When I first started lifting, I thought I stumbled on some magic that I had to tell everyone about. If you do this and this and this, you’ll have the a body of Adonis and you’ll feel great too. Well, it didn’t take long for me to realize that while people wanted the latter, they didn’t like being told to do a bunch of things. I realized that there is a difference between interest and accomplishment. (People also have a hard time not realizing they’re being a smug asshole giving unsolicitied advice. ;)) I was interested in accomplishment, so I just carried on with lifting and stopped telling others how to do it.
After a while, hard-to-answer questions were asked elsewhere. Then after a longer while, I turned into the geek trapped in a fat man’s body that you so enjoy reading about. When I decided that enough was enough and I had to get back in the gym, I thought that blogging about it — to re-teach myself the things that I had so enthusiastically wanted to pass on to others –would help me motivate myself. It turns out I have no problem motivating myself to train and re-learn everything I forgot; I do have a problem blogging about it, though.
So this post is the final, official post on getting back in shape again. I can’t justify giving my advice on training and eating, when there is much better stated advice elsewhere. And if you’re motivated to get in shape, you’ll go and learn it yourself. I started this blog to be part of the group of blogging developers, not bodybuilders. And to force myself to stay current with development. So expect more technical posts.
However, lifting is still something I’m interested in, so from time to time, I’ll post links to great stuff on fat loss, muscle gain and what not. Hey, it’s my blog.
For those interested in my progress, I’ve had a personal trainer assess me for squats and then he offered to make a routine for me: it’s hard as hell; I can’t remember a harder routine. And, people have started to notice a change. Two staff at the gym asked me if I lost weight and I can now wear jeans that are “easy” in the thigh, instead of “loose.” I’ve lost between 10 and 15 pounds, which is on target for my ultimate goal.