Sam Ashen Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Hello, fellow Fitness Nerds! Here I will introduce myself. Most of the details of my occupation and current geographic location will be omitted. However questions are always welcome. Bio: 42 year old engineer, guy's guy kind of guy, nerdy in a nerdy profession. Gaming History: Retro PC Games such as Master of Orion and Baldur's Gate; Civilization up to 4. Played World of Warcraft years ago. Some experience with board games and generally familiar with the older editions of D&D, but do not know the right people in the geographical area I am living in. Currently playing Knights and Dragons on Android and involved with a great guild. List of activities in the weekly routine include work, go to gym, eat, play games, sleep - among other things, enough for people to wonder what I do with my spare time. Currently re-working my schedule to include more social activities. Fitness history: Grew up a very skinny kid. I finished high school at 135 pounds dripping wet. I did some light weight training with a kid weight set, some running, and some karate. Add 6 pounds per year or so and by 25, my sister was teasing me about how fat I had become. I was doing a lot of on-again and off-again stuff. At 27, I made my first geographical move and joined a gym and started working with trainers. Weight went from 185 to about 175, then crept upwards again. I moved two more times in my low 30's and went through similar cycles. The last move was five years ago and I was at 217. I gave up beer about three years ago - and saw my weight plummet from 205 to 175 in the space of one year. I have most of those pounds back now. I rediscovered weight training through another nerdy website. I learned I was doing squats wrong my entire life. I learned I was doing bench press wrong my entire life. I learned how to do power cleans and front squats. I learned all of these lifts are related. The previous year, I put on a lot of weight, but put up a lot of numbers I have never seen before - rapidly. I just signed up on Nerd Fitness today and the first quest I got was to walk ten minutes. (After deadlifts - okay?) Since I have been putting up numbers so rapidly (+20% Overhead) last year, I will continue to work on those numbers. Weight goals are determined based on lift goals, and vice versa - I am not currently concerned were these numbers cross. For example, I would like to see my 5x5 Bench Press sets cross with my body weight - or my 1RM Push Press cross with my body weight. When these happen, I will revisit my goals. I might decide afterwards to lean up. I have not officially rolled a character or joined a guild, but understand that just like Munchkin, I start off at Level 0 and no class. ( ) 1 Quote Classless Human Male Warrior - Introduction Height: 1.77m Weight: 93 kg Spoiler Current Maxes: (repsxkg) Squat: 10x122.3, 5x138.2, 3x147; 1x170 Bench Press: 10x79, 5x93, 1x102 Deadlift: 10x152, 5x192, 3x210, 1x229 Overhead Press: 10x52, 5x61, 1x70.3 Current Battle Log: 1707 Sam Ashen Summer Swole Program 2017 Challenges: 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 Previous Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1609 1610 1611 1612 Daily Log:The Daily Grind Form Check: Stronglifts Olympic More FC's: Pistol Squats Want to play? MFPvP Link to comment
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