To all who read. I'll give you a background bio of me and what I expect of myself this journey, because every new journey the outcome is different. Breaking PR's, setting new records, excelling at all aspects of life are just the few that I know are to come. The background: I was a 15 year old kid, not fat, not skinny, pretty lean and carried most of my weight in the abdomen area as well as my upper thighs. I also played baseball since I was 12 so I lifted on and off in high school and as you know there are certain limitations to how much of an upper body baseball players can have (or so I have been told by many strength coaches) That was until 3 years later at 18 when I decided to get serious. I played one year at the D2 level where my team won the northeast regionals and went to the D2 world series in Carey, NC. After that year I was done with ball due to a coaching situation.
When I first discovered Animal it was really a googling accident. (I came across the Forvm) I looked at these products and said "thats fuckin badass." After reading several reviews and learning that Universal has been around 23 years (at that time) I said "I have to try Pak." Soon I was hooked on Pak and then tried the other supps at 18 I started to use the M-Stak and Stak 2 (at the time.) I saw serious results and to this day I will swear that any Animal product works for me.
Anyways moving on I am a person of deep thinking when it comes to sitting down and asking what I want out of life. Sometimes I know, sometimes I don't. Just recently I read Big Al's "Discipline" article and it has brought to my attention the use of the word and why it is so important.
Now to my current stats:
Age: its pretty young but I care nothing about numbers and it shouldn't concern you.
Height: 5'11 and 3/4 or 6'0 (haven't been measured in a year)
Weight: Fluctuates between 189 and 225 depending on the time of the year and the diet. Right now I am bulking at 191 to 230 (hopefully.)
As far as my raw combined total I'm not sure I havent benched past 200 (my chest is the weakest part) I also go 315 ATG squats. Deadlifts just recently started getting back to those due to an injury on my lower back from several months ago (315X5) @ 3 sets with good form.
To all those who read my bio and short summary of the bits and pieces of my life. I thank you.
I will also be using my YouTube account to update you guys with vids of my lifting and my new records.
Monday 2/1/10 starts a journey to bring the Train past the pain and into victory against the doubters, haters and naysayers.