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Overall Goal: Aiming for 12% bodyfat by December 31, 2009.
Fit Status:
My thesis is consuming my life!
Motivation Level: 8/10
Personal Info And Background:
Real Name:
Nate
Sex:
Male
Age:
28
Location:
Blue Springs, Missouri, United States
Occupation:
Teacher, Trainer, and PhD Student
Personal Website:
Primary Gym:
College:
High School:
When I Started:
Mar, 2001
How I Started:
In high school, the only PE course offered for guys was weightlifting, and it was meant for football players, which I was not one. After taking a lecture course in college on lifetime fitness concepts, I began to understand that fitness was more than being a certain type of athlete or bodybuilder. It was something everyone can and should do. So I bought some equipment and began my journey (spring 2001). I've been in the best shape of my life now for 8 years, and I keep getting better (with a few ups and downs) every year.
Why I Love It:
The challenge. I love the discomfort! Fitness also gives me a release valve for stress, and it just makes me feel better overall.
How I Stay Motivated:
My daughter is my first inspiration. There's nothing more horrible than a father who cannot keep up with his children! Secondly, as a personal trainer, I try to set an example of general health and fitness for others. If I can't do something, I'm not going to expect my clients to do it.
BB Accomplishments:
I seem to be regressing lately, though I like the added weight I've gained.
Forum Signature:
In all things give thanks to God. For I am wonderfully and fearfully made. (Psalms)
This guy is full of life and lives each moment the best he can! Not only does he have the size and definition of what I would like to achieve, he understands the importance of living each day as if it might be your last. If you have not read his profile, PLEASE DO SO! You, too, will be inspired to do the most with what our gracious Heavenly Father has given us.
I try to lift weights 3 times/week, but some weeks it's 2, and others it's 4. It depends on what I feel like doing. During the summer, for example, I do a lot more bodyweight/park routines because it feels good to get outside. Resistance is resistance, no matter if it's iron in a comfortable gym, or if it's climbing up a pole to the swing set at the park.
I don't follow a plan. As a CPT, I make my own. I listen to my body, and work. Trying to follow someone else's plan is too restricting, and there are some exercises I just flat out despise (ab machine? what!).I try to lift weights 3 times/week, but some weeks it's 2, and others it's 4. It depends on what I feel like doing. During the summer, for example, I do a lot more bodyweight/park routines because it ...more
I have rebooted my workout program again. I had been working out just whenever I could find the time in the afternoons or evenings, but that wasn't working too well. I would be too tired and would just skip the workout. Or I would have something going on in the evenings and not be able to...
I like to change it up all the time, so I'm always doing something different. That way my body is always guessing, and I don't get bored with doing the same old thing over and over again. I hate being bored.
Hey! Been less on BB.com last few months due to a little less spare time, but still working hard. Lifting heavy this fall, been aiming at new personal bests in bench, squat and dead, and I've got to brag and say it went well! Gonna go lighter loads until x-mas now to change up. Good to hear from you! How are things coming along?
