Gymhawg’s BodyBlog

It has been a while since I have blogged so I thought I  would post an update.  I started lifting a very small amount for a couple months in the fall of 2008 at the college gym and that was a great learning experience for me.  I decided to change schools so I was out of a trainer and a gym.  I got pretty busy and stressed out between Thanksgiving and Christmas so I took that time off.  I was going to start back around New Year’s and I did.  I found this awesome gym that I joined a few weeks ago and I love it.  I also got a new trainer and I am really enjoying him.  He has me on a to gain size and strength.  He also has me on a diet which requires me to eat 3000-3500 calories a day.  I never measured my calories before so I started doing that and realized i was only getting about 1500 calories a day.  No wonder I wasn’t gaining any muscle.  Right now I am up to about 2500-3000 calories a day.  That is not where I want to be but it is tons better than before.  I will get to 3500 calories a day before too long.  I am a newbie to the weights so my workouts right now seems intense.  I am expecting to see some gains pretty soon.  My goal for 2009 is to reach 170.  I am about 155 as of November 2008 when I last weighed.  The training staff at my new gym says one pound of muscle per month is a good amount to reach for.  So, that’s about one 1.5 pounds of muscle to gain a month.  That seems reachable to me.  He has me on a 6 week system so I was thinking about taking progress pics every 6 weeks.  As a reward I thought about getting a massage once every 6 weeks.  What do you think about that?  I lift 4 days a week (usually mon, tues, thurs, fri) and do abs 3 days a week (usually mon, wed, fri).  Well, that’s about it for now.  I could always use some suggestions and encouragement…so please send some of that my way.

Peace!

AB