Been too long…
Man, it’s been too long since I was here last. Alot has happened during that time, mainly the birth of my son who is now a year old. So, it’s safe to say that I got sidetracked from my training for awhile. I also recently moved to a new house, so to make a long story short I haven’t worked out like I should for some time.
Basically I haven’t worked out for about 3 months. I had a couple injuries that were nagging, so I am actually glad that I took "some" time off, but I still feel like I took too much time off.
I was up to 208 before I got sidetracked, and right now I am 195lbs. I hate what I see in the mirror, but I am glad to say that I haven’t lost "everything." But, the truth is, my chest is lacking and small compared to what it was at one time. Same with everything else.
They say that we’re our own worst critic, but I have to be honest when I say that I am very disappointed in myself that I allowed myself to lose about half of what I had built up. There’s always an excuse we could find, but in this case, all I can really say is that life got in the way and I got sidetracked.
I am glad that bodyspace is here, because looking at progress pictures of others has motivated me to once again get back into the gym.
The cool part of it all is that I have some new equipment now, as in a treadmill and a new bench press and squat rack. That, and my gym now has more room in the garage because I sold my classic Jaguar when I moved here.
So, that means that I have three different stations set up in my "gym.’ I also have installed a couple of mirrors which is something I never had before in my gym.
So anyway, my goal is to find my motivation again. I never made a conscious effort to quit working out, I just allowed myself to slide back into my old ways which always results in having todo more work to get back to where you were.
I figure that since I am still in decent shape that I should still have some muscle memory and "should" be able to make some quality gains fairly quickly.
To tell the truth I am embarassed about posting new pics because it’s a visual reminder that I allowed myself to lose the muscle that I had gained. I’m also embarassed to post my measurements because I know the charts are all going to take a decline. I guess seeing that will motivate me to get back to where I was.
Anyway…I’m back, my first workout back is tonight, and I am looking forward to it. I have allowed myself a 2 week "light" workout period so my muscles and tendons can adapt to working out again, and then I plan to begin the 4 day split posted on my main page.
I’ll post some measurements this evening, if I can find my measuring tape. If not, I’ll buy one and post them at that time. Either way I’ll weigh myself and at least get that posted.
If you read this and feel like it, I’d sure appreciate some words of encouragement, because like I said I’ve lost my motivation and consider you all as my inspiration and motivation to push myself that much harder.
Thanks for reading, Rob
