Now that Fall is here and Winter is around the corner, it will be kind of difficult to do outside cardio since it will be cold, raining, even snow, etc. So I’m thinking it’s about time for me to get my own cardio machine. I’m probably going to go for a cheap and small treadmill machine. I’m sure you can find a cheap treadmill machine anywhere. I’m not going to spend like $500 – over $1000 on a machine, just something under $300.

I’ve been collecting my own gym equipment, so I can do all workouts at home so I can stop going to the gym in the future whenever I get all the stuff I need for each body part. Starting off with a dumbell collection first. Then I’ll get a bench press and a barbell set somewhere down the road. I’m sure you can get other cheap weight lifting machines anywhere too like on ebay, craigslist or yard sales, etc. You don’t have to spend thousand of dollars at sporting good stores.

I already picked up a chin up bar for pull ups earlier this year which I have been using quite a bit.

Going to the gym is okay, but you can still do all the similar workouts at home too. I’ll be hitting the gym tomorrow.

Kev

So you’ve seen me supporting Scooby’s Workshop, this guy name Scooby who has his own bodybuilding website and is popular in youtube with his workout lessons. I’ve started watching his videos, thought he was pretty insightful and pretty entertaining, but reading the website and his forum, it got me thinking that one of my blog readers is right that this guy is a fake and he’s the last guy you’d want to take advice from.

This guy claims he doesn’t workout at the gym. He also claims he doesn’ t use all these expensive machines and memberships to get  a ripped body, when you know that is somewhat a lie. Of course, I’m willing to bet he got that body by mostly working out at the gym. Not by that home stuff he’s doing on his websites and youtube page.

Yes, it is possible to get a ripped body at home by not going to the gym at all but you can get a better look and bigger built by going to the gym and being trained by a certified trainer.

Scoob’s not a certified trainer so how can you trust the guy? He also gets defensive on the negative comments he gets in youtube in his forums. Talking about having an ego problem. He puts himself out on the internet for this stuff ’cause I believe he just wants attention with other bodybuilders so he can be respected on his look, he doesn’t just want to help people.

His built is ok but needs a lot of work and it’s no where near to successful bodybuilders that you see in the magazines. He’s got a medium built, not a heavy weight built.

If you want to be into bodybuilding you have to deal with nasty critics. You will be made fun of if you put yourself out there in the bodybuilding world. Of course, people will accuse you of using steroids and of course, people will call you homosexual. It’s a regular thing that goes on with all bodybuilders in the fitness world.

Scooby’s Workshop were pretty good for a while, but then realizing how it’s not good and if you follow his advice, you’re not going to get a good look and get a huge built by learning from this guy.

Kev

Edit to add: Here’s his website to show you what I’m talking about…

http://www.scoobysworkshop.com/

BTW, everything I say here in this blog entry is my opinion, they aren’t really facts, it’ s how I see them, thank you.

I’ve read through a few bodybuilding forums online for a little bit. Like I said before every bodybuilder has their own way of teaching people things and giving people advice. When you read through bodybuilding forums online pretty much everyone of them think they are so smart and think they are so right on everything they say.

I don’t know why begginer bodybuilders go online and ask for other people bodybuilding tips from people they don’t even know and trust? Getting advice from amatuer bodybuilders that aren’t profesional trainers? You won’t get the look you want from these kind of people.

You would want to get advice and tips from bodybuilding resource that are true. I would suggest those bodybuilding magazines you get from your newstands store.

I think “Muscle and Fitness” magazine is the best bodybuilding resource you can get anywhere, that is where I learn most of my stuff from. Not Scooby’s Workshop  (I’m beggining to feel this guy is a joke) and I wouldn’t reccomend bodybuilding sites online.

A lot of bodybuilding resource online are mostly fake and don’t really work anyways. Your best bet to get into shape is to learn from magazines (like Flex magazine or M&F, whatever) or from other people with a lot of experience (the people you know well, that is).

I just like to learn the work outs, set up my own weekly program and do things my own way. I feel I am doing a good job. Feeling a little fit and feeling great already. Just don’t get bodybuilding advice from people in message forums. Get advice and tips from the real sources. That is all.

Kev

Like I said, when you want to get into bodybuilding and fitness, you HAVE to quit the drinking and the smoking, both for good.

I don’t even use supplements except the only supplement I drink is Whey Protein.

This dude has it right.

Edit to add: I also love changing my eating ways. It’s awesome eating more healthier and staying away from junk food more often. I only eat junk food once in a while now. I know all bodybuilders don’t eat healthy all the time, they want to have fun and eat junk food like a kid once in a while too, so it’s okay to eat more calories sometimes.

Kev

I know bodybuilders want to get huge arms, by working the biceps, triceps and forearms…by just doing forearm workouts alone on dumbells, but why? What’s the point?

I started doing dumbell forearm exercises for a while. It’s those exercises when you sit down or stand, put the dumbells on your legs when you’re sitting, and just lift your hands up, then back down. You do the same with the palms of your hands facing up.

The reason I don’t agree with doing dumbell forearm exercises is that you’re already working the forearms by doing pretty much every upper body workouts you do.

Any kind of pushups, you’re working the forearms. Any kind of dumbell curls or tricep dumbell stuff, you’re already working the forearms. Any exercise that you’re doing with your arms, you’re working the forearms.

So why is it do I see people at the gym doing dumbell forearm exercises when they’re already doing forearm stuff on every other workouts? You work the forearms way too much. Don’t obsess with the forearms too much, they’ll get bigger on it’s own doing other upper body workouts, any upper body workout that you’re doing with your arms.

People lifting weights, need to think about that. I learned when wanting to get bigger and stronger arms, work the triceps more than anything else, don’t obsess with everything else too much. The triceps is the most important part, in my opinion.

Kev

When working out at my local gym, one thing I like to do is watch other people work out, while I’m resting between a set. I like to watch other people, to hopefully learn new workouts that I haven’t learned yet, or watch them how wrong they are doing things. I notice that a lot of people like to lift weights pretty quickly. They like to lift those dumbells or barbells up and down very fast.

I’m like, “huh”?

Doesn’t it make more sense that when you lift weights, you have to lift them up and down very slowly? That’s the way I look at it. I always lift weights very slowly. You feel a much stronger burn and you can pump heavier muscle that way. Lifting weights very quickly, you’re rushing it and not giving it time to build. Lifting weights quickly may build you a little muscle, but lifting very slowly gives you a lot more.

My belief is why people lift extremely heavy weights quickly in front of people is because it’s an ego thing, that they can lift heavier weights faster than you, being a show off in front of people at the gym. People at the gym can be like that, I’m noticing.

I like to do all workouts slowly. It helps you beef up way more and build strong muscle quicker that way, not lifting weights quickly.

I see other people lift weights slowly the right way to do it sometimes but I don’t see it very much at the gym. Lift weights slowly people, you’ll notice a difference if you do. Stop being a showoff in front of people and only concentrate on what you do.

Another thing I’m noticing, when people lift weights at the gym, I notice they like to clang weights together to make this sound, you don’t want to do that either. Lift weights slowly and quietly so you don’t distract other people in the gym.

I haven’t started bench presses or barbell stuff yet. I don’t think I really need to. All the bench presses and barbell stuff is pretty much the same as doing dumbell workouts, it’s just a variety of doing them. You can still get a ripped and buffed body with just doing dumbell workouts alone. If I were to start doing bench presses and barbell stuff in the future, I would only do those once in a while, not all the time. I like doing dumbell stuff mostly. I feel it’s much safer.

I have never gotten seriously injured working out so far, maybe a few little tiny strains here and there (they weren’t a big deal), but nothing that got me to the hospital. Taking your time, not rushing it and doing workouts correctly, so you won’t get injured at all is important.

Working out is great and I’m having a blast doing it. I take it with pride and passion.

Kev

In this months, “Muscle and Fitness” magazine, there’s a great little article on breakfast cereals. Some of you out there may think that breakfast cereals like Fruit Looops, Corn Pops, Apple Jacks, Honey Smacks, Lucky Charms, Wheaties, Fruity Pebbles, etc. maybe bad for your health.

If you knew how to read nutrition labels on the side of ’em, the truth is, those cereals I listed are actually very healthy! They are also good for body builders. Why? Because on the nutrition labels those breakfast cereals has very little protein in them, and they are all very low in calories. So in reality, those cereals I mentioned won’t make you fat. They are actually good for muscle building. Just mix the cereals with low fat milk and the magazine suggested add the Whey Protein stuff along with it, there’s your healthy breakfast right there.

This may seem kind of childlike to eat these cereals, but it’s worth it for a healthy nutrition. I eat these kind of cereals all the time. My favorites are fruity pebbles, Lucky Charms, Honey Smacks, and Wheaties.

This is just something to think about to those out there are into fitness and wondering about breakfast meals, if you’re tired of eating eggs all the time.

Kev

These days everywhere I go, more people have been complimenting the looks of my body recently. People that I know, especially friends and family members, notice that I’ve been working out even if I’ve never told everyone else yet. People can tell I’ve been working out and hitting the weights just by one quick look at me.

This is inspiring. The more people notice it, the more it makes me want to keep doing bodybuilding the rest of my life.

It’s amazing how bodybuilding changes your life. It really does. The more muscle you get, and the more built up you’ve become, the more people will give you respect and people will talk to you more. It helps you become more social and more confident talking with people in the real world.

When will I start posting pics of my half naked body, showing off my physique? I’m planning on it, maybe later this year when I go on vacation ’cause I’m planning a vacation trip to Cape Cod sometime in Sept.

I’m not those muscle model guys you see in the pin up calendars or the Calvin Klein commercials…yet…but I’m working my way up there…trying and doing the best I can.

I just want a fit bod, something that I’ve dreamed of my whole life…I figure this is the right time to make it come true.

Kev