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I used to be an ops manager for 24 Hour Fitness and figured I may as well use the free membership when I found out I was over 23% BF. I got more interested in fitness as I learned more anatomy while getting my degree in Massage Therapy.
Why I Love It:
Seeing myself get closer to each goal and the increased self confidence that accompanies it. Feels great to be in the best shape of my life!
How I Stay Motivated:
Seeing all the unfit people around and hoping that I can motivate them to find fitness. I have little tolerance for apathy toward unfit living. I never want to be the person I left behind. My new lifestyle has brought me more happiness than anything else and I hope others will find the same. I'm always willing to help others to the best of my ability. Its the least I can do out of respect for those who've done the same for me.
BB Accomplishments:
-Marrying GeminiJedi! (12/27/07)
-Featured Success Story on MyBodySite.com (6/23/09)
-Breaking 200lbs (3/4/08)
-Gaining 52lbs of lean mass in 2 Years (164@24% to 204@13%)
Forum Signature:
"I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself." - Walter Anderson
First show date is set. April 3rd, 2010! Will be aiming for Light-Heavy.
Goal (Long):
Eventually I'd like to reach an off season weight of 240lbs at 10% BF and qualify for a national level bodybuilding show. My Perpetual Goal is to convince more ladies that want to "just tone up" to train like builders!
Hit quads good and hard late last night. Already feeling it a bit I arrived to work (my part time one at a gym) to find that I was recruited to be the muscle to start rearranging machines. So shuffling around about 50 pieces of cardio equipment back and forth wasn't difficult, but I know this...
Thanks for your comments on what I am up to Adam! I'm going to stick with those percentages through the end of the year and see how it goes. Have a great holiday bro.
Adam! Just up shy of 200 calories with the changes. 39% p 39% c and 22% f. But with all the raw veg I added to the diet, I imagine the slight increase will end up being a wash [it takes a good deal more hp to grind up all that greenery, eh?]. The Olympic lifts are kinda low on the "pump" scale, but I am sure that will change as I figure them out. It will be great for the core down the road too. We'll see how it goes ... Look forward to seeing how things unfold for you and your show.
Its getting there, its a slow process, I need a little bit more patience but I am definitely making progress. The training is easy for me, i love it, having such a strict diet is the tough part. How about you, I', thinking about doing a contest one day but probably in 2011 not 2010.
The 2nd Arnold Classic was going to be the 1st show I was going to do as bodybuilding. Then I had a trainer flake out on me so I bowed out. As you can tell I have a GREAT team of people helping me now. Yeah, P & I roomed together in Vegas for the Olympia. Very fun for sure!!
Also, Skip Hill is my prep coach so he's the one helping with my diet. Nice pic with Toney! How did you like the Rocky? Have you been to any other shows?
Yup my 1st show will be the Northern and then the Max Muscle show in June I will do as Figure. For the Warrior Classic in Loveland in August and the Rocky next year I will do as fitness. Infinite Sports is an awesome team that is helping me with fitness practice and I train at Armbrust when lifting and 24 hour in the mornings for my cardio. Lots of outlets and LOTS of training going on!
I will eat just about anything! It is kinda scary though. I don't want to throw away all my hard work!
LOL! I am lucky enough to remember my name when I am at a comp. let alone anything else ;0)
So I have done superpump, nanovapor,noxplode,and am on shotgun now...is there any presorkout that u think stands alone? Someone told me to find berserk? Is max muscles full blown just as good?
