Who knew that simple small dumbbells at home could make your ass hurt more than doing machines at the gym? I'm going on vacation with my family soon and I don't know how I'm going to keep up with the nieces and nephews if it hurts just to sit on the toilet. This blog is about a skinny guy's journey to beef up and look...normal.
A little background.
My name is Mark and I am a shrimp(aholic). Not as much as I used to be, but to give you an idea, I'm 30, 5'9" and I weigh about 145. All through high school I was 120 and in college I was pretty much 130. Senior year I regularly had a little too much cheesecake as graduation approached, but other than that I've been in the 140s for the past 8 years. I've always been skinny; I still am. I even worked out diligently for a couple of years, but I couldn't get bigger. Never! Now, one could argue that there are a lot of psychological and sociological implications surrounding the idea that I want to get bigger and more muscular, but that can wait. For right now, let's focus on the fact I couldn't get what it seemed all the other guys had: muscle.
I've had this exercise/body building book on my shelf for quite a while, knowing that it has applicable and credible information I want, but it just wasn't the right time. Well, this week I cracked it open and I began my journey. I am educated now about exercises for goals, proper form, nutrition, sleep, water, etc., etc. Now I just have to do it. (We'll see if those Tony Robbins tapes paid off.)
Without going into much detail, I did legs and shoulders yesterday and my ass hasn't hurt this much since...well, it hurts. And I was only squatting with 5 lb weights! I told you I was a shrimp. (Hmm... maybe this blog is really about getting stronger.) I know the exercises were effective, so now it's up to me. Today I have abs and aerobic. Funny how I am procrastinating by creating a blog. Ciao.
