I don't mean to be a buzzkill, but you'll never reach the same body a hollywood actor has. Every one of his meals are moderated and he's working out every single day. However, this doesn't mean he's strong. He just works out.

If you want strength, keep doing what you're doing. Your goal should be to look like Michael Phelps, not some pretty actor. Michael Phelps kills niggas just by looking at them and flexing.

Honestly, I just used Michael C Hall as an example because he's the body-type I aspire to that I have a mancrush on.

I don't necessarily aspire to be exactly like that, especially being as everybody's body structure is different.
If I were to say realistically what I mean by that body type I'd mean that I want to be:
1) Slim with low body fat
2) Have muscles that are well defined

Obviously I want the fitness and strength, but the aesthetics I want are defined or "cut" muscles that aren't too big like a bodybuilders or anything.

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And I also realise that aspiring to such a thing is an ultra long term aspiration. I know it will take years.

yeah, of course.

Let's not split hairs over this you Britnigger.

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I'm not splitting hairs :P
Just wondering if me showing you what I actually aspire to makes you think different of the probability of achieving it?
i.e. do you think it's possible to become toned/cut without monitoring every meal like a hollywood actor? (but of course with working hard)

I also think that instead of doing my second daily treadmill run the same as the first, I'll do some HIIT (high intensity interval training). This is said to help you lose weight quicker whilst not burning off muscle as flat-out running does:
http://walking.about.com/od/treadmillworkouts/a/treadmillhiit.htm

That seems like it could really work, but it seems a bit complex.

hey, what's your Steam ID? mine's lcbeefy, and I'm playing under the name of Placebo.

it's jrockpunk1, and my nickname on steam is Automaton, I just added you.

no offense but if you can't do one normal push-up right now, what lifestyle do you live? you've had a job before, haven't you? i mean i kinda figured most laboring activities involve some kind of heavy lifting that

anyway, for strength training, you could invest in resistance bands. they're good because you can help working on toning and getting that lean muscle and there's a number of exercises you can do with them (they work really well with tricep exercises). you can buy them with different amounts of resistance, some of them go as high as 100 lbs of resistance (not converting it to stone or whatever you dirty foreigners use because i be lazy) so you can get a pretty similar workout that weights could give you. there's also several body weight exercises you can do that target different muscle groups. triangle push-ups or whatever they're called help with triceps but they're a lot harder than regular push-ups so i don't know if you can attempt them in good form right now and good form plays a lot into how effective push-ups are. they're basically push-ups where you shape your hands like a triangle and do push-ups like you normally would. they work because your hands are real close together and shit

also, playing sports regularly is a good way to get a good cardio work out in, especially since you're not concentrating completely on the fact that you're running when you play sports so if you're friends with anyone that play sports recreationally on a regular basis then hit them up every once in a while. i don't know if anyone said this yet because i lack the attention span to read through all four pages, but jump roping is also a pretty excellent way to work on your cardio. you can train your stamina, agility, coordination, etc. and you can get a good work spending less time than you would jogging on a treadmill. and they're pretty inexpensive too, like $4. swimming's good too because you get the cardio aspect and it you use every part of your body so it really burns calories

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no offense but if you can't do one normal push-up right now, what lifestyle do you live? you've had a job before, haven't you? i mean i kinda figured most laboring activities involve some kind of heavy lifting that

None taken, I don't really have any shame in not being able to do them as it's nothing that I've ever previously aimed for in my life (strength) until now. Nope, I've never had a job, but that's irrelevant because there are a lot of retail jobs that require little or no lifting, or at least not with such heavy stuff as my 200 pound body. I've never been as strong as others, I don't know why. I mean, even in primary school (age 11) we had a PE lesson where we had to do pull-ups, and I was one of the only ones that couldn't do them. I don't know why, considering nobody else in my class trained strength or did much different to me, and I wasn't overweight then, hell I was even pretty active in a football (soccer) team etc. Maybe I'm just genetically weak or some shit. Either way, it's irrelevant as I'm going to train my body to be able to do that shit. I can do 5 sets of 20 press-ups from the knees now so hopefully soon I'll be able to do some press-ups.

anyway, for strength training, you could invest in resistance bands. they're good because you can help working on toning and getting that lean muscle and there's a number of exercises you can do with them (they work really well with tricep exercises). you can buy them with different amounts of resistance, some of them go as high as 100 lbs of resistance (not converting it to stone or whatever you dirty foreigners use because i be lazy) so you can get a pretty similar workout that weights could give you. there's also several body weight exercises you can do that target different muscle groups. triangle push-ups or whatever they're called help with triceps but they're a lot harder than regular push-ups so i don't know if you can attempt them in good form right now and good form plays a lot into how effective push-ups are. they're basically push-ups where you shape your hands like a triangle and do push-ups like you normally would. they work because your hands are real close together and shit

Well the first thing I'm buying is a mat to do the press-ups and crunches/sit-ups etc on. Next I'm buying that pull-up bar that can be mounted on my door frame. After that when I get the money I may buy some resistance bands as you suggest (and they will be in more use as I'll have stepped up my routine at that point). I think when I can do actual push-ups is when I'll try out different forms of them with my arms at difference distances from each-other. I've seen people do the triangle ones and they look damn hard. Also, it's 14 pounds to a stone if you ever need to do an estimate :P I just make it 15 and divide the pounds by 15 or thereabouts.

also, playing sports regularly is a good way to get a good cardio work out in, especially since you're not concentrating completely on the fact that you're running when you play sports so if you're friends with anyone that play sports recreationally on a regular basis then hit them up every once in a while. i don't know if anyone said this yet because i lack the attention span to read through all four pages, but jump roping is also a pretty excellent way to work on your cardio. you can train your stamina, agility, coordination, etc. and you can get a good work spending less time than you would jogging on a treadmill. and they're pretty inexpensive too, like $4. swimming's good too because you get the cardio aspect and it you use every part of your body so it really burns calories

I'm not really a sporty guy, as in I actively dislike playing sports in all honesty. The only sport past the age of 11 that I've liked was basketball (I played for the school team when I was like 14), and I think that was only because I was actually good at it, which I'm not anymore sadly. Other than that, my current friends don't play sports casually. There's a couple that are in college teams (one rugby, a couple football/soccer, one volleyball) but I don't really want to get involved with anything formal like that. The only formal thing I'm getting involved with are Krav Maga classes, which apparently have a military-style fitness routine anyway, so that should help me too. I think I'm also going to do some swimming because I haven't swam in years and I do think it would be a useful skill to have (plus of course it's good for getting fit as you said).