Question regarding weight lifting and cardio

[bodybuilder20]

Ok this is my deal

I have very high metabolism. So I want to gain weight, I have increased my calorie intake to 2500+ .. my question is, should I quit cardio? I love playing soccer and play about 1-2 hours everyday. Since I now want to gain weight & muscle, will it be harder to gain due to the exercise from soccer?

And another question I have. Every week I do legs twice.. and I do the same machines everytime. I see that some machines train the same muscle but it is in a different position. Like one, you push down with ur legs while sitting and the other machine you lie down and push up with your legs. Should I cycle between them? Does it matter?

Thank you.

 

[thegoodfoods]

1. Up your calories to at LEAST 3500 cals.
2. If you're going to continue with the cardio, eat a lot more. You should eat a very high amount of cals just because you have a high metabolism.
3. Stay with squats. It builds muscle all over. Continue to leg presses with different feet positions. Close and straight for outside thigh development, and far apart and toes outward for inner thigh development. Leg Extensions for quad detail. Superset Leg Curls and Straight-Legged (or Romanian) Deadlifts for Hamstrings. And do regular Deadlifts, But make sure you have proper form before attempting to go heavy. And,finally, the calves... Superset them, burn them, kill them... They need a lot of stimulation to grow. Train calves 3 times a week. Do everything else for the legs twice a week.

Switch things up every once in a while

I think that's good for a beginner

 

[Protobuilder]

I love playing soccer and play about 1-2 hours everyday. Since I now want to gain weight & muscle, will it be harder to gain due to the exercise from soccer?

Yes, it will be harder. You only have so many resources available. The more you spend on soccer, the less you have for building muscle. You can definitely do both, but you'll need to eat enough that the scale moves up each and every week. With all that cardio, you may find yourself closer to 4000 calories/day just to gain weight.

Don't fret. You'll just need to be disciplined about making a "get big" drink each and every day, and drinking it throughout the day. You can EASILY get your calories in this way.

Here's an example:

2-8 scoops of protien powder
gallon of whole milk

add:
2 whole eggs
4 tablespoons of peanut butter
1/2 of brick of natural ice cream (pick a flavor)
1-2 bananas (or some other frozen fruit that you like)
6 tablespoons of corn syrup (or maltodextrin if you have it, it's cheap)
4 table spoons of malted milk powder (leave out if you want)

stats:

roughly 3000 calories and 200-300 grams of protien. Drink it throughout the day while training and playing soccer and you WILL gain weight. Period.

 

[bodybuilder20]

Ok thanks for the tips.

I think im going to lay off the soccer until I gain to my goal weight and then Im going to maintain it.

Do you guys have any articles for proper forms for squats and deadlifts. At this point thoose are the only 2 things Im not doing. Everything else is included in my workout schedule. Im not the biggest fan of free weights.

And about the "get big" drink.. what do you mix it in? I don't think my blender fits a whole gallon. Maybe I should shop around for a bigger one.

 

[anotherbutters]

Get to like free weights so you can develop all the supporting muscles as well as the prime movers. Having very strong primary muscles with weak supporting muscles will turn you into an injury waiting to happen.

The Starting Strength book will give you an exceptional guide to squats and deads (and a few others), but there's probably info in the Training Vault sticky at the top of the page too.

You don't have to lay off soccer. Just eat more.

Wow PB, that's quite a shake, lol. My advice would be to just drink a gallon of whole milk along with at least 4 decent sized meals every day.

 

[H_T_]

Squats lower your BMR. squatting, rowing, pulling. standing presses. all you need. eat before bed. and as soon as you wake. and give it time.

 

[bodybuilder20]

Squats lower your BMR. squatting, rowing, pulling. standing presses. all you need. eat before bed. and as soon as you wake. and give it time.

whoa didn't know that. also are there any supplements that would lower my bmr?

The only problem right now that I have with squats is that my wrist is recovering from a very bad accident. So I cant support any weight at all on it. But once my doc gives the OK, im goin to get on it right away.

Oh and thanks for all the help guys, i really appreciate it.