Hey everyone, I’m 26 and 6’4" 230 lbs but its it’s not good weight… I’ve pretty much been living off my metabolism my entire life and I’ve realized that I need to take control of my body before it’s too late. Ive been through VERY brief spurts of working out but nothing even worth mentioning. Though…

I’m not actually worried about looking like the rock nor do I think I could achieve that. It was just for the sake of argument lol

[image] doomguy: I don’t want to be huge bodybuilder status, I just want strength and a good figure (think Ryan Reynolds or Chris Hemsworth). What should be my short term and long term focuses? I would start by getting rid of this attitude. I understand you don’t want to be a competitive bod…

[image] The_Myth: I am only beginning to realize that you don’t really build muscle - it accretes over time and that takes patience. This is the #1 reason that people who say “I don’t want to look like Mr. Olympia, I just want to look like Chris Hemsworth” fall off the wagon. Gaining muscle …

Overall I think you have a lot of potential. Your primary pitfalls are going to be: 1–not planning ahead for rough schedules/times and not creating solid healthy habits. this is number 1 by a long distance. 2–short term mentality. you have to be committed to your goal…I don’t care what goal that i…

Wow… thank you for this… really this meant a lot to me. I guess I have a lot to learn and a lot of improvement to make not only physically but mentally as well… I’ll take this to heart.

Yeah as much as I would like to take part in a sport my time is limited so I think the gym would me the most effective use of it. I don’t feel weak or anything and I’ve always been told I have the ideal frame for bodybuilding but I’ve always had such a hard time STAYING consistent… I’m tired of …

what is your plan for your diet?

Remember that lifting is a sport. Running is a sport. Throwing heavy objects is a sport. Jumping is a sport. You can set goals in those sports and still spend all of your training time in the gym.

Hmmm… I’m pretty sure this is how crossfit started :stuck_out_tongue:

[image] doomguy: Wow… thank you for this… really this meant a lot to me. I guess I have alot to learn and a lot of improvement to make not only physically butmentally as well… I’ll take this to heart. No problem! You can do it. A gentleman I know was at 370. Now he is at 248 and ripped and…

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