new and needing HELP!!

[kbowen1]

Hey everyone, I am 21 years old and an experienced weight lifter. I am 5'6 and 140lbs. I am looking for something to take - hopefully a prohormone- that can help me cut unwanted fat, gain muscle and stregth, etc... ( I have been told that I am too young to take something like this, but age is not an issue to me). I want to look great for beach season )

P.S. I am looking at going into fitness modeling, does anyone have any suggestions as to how to start?

Thanks soooo much!
Kristi B

 

[needtogetaas]

Hey everyone, I am 21 years old and an experienced weight lifter. I am 5'6 and 140lbs. I am looking for something to take - hopefully a prohormone- that can help me cut unwanted fat, gain muscle and stregth, etc... ( I have been told that I am too young to take something like this, but age is not an issue to me). I want to look great for beach season )

P.S. I am looking at going into fitness modeling, does anyone have any suggestions as to how to start?

Thanks soooo much!
Kristi B

First off welcome to elite.

You will find that here on ef we will help you change your life not just get a drug.

Can you tell us a little bit more about yourself girl. Like height,weight, stats, work outs you may be doing and what your diet looks like.

 

[RADAR]

Welcome To Elite, we are glad to help,


I'm more interested in your diet than anything else, your 21, weigh 140lbs,at 5'6" Tall


And if you're interested in getting into modeling , My suggestion is to start BodyBuilding, and eating right,
All bodyparts should be worked each week.
You should be getting a gram of protein for every pound of bodyweight.thats just for starters.
A Great way to track your progress is to post up your Diet on fitday.com & keep a Journal here in the forum, there will be a ton of advice comming along soon, I hope you enkoy Your stay here Kristi


RADAR

 

[nefertiti]

Hi there! Welcome to the site.

 

[Thandie]

Hi, Welcome!!

If you're looking to get into fitness modeling. First, you need to start training hard, have a good diet and enter a figure or fitness competition. All the girls who model as fitness models are competitors and quite frankly if you want to look like one, best to become one.
We can help you get there to achieve that.
When you have a moment, post what you eat and drink and when. Also, what you are doing in terms of training.

 

[hurricane]

Hey everyone, I am 21 years old and an experienced weight lifter. I am 5'6 and 140lbs. I am looking for something to take - hopefully a prohormone- that can help me cut unwanted fat, gain muscle and stregth, etc... ( I have been told that I am too young to take something like this, but age is not an issue to me). I want to look great for beach season )

P.S. I am looking at going into fitness modeling, does anyone have any suggestions as to how to start?

Thanks soooo much!
Kristi B

i dont think a woman should ever take a prohormone .. no 1 truely knows what sides they will cause a person, much is up in the air on these

 

[slat1]

Kristi, smart choice coming to the womans forum. The ladies here are excellent resources. Take advantage of them!
Best of luck!

 

[kbowen1]

Thanks for the responses so far guys!!
As far as my diet goes, I eat pretty clean. This is my regular routine, I am a teacher:
Morning
1 cup egg whites
1/2 cup oatmeal
2 tbsp no sugar syrup

before school
protein shake

lunch
small salad (no dressing)
3 oz. turkey breast
10 almonds

after school
protein shake
rice cake
2 tbsp natural peanutbutter

hour before working out
4 oz meat
veggies
complex carbs

after gym
protein shake

(If I"m still hungry before I go to bed I'll have some egg whites - usually about 1/2 cup)

As I said before, I am 5'6 and about 140/150 (depending on what time I weight myself). 21 years old. I lift 5 days a week and do cardio 6 days a week. I lift each body part during the week and I do about 5 sets of 20 reps with almost everything I do. (I like to build muscle little by little and keep lean at the same time).

Thanks!!
Kristi

 

[Thandie]

Thanks for the responses so far guys!!
As far as my diet goes, I eat pretty clean. This is my regular routine, I am a teacher:
Morning
1 cup egg whites
1/2 cup oatmeal - Very good!
2 tbsp no sugar syrup

before school Good!
protein shake

lunch
small salad (no dressing)
3 oz. turkey breast (You need to have carbs. Vegetables and brown rice or sweet potato)
10 almonds

after school
protein shake
rice cake (Here you should have whole food with vegetables, quinoa, sweet potato, etc.)
2 tbsp natural peanutbutter

hour before working out
4 oz meat (Is that one hour before training? beef takes a very long time to digest. I'd suggest having something lighter then that, such as fish or have the beef at a different time if you must)
veggies
complex carbs

after gym (Try one shake per day and more whole foods rather then having processed foods.
protein shake

(If I"m still hungry before I go to bed I'll have some egg whites - usually about 1/2 cup)

As I said before, I am 5'6 and about 140/150 (depending on what time I weight myself). 21 years old. I lift 5 days a week and do cardio 6 days a week. I lift each body part during the week and I do about 5 sets of 20 reps with almost everything I do. (I like to build muscle little by little and keep lean at the same time).

Thanks!!
Kristi

You're doing very good. However, add more carbs into your diet.
In terms of cardio; if you're looking to build, 6 days of cardio is too much. I'd say 4 days of enough for now.
With weights, even if you go up to 20 reps, try to keep it as heavy as you can.

 

[kbowen1]

Thank you Thandie, I will add more carbs into my diet. I do try to go as heavy as I can with the weights. Does anyone have any suggestions on suppliments?

 

[needtogetaas]

Thank you Thandie, I will add more carbs into my diet. I do try to go as heavy as I can with the weights. Does anyone have any suggestions on suppliments?

Amp and lipo from agxsports.com great products for some one like you

 

[Thandie]

Thank you Thandie, I will add more carbs into my diet. I do try to go as heavy as I can with the weights. Does anyone have any suggestions on suppliments?

I don't know what supplements you're on now, but is beneficial to take fish oil at night, with dinner; glutamine in your shake, flax seed oil, ZMA will help you sleep better taken before bed and will add strength. I'd start with that for now. Is best to add supplements as you go rather then loading up with lots of them at one time.

 

[musclemom]

If you're looking to build muscle 5 x 20 is a LOT sets and reps. You'd be able to lift more weight if you dropped to 3 x 10 or 12 and you'd probably get better overall results, and I'm going to echo what everyone else said about 5 days being much. Muscles grow when you AREN'T in the gym, actually, if you do the right work IN the gym.

There's some good ideas about how to set up routines (and weight training in general) in either of these locations:

Weight Training, Exercise Instruction & Kinesiology

Workout ideas :: stumptuous.com

 

[princesa]

I don't know what supplements you're on now, but is beneficial to take fish oil at night, with dinner; glutamine in your shake, flax seed oil, ZMA will help you sleep better taken before bed and will add strength. I'd start with that for now. Is best to add supplements as you go rather then loading up with lots of them at one time.

I need to add this to my list. Thanx thandie!


Welcome to the board kbowen!

 

[ironwings]

welcome to ef!

 

[iggy]

i assume your in college. so don't drink often at all that will hinder your progress.
i know because i too am in college and it's hard but worth it.

 

[kbowen1]

I am really looking into prohormones, I am taking most of those suppliments now. I don't drink or smoke. I am in college but I am in my final semester/ student teaching (The last thing I want to do is see one of my kids at the bar ;o)) Anyhow, does anyone know any prohormones that work good for women? I don't want to end up taking something that I will regret.
Thanks so much for your help so far! This site is awesome.

 

[mommalu]

Hi kbowen1~
You will find so much valuable information here with the BEST support team!!
Welcome to EF!!

 

[musclemom]

I am really looking into prohormones, I am taking most of those suppliments now. I don't drink or smoke. I am in college but I am in my final semester/ student teaching (The last thing I want to do is see one of my kids at the bar ;o)) Anyhow, does anyone know any prohormones that work good for women? I don't want to end up taking something that I will regret.
Thanks so much for your help so far! This site is awesome.

Look, how long have you been watching your diet and how long, exactly, have you been seriously lifting?

As for prohormones, you're only 21, and if you haven't been lifting seriously for at least a couple of years, PARTICULARLY as a woman, then you'd just end up pissing your money away and possibly wrecking your health. If you've only been lifting for about a year or so you haven't even come close to maximizing your natural potential. Before you can even consider AAS you need your body fat way down (in the mid teens) you need to completely have diet and lifting utterly dialed in. Then you need to start educating yourself on all the chemistry involved.

 

[ironwings]

Would you list the supplements your taking? Musclemom has a great point. You'll find that you are creating havoc on your body for very little results. (I did this my first cycle and was sorely disappointed) What is your current bodyfat percentage?

For your workouts - I know tons have given you advice on this - but I find that three full body workouts are best for slimming down while building muscle. It is called high frequency training (you can probably find articles on it) and you are hitting your muscles three times a week using different exercises. I think you'll find your heart rate will be much more then of doing body part splits. You can start those when you are 12 weeks out from competition. Until then, I find them useless. Try 4 sets of 10 - 12 reps for upper body and 5 sets of 12 - 15 for lower. Lift enough weight so that at the last rep of your first set you are dying. Rest for 45 secs or so and go at it again. Keeping that rep range as a goal to hit for each set.

This also allows you to do more cardio without risk of injury or overuse. 30 - 45 minutes of some type of intense interval training will do the trick - on non lifting days. If you love cardio you can do a quick bit (12 minutes or so) after each strength session.

Lastly, I agree that you shouldn't take AAS at this point in your journey. However, I know us women are stubborn and if it is something you want you will do it no matter the advice and could possible ruin your body. . I would want you to do it as safely as possible. Please let me know if you are going to do it no matter what.

LipoFlame and LipoStim are great products to start with. Like Thandie said, add supplements gradually so you can be aware of what they are doing to your body and adjust if needed. If you add a bunch at one time and something doesn't feel right, how do you know which one is causing it? You can get those products I listed at: agxsports.com

So glad you are here!