Age: 21
Height: 150cm/6ft 1"
Weight: 71kg/11.1 stone/154.4lbs
Goal: 80kg
Current Training Schedule:
Walking five minues on treadmill
Lower back machine: 3 x 12
Squats with no weight: 3 x 20
Leg extensions: 3 x 12
Wide-bar pull down: 3 x 12
Machine bench press: 2 x 15
Pec machine: 2 x 12
Bike: 8 minutes
Current Training Equipment Available: Everything. Literally.
Comments:
When squatting I hold on to the bar, which is in a fixed position and then squat.
I started the gym six weeks ago and started using the personal trainer who's a competing and multi-competition winning bodybuilder; I figured I had no idea what I'm doing so it's worth by £5 weekly every three weeks. We're changing routines every three weeks, except for this week which runs for four, as he was competing on Saturday last week.
I've got two worries: one I don't know what kind of gains I should be expecting in six weeks. I keep reading about "noob gains" and therefore expected to, at least, gain a bit of weight - I started the gym at 11 stone/154lbs. My PT said to eat four meals a day as he only wants me to gain a pound a month, so I've been eating this on weekdays consistently:
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs on wholemeal toast
Up to and including lunch: two bananas, 100g of dry roasted nuts, a snickers, and two turkey and salad sandwiches on brown bread
Dinner: I still live at home so it's whatever's going - this can be anything from a stir fry to homemade (and healthy) burgers
Supper: Weetabix and one scoop of protein power with milk
In weekends I'll add a couple of bacon sandwiches to that.
As of this week I've been aiming for five meals a day because I didn't see any gains over the six weeks and was getting a bit frustrated. We''re not going for bulk but for shape (plus we don't want to add any more weight to my waist).
Basically I would like to know two things if possible: whether I should be seeing noticeable gains now and how I can improve my diet. Thinking of meals is really, really hard even though I know what I can and can't eat.