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I breif bit about me. I just turned 43. With the exception of several years of not lifting, due to marriage and too much work, I've lifted since I was 12. I'm a flyfisherman (thus the name rbtrout [rainbow trout]) and in 2001, I went fishing. I hurt my back on a trip by myself and realized that I had to get into shape just to be able to fish.
On July 5, 2001, I started my 'new life' of proper diet and exercise. I was a weak, skinny, fat guy - 205 pounds, 25% bf and everything but my belly skinny. Case in point - 11" arms.....flexed. My big 3 lifts were barely squatting 95 pounds, bench press of 4 reps at 135 pounds, didn't deadlift at all.
Since then, sticking to it very religiously, I'm now at 245 pounds and 17.5% bf. My big 3 lifts (1 rm) are 300# bench (with a shoulder that hates benching), 400 pound atf squat and a 500 pound deadlift. I've put 10" on my shoulders, 7" on my arms, 7" on my quads.
YOU CAN ACHIEVE YOUR FITNESS GOALS! Eat right, lift hard (don't forget your cardio!), sleep enough and stick with it. The biggest one of these is sticking with it. Set goals - short term, long term, body bf% (ignore the scale), lifting goals, etc. and stick with it. If I can do this, you can do this!
I breif bit about me. I just turned 43. With the exception of several years of not lifting, due to marriage and too much work, I've lifted since I was 12. I'm a flyfisherman (thus the name rbtrout [rainbow trout]) and in 2001, I went fishing. I hurt my back on a trip by myself and realized that I had to get into shape just to be able to fish.
On July 5, 2001, I started my 'new life' of proper diet and exercise. I was a weak, skinny, fat guy - 205 pounds, 25% bf and everything but my belly skinny. Case in point - 11" arms.....flexed. My big 3 lifts were barely squatting 95 pounds, bench press of 4 reps at 135 pounds, didn't deadlift at all.
Since then, sticking to it very religiously, I'm now at 245 pounds and 17.5% bf. My big 3 lifts (1 rm) are 300# bench (with a shoulder that hates benching), 400 pound atf squat and a 500 pound deadlift. I've put 10" on my shoulders, 7" on my arms, 7" on my quads.
YOU CAN ACHIEVE YOUR FITNESS GOALS! Eat right, lift hard (don't forget your cardio!), sleep enough and stick with it. The biggest one of these is sticking with it. Set goals - short term, long term, body bf% (ignore the scale), lifting goals, etc. and stick with it. If I can do this, you can do this!
