SgtCap

Ive had knee problems for the last part of 15 years and have replaced every ligament in my left knee with 0 cartilage left. Ive found that just take it easy, no running and use proper form on leg day. I like to wrap my knees when I do legs so as to provide more stability through out the movement.

I understand how two different nutritional requirements can play havoc on you, My ex wife was a vegan although its a healthy lifestyle it wasn't for me. I truly believe in a past life I was a T rex! lol. I also know the feeling of being angry with life and feeling like you cant control. What I did is I took the anger I had over things I couldn't control and used it in the gym as motivation and fuel. I find that it helps a lot!!! Find what motivates you and grab onto it with an IRON GRIP and never let go. Good luck!!!

Congrats joining, keep a positive mindset and all is possible.

Thanks Tank, I appreciate the warm welcome!!! I am looking forward to participating in this wonderful community. SEMPER FI

Forgot about to give me credentials About Me: Current Weight: 214lbs BFP: Apparantly 21% Height: 5'9" Sex: Male Age: 32 Favorite Activities: Lifting, Video Games, Superhero Movies, Hanging with my niece. Job: Business Manager for a Robotics and automation company. Strengths: - Dedicated - Strong willed - Passiom - Strength Challenges: -Knee issues, limits squats and leg work. - Self doubt GOALS Bench 400 Obtain less than 8% BF Compete in figure show by year end. Health/Fitness: Be the best version of myself Improve all areas of lifting. Maintain proper eating habits My goals while on Nerd Fitness/Long Term Goals. 1. Meet some great and new people 2. Keep the yo yo diet away and to never regain the weight. My big big goal/Reward - Once I achieve my fitness goals, find new ones and maybe one day find the person I am meant to be with and play videogames.

Hello Everybody, My name is Aaron, a little about my self and my journey. I was one of those kids that played sports all throughout my child hood, So I'm not a stranger to physical activity. I played football, wrestled, and played lacrosse, when I wasn't involved in sports I was totally nerding out on video games and comic books. After high school I joined the Marines and served my country for six years and was deployed to a combat theater on three separate occasions. During this time I was probably in the best cardio shape I had ever been, weighing in at about 170, Most of my life I have been a chubbier kid but I always had a good strong foundation under the layers of mountain dew and cool ranch doritos. I left the military due to a medical separation, I tore every ligament in my left knee and have no cartilage left and have had four surgeries to correct this issue. As you can imagine this played havoc on my work out routine or really doing anything physically active. Even through that I still managed to stay in the gym and make some gains but I never really achieved the results I wanted because my diet was probably the worst it could have been. I got married at 29 and started a new job, this new job required me to be on the road for months at a time. During this time my diet took a turn for the worse(worse than before) and I ballooned up. When I got home from traveling my ex wife didn't recognize me and let me say she was no longer interested in me. That feeling of her being uninterested lasted for a long time and she finally decided to call it quits last July and moved out. The divorce was finalized in Sept. and I kind of went into a free for all of depression, anxiety, which was compounded by PTSD. I was like this for months, until my 32 Bday in Jan I looked in the mirror and couldn't believe that this was the person that I became and I didn't like it one bit. So I snapped a before picture to remind myself of what not to let happen again. So I went back to what I knew best, lifting weights. It worked well for a few weeks, I got stronger and my fat clothes finally werent being stretched to the max. I was kind of just fumbling my way through. Then I came accross NERD FITNESS and I was instantly intrigued and figured I would read through the page and gain a lot of knowledge. I was really impressed by how thorough and complete and fun the site was. I have been a member of Bodybuilding.com since it came out although its a great resource I didn't feel like I fit in that culture. So after immersing myself into this site and the Paleo diet I can say since Jan, I've gone from 5'9 267 to 5'9 214 and have gotten really strong. I couldn't have done it with out this website and am very happy to finally be joining the community. Thanks for letting me let some steam out, -Aaron "Winter is coming..."