Ask questions. If there are answers worth putting in the OP Kim or I will edit. Doesn't have to be just about gym, it can be related to cycling, kayaking, cardio or whatever.

1: General beginners info - read this first!





2: I want exercises I can do at home






3: I'm thinking of signing up to a gym









4: Random Info




If you're trying to lose/maintain weight suits advice is great. If trying to gain weight suits info is also good, except do the opposite, eat as much as humanly possible before 20mins ie: before your brain tells you you're full.

what about those of us who have literally no upper body strength and struggle to do just 20 push ups?

what do we do?

start with less.

if you have to start with sets of 10, do it. if you have to start with sets of 5, do it. its all about gradual progression. as long as you are doing it consistently you will get better, fast.

Yep, in regard to the workouts it's more about the structure rather than the actual number of reps posted, there's never a problem in changing things up to suit your abilities. Like Kim said, you will notice some fairly quick improvements over the first few weeks, so keep it up!

I would like to put on a little weight, I eat heaps but nothing changes.
I can't be fucked going to the gym, and don't really feel comfortable being around a bunch of macho guys so something from home would be gr8.
Will pushups help with this? Or should I get some weights?

heres your problem

also like 75% of people in most gyms are women running on the treadmills, don't be a cry babby

Give the OP beginners info a read.

To actually put on some weight, weights will be the way to go. Bar bell and a couple dumbbells even. In general you don't have to do as much as you'd think for small gains. You're also not eating enough (clearly if you're not putting on weight) but you need to be doing some form of resistance training otherwise you'll literally just put chubby fat on. Resistance training will also increase your appetite.

You'll also find if you were ever to join a decent gym with 'macho guys' that 99% of those macho guys are actually really chill, especially the bigger guys as they're serious about what they do. The ones that walk around going 'my dicks bigger than yours' are usually the less serious faggots.

also you may known dv from a nqxi roam I got him to come along too a year or 2 ago

Hi m8, I don't know where you live but the gym near me costs a ridiculous amount per year, is almost always full when I actually have time.

I'm sorry that I don't enjoy spending travel time and hanging out with a bunch of other sweaty people when I'd rather be at home after work.

Chunky: You are probably right, I guess the people I know from highschool and Uni who went to gyms have no doubt coloured my perception because they were macho dick measuring types.

Perhaps I don't eat enough, but I eat slightly more then most people I know, and at least the same as most people I know who have weight problems. I can't forsee me being able to eat more without bloating myself so maybe it's my diet? High in sugar and protein? idk will read op links~

well you can keep making excuses for not doing it but thats not really what this forum is for son.

I'm not making excuses, I'm simply saying I don't want to go to the gym. I make no apologies for that, that's why I asked "will pushups be enough~~" m8r

Have been reading through the OP links, lots of stuff from heaps of different places makes it a little hard to digest but most of it seems to be you need to start off small, work ur weight up, and lifting more is better then doing lots of reps for small stuff.

Is my diet super important? Or is just eating lots of protein like I usually do, combined with the lifting of weights likely to do the trick over a period of time?