[quote]RichM wrote:
I think the X and Brooks both make some very good points in their arguments.
Up until 5 years ago, I was a fat ,lazy couch potato who thought the only exercise I needed was about an hour a week playing basketball with the fatter, slower and more out of shape guys.
I got into lifting by accident.
My apartment lease came with a free gym membership. Well, after about 6 weeks of doing everything wrong, one of the “muscleheads” actually came over and gave me some pointers. This changed my whole outlook and eventually led me to this site and the wealth of info.
Most of the changes came gradually, as I wanted to achieve better and better results. Now, it’s a complete lifestyle with the home gym and meal planning, and I owe alot of where I am now to one “musclehead” who took the time to share some very good information.
Basically, I agree with Professor X in that you have to have some hardcore lifters in the gym who are, maybe, willing to share. But, I also agree with JSBrookss that at least some exercise is better than no exercise.
While alot of these men will probably get bored and/or give up before they ever really get anywhere, if at least 10% see the big picture and move on to bigger and better things than that’s an accomplishment.[/quote]
Put in your application at the Pentagon, RichM; you’d make a hell of an ambassador.