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posted by bnielsen1504

Hey all -

My name is Blake Nielsen. I'm 20 years old, I have been lifting on and off since I was about 16. Just recently I decided to take it a bit more serious. I lift and do cardio every day. I now weigh about 165 and I'm 5'10. I'm trying to consume 200 g's of protein a day, but that's hard as hell.

I have two questions:

1 - How the hell am I supposed to get that much protein in my body?
2 - Is it ok to do cardio right after my weight training? It seems like it takes the blood out of the muscles I worked out and takes it other places.

Thanks,

Blake Nielsen

posted by bnielsen1504

Oh and P.S. - My goal is to gain a shit load of muscle and weigh about 185.

posted by cwshorns

you get that much protein in your body by eating all day long... i like to do my cardio in the morning by itself

posted by Dex

eat every 2 hours

posted by bnielsen1504

What am I supposed to be eating though? I have two shakes a day, each with 50 g's. I have tuna sandwiches for lunch and chicken with vegetables for dinner. I'm going to start with the egg whites... what else is there?

posted by Dex

eggs, tuna, chicken, steak, shakes, brown rice, oatmeal, peanut butter, etc...
where in Utah are you??

posted by JDIESEL

steak yummmm im eating some right now.....gotta love the perks of gaining weight lol

posted by bnielsen1504

I am from Layton but I live in Salt Lake to go to the U of U.

posted by Big A

man i dont know what you are doing wrong but 200g aint nothing i get 300-400 every day an im staying below 2600 cals most days, but as said above i eat almost every 2 hours. egg whites for breakfast, can of tuna about 2 hours later, venison steak, chicken, or fish steaks and some veggies for lunch, can of tuna 2 hours later, then chicken or something 2 hours later, workout, protein shake afterwards and good supper, then maybe eat again two hours later if there is time, good luck with it man :thumbs:

posted by bignready

also,you should'nt be lifting every day.you need time to recover and grow

posted by bnielsen1504

Ok there's another question I need help with. My workout is as follows:

Monday - Back
Tuesday - Chest
Wednesday - Arms
Thursday - Shoulders
Friday - Abs and Legs

Also, cardio every day.

Is there something wrong with this? Should I change anything? If I don't get sore does that mean I didn't get a good workout? and vise versa?

Thanks,

Blake

posted by Dex

whats your bodyfat?? any reason for doing cardio everyday? i would take wednesday as a rest day and bump everything forward a day so you have a rest on wed. and sunday.

posted by bnielsen1504

I'm not sure my body fat. It's gotta be low, I play soccer and I'm probably "skinny" compared to all you guys. It's probably like 8%

posted by bnielsen1504

That's really good advice. But that'll cut into my snowboarding time, damnit! I guess it's an acceptable price to pay.

posted by Dex

so do you need to run everyday for soccer?? if so i would take in alot more carbs then a regular person. youre burning alot of cals and carbs so eat lots

posted by bnielsen1504

I actually don't currently play soccer, I just said that to give a visual of my body type. I don't have to run... I just thought I was supposed to do cardio every day. I guess I assumed wrong. How often should I?

posted by Dex

well if you're 8% BF then you dont need to run. if you wanna do 10-20 minutes of moderate cardio a week for your heart you can. you need to eat more and forget cardio

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