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Motivation Level: 10/10
Personal Info And Background:
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New York, United States
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Groupware Developer
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When I Started:
How I Started:
Shoot, those Hercules movies from the sixties and the World's Strongest Man competitions back in the day. What else! LOL. I was always skinny as a kid. My guidance counselor used to call me "String bean Medina". Not so stringy anymore. Take THAT Mr. Pep! :)
My dad bought my brother and me one of those old plastic/cement weight sets when I was 14 along with a bench. Started from there. Always wanted to be big but was never really serious about it. So over the years it's been a lot of stop and go. Now a bit more serious after talking with a pro-trainer and doing a lot of research.
Why I Love It:
I just love lifting.
How I Stay Motivated:
Having to buy larger shirts. LOL. Seriously though, World's Strongest Man is a huge motivator. Because of my skeletal structure I know I could never match those guys but it sure keeps me motivated to push harder. Those guys are intense!
BB Accomplishments:
Benchin' 315 and squattin' 405 clean. No drugs or other lifting paraphernalia. Boy did that psych me up at the beginning of 2009. Then took a long road trip in March and the routine got shot to hell. Got lazy after that and 5 months later of no lifting lost it all. Finally ended up hating how badly all my old shirts fit that I started up again in September.
Started using a calorie count tool at http://caloriecount.about.com to see if I'm getting enough throughout the day. The tool is pretty good at determining your intake for just about any food. It also measures percentages of carbs, protein and fat intake. Already see that I need to take in...
Heavy and short basic exercises. My shoulders have always been lagging so I throw in some shoulder work on chest day. Note, on Leg day I will squat every other week. On weeks I don't squat I will just do leg extensions for the quads. Since I'm gettin' older my knees can't tolerate the...
Groupwear designer--is that like clothes for inmates? ha Anyway, unfunny joke aside, you look solid and healthy and lots of good things. Post more. Jim
