Hi.
This is mainly intended as a record, I won't be filling it in very often, most likely only every couple of weeks or so. The main point is that I feel that people are expecting something of me, so the more people I tell about it the more motivation I have to reach my goal. Never mind about the thread title, that was just to make you look
Current stats:
187cm (6'2")
80.5kg (177lb)
BF% ? (that inaccurate electric thingy consistently says 16%)
I just started back at the gym a couple of months ago, after a good 3 years off, those 3 years spent mainly sitting in a chair all day at work and not being very active in general. Before that I did a long period of over-training (I realise now - basically I just didn't have days off!!). My weight is up from 75kg two months ago, but seems to have slowed gaining quite a bit now and I really have to try to eat more.
My goals:
1 - Reach 91kg by the end of this year with same BF% as now.
2 - Make my legs catch up with upper body.
3 - Be as ready as I can be for next ski season!
4 - Improve my posture.
5 - When someone meets me for the first time they will think 'he must work out'.
If goal 1 sounds unreasonable tell me! The reason for goal 2 is that in the past I have neglected leg work a lot and now they are really lagging behind, which ties in with goal 3 which arises from the injury I got when skiing earlier this year. I think I stressed some tendons too much which apparently is brought about basically by the legs just being unconditioned. Anyway I really enjoyed the skiing so I want to be able to do lots of it next winter without worrying about my knees again. Goal 4 comes about because it's generally a good thing, and also because a few weeks ago I woke up with a generous helping of pain between my
shoulder blades which persisted for a week after which I finally saw a chiropractor. He said the muscles in my upper back are very stretched out and weak in comparison to my neck muscles, which are compensating... or some such stuff. Goal 5 comes from being a skinny hard-gainer from way back, I think the first impression most people had of me was 'does he eat?'
I won't get in to all the details about my diet, suffice to say I have been watching this forum for a fair while now and I'm taking in all the advice I can get. One thing I am not too keen on though is all those number crunching calorie calculations. I prefer to know roughly what a food is made up of and what it's good for etc and take it from there, following the reasoning of Lee JB's (old?) signature: if you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got. I'm not too fussed if I put on a little fat anyway, the novelty of weighing more than I ever have before will likely be satisfying enough. I think I do eat fairly well though, luckily I never have the urge to eat junk food or fattening rubbish. Apart from 'normal' food, I take a post workout shake religiously and often a weight-gainer shake once a day as well (yes I did see the weight-gainer thread
)
I go to the gym about 4-5 times a week, with a four day split:
quads,hams,gluts
chest,calves
back,bis
shoulders,tris
I will do at most two consecutive days of those, and then one day off, or maybe two days off depending on how I'm feeling or if other events don't allow time for it. Sometimes (once a week?) on an off day I will do cardio for 30-50mins. I walk for 50-70mins a day, to work and then to the gym and then home. Unfortunately my workout is late in the evening. For the record, currently my 'work' sets (8reps) are something like this:
DB flat bench 24
DB
shoulder press 18
Lat pulldown 45
One-arm row 18
Leg extension 55
Deadlift 75
Squat 70
(these last two I only started a few weeks ago so I am expecting real improvements there)
Not much else to say I guess... this post is becoming a book already. I had hoped to start this little quest a bit earlier but due to the little mishaps with the back pain and also pulling an abdominal muscle from getting too enthusiastic at being back in the gym hehe... I wanted to wait until the coast was clear. Like I say the point of sharing this is to make me get the feeling I'm being watched and therefore gotta give it my best. Any criticisms, advice or comments let me have'em!
Recommendations for a good knee strengthening exercise for skiing anyone?
Maxima?
Oh yeah some pics taken just now I put up
here.
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I feel I have also lost a fair bit of fat off the area around my lats... 
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