Robster Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 OK, so I am 34 years old, I am happily married, have a great son who is 17 months old and always thought I was in pretty good shape. I always wanted to get stronger (one day) but I don’t seem to put any weight on so that must mean I am healthy right?That is until last week, chatting with one of my colleagues, Sam. You don’t know Sam, but he is a nice guy and not the kind of person to wind me up. And after telling me about his weekend, he then says ‘Have you seen that new Captain America film Rob?’‘No, is it any good?’‘Its great, but you have you see it, he looks just like you!’Secretly smiling to myself, thinking yes perhaps I could be mistaken for that champion defender of liberty I say ‘Really?’‘Yeah, right near the beginning, just before they put him in this machine that makes him all buff….’And the thing is, he wasn’t joking. The next 5 minutes were filled with Sam finding a picture on his phone of the actor when he is thin as a RAKE, and even more strange was he does actually look a bit like me.And there you have it. I am like a superhero, before he becomes a superhero. Which struck a chord as I have been occasionally reading this site for weeks now. Like I said… I will get stronger ‘one day’…So today is my first day. I currently weigh 136 lbs, I don’t have any machine to make me all buff, but I have just done me an Angry Birds workout in my lunchbreak…. Quote Link to comment
Sloth the Enduring Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 I don't know why, but looking like the before in a super hero movie seems awesome.Have fun with your new workout routine. Quote “We might as well start where we are, use what we have and do what we can." – Caitlin Rivers Sloth: The Man with the Hammer battle log Link to comment
Ryan Sannar Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Welcome.Eat until you are physically sick, each and every meal.Do not eat processed foods. Children in elementary school should be able to read/pronounce and know what all the ingredients in each thing you eat are.Weight lift.Eat half meat half veggies every meal.Everything is better covered in mayonnaise... even if it isn't.Whatever you eat can be wraped in bacon. Do you feel like your going to throw up? No? Good that means you can eat more.It should be difficult to lift your plate.If you can drink milk. Good. That means you can, and will, drink one gallon a day.Check out starting strength. Free copy online somewhere.Keep posting, glad to have you. Quote Link to comment
Red1263 Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Welcome to the Rebellion, Robster! That's an interesting start, now you have a goal to work towards! We have plenty of resources here and plenty of answers from many different backgrounds for anything you might need, Don't hesitate to ask! and I'll see you around. Quote Level 25 Final Fantasy Rebel My Epic Quest | My Journey | Currently on the Trial of Orthos Str: 60 | Dex: 23 | Sta: 66 | Con: 28 | Wis: 55 | Cha: 14 Goals for 2021: Spoiler Build my brother a Destiny 2 Lamp Learn how to do a Handstand Play 1 song on the acoustic guitar Clean up the Christmas Decorations and finish setting up my apartment (hang things up, plus some other few things that need to be organized) Re-introduce Pull-ups into my routine Build a shelving unit next to my Desk "No matter what, if you can hold your head up high, you've done the right thing." "When you stand with your family, your family stands with you." "Write what needs to be written." Link to comment
Robster Posted April 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 Hey guys thanks for all your replies! And yes, i am liking the soind of that diet Ryan! Part of my routine will be carrying all that bacon back from the shops... :-)I will post up my routin so far once i have got it sorted in google docs, thanks for all the encouragement guys! Quote Link to comment
gojirama Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 Welcome! maybe make a set of costumed before and after pictures? (loved that movie, BTW) Quote gojirama, level 1 halfling warriorSTR 2|DEX 1|STA 4|CON 3|WIS 4|CHA 1 Link to comment
katscratch Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Welcome!! I am on the same journey without as much testosterone so I'm looking forward to seeing you absolutely crush my progress!! Quote Link to comment
Ryan Sannar Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Make a food and workout journal. I want to see what your doing. Quote Link to comment
Robster Posted May 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Hey there,Its a bit late, but here is my current progress with my Angry_birds workout... to be honest I feel great... I dont seem to have problems doing the actual training, but a quite bad at recording it afterwards... :-)currently doing pull ups on the fire escape outside the gym itself... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhzeHPVNmySNdHQycERlNzRHUWIyXzc1b2JBOHktWXc Quote Link to comment
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