gymrat2007’s BodyBlog

I started cleaning up my diet a few weeks ago, but knew I’d have a few cheat feast in there w/ the hollidays, but now that that’s over I’m looking forward to starting my diet & seeing some results after my recent bulking phase.

I need a training partner to work out w/ twice a week. I work out pretty good on my own, but on chest & shoulders, I often need a spotter to go heavy.

I’d like to meet a successful bodybuilder that has similar genetics & background as me & learn from him. Every good bodybuilder I meet, is either much younger than me, or got started as a teen ager. Is there any successful bodybuilder that waited till he was in his 30’s to start w/out any prior athletic back ground ? I’m just wondering if my goals are just simply unattainable now.I was never an athlete, nor even lifted any weights till I was 25 & started going to a gym to lose my gut. I was intimidated by the power lifters so I didn’t do much in the weight room b/c I just felt stupid trying, but when no one was around, I’d hit the weights, but it wasn’t till 5 years later, that I learned that working out 2 or 3 times a week & having a fast food diet, will get you absolutely zero results. At the age of 30, I started to try to get it right, I followed all sorts of bad advice & spent the next 2 years spinning my wheels, until I finally found out how to get my body to grow lean muscle & keep it. I spent one year gaining about 6 lbs of lean muscle only to lose it all in 3 months by doing to much cardio & had to start all back over again. For the past decade I’ve continued to fail at this sport, but every time I get up, w/ another lesson learned on what doesn’t work for me.