Luis998
Honda Enthusiast
I know we all have things we're into, be it men, women, cars...etc. etc. I'm just wondering though, is there anyone that is into working out? If so, what are your routines like, supplementation regimens, inspirations...etc. etc.
I'm thinking this thread will die in...oh lets see, it's 22:38 here in Florida, so I give it until midnight, if that long before it gets buried. haha
Seriously though, I'm wondering what motivates those that work out and why? Just like building up your car and taking care of it, what drives you in the gym? My own personal motivation is to never be 242lbs. ever again. That's the most I have weighed in my entire life. After having a roller section fall on my back at work in August of 2002, then getting in a car accident three days later when I hydroplaned on the highway, hitting five of the upside down garbage cans with the lights on top, and ending up against a barrier I was out of commission for eight months and going through back therapy the entire time.
Almost seven months later, or eight, since my math really sucks, I decided to start watching what I was eating and changed my intake of food in February of 2003. In three months I was able to lose twenty pounds while still going to therapy and not be able to work out as of yet. I forgot to mention that after my accidents, I really wasn't able to move around much since I got such bad whiplash from the car accident. I didn't do much for two months but lay around and go to therapy.
That June, after my therapy was almost over, I decided to start working out and didn't know how. I was sitting there, watching T.V. when a Tony Little commercial came on advertising his Gazelle contraption. Without thinking much and really wanting to change my life, I ordered the stupid thing and used it religiously every day of the week. I started with that and a seventeen and a half pound weight. There isn't much you can do with such a set up, but I did what I could. In August one of my drivers (I'm a dispatch Supervisor at UPS) gave me a work out bench and a ton of weights, so I began working out every day. Not knowing what the hell I was doing, I still did it each day religiously. In March of 2004 I joined the Bally's that my good friend worked out at (who is also a certified athletic trainer, among other things) and have been there since then, never missing more than a week or two at a time. (except of course when I was out with appendicitis for two months which REALLY sucked in December of 2005)
My starting weight back then was 242lbs. By August of 2006 I was 188lbs. Then I did what I had been wanting to do since I had lost my work out partner (our schedules were very opposite of each others) and got a trainer, whom I worked out with until April of 2007. During this time he had me gain forty pounds back so that I could gain size. Though this was totally against what I wanted, I still gave it a chance and gained some size...along with a bit of fat around my belly. Nowadays I train very hard to get back down to my "fighting weight" so to speak, of at least 200lbs. I'm currently 216lbs. at 6'2 and still love working out.
I guess I really wrote this thread to find out if anyone else out there that is into working out as much as I am. To me, working out is not only about body, but mind, spirit and soul as well. It helps you relax and cope during stressful situations.
I'm not sure if this thread will make it a week, but I am curious to find out what others have to say on this somewhat "vague" question/subject. With that, I open the floor to everyone else.....*cues crickets in the background*
Luis
I'm thinking this thread will die in...oh lets see, it's 22:38 here in Florida, so I give it until midnight, if that long before it gets buried. haha
Seriously though, I'm wondering what motivates those that work out and why? Just like building up your car and taking care of it, what drives you in the gym? My own personal motivation is to never be 242lbs. ever again. That's the most I have weighed in my entire life. After having a roller section fall on my back at work in August of 2002, then getting in a car accident three days later when I hydroplaned on the highway, hitting five of the upside down garbage cans with the lights on top, and ending up against a barrier I was out of commission for eight months and going through back therapy the entire time.
Almost seven months later, or eight, since my math really sucks, I decided to start watching what I was eating and changed my intake of food in February of 2003. In three months I was able to lose twenty pounds while still going to therapy and not be able to work out as of yet. I forgot to mention that after my accidents, I really wasn't able to move around much since I got such bad whiplash from the car accident. I didn't do much for two months but lay around and go to therapy.
That June, after my therapy was almost over, I decided to start working out and didn't know how. I was sitting there, watching T.V. when a Tony Little commercial came on advertising his Gazelle contraption. Without thinking much and really wanting to change my life, I ordered the stupid thing and used it religiously every day of the week. I started with that and a seventeen and a half pound weight. There isn't much you can do with such a set up, but I did what I could. In August one of my drivers (I'm a dispatch Supervisor at UPS) gave me a work out bench and a ton of weights, so I began working out every day. Not knowing what the hell I was doing, I still did it each day religiously. In March of 2004 I joined the Bally's that my good friend worked out at (who is also a certified athletic trainer, among other things) and have been there since then, never missing more than a week or two at a time. (except of course when I was out with appendicitis for two months which REALLY sucked in December of 2005)
My starting weight back then was 242lbs. By August of 2006 I was 188lbs. Then I did what I had been wanting to do since I had lost my work out partner (our schedules were very opposite of each others) and got a trainer, whom I worked out with until April of 2007. During this time he had me gain forty pounds back so that I could gain size. Though this was totally against what I wanted, I still gave it a chance and gained some size...along with a bit of fat around my belly. Nowadays I train very hard to get back down to my "fighting weight" so to speak, of at least 200lbs. I'm currently 216lbs. at 6'2 and still love working out.
I guess I really wrote this thread to find out if anyone else out there that is into working out as much as I am. To me, working out is not only about body, but mind, spirit and soul as well. It helps you relax and cope during stressful situations.
I'm not sure if this thread will make it a week, but I am curious to find out what others have to say on this somewhat "vague" question/subject. With that, I open the floor to everyone else.....*cues crickets in the background*
Luis