Citizen? said:
@drew21:
I'd say I have quite balanced eating habbits. I eat vegetables everyday, cooked vegetables once or twice a week, fish once a week, about every second week meat, drink only mild mineral water and juices, one or two glasses of milk a day . . .
Maybe I should reduce my chocolate consumation, but besides that I think my eating habits are quite well.
I'm slim, the Body Mass Index says, I have the ideal weight for my height, so I don't need to burn any fat before I can start gaining muscles.
So if you only eat meat once every 2 weeks, and fish once a week, what are you eating the other times? You should be eating lean protein with every meal. Meat, poultry, fish, eggs, etc. Also, the BathmateI is not really an accurate measurement. According to it, I'm obese by a longshot. But I have very low bodyfat and am in good shape. Body composition is a much more accurate measurement to go by.
For the legs I thought to use the hometrainer or go jogging for half an hour.
Nope. By working your legs, he means doing things like squats and deadlifts. Doing heavy leg work is the fastest way to grow big muscles, or get stronger, leaner, or whatever your goal may be. Obviously you can't do those things yet, but doing things like step-ups or lunges with your dumbbells will be a decent substitute until you can get in the gym.
Which, by the way, if you have a spare half an hour three times a week, that's plenty of time in the gym to get great results.
@ggogeta:
Something in between I'd say. I want to become stronger and get a better endurance. So no Schwarzenegger body but also no African-marathon-runner-body.
I wanted to know if there's a sense in starting an push-up, sit-up-workout, if I can become a good shape only with these exercises.
In autumn I'm going to study, so maybe then I'm going to have more time and be able to attend a gym regularly. But until then I only want to do the p-u-s-u-exercises.
If you can really not get in the gym for half an hour three times per week, I'd suggest adding chin-ups and dips if at all possible. You can get a chin-up bar for $20 at any sporting goods store. You may have to improvise with the dips, but it shouldn't be too difficult to find two objects around the house that are sturdy and about the same height.
I'd imagine you're going for a Men's Health-type body. You won't get that way without weights, but until you can make it to a gym, push-ups, chin-ups, dips, step-ups, lunges, and sit-ups will get you on your way.
