@spenda

I'm 5'9" and used to weigh 184 pounds because of lack of exercise and drinking too much. I probably weigh about 178 now and it's steadily decreasing due to better nutrition, lifting, and exericse. No idea what my body fat calculation is.

I agree with mixing things up. I know about shocking the muscles and want to do so but I feel I need to stick to my schedule a little longer so that my muscles actually need to be shocked, haha. As for dips, I do sometimes do them. I just never remember them. I like them a lot. I will incorporate pullups into my workout instead of behind the head lat pull down, or should I simply eliminate lat pull down and do pullups? As for deadlifts, I have a pretty good idea of what they are but have never, ever tried them. I don't know where to start or what weight to start so I'm heistant to try them. I'm going to wait for my friend to return to lifting vecause I'm sure he's done it when varsity weight training and can help me out.

As for supllments, I don't know about the protein stuff. I've heard two sides. One is that you need about 30g (based on my body comp) of protein per meal and protein shakes are a good meal once ot twice a day. They other side says you're just paying to have expensive urine and it does nothing. As for creatine, I'm extremely hesitant. I've heard mixed reviews and bad ones regarding liver/kidney problems. I've considered it in the past but a lot of people say it's a stupid thing to try. What do you know about this?