Hello!

I'm kind of new to the whole thing and want some info on supllements. I bought some Body Fortress stuff the other day but am unsure how much to take and when etc. Help me! Cheers people,

Newbie

before you get some answers, you should know that its best to do the research first before you spend your money.

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cool, thanks for the advice. do you have any tips you can give me?

what did you get?

creatine, protein, vitamins, etc

Its Body Fortress Muscle and Weight gain powder, like a protein shake. What do you think? Should i be using it? Alos any other tips on working out at home and not in a gym or is that catastrophic?!

What's Body Fortress Muscle? Is that like a creatine? Weight Gainer is fine, take it to reach your daily calorie intake goals. Take a protein shake after ur workouts with water or juice so u can get some protein in ya after ur workouts.

I workout at home but I have a hard time doing leg workout so I go to the gym for that. Don't have a squat rack.

Yeah Body Fortress is a muscle and weight gainer? How do you do certain exercises at home? Actually, alittle more about you...how long have you benn lifing etc coz i need advice generally and to discuss various things with other lifters.

gainers are protein, carbs and fat. calories in powder form. very good to have when someone cant eat a certain amount of calories or meals each day.

i've been lifting at home for 11 years. if you plan on competing, you need to join a gym. but if you're doing this for yourself, working out at home will fit the bill.

a basic bench, barbells, dumbells, enough weights are the basics. when i needed a squat rack, i made on myself. when i needed a chin bar, i made that myself too.

a squat is a squat, a bench press is a bench press. doesnt where or how much the equipment you use is.

Ok cool. I actually just joined my local gym and am gonna go tomorrow for the first time. I don't really know much about all the machines and weights but hope to pick it up pretty quickly. What do you recommend? What sort of things should i look out for etc.? I'm scared that im gonna get hooked on it and end up over exercising you know, like wanna try out all the equipment and stuff. Anyway, any pointers?

U can check out exercises online like... http://www.abcbodybuilding.com/

Then u can pick like whichever ones are more interesting to ya. I like free weights over machines. This way u can go into the gym and know what u want to do already. Have u figured out how u gonna do ur workouts? 3, 4, or 5 day split? 30,60,90 min workouts? stuff like that I guess. It's nice to have a gameplan when u start working out. Kinda sets things in perspective.

You can check out this basic training program.

Whatever you do, don't do it all. Or else you will be a bit too sore, probably not like it and never come back. The slow wins this race.

If you haven't, you should read The Basics by Twin Peak.

Welcome to DB newbie.. you will have to change your name to something because if you hang around here you won't be a newbie for too long.

Ha! Definitely! Thanks for all the advice people, I'll let you know how it all went. I already read the basics so will keep that in mind. Anyway, best b off. Later!

Hey i went to abcbodybuilding.com and its great! It tells you so much...for free! I had no idea there were so many exercises, should i be doing all of them or only concentrating on a select few. I iknow all about only exercising certain muscle groups per workout so should i be trying to all of them? Please help. Thanks people!

Just start slow and work on getting your form right for free wieghts and learning how to use the machines correctly, then start increasing your lift weight. When I first started lifting two years ago, the first week and a half your body goes into a total state of shock and you hurt like you've NEVER hurt before. I know I lost a lot of sleep that first week.

Like MDA said don't try to do it all. Get in, stretch out, lift and then go home and let yourself have a day of rest from the gym. If you can spring for a couple of training sessions, they can go through all the machines thoroughly and you'll have a handle on how to do it right.

I agree with you PAL. You'll get far better results performing free weight excersizes and machine, practicing the proper form.