Do you remember what it felt like when you first started training?

Doolee

Hi everyone,

Bit of a strange question maybe but was just wondering really. I had always been going through phases of working out in one gym or another depending on my location and doing various diets and stuff but at the very start of Dec I decided to get a personal trainer who had come highly recommended and do things right. Im fairly clued in when it comes to nutrition, or so I thought. But I have to say I have learned more about exercise, lifting, and training not to mention nutrition in the last 5 weeks than i ever thought and I just cant believe the difference its made physically, and mentally. I can really only afford to train with a trainer once maybe twice a week, and its only for a few months until I start back working again - my job means things are dead for about 3 months during the winter which gives me time to get a life! - but I have to say its like a drug...I want to train all the time, I want to get stronger, improve, keep going and see more changes in my body. But most of all, I dont want this to be a temporary phase of a thing and I just wondered has anyone else any stories of when they started out and what way you were then and now...

And by the way, I've been reading this forum for a few weeks now and the stickies are excellent so thanks!

corkcomp

Doolee wrote: »

Hi everyone,

Bit of a strange question maybe but was just wondering really. I had always been going through phases of working out in one gym or another depending on my location and doing various diets and stuff but at the very start of Dec I decided to get a personal trainer who had come highly recommended and do things right. Im fairly clued in when it comes to nutrition, or so I thought. But I have to say I have learned more about exercise, lifting, and training not to mention nutrition in the last 5 weeks than i ever thought and I just cant believe the difference its made physically, and mentally. I can really only afford to train with a trainer once maybe twice a week, and its only for a few months until I start back working again - my job means things are dead for about 3 months during the winter which gives me time to get a life! - but I have to say its like a drug...I want to train all the time, I want to get stronger, improve, keep going and see more changes in my body. But most of all, I dont want this to be a temporary phase of a thing and I just wondered has anyone else any stories of when they started out and what way you were then and now...

And by the way, I've been reading this forum for a few weeks now and the stickies are excellent so thanks!

fair play, and keep up the good work my story is the same tbh, the constant progression keeps things interesting, keep setting mini goals . you dont need to bust a gut in every gym session though so if you only feel like doing something light thats ok too.

being in a good gym helps a lot too

Doolee

Hi Corkcomp,

Im in a fantastic gym but as I said its only for once or twice a week. Im waiting patiently (impatiently!) for a new gym that looks set to open any day now just across the road from me so until that happens Im just doing cardio in the mornings before breakfast. Even this is great for the mind. And as for the

corkcomp wrote: »

you dont need to bust a gut in every gym session though so if you only feel like doing something light thats ok too.

Tell that to my trainer! Every week is a fair bit harder but hey, nothing worth doing is ever easy!

InKonspikuou2

I'm 26 now and i started weight training around 21 but it's only in the last 2 years that i really got my head around things and began making proper gains. I started as a tall very skinny kid weighing only about 70 kgs wet and would go to the gym lashing out loads of reps thinking it was getting me bigger. I had no idea of the bodies muscles or what you needed to do to make them grow.

Now i am over 100 kgs with low bodyfat. I lift respectable enough numbers, i am confident in my lifting and have strict performance within my schedule and diet. It took a lot of trial and error to get to where i am now and i could have easily gave up. But it's all about commitment and peserverence. I'm just an average guy who always thought i was destined to be skinny or that i had bad genetics. But if i can change my physique, anybody can. So stick in there and keep up the dedication and this new found way of life won't just take it's place as a temporary phase.

Hanley

I remember training in a gym with dumbbells which only went up to 10kg. Then they bought a pair of 15's, 17.5's and 20's. I didn't think I'd ever need to use them!!

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Doolee wrote: »

Do you remember what it felt like when you first started training?

Yes.

fatal

My first day of training consisted of alot of sweating and asking myself over and over how people considered training enjoyable.I stuck with it.Now,almost a year and a half later, I can't stay away from it.I love the feeling of the burn which I once loathed.

brianthebard

Hanley wrote: »

I remember training in a gym with dumbbells which only went up to 10kg. Then they bought a pair of 15's, 17.5's and 20's. I didn't think I'd ever need to use them!!

Ha nice one. I remember the first time I did deadlifts and ten minutes later my whole lower back became mega pumped, I could feel each muscle head (as I interpreted it) individually fill with blood.

cardio,shoot me

hha, i remember my first day in the gym, i loved it! i did 4 hours of solid cardio!

Doolee

Hanley wrote: »

I remember training in a gym with dumbbells which only went up to 10kg. Then they bought a pair of 15's, 17.5's and 20's. I didn't think I'd ever need to use them!!

See I cant wait for this cause during my last session my instructor had me lay down on the bench and just gave me the bar to press...no actual weight plates! Pathetic I know but actually I couldnt believe how heavy the bar alone was so thats why I have the upmost respect for all you lifters. But I guess girls (im a girl btw) have feckall muscle anyway, esp in the arms...but hey, not for long! Bring on the plates!:D