Confused; fats and mass

[eevanah]

Hi guys. I have been in Kickboxing for the past 6 months, however I'm still pretty small in size and was told to build up more mass. I wanted to lose that small tummy of mine, and was told to eat more and eat more.

I'm pretty confused, as I want to gain some weight, but lose that tummy fats of mine and have nice abs. Am I supposed to eat more?

I have been wanting to hit the gym for weight lifting to build up, but I'm pretty confused about working out in the "major" muscles group first and subsequently the "small" muscles group.

What are the "major" muscles group and "small" muscles group? I heard that calculating the amount of calories and protein is needed are also important. Is there anyway I can calculate the amount of calories and protein that is needed for myself?

Thanks alot for reading, any help will be greatly appreciated (:

[Tom Yum]

I have been wanting to hit the gym for weight lifting to build up, but I'm pretty confused about working out in the "major" muscles group first and subsequently the "small" muscles group.

What are the "major" muscles group and "small" muscles group? I heard that calculating the amount of calories and protein is needed are also important. Is there anyway I can calculate the amount of calories and protein that is needed for myself?

Thanks alot for reading, any help will be greatly appreciated (:

Excercising major muscle groups really means taking excercises that work out many large and small muscle groups at the same time.

If you do a seated row, for example, you are excercising your upper back, traps (between your shoulders and neck) and your lats (just beneath your armpit). You also hit the biceps and forearms a little. That's 3 major muscle groups and two small ones.

If you do an arm curl, you are only working your biceps and forearms.

By selecting a seated row, you get the most bang for your buck because you strengthen more muscle groups in the same amount of time.

Your body uses many muscle groups to move in sports, so sports minded athletes select excercises that target as many muscle groups as possible involved in their sport's movement.

Hope that helps.

[demonleg]

the only way to lose the tummy is running I had a hard time losing the pooch but when I started running it started going away fast.

[eevanah]

Thanks for the help (: