Sunday-October 26, 2008-I’m Deeply Inspired!
I joined this site on October 15, 2008. Almost immediately I made some friends and received encouraging feedback. I was somewhat shy about placing pictures of my body out there for others to see, critique, and perhaps comment on. I have, however, been deeply inspired by the messages and comments fromothers as well as my observations of the pages of other members. I have seen some amazing transformations on here. I also have had to reign in my "therapist" tendency to want to give positive reinforcement and feedback to ALL the members whose pages I’ve visited. I’m writing this because I cannot wait to get out there and get at it tomorrow. For the past two weeks I’ve had to start my workout week on Sunday to compensate for having to miss two Tuesdays in a row. My body was ready to workout today and I found that I have been "antsy" all day.
I’ve eaten clean the entire weekend and my metabolism has kicked into high gear and I can tell because I’ve had to eat something every three-four hours! Before getting onto this site, I paid some attention to my diet, but nothing like had in the past. I really started concentrating on diet last Monday and believe that my latest progress pictures reflect that effort to a slight degree. I can’t wait to see how I look this Friday.
I found a challenging bodyweight exercise that I had NEVER heard of—Planche Push-ups. One site calls them the "gold standard of push-ups." One has to work up to doing these. Eventually, one should be able to do pushups with ones entire body off the floor balancing on ones hands. This exercise was demonstrated brilliantly on a video by one of the members of this site. In his introduction to the video he wrote that anyone who has any questions should post a comment on his page. I was so excited I posted a message to his page AND he was online. Alas, I have yet to hear from the brother*. Nevertheless, I’m a Ph.D. student and very good at research, I found all the information needed online about how to work oneself into shape to be able to do the push-ups. I’ve even found that I’m strong enough to perform the first exercise in the progression of exercises (the "frog stand"). So, needless to say I will be working over the next few weeks or months to be able to perform this exercise. Then I will post my own video and I will respond if you have some question or comments. LOL!
Anyway, thanks to all of the people who have added me as a friend. I hope that I can prove to be as inspirational to you all as you all have already been to me! Please feel free to comment, critique, ask questions, etc. I’m going to practice my "frog stand." Until tomorrow, take care!
* Tuesday-October 27, 2008 Note—The Member did contact me and was extremely polite and helpful.
October 26, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Wow, it looks as if you’re doing everything right, and are braced for success. Keep moving forwards, and enjoy your journey. Way to stick to your diet, and build those healthy habits that will last a lifetime.
October 26, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Thanks sir! Really just getting back to how I was a few years ago. I let the traumatic situation of having to leave Syracuse University (finances) without quite finishing, losing everything cause me to really get off track. I know I’m better when I’m in shape, but felt sorry for myself. Although I didn’t get too far out of shape, I was, for me in horrible shape. So, now I will begin tracking down that money to finish up the Ph.D. Currently doing therapy mostly with children which is not my area of specialty (college students and adults), but is very rewarding! Thanks, as always, for your encouragement and best wishes toward your reaching your fitness goals as well.