Workouts...

[aramik]

Hey guys, been a while since I've posted - but I've been busy.. got a new job and all, paying off debts and of course going to the gym ;)

So I've put on a few kilos and can notice pretty good change in my body from 1-2 months ago.. I was having a discussion with a friend at the gym, and he insisted that when starting off on weight - first 1-3 months.. one should workout almost everything in one day?

Back, chest, arms, shoulders, traps.. and legs 2 times a week..

Is this correct?

He stated that it's to build overall muscle strength to later be able to partition work outs into mon-thurs/fri - muscle groups..

Just wondering as I am still new to it all and just got all techniques correct and have just recently started upping the weight..

Also, one a side note - abs.

For abs I've been doing the machine - the one where you set the weight and move up and down with your centre.. I've also been doing crunches/situps .. and also crunches with a 3kg ball being thrown as a lift up... Sufficient?

Oh and on more thing XD

Cardio - skinny guy, a bit of baby fat around stomach area.. Should I still be doing a lot of cardio if I'm already skinny and trying to gain? - I don't put on a lot of fat, let alone bad fat. Will the fat around the stomach region just go/blend with situps/crunches etc?

Thanks

[aramik]

also, this is the type of upper body I'm aiming for..

http://www.tdink.com/~issue02/BodyBoardBlue.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/114094683_1a3a893134.jpg?v=0

[GRIM]

To 'start' doing less movements per body part per session, such as having an 'upper body day' where you hit everything in the upper body in one day is not a bad idea.

It does take some time for your joints and supporting muscles, etc to be able to take a routine such as my normal. chest/back/legs/tris-chest/shoulders/bi's-legs-back

As far as abs, I don't work abs too much myself. You will not spot burn fat, if you have a decent amount of fat on your abs building your ab muscles up can actually make you look like you have more of a gut.

I simply do weighted decline crunches 'or' cable crunches, can't think of the name right now of the others but leg lifts and knee raises for the lower abs, side bends. Normal weight training can actually hit the abs pretty good, every time you lift a heavy dumbbell, get up off the bench, etc.

Cardio, if you're trying to build lean muscle I would say skip or do little cardio. If you're trying to cut it's a different story.