I am back at the gym!!!

[mrpologuy]

After letting myself go for a long time and piling on the weight, I am back at the gym. I have been working out 4-5 times a week for 2 weeks now. I have cut out the fast food and the soda. I don't even have been in the house now. That hasn't happened in years. I feel a lot better now and have been sleeping a lot better. It was time to do something and get in shape now. I just felt like I needed to put this out there to hopefully get some positive feedback.

 

[sho'nuff]

that is excellent and good luck on your progress. i should start hitting the gym too . i really miss it and really let myself go as well. i remember when size 32 waist jeans were loose and now i can barely fit into 36 waist dress pants.
i used to make fun of men with man boobs and now i am the one with them. talk about irony. i used to be able to see the definition of my stomach muscles and chest muscles and stuff but now all i feel is pillowy fat mass. i used to be 175lbs lean but now i am 217 lbs fatts. but it is going to be tough as the holidays are now rolling in, it will be an uphill battle i may most possibly lose.

 

[ken]

Great! Keep it up! It only gets better from here.

 

[Viktri]

Good job, don't let down but don't burn out either!

 

[Eason]

Originally Posted by mrpologuy

After letting myself go for a long time and piling on the weight, I am back at the gym. I have been working out 4-5 times a week for 2 weeks now. I have cut out the fast food and the soda. I don't even have been in the house now. That hasn't happened in years. I feel a lot better now and have been sleeping a lot better. It was time to do something and get in shape now. I just felt like I needed to put this out there to hopefully get some positive feedback.

Great job, feel free to PM me with any questions, I'm a personal trainer and I'll do my best to help you out.

 

[adversity04]

Nice! I hope all goes well. Definitely take Eason up on his offer and ask any questions to the community. We'll try to steer you in what we each think is the right direction

Enjoy yourself and have fun at this point, you can worry about having a completely clean diet and doing X, Y and Z when you're in the habit of going on a consistent basis.

 

[HomerJ]

Cool. Don't burn yourself out. After a few months, change up the whole routine.

 

[greg_atlanta]

And don't ruin it with alcohol binges. I've decided alcohol is the main reason people get fat (me included).

 

[MunnyGuy]

As I am sure EASON will probably tell you. Don't forget to give your body time to heal between workouts. Good for you though! I just recently got involved in Kung-Fu and am amazed at how soft I had become.

 

[HomerJ]

I'm gonna start hitting the gym 3-4x/week now. I feel like doing some snatches.

 

[Eason]

Originally Posted by HomerJ

I feel like doing some snatches.

Hey, me too!

 

[clarinetplayer]

Congratulations! Keep at it!

Practice does not make perfect. But practice does make progress.

Great minds think alike...last June I began working with a personal trainer three times a week. (I had never darkened the door of a gym in my life.) It was one of the greatest decisions I ever made. I feel absolutely great. I have dropped 10 pounds and now weigh what I should and have started to strengthen some very flabby muscle! I have lost 1.5 inches off the waist. I may have lost some of that weight watching the Tigers lose and lose and lose during August. And at Michigan's first two home games!

 

[briancl]

Today was my first appointment with a personal trainer. I got ****** kicked. I don't know how people do it, but I guess I'm going to find out.

Good luck

 

[clarinetplayer]

Originally Posted by briancl

Today was my first appointment with a personal trainer. I got ****** kicked. I don't know how people do it, but I guess I'm going to find out.

Good luck

Some PT's yell--as if yelling is going to get results. (I've seen them in the gym.) Others teach. I am constantly being corrected about "form", but in a positive way. I have a great PT; he works me to near death, but he makes me enjoy every minute of it.

 

[drizzt3117]

One question for the PTs on here or people working out with a PT. Are most of your personal trainers focusing on isolation exercises? It seems like every time I see people working out with a PT at my gym, they're doing pretty esoteric isolation exercises rather than compound exercises.