This first entry has seen a lot of typing and deleting, since I dont actually know where I need to begin. I guess I might as well explain why gym has become my new found love lately, and possibly why I’m doing it for the wrong reasons. And I know there are other guys out there reading this that knows exactly what I’m talking about.
School, age 11-13: I used to hang out with the "jocks" (if you can call them that at that age), because we lived next to each other. Now these were guys that were way into sports, and by doing so, had the fit physical appearance for a 13 year old. The girls used to go apeshit about them, and going to the movies usually meant I was the odd one out.
Come high school, didnt make much of a difference, was in an all boys school, one of the top academical and sports schools in the country. And yes, only did sports because I had to, not because I wanted to, at that stage fitness didnt mean anything to me, why would I want to run around and get sweaty or lift weights when I can be at home watching TV or play video games?
Then college and work started, no change here yet fitness wise. Until the doc told me one day that I should consider joining the gym. Now why would I want to do that? Go to a place where you’ll find big okes with muscles the size of my head and me trying to figure out how the bloody equipment work? I then went anyways, might as well use it as a reason for avoiding morning traffic rush hour. This became an everyday event (remember, no rush hour traffic).
Eventually the 85Kg and 24% bodyfat dropped to 74kg and 13% bodyfat. I was on top of the world! I slowly started getting other ppl to go to gym, was giving advice on dieting, until I stopped going because of a shoulder injury. Boohoo!
A year or so later, sitting on my fat ass, I realized that the "good looks" I started to get, was disappearing, so I forced myself to get back. It was the usual start, stop, start stop, but with the help of bodybuilding.com and bodyspace, I started making it my life again.
So here I am today, 78Kg, 15% BF, and loving it. Checking my stats on a weekly basis, getting annoyed/disappointed when results not swinging in my favour, but it pushes me to try again and again. Who knows, maybe just someday yet I’ll get below 10%, and have abs, and walk on the beach, and get the smiles from the pretty ladies…
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