MotoForester
12-16-2007, 04:47 PM
Howdy howdy.
I figured I would start a journal to track my personal progress and maintain a little accountability with my diet and gym habits.
About me in general
I'm a 21 year old college student studying forestry. Hobbies/interests include motocross, I love just about any outdoor activity, hiking, climbing, mountaineering, and the such. I stand at 6 feet 3 1/2 inches and last time I got on the scale I weighed 195lbs. That was with boots on and fully clothed. I'm guessing I weigh around 185. I'll find out tomorrow for sure.
Weightlifting experience
I was a wrestler for 6 years from junior high into high school. My senior year I blew my shoulder up and had a reconstruction surgery and several months of very unfun physical therapy. I haven't lifted weights or exercised consistantly since then. At my peak physical condition I was about 6'2 and 175lbs. Long and lean build. I've spent the past year and a half working at a commercial printing factory which has been my main excuse for not getting in the gym. Working 12 hour shifts plus having a full class load really left me time for absolutely nothing. My diet and sleep was atrocious, as the majority of the time I was on the graveyard shift.
I've since been able to quit that job and I work for the US Forest Service now. Basically they're paying me a stipend to finish up school and I'll go to work for them when I have my degree. It's much nicer this way. Our tax dollars hard at work right here.
Goals
It's really ironic to be putting a journal on WBB since at this point in my life I don't have much desire to be a massive person. My main focus is overall physical fitness and health and ridding myself of unhealthy habits. My first plan is a bulk because I would like to gain some size. I'm shooting to gain as much healthy lean weight as possible. Not sure of a magic number, but I'm thinking in the 210-220lb range in a slow bulk. I think once my diet improves it'll come on a lot quicker than I think. My workout regime will be a mix of cardio, weight training, and stretching to improve flexibility.
I plan on hitting it hard from now until the end of the spring semester. I'm going to be working this next summer in northern Idaho and will be doing a lot of ground work in steep terrain with the good possibility of spending some time fighting wildfires. I'd like to do some hiking while I'm there too, and I don't want to be huffing and puffing so hard that it's not enjoyable.
So that's the real goal, overall fitness. I'm on a new medicine to help me quit smoking and it's working. I've been a pack a day smoker for the past 4 years and am only smoking about 5 cigarettes a day now. The real quit starts in a day or two.
That's about the jist of it.
I figured I would start a journal to track my personal progress and maintain a little accountability with my diet and gym habits.
About me in general
I'm a 21 year old college student studying forestry. Hobbies/interests include motocross, I love just about any outdoor activity, hiking, climbing, mountaineering, and the such. I stand at 6 feet 3 1/2 inches and last time I got on the scale I weighed 195lbs. That was with boots on and fully clothed. I'm guessing I weigh around 185. I'll find out tomorrow for sure.
Weightlifting experience
I was a wrestler for 6 years from junior high into high school. My senior year I blew my shoulder up and had a reconstruction surgery and several months of very unfun physical therapy. I haven't lifted weights or exercised consistantly since then. At my peak physical condition I was about 6'2 and 175lbs. Long and lean build. I've spent the past year and a half working at a commercial printing factory which has been my main excuse for not getting in the gym. Working 12 hour shifts plus having a full class load really left me time for absolutely nothing. My diet and sleep was atrocious, as the majority of the time I was on the graveyard shift.
I've since been able to quit that job and I work for the US Forest Service now. Basically they're paying me a stipend to finish up school and I'll go to work for them when I have my degree. It's much nicer this way. Our tax dollars hard at work right here.
Goals
It's really ironic to be putting a journal on WBB since at this point in my life I don't have much desire to be a massive person. My main focus is overall physical fitness and health and ridding myself of unhealthy habits. My first plan is a bulk because I would like to gain some size. I'm shooting to gain as much healthy lean weight as possible. Not sure of a magic number, but I'm thinking in the 210-220lb range in a slow bulk. I think once my diet improves it'll come on a lot quicker than I think. My workout regime will be a mix of cardio, weight training, and stretching to improve flexibility.
I plan on hitting it hard from now until the end of the spring semester. I'm going to be working this next summer in northern Idaho and will be doing a lot of ground work in steep terrain with the good possibility of spending some time fighting wildfires. I'd like to do some hiking while I'm there too, and I don't want to be huffing and puffing so hard that it's not enjoyable.
So that's the real goal, overall fitness. I'm on a new medicine to help me quit smoking and it's working. I've been a pack a day smoker for the past 4 years and am only smoking about 5 cigarettes a day now. The real quit starts in a day or two.
That's about the jist of it.