Nerdy pull-up fanatic says "howdy!"

[Laertes]

Hey everyone, just joined the forums and thought that it'd be good to introduce myself

 

So, fitness background:  Such a thing as a "fitness background" was non-existent for most of my life.  I was until fairly recently one of those skinny-yet-fat guys who wouldn't know a barbell from a mop handle and couldn't do a single push-up.  Flash-forward to a year ago, when I had something of a complete life collapse and had to fight very, very hard to pull myself out of it.

 

As part of that effort, I decided to get in shape for the first time.  I promptly tore a shoulder muscle following bad training advice, and during the rehab I read everything I could on fitness science from every source I could get my hands on.  For about the past six months I've been focusing almost entirely on body-weight exercises/diet with some strongman training and yoga/ mobility work thrown in for good measure.  I've lost about 30 pounds, I have muscles in places that I didn't even know I had, and I'm doing things I never thought in a million years that I would be able to do.  I feel like a brand new man!

 

Pretty soon I'm hoping to have the time and cash combination to take some muay thai and adult gymnastics lessons.

 

Nerd background: Somewhat more extensive than the fitness.  I've been running D&D campaigns since I was 13 (Greyhawk 4 LIF, yo!), I can *still* beat the original Super Mario Bros. on one or two lives, I'm currently working on a fantasy novel in what spare time isn't taken up by freaking pullups,  and I have watched every episode of every series of Star Trek.  In order.

 

My goals are mainly to meet and trade knowledge / support with other fitness-minded nerds, and I've so far enjoyed reading the other intro threads in this sub-forum. So many awesome people here

[kk2texas]

Welcome! Congrats on your progress. I'm new here too, and it's encouraging to see others have had injuries but keep progressing.

[Laertes]

Thanks kk!  It took a lot of hard work and gumption, but I can do just about everything better now than I could before the injury.  I definitely don't skimp on the mobility work or rest days these days

[NicTheRugger]

Welcome! It's really great that you've chosen to keep moving forward with fitness after such a terrible injury. Most people would have given up entirely! It'll be great to have you here

[Laertes]

Thanks Nic!