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Reaper
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- Nov 14, 2011
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Hey all I am new to all of this. Back in my twenties, I was in the Marines, and they helped makes sure I was pretty fit, but I could not gain mass. Here I am in my mid 30's and I have some mass, but a ton of fat to go along with it. I am 6'2" and 245-250 pounds. I need to loose a lot of weight and gain some muscle tone. I would also like to learn to build a good amount of muscle. I know that this is a long term life altering change. But I have no idea where to start.
I live way out in the sticks. There is no personal trainers, no gyms, no anything for almost 100 miles. There is no one in the area, that works out, and no one that is interested in partnering up. So a trainer and gym to help teach is not a possibility. No one in my family knows dick about nuterition (my mother is 5'2" 250, my father is 5'9" 245).
Here is what I have.
Brand new Bowflex Xtreme 2 SE. Upgraded to 400 lbs, with every attachment I could get.
Old school but functional treadmill.
almost every stupid marketing ploy "get skinny fast" BS thing out there, including a Total Gym.
I have a few free weights,
I bought the bowflex last year. I have never used it consistently. I bought it due to an incident a few years ago with free weights, where I tried to work to burn out, and dropped the bar on my chest with no one around. I have read pros and cons about it since then, but it is all I have.
OK so with some equipment, where do I start? How do I eat, how do I lift? How do I train. I have read and read and read. For one way to do things there is 10 different write ups telling you not to. I have tried every gimmick diet out there. Only one that kind of worked was Adkins. I felt like crap after about a month, but I lost a ton of weight. I could not see making this a forever deal
OK so I admit I am ignorant at all of this, but I have a willingness to learn, and a desire to finally rid myself of this shame. Please help if you can. I will answer any question as honest as I can.
Thank You
I live way out in the sticks. There is no personal trainers, no gyms, no anything for almost 100 miles. There is no one in the area, that works out, and no one that is interested in partnering up. So a trainer and gym to help teach is not a possibility. No one in my family knows dick about nuterition (my mother is 5'2" 250, my father is 5'9" 245).
Here is what I have.
Brand new Bowflex Xtreme 2 SE. Upgraded to 400 lbs, with every attachment I could get.
Old school but functional treadmill.
almost every stupid marketing ploy "get skinny fast" BS thing out there, including a Total Gym.
I have a few free weights,
I bought the bowflex last year. I have never used it consistently. I bought it due to an incident a few years ago with free weights, where I tried to work to burn out, and dropped the bar on my chest with no one around. I have read pros and cons about it since then, but it is all I have.
OK so with some equipment, where do I start? How do I eat, how do I lift? How do I train. I have read and read and read. For one way to do things there is 10 different write ups telling you not to. I have tried every gimmick diet out there. Only one that kind of worked was Adkins. I felt like crap after about a month, but I lost a ton of weight. I could not see making this a forever deal
OK so I admit I am ignorant at all of this, but I have a willingness to learn, and a desire to finally rid myself of this shame. Please help if you can. I will answer any question as honest as I can.
Thank You