cottage pie

  meal 4 (2:00pm)  jacket potatoe /tuna / cheese

                (4:00pm) banana x2

  meal 5 (5:30  x1 can tuna / salad / whey protein shake

                6:30 pm - 8:00 pm TRAINING

                (8:00pm whey protein shake)

  meal 6  (roast chicken/potatoes, veg

thanks guys

lukey

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Hi Guys,

I am also new to this forum and wondered if i may have some advice?

I have been weight training almost a year now and want to push myself harder but there is a few things i know i should do which i already dont!

I need to vari my workouts more and use more free weights, but everybody part i work i will do the same excercise everytime! i need to know the best way to learn new excercises, i mean i dont even do deadlifts, or squats which i know is terrible!

secondly my diet is as follows and just wondered if anyone could let me know if and where i can improve:

  meal 1 (7:30 am)   70g porridge

                (9:am)       whey protein shake  (have protein with oats, not later)

  meal 2 (10:30am) 1 chicken breast / rice

  meal 3 (12:00pm)   ready meal - cottage pie (Pants, same as 10.30 OR 2.00pm)

  meal 4 (2:00pm)  jacket potatoe /tuna / cheese

                (4:00pm) banana x2

  meal 5 (5:30  x1 can tuna / salad / whey protein shake

                6:30 pm - 8:00 pm TRAINING

                (8:00pm whey protein shake) (100g maltodextrin, 40g whey isolate instead... you have whey and no carbs, carbs are needed first to replenish glycogen stores)
  meal 6  (roast chicken/potatoes, veg

thanks guys

lukey

Hi Lukey, welcome to the forum mate.

If you aint dead lifting or squatting then why not? I dont do them personally becouse my struture isnt built for them but give them a try and see what happens?

As far as different exercises go, buy some bodybuilding dvds... john hodgsons is good and imformative. Worth buying, i know the guy ive learnt plenty from him!

http://www.john-hodgson.com , buy from his site.

Hope this helped a little 8)

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