protein intake and hormones

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KarateKid7

Seven Star knows his stuff he has lots of knowledge. I would also like to give you some info on the topic of Nutrition. I have searced for years for solid and easy to understand info on the subject. It can be pretty confusing and its difficult to eat like all the info tells you. Instead of me posting lots of info here try to find a book in your local library called

Power Eating by Susan M Kleiner. I have the second edition.If you are serious about gaining weight (MUSCLE) read that book and train hard.

Good luck

ps I would assume that you being in education means you attend school. Do they not have a Gym facility you can use cheap.

[SevenStar]

I do bicep curls 8 repsx2 sets, bench press with dumbells 10repsx3 sets. And thats about it really. For legs, I practice kicking with weights on my legs and I do 2 sets of 5 with high weight and then take the weights off and do 1 set of 10 on each leg.

honestly, I think I'd re-evaluate and pick a different goal, as you don't have access to what you need in order to get big. getting big from a weight training stand point is based on two principles

1. lift big to get big - muscles by nature are lazy. you have to make them do something, otherwise they do the minimum to get by. by lifting heavy, you are forcing the muscle fibers to grow and adapt - they have to in order to do the work.

2. the size principle - this ties in with what I said above, really. muscle fibers must be recruited in order to work. if you are lifting light weight, not all of the muscle fibers will be recruited - as I said, they are "lazy" for sub maximal effort, smaller, slow twitch fibers ONLY are recruited. With heavier weight, the fast twitch fibers get recruited. This is when you grow. This is why you can't lift light weights to failure and not gain mass... it just doesn't work that way.

If I were you, I'd focus on bodyweight exercises and the few weight bearing exerci8ses that you can do, focusing on being as fit as possible. I wouldn't suggest put a serious effort into gaining mass until you have the proper means to do so.

[KarateKid7]

Thanks to both of you for your valued help. Much appreciated.

[ckd-student]

I drink it and after 15 mins I go do my workout. i heard it take more effect then