erm.. i am 180 cm with weight 63kg underweight... erm i have a question here... i heard my friend who do gym too said" u have to train ur chest, back be4 u train ur arm... is that true? cuz my arm is skinny especially the inner arm which can the bone can be seen... hope have a proper guide thank...

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Added on July 15, 2011, 10:36 pm
erm... if wish to gain muscle? mean grow bigger muscle cuz i am skinny too... i should drink whey protein or mass gainer? i bought ON whey protein ady T_T

if that must have "muscle pain" feeling after workout in order to show the muscle is growing? Because after me doing the same routine 2-3 times the "muscle pain" feeling gone(arm muscle like biceps,triceps still got little feeling after workout,but for abs don have the feeling....is that normal?)

Correct me if im wrong:

so its better to do squat and deadlift which stimulate more muscle rather than dumbbell curl which only stimulate the biseps?

but people cannot do squat and deadlift everyday because its too much for our body which might cause counter-production

sry to say, you are not bright either. try understanding the question before answering like an *******

Oops. Didn't expect a female will answer my ques  . Anyhow thanks for the reply. What bout guys?

Not to come across as rude but the point he is trying to make is:

When it comes to training, there is no difference between men and women.

If you want to be nit picky, the only real difference is the amount and location fat is stored on the different genders (and our reproduction 'plumbing' of cos but that has nothing to do with weight training) so it shows differently (like the chest, thigh, ass). Muscle is all the same - we don't grow muscle at the same pace only because women lack testosterone. Not because there is a marked difference in how we are 'supposed' to train.

BOTH men and women who are serious about weight training should do BOTH squats and dead lifts. If there is a preference, it is because people have different goals (Sexy A is prioritizing a juicy ass as opposed to Sexy B who wants beautifully defined back-though both are excellent compound exercises for full body) and maybe they hate the burn they feel from having to do certain body parts (ie-mikehuan hates leg days).

Please eliminate the idea that gender matters in the case of training. Think about you goals instead - what is it you want?

Again, I maintain - why choose between the two? Quite frankly, your question makes no sense if you want a full body exercise (and you are injury free).

Im confused - You mean you only tried squats once? Or you have never tried Dead Lift?

Awww poor baby. What you experienced is why mikehuan and I hate leg days. Arms/Upper body sakit different when legs sakit - can minimise movement for upper body but how to not move legs or lower body? Cannot stay in bed all day..

My gym no power rack so I no do traditional barbell squat - I do smith squat and split squats. My max rep with smith squat is about 45 kg. Want to cry after that, damn shaky. But I know if you try to ask me do barbell squat, I think just the bar is all I dare do because I am not confident my stabilization muscles strong even with my split squats and lunges to train it.

Once I join a gym with power rack I update and see how many kg I can barbell squat

Yeah i only tried once as i'm not expert or prof in BB. I joined gym less than 2yrs actually so i rather not risking smtg which is out of my league. I'm still learning actually 

howdy guys! i'm soooo new in this forum as well as bodybuilding. been working out since past few months & need some advice from u gurus. i think i hv a problem with my shoulder growth since i couldn't lift enough weight. i bench 45kg (toldcha im new) but could only do 6-7kg lateral raise. is it normal?

thats a pretty good advice man. thanks a lot! all this while ive been thinkin dat there must be something wrong, either my shoulders r too weak or im not doing it in proper form

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Added on November 27, 2012, 8:28 am

1x bdweight? r u serious bro? im 75kg, does dat means ive to press the same weight? aiyoooo...

Just need a confirmation here. I understand from the posts that squats and deadlifts are necessary if we are to push our body to it's full potential but so far, for the past 2 months of gym work outs, i've only used machines and nothing of deadlifts.

Is that bad?

Funny as it seems but i just did a body assessment and apparently, i lost 0.5kg fat mass from the trunk area but i've gained 0.2kg fat mass on each of my legs -.-

Gained 1.2kg muscle mass on the trunk area and lost 0.6kg muscle mass from each leg.

The rest of my body remained unchanged.

Now, the muscle mass lost number is worrying and i think this is probably due to me not stuffing enough calories before i hit the gym or is there any other explanation?

In respect of the fat mass gained on each of the legs -.- i really do not know what the hell happened, my diet has been the same since the last time i did the assessment and my workout routine has been maintained (with several occasions of increasing the weights)

The only thing that i did extra was a 2.5KM threadmill at 8.5 speed and i've increased my protein intake (eggs, beancurd and whey shakes)

The trainer attended to me told me i've not stressed my muscles enough but does that equals to fat mass gain ?