[imported_Fluffy_Bunny]

As a rookie my advice would be to eat lots of meat & generally anything, try & make it so that your stomach is always full. You don't have to eat large meals just lots of small snacks in order to gain muscle mass.

Then go to the gym & experiment with all the weights, find out what the heaviest weight is that you can lift 12x in a row with about a minutes rest in between each lift. Do this for arms/legs etc.

You can prolly go a bit nuts for the first few times & work out for a while, but it's probably best to try & keep it down to an hour a day. If you can't spare an hour try using heavier weights & less repetition, like 1 & 1/2 the weight & lifting it 6x with 30 seconds rest.

I also recommend doing sit ups too, try to do two lots of 50. I try to do the Royal Navy fitness test requirements which is something like 42. But you gotta do that to a bleep test, so no slowing down, which is a bit of a bitch. But that way you'll have a nice 6 pack in no-time. Which the girls seem to admire above all else. rock:

As I said I'm just a rookie & use my own weights so if anyone else comes along with pro advice I've only one book by some random author to back my statements up.