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andrew9450
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« on: August 07, 2010, 05:33:17 PM » |
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Alright, after making multiple progress diaries like 220 progressions, Andrew's sled pulling diary, and Andrew's goal diary, here is my best and final one. This diary is meant to record weight, reps, workout composition, anything new I'm trying, cardio, what ever! On this first post, I will have a list of areas that I'm experienced in if anybody is thinking about trying something new. But before that, here is my story.
I started weight lifting back in April 2009. I was about 5'7", 260lbs, age 12. I was very obese, and was tired of living that way, so another kid who was obese like me, and still is to this day, asked me to come to weight lifting for the football team. I went, and had a blast doing bench press, upright rows, leg press, etc. As I got more advanced, my coach taught me how to squat, and JAMMER press. After a month or so of lifting, My neck thinned out, and my mom said that I looked like I lost weight. This is where it all started. I got very committed to weight lifting. I wanted to lose weight, and be a football star. The mile run came up at school, and my time had improved by almost 4 minutes. When I first did the mile, I got 15:00 flat. This time, I ran it in 11:41. Well, my first season of football came. I was only benching around 105, and squatting 115. As you can tell, I sucked. I didn't start, strained both my quads, and stood on the sideline at every game. I could barely make it through conditioning because of being out of shape, and sometimes didn't complete every drill. However, I stuck with it. My football coach would pound the phrase "Champions are made, not born" into our heads. I believed it. The day after the football season ended, I went into the weight room with one of the starting players who at the time hated me, and our Defense coach who is a power lifter. He taught me a bit about lifting, and we started to get the hang of it. I went out and ran the mile by myself, and ran it in 11:21. This was better, but I realized I needed to work on my endurance. As time passed, my muscles got bigger, and I could flex every muscle in my body. Winter lifting and preparation came along, and I started to get into cardio. Around this time, I weighed about 238 pounds. I started using the elliptical machine that I have had for years. We did some speed drills on ladders, and flexibility training. I started to do things like the icky shuffle, squat jumps, and prisoner squats at home in my own cardio routine. This got my speed up a bit. When winter ended, I started to slack on my cardio, and lost my speed. Eventually, I picked it back up. This is about the time that I discovered Scooby(march), and it changed my life. I got so into lifting and cardio, that I made an account on this forum in April. My goal was to get under 220lbs. I learned quite a bit about bodybuilding, and kept looking into it as I went on. I start putting together my own home gym and what not back in Christmas, and I noticed that I was missing a pullup bar. However, I couldn't do pullups. I started doing them assisted around May, and I can finally do one chinup as of yesterday. During spring football practice, I noticed that I was good at football. My dream came true. I was playing center, left tackle, and left guard for the second string on the varsity team, even though I am playing Freshman football. My confidence was boosted like crazy. I got quicker, increased the cardio, the lifting, the intensity, everything. The mile run came up in school. This is where I had to prove myself. 8:30. In a years time, I went from 15 flat to 8:30. I couldn't believe it. I started doing things like sled pulls for cardio. It worked for awhile, but then I started to stop losing weight. I was 227 when I bought my first scale. Sled pulls got me down to 225, and then stopped working. I knew I had to pick up the elliptical again. My nutrition perfected around this time. It took me multiple months since April to cut out things one by one. I learned all about TDEE/BMR and whole grains, complex carbs, simple carbs, protein, healthy fats, etc through this forum. And from then until today, My bench press max is 200, and squat is at least 300. I weigh 220 flat, and am a team captain on the football team. I'm starting left tackle on both sides of the ball, and am the strongest lineman. I'm sexier, stronger, faster, and have worked harder than any of the people that spent their days making fun of me. This was my comeback, and I'm addicted to it. The girls are all around me now. My life has changed completely, and I want all of yours to change as well. If I did, any of you can. - Written On August 7th, 2010. Read the diary for update info.
However, I learned that this coach's lifting program was terrible, it consisted of machines, partial rep squats, no deadlifts, and bad form on every exercise, and a senseless full body program with way to much volume. Now, I am with a real weight lifting coach after the firing of Bob Forgrave, who knows what he is doing. I now know how to squat, deadlift, power clean, etc. My strength training is getting better and better, and I am getting bigger and bigger. I now am looking to reach a goal on 235lbs pounds, and put on at least 10lbs of muscle this year. I am also looking to lose maybe.. 5lbs of fat. Nothing much though. With my explosive strength training, and the future speed training that I will be starting in January, I will be a beast on the football team as a Sophomore. The decision though, is to either start on JV, or be 2nd string on Varsity. There are a ridiculous amount of Seniors this year, and 4/5 members of the starting Offensive line are all veterans. It will be tough, but we will see where I get to. - Written on December 1rst, 2010. Read the diary for updated info.
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