Before I post up anything, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Jimmy, a college student living in Massachusetts. I am 20 years old (soon 21) and I have been bodybuilding for close to four years now and I am always working towards the perfect physique. Here's a quick summary of my journey (I will go more in depth later):
I started bodybuilding during my freshman year at college (I'm a junior now) because I wanted to tone my body for my dream: dancing. Opposite of what I wanted, I began to grow really easily. My initial goal was to slim down and gain strength. To myself, I was fat. That year alone, I grew 14 pounds (from 173 pounds to 187 pounds by the end of the year). Rather then strength, I noticed that I gained mass extremely easily. That summer, I managed to gain 6 pounds while doing nothing (I guess I was over training, and only after I allowed my body to rest I gained the 6 pounds). As I became bigger, my goals in the gym began to exceed my goals as a dancer.
Sophomore year I came back to school, and was eager to start hitting the gym again. In the first week of meeting all my friends again, I got a lot of comments such as "Have you been hitting the gym over the summer?" or "You've gotten bigger." I was happy about their comments, but rather than thinking that I was fat, I thought I was small. That year, I decided to start bodybuilding and give it my 100%. I began reading articles, trying strict diets, and even skip parties to go to bed early. Throughout that year, I gained another 5 pounds bumping me up to 197 pounds. I was disappointed with my progress. I gave up so much that year, only to gain 5 pounds. I left for the summer still determined to learn more about bodybuilding.
I didn't lift weight at all over that summer (I give myself three months at a time to rest... kind of bad I know). But I read a large collection of books on bodybuilding and read numerous articles on how to train properly. When I returned, again people gave me the same remarks: "You've gotten bigger!" and "Have you been hitting the gym over break?" I was still disappointed in my physique. I began to return to training, but a lot different then I have before. I guess that leads up to now. From 203 pounds in the beginning of the year, I am now 213. And I no longer think myself as fat or small (nor perfect yet).
Over the three years, I have developed a new way of thinking as I continued my training in the gym and applied the lessons into my own life. I have developed a new level of work ethics, training mentality, and view of life. This is what I hope to teach you more than how to pick up a dumbell to make your biceps grow. Cause to me, confidence, dedication, determination, and damn hard work is harder to get then learning how to get big or becoming shredded.
I will shortly post up new content about how you can train to get the body you want, to eat to get the body you want, and what I did in the past that I regret. Beyond that, I hope that I will become somewhat of a role model that you can look to when looking for motivation in the gym (or life).
