A little about me
I’m pretty lucky because I had a heart attack, because if I hadn’t I would have never got addicted to working out at the gym, because that is what happened to me.
Now I have to say those nurses at my cardiac rehab were pivotal in inspiring and educating me about BP and heart rates, granted they were not pictures of fitness,but neither was I for that matter. Which brings me to progress pix if I had a scanner I would put something in there to show where I started, but at that time I never expected my body to change the way it did, I just loved working out. Its too bad a lot of folks on here don’t seem to love it, but do because they have to, so they can achieve their goals. So do your best to make it fun.
I also have used a number of trainers, with all kinds of backgrounds , but some problems with that is when you find one he or she moves out of the area to another gym, so you get no continuity, but I am lucky because I can glean all the good information from each and use it. So it is kinda like this site.
I then started hanging around competitors at the gym and working at the Arnold Expo and started listening and learning ,started going to local competitions and got hooked on that, found a trainer that is a fitness competitor with a background in cardiology,yes I am a heart patient still.
This is where I learned about supplements and diet. Now I don’t eat like a competitor ,but do watch what I eat. I am lucky that my lifestyle and job keeps me active 7 days a week and going to the gym every day offers a luxury to indulge in Ice cream (is low fat ok).
Supplements are the tricky one for a heart patient. For instance I have became acquainted with a girl who is training to compete and telling me she has heart palpitations and taking some stuff that gets her heart rate up, not a good combo. My advice here is listen to your body its the one and only that you get. I’m oh so lucky!
April 28, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Good post Dave, you have come a long way, all the congrats to you. I love to work out too, to me it’s my fun, my competition against myself. You’re inspire Brother, keep at it.