Kittenmancer Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Hello everyone. I got reminded by this place while reading the list of the 100 most influential people in fitness and decided to join in. Stats and stuff: Female, 32, half-dwarf (1.5 m/4'11"), fighter. I'm a QA (Quality Assurance) manager at a game studio, currently working on a very challenging AAA game project. My schedule is quite busy as I am also in the process of buying a house. Squat/Bench/Deadlift PRs: 80/50/90 kg. Bodyweight is currently around 52 kg. Background: Until a few years ago, I was a complete couch potato, loathed the PE classes in school and I was completely illiterate about anything regarding fitness and eating. All that started to change after I moved to another country for a job in the games industry. For a very long time I struggled with body image issues; I was never overweight or even chubby, but I was very dissatisfied with my body and it tendency to go the opposite of the lean, androgynous look I considered as ideal. I am naturally muscular and for a long time that was also an issue for me, especially that I had a layer of fat on top of the muscle, which made me feel "thick". I went on starvation diets and did strenuous workouts, which did yield some results but I was very unhappy while I did this and of course once the diet was over I bounced back to my previous weight and body shape. At some point I took up bellydancing and through a girl in my group I got a recommendation for a personal trainer. I gave it a shot and fortunately the guy started me on free weights and strength training. After a couple of weeks I was hooked on the progress I was making and feeling my strength increase. Now I'm in love with the barbell and aiming to compete in a powerlifting meet next year. I still have some body image issues, but different from before. I embraced my muscularity, and while I still want to get lean(er), I want to do that in order to better show off my awesome, hard-earned muscles. Goals:Lower my bodyfat while building more muscle. I don't have a specific target number for BF%, but I aim to comfortably settle in the 52 kg weight category (hovering at the upper limit at the moment). As a longer-term goal, I'll give the 47 kg category an honest try, but I won't be too disappointed if I won't get there. My muscles are more important than a number on the scales.Keep increasing my lift numbers. At the moment I just made it into Class II in raw powerlifting for my weight category, so the next target is Class I (250 kg total for the Big Three).Participate in a powerlifting meet next year.Maintain a healthy relationship with food - eating is for fuel, yes, but it should also be a pleasant experience. Food is not the enemy. My body is not the enemy.Equipment: I'm doing intermittent fasting at the moment, with a 16/8 fasting/eating window (some days it becomes 17/7 or even 18/6, depending on how crazy the schedule at work is). I eat stupid amounts of meat, as many veggies as I can (although I'm lazy with that and I usually get bags of stir-fry mixes), fruit for dessert and occasionally some yoghurt and bread. I have a cheat day once a week when I eat whatever I feel like. I've recently increased my workout frequency to 4 a week, doing a combination of Starting Strength and Smolov Jr. (only for the bench press) 3 days a week and having the fourth day for Olympic lifts which I've just started learning, assistance exercises and shoring up any other lifts that have been suffering. I go to a gym for my workouts and once the house business is over with I'm also looking at joining a MMA/CrossFit gym for cardio (I hate hate hate HATE running and cardio machines). Link to comment
Rexxar Txan Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Hi! Great to see someone willing to change their life for the good! I see you have great interest in power lifting. You might want to check out the Warrior Guild. Anyway, your goals are great and you seem very determined which is something I admire in people. Keep up the great work and, more importantly, make sure you have fun! Lvl 2 Half-Orc Dúnadan Assassin Ranger of the North trained by Aragorn son of Arathorn and Connor Kenway - Slayer of the Witch-King of Angmar - Nazgûl Hunter Current Attributes: STR: 6 DEX: 5 STA: 1 CON: 5 WIS: 3 CHA: 5"Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know""So what's stopping you....? That's right...nothing!" Bucketlist / Battle Log / Neo-Nerds NF Group / Second Challenge! Link to comment
Kittenmancer Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Yup, I'm definitely a Warrior, perhaps mixed in with a bit of Monk. I've been searching the site but can't seem to find the guilds, could someone point me in the right direction? Link to comment
Rexxar Txan Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Here is the warriors' guild forum! Lvl 2 Half-Orc Dúnadan Assassin Ranger of the North trained by Aragorn son of Arathorn and Connor Kenway - Slayer of the Witch-King of Angmar - Nazgûl Hunter Current Attributes: STR: 6 DEX: 5 STA: 1 CON: 5 WIS: 3 CHA: 5"Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know""So what's stopping you....? That's right...nothing!" Bucketlist / Battle Log / Neo-Nerds NF Group / Second Challenge! Link to comment
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