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I am a 17 year old male weighing in at about 200-205 pounds. Last summer I worked out without a solid plan and lost about 30 pounds. This summer I want to lose 30+ pounds and gain muscle. I will be joining the gym and also have some free weights of my own.
Below is a plan I have come up with to gain muscle and lose weight. I haven't put in the sets/reps yet so I will have to do that later when I find out what my limit is for each exercise. For the aerobic ones I did put how much time because I know that I can do them.
The plan itself is 10 weeks long each with two weeks being a session, so 5 sessions in total. Each session I will increase the reps/sets by a little.
I know that working out 7 days a week for 10 weeks is a lot but I will only work on a specific body part like twice a week.
Please tell me what you think of my plan which is listed directly below and if it will help me lose weight and gain muscle. Thank You.
Session 1: Week 1 [June 8 - 14] Mon
Chest: Dumbbell Flys / Dumbbell Press / Pushups*
Triceps: French Press / Triceps Extension / Close-Grip Bench Press Abs: Ab Crunch Machine Cardio: Treadmill Walk 1 HR. / Elliptical 30 Min.
I am a 17 year old male weighing in at about 200-205 pounds. Last summer I worked out without a solid plan and lost about 30 pounds. This summer I want to lose 30+ pounds and gain muscle. I will be joining the gym and also have some free weights of my own.
Conflicting goals can really put a damper on feelings of accomplishment.
Wanting to gain muscle while losing a lot of weight is sort of like saying I want to run a marathon yet only train using the bench press. Things don't work out in the end.
I'd select one area of focus and train for it.
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Below is a plan I have come up with to gain muscle and lose weight. I haven't put in the sets/reps yet so I will have to do that later when I find out what my limit is for each exercise.
Your limit shouldn't determine your sets and reps.