Hard to believe I’ve been training on and off for a quarter of a century. I got my first weight set at 14 and continued for 2 solid years and despite not knowing much about proper training and even less about nutrition, I managed to go from 130 lbs to 160 lbs in that time although I was pretty smooth at about 16% bf. But I looked good in a tank top which is all I really cared about!
Then I discovered partying and girls and there went my desire to train. But over the years I’d suddenly join a gym and start lifting again…usually just for summer - tank top weather. Then come fall I’d quit again. This on and off pattern has persisted for over 20 years.
But then in January of 2006, I hit an all time low. I hadn’t trained in several years and was the fattest I’d ever been at about 185 lbs and around 22% bf. I vowed to myself that I’d start training again…but the right way. No slacking, eating squeaky clean, etc.
So at 39 after about 18 months of solid hard work, I’m in the best shape of my life and only looking to improve. No drugs…no shortcuts…just consistant hard work and unshakable disipline is all you need to get the body you want.
Right on 1Morerep, I think that pic of you at fifteen will put that accusation of steroid use to rest. Unless of course you were mainlining test at fifteen (J/K)! Great job man, I hope to have a physique like yours one day.
Very impressive, you look to be in phenomenal shape not only for your age, but for any age. I hope I keep it up as I get older. Must feel good to be 39 years old and know that you are still in the best shape now.
Thanks Magarhe!! Yes I’m so very grateful I still have all my hair with no signs of losing any any time soon. And no that wasn’t me…I’ve only been a T-Nation reader since Jan.
[quote]1morerep wrote:
Thanks Magarhe!! Yes I’m so very grateful I still have all my hair with no signs of losing any any time soon. And no that wasn’t me…I’ve only been a T-Nation reader since Jan. [/quote]
ha. you should be grateful. I’m 25 and so bald that i gave up and shaved it (I gave up and shaved it when I was 19, I have no idea how bad it is now)
Baldness: the hair you have at say age 25, you will prob. have that hair for the rest of your life. ie if you are going bald you go bald young. Baldness comes from your mothers’ father - if you are bald, your daughters’ sons are going to be bald too.
Nothing wrong with being bald or shaving the head, except maybe getting suburnt on the noggin. If bald, your hair will never go white or silver and hence you won’t look so old when you are old. Also, you can comb your hair with a sponge.
[quote]Magarhe wrote:
Baldness: the hair you have at say age 25, you will prob. have that hair for the rest of your life. ie if you are going bald you go bald young. Baldness comes from your mothers’ father - if you are bald, your daughters’ sons are going to be bald too.
Nothing wrong with being bald or shaving the head, except maybe getting suburnt on the noggin. If bald, your hair will never go white or silver and hence you won’t look so old when you are old. Also, you can comb your hair with a sponge.
I am not by the way, bald.
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False. Sorry man, but that’s wishful thinking. As a 40 year old who has almost all his hair, I can tell you none of that is true. I freaked out at 31 when I started to recede at the temples a bit (almost 10 years later and I now see that the tiny bit of loss I had was really nothing, and is not even noticeable - except to me!)…
But seriously, I went to a dermatologist back then and learned quite a few things about male pattern baldness - like it can happen anytime, and having hair at 25 is no guarantee that you’ll have it at 30, or 40, or even 27 for that matter.
Also, that crap about your mother’s side - also false. It comes from both parent’s genes…
I will say that the doc told me the older you are when you start receding the more likely you will keep more of your hair, but other than that, the rest is just not true.
[quote]SkyNett wrote:
Magarhe wrote:
Baldness: the hair you have at say age 25, you will prob. have that hair for the rest of your life. ie if you are going bald you go bald young. Baldness comes from your mothers’ father - if you are bald, your daughters’ sons are going to be bald too.
Nothing wrong with being bald or shaving the head, except maybe getting suburnt on the noggin. If bald, your hair will never go white or silver and hence you won’t look so old when you are old. Also, you can comb your hair with a sponge.
I am not by the way, bald.
False. Sorry man, but that’s wishful thinking. As a 40 year old who has almost all his hair, I can tell you none of that is true. I freaked out at 31 when I started to recede at the temples a bit (almost 10 years later and I now see that the tiny bit of loss I had was really nothing, and is not even noticeable - except to me!)…
But seriously, I went to a dermatologist back then and learned quite a few things about male pattern baldness - like it can happen anytime, and having hair at 25 is no guarantee that you’ll have it at 30, or 40, or even 27 for that matter.
Also, that crap about your mother’s side - also false. It comes from both parent’s genes…
I will say that the doc told me the older you are when you start receding the more likely you will keep more of your hair, but other than that, the rest is just not true.
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