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-Fitday.com
use this website to track exactly what you're eating every day (at least until you get good at counting your calories on your own). You can't possibly know how much you're eating if you don't count your calories. Try to hit the goals established by the BMR calculator. Use the foods in the "BB grocery list" tab of bmrcalculator.xls as healthy food choices.
-"Top 25 ways to pack on mass" is a word document about basic info that anyone needs to know. Read it because its important, it gives you tips on how to make sure you eat enough.
-How hard should I train?
Take a look at the video below.
-"Stronglifts Free Ebook" is an ebook that is a must read. Read it, learn it, listen to what it says as far as eating and training goes. Follow that routine as your first training routine. It's free!!!
-Stronglifts.com is a no bull site about working out. read BOTH of their FAQ's. the links are below:
Strength training FAQ
Weight Lifting FAQ
-"Program Templates" is an excel file of all different workout routines. You input your weights and it creates a program based on your max. use this after you've done the stronglifts 5x5 routine.
-Nutraplanet.com is where I buy my supplements from.
All The Whey Whey Protein Blend Protein powder: This is good inexpensive protein to start off with. All The Whey also makes zero fat isolate too!
CytoSport Weight Gainer: This is a great tasting weight gainer.
Nutraplanet Fish Oil: Everyone should be taking this. Get the big tub and give some to your parents, siblings, dog, cat (I break a cap open and give it to my cat she LOVES it!). Its an anti-oxidant and has great heart benefits. Also has great benefits for your hair, skin, nails, and eyes. Google it if you aren't convinced yet!
-Weight gainer shakes are great. But remember, you can always add more calories! Try throwing in some peanut butter, yogurt, frozen strawberries, ground up oats, cottage cheese, or olive oil to add more calories! My favorites to add are peanut butter and olive oil. The peanut butter gives the shake a great consistency and flavor, and the olive oil adds healthy Omega 6 and Omega 9 fatty acids that our body needs.
-Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe aka "The Bible"
This book teaches you how to do many of the needed exercises correctly. It's $30, but I can guarantee you it's the best $30 you'll ever spend if you are serious about packing on mass. Notice how all the websites I'm linking to are free--this is the only thing I'm asking you to spend money on--there's a reason for that. This book teaches you the correct way to squat, bench, deadlift, overhead press, and power clean. If you have knee problems and can't squat, get this book anyway and your knee problems will be gone once you start squatting correctly.
Mark Rippetoe has his own forum at strengthmill.com that you can check out while you're waiting for your book to arrive. Here's the link.
-Crossfit.com
Crossfit is the exercise of the future. Soon enough, it will be as popular as jogging, weightlifting, and yoga. Go to the website to check it out. I normally do one or two crossfit workouts a week for cardiac benefits, to get my heart pumping, and to change things up a little bit.
