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Overall Goal: CLEAN EATS & FEW CHEATS: Don't be a diet pansy....
Fit Status:
No cheats in June. Keep the clean eating momentum going to find loooooooong lost abs.
Motivation Level: 10/10
Personal Info And Background:
Real Name:
Al
Sex:
Male
Age:
47
Location:
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Occupation:
Personal Website:
Gym:
Gold's
Gym Location:
Raleigh
When I Started:
Mar, 1981
How I Started:
Started in college. Then, off & on during my 20's. Worked out regularly in my late 20's & early 30's. Got out of shape in my mid to late 30's, due to busyness of life, kids, etc.
2002: WHOA!!....Wake-up call. Hit 170 lbs, a weight I had never come close to. Lost 25 lbs in 4-5 mths. Consistent workouts since then.
2008: Came across the BB.com body transformations online. Inspired to improve diet to drop more BF% to get leaner.
LESSON LEARNED: Since 2002, I’ve been in pretty good shape, doing weight training & cardio, but still had a layer of BF covering up all my efforts. I generally ate healthy, but I have a weakness for snacking at night after dinner. I used to think that getting lean was 80% exercise and 20% diet. Finally learned that getting lean is probably 80% diet and 20% exercise.
Why I Love It:
1) Always feel great after working out.
2) HUGE LIFE IMPROVEMENT: In 2002 I also started taking vitamins & improved my eating habits. I now have FAR LESS problem with lower back pain (I have scoliosis) & migraine headaches. Plus, I went from being the most likely to get sick in our family to the least likely.
How I Stay Motivated:
1) Workouts: No problem. It's one of the best parts of my day. Plus, there's not much to interfere with a 5-5:30am workout.
Diet: Different story with staying off the junk food & sweets (esp at night, after dinner). A lifetime bad habit of using food to relieve stress or boredom.
2) My daughters will be teens when I’m in my mid-late 50’s. I want to keep up w/ them! Also, stay fit & active for decades to come.
BB Accomplishments:
1) Kept the lbs off since 2002.
2) PR of 20 pullups at age 47 (Jun & Jul '09). HUGE for me, since I'm not Joe Jock.
CLEAN EATS & FEW CHEATS: Don't be a diet pansy....
Goal (Long):
After I find my long lost abs, I want to try a mini-triathlon. I think I could handle training now (I'm in pretty good shape), but want to wait until I've reached my goal of more definition.
Warren demonstrates great determination & dedication by hitting the workouts 2 or 3 times a day, working out as time permits in his busy days as a single parent. He's an involved Dad w/ his daughters, and is a great role model for them, for fitness & as a good person.
What supplements do you take immediately before your workout? Why?
Fat burner/energy supplement.
- Updated Aug 7, 2008 7:20pm
Have you ever had a lifting injury?
Yes
What type of injury was it? How long were you injured? How did you recover?
Back strain a few times. Years ago, due to lifting something improperly. Nowadays, can occasionally tweak the back picking up or setting down a weight. I'm not 25 anymore.
- Updated Aug 7, 2008 7:19pm
Do you sometimes use energy enhancing supplements?
Yes
Which supplements do you take? When do you take them?
I had my 1st cheat last night since the end of May. The nice thing is, it was not an over-the-top binge fest. But, it was surely a carb load compared to most of the past 5 weeks. Man-o-man did it fuel my cardio this...
