derrickgyn
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Decided to put my log here so I could get some opinions and to also keep myself accountable and committed to my goal, i.e. get bigger. I enlisted in the army in Feb and training in the gym has been on and off, with poor diet until recently after getting a downgrade.
ORDed in Dec 13.
Ht: 173cm, Wt: 75kg (Dec '12) 76kg (Feb '13) 77kg (Jan 14)
2011 (62kg) vs 2013 (77kg)
2012 vs 2013
I started lifting in April 2011 as a clueless skinny-fat n00b. I did it because I believed that doing a few sets of bicept curlz and rope extensions would make me look better. Fortunately, I've always been very committed to the things I do. Fueled by my curiousity and newfound vanity thanks to the mixed school environment, I found myself spending crazy amounts of time reading mainstream bodybuilding websites like bb.com (which would turn out to be a huge mistake)..
I started doing haphazard and poorly designed routines (courtesy of myself) and got some results out of it. By then, I was obsessed with the image of cover models and competing bodybuilders that I would trawl the internet daily for whatever information I could get. What I failed to realize is that information is useless without the knowledge and experience to synthesize concepts and integrate it into my training. It was something that got me spinning my wheels for a very, very long time. If you think that my transformation photo above was impressive, I can tell you that if I had the knowledge back then that I have now, I could do the exact same transformation for almost anyone in 1.5 years to 2 years.
Then I stumbled upon this HWZ health and fitness corner that shook up my "ideas" about what training was. In short, keep it simple, stupid, but having people to actually kick your butt and keep your ego in check is the most useful thing you could have for progress, other than a competent trainer/coach. I did not have the privilege of getting a trainer. It is something I regret not having because it could have shortened my learning curve by a very significant amount.
If someone was to ask me what the "secret" to being "that guy" in the gym was, it was gut-busting, balls-wrecking hard work, discipline, and actually wanting to be better. You need to take every set, every rep more seriously because these guys are your stepping stones to whatever you want to achieve. Focus, visualize, go in with intensity and conquer. Purely going through the motions won't get you ANYWHERE. You either progress, or you regress (assuming you have ANY capacity to regress in the first place), and if you are just a goddamned p*ssy, you sure as hell don't deserve to progress.
Get your mind straight. There is a huge difference between "exercise" and "training". I don't go to the gym to "workout" or to "exercise". I train, and I train hard. If I don't meet my expectations I tend to feel like sh1t for the rest of the day. Exercise is all fine and dandy but training will get you to your goals.
To be continued...
ORDed in Dec 13.
Ht: 173cm, Wt: 75kg (Dec '12) 76kg (Feb '13) 77kg (Jan 14)
2011 (62kg) vs 2013 (77kg)
2012 vs 2013
I started lifting in April 2011 as a clueless skinny-fat n00b. I did it because I believed that doing a few sets of bicept curlz and rope extensions would make me look better. Fortunately, I've always been very committed to the things I do. Fueled by my curiousity and newfound vanity thanks to the mixed school environment, I found myself spending crazy amounts of time reading mainstream bodybuilding websites like bb.com (which would turn out to be a huge mistake)..
I started doing haphazard and poorly designed routines (courtesy of myself) and got some results out of it. By then, I was obsessed with the image of cover models and competing bodybuilders that I would trawl the internet daily for whatever information I could get. What I failed to realize is that information is useless without the knowledge and experience to synthesize concepts and integrate it into my training. It was something that got me spinning my wheels for a very, very long time. If you think that my transformation photo above was impressive, I can tell you that if I had the knowledge back then that I have now, I could do the exact same transformation for almost anyone in 1.5 years to 2 years.
Then I stumbled upon this HWZ health and fitness corner that shook up my "ideas" about what training was. In short, keep it simple, stupid, but having people to actually kick your butt and keep your ego in check is the most useful thing you could have for progress, other than a competent trainer/coach. I did not have the privilege of getting a trainer. It is something I regret not having because it could have shortened my learning curve by a very significant amount.
If someone was to ask me what the "secret" to being "that guy" in the gym was, it was gut-busting, balls-wrecking hard work, discipline, and actually wanting to be better. You need to take every set, every rep more seriously because these guys are your stepping stones to whatever you want to achieve. Focus, visualize, go in with intensity and conquer. Purely going through the motions won't get you ANYWHERE. You either progress, or you regress (assuming you have ANY capacity to regress in the first place), and if you are just a goddamned p*ssy, you sure as hell don't deserve to progress.
Get your mind straight. There is a huge difference between "exercise" and "training". I don't go to the gym to "workout" or to "exercise". I train, and I train hard. If I don't meet my expectations I tend to feel like sh1t for the rest of the day. Exercise is all fine and dandy but training will get you to your goals.
To be continued...
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