Possible?:Body Transformation in 6 months.
Hey everybody, I`m a Newbie here. My current weight and height is 78kg [172lb] and 6ft 4 and a half[194cm] respectively. I just turned 21 last month. I`m thinking about sending my pictures over to modelling agencies and have been doing some research as to what the current fashion model`s body proportions and stats are like.
What I need to know is if the current workout/fitness plan I`m on is going to get me to my goal. I`m looking to weigh in 73.5kg[162lb] by the beginning of August and from then on just work on maintaining and getting in shape. This is what my activity generally looks like as of this week.
[Note: My body type is more skinny fat than athletic and its definitely something I want and need to change.]
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: 100 push ups, 100 tricep curls, 250 crunches
Wednesday: Jogging- 10Km
Thursday: 100 push ups, 100 tricep curls, 250 crunches
Friday: Jogging- 10km
Saturday: Swimming 500m in 30 minutes, One hour of Ballet
Sunday: One hour of Ballet.
Also, I`m currently downing 2000cal. a day, with about 33% carbs in my diet. I plan to do this until I`ve reached my goal weight and then start eating for maintainence.
Am I going to see significant changes in my body on this regimen over the next, say 6-7 months?
Any input at all would be helpful, Thanks so much! ... and sorry if my post was too long/boring!
-Rahul.
Original Post by thejazzstuff:
Hey everybody, I`m a Newbie here. My current weight and height is 78kg [172lb] and 6ft 4 and a half[194cm] respectively. I just turned 21 last month. I`m thinking about sending my pictures over to modelling agencies and have been doing some research as to what the current fashion model`s body proportions and stats are like.
What I need to know is if the current workout/fitness plan I`m on is going to get me to my goal. I`m looking to weigh in 73.5kg[162lb] by the beginning of August and from then on just work on maintaining and getting in shape. This is what my activity generally looks like as of this week.
[Note: My body type is more skinny fat than athletic and its definitely something I want and need to change.]
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: 100 push ups, 100 tricep curls, 250 crunches
Wednesday: Jogging- 10Km
Thursday: 100 push ups, 100 tricep curls, 250 crunches
Friday: Jogging- 10km
Saturday: Swimming 500m in 30 minutes, One hour of Ballet
Sunday: One hour of Ballet.
Also, I`m currently downing 2000cal. a day, with about 33% carbs in my diet. I plan to do this until I`ve reached my goal weight and then start eating for maintainence.
Am I going to see significant changes in my body on this regimen over the next, say 6-7 months?
Any input at all would be helpful, Thanks so much! ... and sorry if my post was too long/boring!
-Rahul.
Starting Strength... help your dose of the skinny fats.
To be blunt your current workout is garbage. Hundreds of push ups, tricep curls and crunches are an inefficient way to go about body remodelling.
If you want to lose weight (which I'm in no way condoning), you need to fix your diet and lift heavy to ensure you are losing fat and not lean mass (ie. muscle).
Personally I'm 6'1 and 200lbs at ~10% bodyfat. Regular poster Littlesimongeorge is 6'3 and ~225lbs at (from his photos) ~10-12%.
You can try and remain skinny - theres a calling for all types Johnny Depps and LL Cool J and Chris Hemsworth - but even most fitness models are in the 6-6'1 range and ~80kg.
Feel free to PM me if you think that I could provide further assistance.
Michaelduff, Thanks for reply!
I totally get where you`re coming from [My uncle`s stats are just like yours, and he`s always telling me to work out with him so I can fill and put on some lean mass] but I`ve tried working out in a gym, aerobics, lots of basketball you name it I`ve tried it and haven`t kept up with it out of boredom. I got down from a 108kg almost 3 years ago and feel thick whenever I cross 80kgs... Its only now that I`ve gotten control over my eating issues and finally want to start working out and being more healthy.
I`m currently sticking to what I`m doing because I`m want to take up the 42km marathon in Jan `13 and also because I enjoy alot of variety in whatever I do. I`m not looking to lift weights other that my own body`s and will add pull ups by taking out some of the push ups once I`m a bit stronger.
Also, I`m not looking for the whole Chris Hemsworth look at all [yea, he`s incredibly hot and everything] but I`m trying to get my body to look more:
http://cdn.crushable.com/files/2011/10/dudley -oshaughnessy.jpg
http://i996.photobucket.com/albums/af89/assol uzione/MGMSPFW1112LB.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd304/sPiL tsunshine/1.jpg
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w271/mmmia h/GHI/HenzoHlle2.jpg
Does that make sense to you? [As in why I want to do what I`m going to do?]
above scratched. you're already at the lowest advised weight for your height.you should definitely eat more. you're just skinny, now, not skinny fat.
If you want to run a marathon, then you should do a program that trains you for a marathon instead of running the same distance each time.
Also, your back won't get stronger unless you workout your back. It doesn't matter how many pushups you can do. They won't help much in terms of doing pull ups. If you want a strong enough back to do pull ups, then you need to do something that will strengthen your back.
You should seriously reconsider lifting weights. If you don't want to get huge, don't eat above maintenance, but doing all of those crunches isn't going to give you abs. You're more likely to get a herniated disk in your back.
How am I at the lowest adviseable weight when my bmi is still 20.7?
I know, I`m just used to 8km and 10km so I`m starting out with 10km and will do it till the end of july until my time improves and THEN I`ll start that program that a friend who ran it this year is sending over to me.
So when it comes down to it, nothing is going to change my body shape besides weights? Really?
BMI is not an advisory number. It is a (poorly made) index to give appropriate weight ranges for your height. Some people shouldn't have an 18.5 BMI and some people shouldn't have a 24.9 BMI. Just doesn't work that way.
We are suggesting that you lift weights because when you lose weight, you lose a combination of fat and muscle. If you want to be leaner, then you want to lose as much fat as possible and spare as much muscle as possible. If you don't do resistance training, you cannot do this.
Bodyweight exercises can be very effective, but 100 pushups, 100 tricep curls and 100 crunches is not an effective form of bodyweight training. There's nothing for your back, biceps or legs in that routine and if you can do 100, then you aren't getting stronger and your body has no incentive not to burn muscle mass.
If you want to stick with bodyweight, inverted rows, jump squats, lunges, pistol squats, planks, glute bridges, etc.
Original Post by thejazzstuff:
I know, I`m just used to 8km and 10km so I`m starting out with 10km and will do it till the end of july until my time improves and THEN I`ll start that program that a friend who ran it this year is sending over to me.
So when it comes down to it, nothing is going to change my body shape besides weights? Really?
Eating heaps will change your shape to "fat"; you seem to have skinny covered; lifting weights will add muscle.
As a FFP, I can understand the whole "omg, the scale says I'm fat" but when you start to put on some muscle, you ditch the scale and let the mirror be your friend.
And, ok, I just opened the first of those photos and.... really??
I don't think I'm the person to be asking advice from then.
If you want to run marathons, then have at it but get yourself a proper training program if you want to do it successfully.
Good luck.
eta: i'm sorry. did not mean to welcome you with hostility. you seem like a nice kid.
You REALLY don't need to lose weight, you just need to get in better shape.
If you want abs and a lean look then you need to begin a full body, weight training program (such as Starting Strength, as already suggested or New Rules of Lifting). Then you'll get visible abs. Crunches and arm exercises won't do the job.
Then if you also eat at maintenance, you will lose more fat than muscle.
Start the real running program now (it includes training for time as well as distance). Do weight training on alternate days. Eat maintenance.
ETA: I also think you need to decide which goal (modeling or marathon) is more important to you, because training for two different goals (distance or body composition) is rather difficult.
That thought did cross my mind... That I`d have to maybe choose between both. I`ll sleep on it for a few days.
Honestly, I`m not totally skinny fat. Just that my body generally stores fat between the part just below my rib cage and upper thighs, so I`m not totally comfortable with my clothes off yet cause of my love handles and upper inner thighs, yet I don`t have much of a butt.[my chest measures 38 inches, so do my hips. However the smallest part of my waist is 29.5 while the part an inch below my navel measures 35.5 inches]
I`m rethinking about what I actually want for myself after reading alot of the replies I got- I`m looking for fat loss, but don`t want to loose anymore muscle. Once I reach my goal weight I think I will work on putting on muscle, which I think I`ll get to once the marathon is over. Right now between college, ballet, exercise, language classes and wanting to get a part time job and do the marathon I`m needing to prioritize and set achievable feats.
Thank you for the reply!
He he, I didn`t sense any hostility! :) But thank you for replying!
I`m not sure if I feel like I`ve got more fat on me cause I`m half Indian and we are generally smaller framed than Caucasians [I`m half Indian, while the other half`s Brit/Irish/Chinese :)]
If your butt is small, that signals weak glutes to me. Please add some lower body strengthening exercizes (including properly done squats that target your glutes and lower leg kickbacks) to your routine, or you will risk an injury while you are running. However, if you are doing ballet, that might take care of it?
thejazzstuff:
I work in the fashion industry. While I'm all for getting fit (the reason why I'm on here), I would suggest you actually sending your pictures to agents or (if you can) WALK into an agency to see your potential. A good agent will tell you if you have a chance or not to make it as a male model if you become more fit. Being a male model requires more than just height, a fit body, and a handsome face in terms of physical requirements. There's angles on the facial structure the agents would want to see that's optimal for runway or editorial and etc.
If you walk in to an agency and they tell you that they don't like you because of something you can work on, then yeah....by all means do your 6 months plan. I just don't want you to waste your time since the modeling agencies get hundreds of applicants a day and yet sign very few per month. The chances of being signed, then being a successful model, then being able to keep that success for more than 6 months...is below 0.001%.
hi libsterdc, I am thinking of Ballet taking care of it, after six months of Ballet, my butt has definitely gotten better. I`m just wondering what`d happen now that I started jogging too.
Will take note on those strengthening exercises. Thanks!
Diyaliu, the industry here in India is very camp when it comes to male models. They generally look for typical Indian/Middle Eastern clear cut hottie type of faces with rippling muscles and a 42 chest that`s 5' 11, that sorta thing [which I am not, clearly]. However lots of people have asked me if I do model [including small time designers(a few of my friends model, and I sometimes drop them off for fittings before a show)], so I`ve been trying to do some research in the past year.
I did contact Lisa Phillips, model scout and mentor in NY as well as modelsconnect.com and a couple of other agencies that work with international models and got news that I`m a bit old but could definitely work provided I send some polaroids over, so they some something to show THEIR clients. I don`t want to send in any polaroids till I`m comfortable enough with my body to send `em- which is precisely what brought about the whole get fit thing! :)
Also, my main aim in life isn`t to model. I`ll do it as long as I can keep up with Uni. I`m currently doing My bachelor`s in Electronics and Communication Engineering and plan to complete an MBA in Advertising/Brand Management right after in 2015 :) [Just to let you know I`m not one of those super obsessed clueless people. I`m just very meticulous with everything I take up seriously.]
i have to agree with all these people on here, if you want to tone muscle, you got to lift weights. lifting weights will also burn more calories than doing cardio too, because, when doing cardio, when you stop the exercize, you stop burning calories, when you lift weights, once you stop the exercise your still burning calories because your muscle has to rebuild itself, (and remember after lifting weights eat protein!) and muscle weighs more than fat does too, so if you see more defined muscles, but you gained weight, dont freak out because its muscle not fat
