Quote: strato View Post Originally Posted by Hey guys, spring is on its way here and I'd like to get into exercising. Any advice?

I don't know the best way around this but I'd like to put on weight. I own a mountain bike so that could be my cardio and will start doing a variety of push-ups.

What's a recommended workout to start with? Is it best to do this in the afternoon? Should I focus on lots of fish/eggs/nuts in my diet?

Thanks guys.

Push ups are good but you will plateau fairly early on and will need to start doing free weights.Free weights, compound movements(using many muscles) and going to failure(the last one you do is the last one you can do) are the most important things. That and consistency. You decline at twice the rate you advance so you need to keep things up.Going to failure at between 8 and 12 repititions is best. You set the weight so the failure point is between those numbers. Going lower than 8 doesn't help no matter what people say. The lower you go the more likely you are to get injured so you should prolly go slow and start out going to failure at around 15 reps.Most people split things up into chest days, back days and leg days. You need at least 24 hours off after you work a muscle so its good to split things up that way. You need to work from the outside in. If you do your triceps first then bench press your triceps will be tired and you won't be able to give your chest a workout. But if you do your chest first there are tons of ways to work out your triceps that don't involve the chest. Thus the advice of working inside to out.