Matt A Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Hi everyone. After almost a year of lurking and not participating in the forum I have finally decided to get active and start devoting myself to the cause. A little background about myself: My name is Matt, I'm 30 years old and father of 2 with a third on the way. I live about 30 minutes west of St. Louis MO and work behind a desk 12 hours a day. I found Nerd Fitness about a year ago (via Stumbleupon) and was instantly intrigued. I purchased the Rebel Strength Guide, read it front to back and got to work. Right from the hop I really enjoyed Steve's approach to fitness. Prior to my Nerd Fitness arrival, I was doing the Primal Blueprint w/ great success. Shortly after I was introduced to Crossfit. I kind of jumped around between the 3 for a while but, at some point the wheels fell off and I slowly became sedentary. Fast forward to today:I feel worse physically than I have ever felt in my life. My diet is terrible, not to mention my sleeping habits. My biggest vice to date is dipping (chewing tobacco) and I hate that I do it. All of these things are causing my self esteem to bottom out as well. I'm not sure what caused me to slip into an out of control spiral but, here I am and I want to change. To participate in a forum is something very new and uncomfortable to me as I prefer solitude but, there is no denying that the community you guys have built here is a very strong and positive one and I have no problem being a part of that. I am slowly realizing that while I may be able to reach my fitness goals on my own, the accountability that comes with community surely can't hurt and thats something that I have previously lacked. So here I am.My Goals: Eat BetterSleep BetterCut Some FatBuild Some MuscleBe HappierAccess to fitness equipment.I have a gym membership I don't use I have kb's, sandbags, pullup bar, plyo box, and some other misc Crossfit stuff. No olympic weights.Any guidance anybody wants to give, I'm open to it. Thanks for reading,Matt Quote Link to comment
Morrigainz Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Welcome! I hope you find this place as awesome and welcoming as I do.Do you have a plan for achieving your goals, or is that something you are still formulating? Quote Level ? Half-Dwarf/Half-Amazon Warrior STR:21.25 STA:15 DEX: 10.95 CON: 14 WIS:15.5 CHA:17 SWOLE BUCKS: 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Link to comment
AKLulu Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Welcome, Matt! It sounds like you have some really good goals. I can understand preferring to keep to yourself. We have a lot of self-proclaimed "friendly introverts" here, so I'm sure you'll fit in fine If you ever have any questions, feel free to ask! Quote Lulu : one that is remarkable or wonderful (it's in the dictionary, it must be true) Battle Log | Pinterest | Twitter | Instagram Link to comment
Matt A Posted April 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Thanks for the welcome. I'm actually still kind of working on it. I've always like the bodyweight/gymnastics stuff... At this point I'm trying to nail down a routine. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment
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