Herbert Buchanan

Male

24

Tacoma, Washington, United States

Electronics Technician

It's been quite awhile since i've been bodybuilding... now i'm back at it and hanging on for the ride.I usually can gain 6 40-50 pounds of muscle withing 6-7 months of training naturally.Almost all of what i will be regaining is lost muscle tissue from starvation dieting and over a years lack of training. I've always enjoyed lifting heavy weights .I'd lift when i could at school to try to put on muscle but really had no clue what i was doing back then. I had taken an intro to weight training class where we trained on an Universal Gym.That was when i was 13 i weighed around 170lbs. I recall my best bench was 185lbs without much formal training. I got locked up at 14 with a 2.5 year sentence.Not much to do in jail.Anyways, One day i was reading an old muscle mag issue on Arnold Schwarzenegger. He got me hooked. Foolishly i believe that i too could look like him without steroids. I began lifting every chance i could while in jail and went on to compete in the annual Ironman competition held for the incarcerated youth. I was 16 and won the Ironman beating over 300 other guys up to 21 years in age. My closest competitor was 100 points behind me. I couldn't believe how well i had done.My best lifts back then was 275 on a flat bench, 315 on decline, and 1,046 on leg press. The rest as they say is history and here i am... The rate at which i grow muscle is tremendously fast.The first week is usually a gain of 10 -12 pounds and there after it slows down.I either have to reduce my training volume or increase my rest and calories to continue gaining a pound every 2-3 days.My body has a hard time keeping up with the nutritional requirements so i often i force feed myself.

Lifting really heavy weights. The power and adrenaline high of being the biggest, baddest mother****er in the gym.

I take out my anger on weights, there's allot of anger.Rock & Metal workout Music, Seeing Weight Gains,Watching the pro's.

*Im an Ace certified personal trainer and expert on Arthur Jones's training methodology as well as a bodybuilding research junky.* **Adding 55 pounds of natural muscle in 10 months.**