I did a little lifting in high school for football and then didn't lift much up untill 4 years ago. I did a good 8 months of lifting then when i was 21 but ate terribly and wasnt really working out properly and wasn't running. in august 2008 untill december i worked out with alot of weight training and running but wasnt eating right again. i dropped down to 245 but plateaued. i've started my current workout regiment in march. i read the ABS diet book which was amazingly helpfull. i didnt follow it to the T but it gave me a great base to start my dieting off of and a good workout routine to quickly gain a lot of muscle all over my body. i followed the abs diet workout (flat bench, military press, shrugs, bicept curls,dips, leg exstensions, leg curls, and squats)every other day untill the end of may. at the begining of june i started a push/pull/legs routine six days a week with 5 min eliptical warmup and 20 min tredmill at the end untill the end of june. then july came and i got drunk went to the beach and acted like a bum. i would go to the gym once maybe twice a week. i started back in the gym mid september after getting settled back into my school routine. I've done 3 days a week for two weeks and am going to try to step it up to 5-6 days a week starting this week.

The runners high i get at the end of a workout is a deffinate factor. seeing the loss of fat, gains in strength and endurance are also big factors. and just the feeling of accomplishment i have when i see the pump i have when im done with my workout.