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Overall Goal: get to a solid 180 by christmas with 7% bodyfat.
Fit Status:
goin to blast the biceps today.
Motivation Level: 8/10
Personal Info And Background:
Real Name:
Mike
Sex:
Male
Age:
22
Location:
United States
Occupation:
race car driver
Personal Website:
Primary Gym:
College:
High School:
When I Started:
May, 2004
How I Started:
When I was younger, I got picked on alot as a kid, for dumb things like the flanel shirts that I wore, or how my jeans always had a hole in the knee from playing outside. Or how I was the only guy in my Elementry school with hair to my collar. I'm sure alot of kids feel that way when they aren't accepted by the "popular kids" but It just felt like it effected me more so than most kids. But i'd say one of the biggest reasons was because I was so skinny as a kid. I even remember getting together with family every year and renting cabins in michigan on one of the many lakes. And during my breaks from swimming, I would hear my own family members asking my father "why is he so thin?" and "what was wrong with him?" I really became frustrated by everyones criticism of the way that I LOOKED. Especially when they werent in the best of shape themselves. One day when I was about 11, I picked up an old set of dumbells that I found that belonged to my dad. I decided to mess around with them. Not knowing the reverberations that would unfold from my actions that day. Without knowing it, I had just lit a match and was about to start a fire that would turn into my passion for bodybuilding. I dont know why, but doing those first few sets of bicep curls made me think less about the childish name calling, and criticism and and more about how I could do whatever I wanted to do. Or be whatever I wanted to be. It was like my own way of escaping reality for a bit and doing something that was just for me. No matter what happened with kids at school or my friends that I had at the time, I could always just run on a track or go home and lift weights. I didnt know what I was doing at the time, but I knew parts of the body from my science class and I figured I had to work each one of them. Eventually it turned into a hobby and I bough my own weight set (150lbs and a bench/curl machine) which I still have in my garage to this day. After not too long, I outgrew my weight set and I joined my first gym with my best friend at the time, in summer of 2005. Since then I've had some serious pitfalls (inguinal hernia, bad bike accident) but I've stuck with it. My efforts in the gym have yeilded me the best results of all the people that I know. It turned from a way to release stress, to a hobby, to what I would consider a lifestyle. I am a brother of the Iron, and I plan never to quit as long as I live.
Why I Love It:
the pump. being stronger than most people. the image in the mirror. being somewhat comfortable with my body. I always think I'm too small and need to gain weight. (Napoleon complex)
How I Stay Motivated:
heavy metal music, and competition amongst others. Mostly though, I just do it for myself. I truly think that if I was the last man on this earth, I would still lift weights, just so I could live up to the standard of what human beings should look like. (Michaelanglo's David, or present day Arnold Schwarzenegger)
BB Accomplishments:
2007 NPC Continental USA Chanpionships Novice lightweight- 4th place
Forum Signature:
*I REP BACK*
"Placing doesn't mean anything. Its what you want inside that makes a champion. Its that you say I did it, I'm better and better and nothing can stop you." - Lou Ferrigno
I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds. -Henry Rollins
its been quite some time since ive done one of these. its now he first week of february 2009, and I am basically in full force at the gym. Im going through a semi-bulk phase with my training right now. I used to be much lower in bodyfat, and right nw it seems like im hovering around 10% or...
I understand... Your on the right path it seems... Are you bulking right now? I am coming off a two year bulk really and now leaning down for 3 shows this year.. I am down to 291 from 312. Holding alot of mass and thickness still as i diet down so I am on the right path.
thanks man, but all the pictures are all around the same time, as far as exercises, i do all basic movements, just free weights, i hardly use machines, and rep ranges are 12-10-8, and for cardio, just biking man
what i learned was Dont overtrain, cuz water could come from the muscles not thightning in that area, so i did more giant sets for that area, and it comes from stress level(from the dieting) so i took my training down from 5-6days a week to 4 days a week and only cardio 4 days a week low intensity. I used Taraxatone for the last week, i love it man!!
yeah it was a lot, i would never go below 2600 again again,unless its a day im not training. but i kept it contstant but i switched things up every 4 weeks,i carb cycle once for 4 days when i was 4 weeks out. i had a problem with water
man, i maybe do cardio 4days a week preparin for a show, i split it, i like the elliptical tho bout 30 min, sprintin and martial arts. my diet is super super clean,no sugar,salt,and more solid foods, i acutually eat to about 3000 cals a day/270-290protein/and 365-385 carbs to maintain muscle
haha yeah i meant "see"food...wow man 10lbs and your still at 7% BF that's hella good! my comp in April was awesome took 3rd in LW Novice, and I can't wait to do it again...but sometime in 09, this year is just gonna be spent bulkin up, you got any comps anytime soon?
