Hi everyone, here is my official declaration of accepting the challenge. (Even though it's officially over)
http://muscularstrength.com/12-Week-Home-Program
30 years old, currently weigh 232 lb's and it's really embarassing for me!
In High School I was extremely athletic, was able to dunk tennis balls on 10 foot basketball rims, and I held the record for most pull ups in my high school as a freshman (17 was my record) - of course this was all 15 years ago!
Since then I haven't really stayed in shape and did manage to lose 35 lb's on my first diet attempt - but since then I've been a lazy fucker and gained back more than I lost before and it's time to get back into shape. I want to take up boxing at some point in the future and just get all around fit - maybe even shredded?
Currently I haven't exercised in the past 2 years, work at home as poker player and piano teacher - So even just buying groceries and walking from my car to my apartment door multiple times puts strain on my body!
Pictures below of my current sluglike state for all the internetz to see.
So 0 out of 10 in terms of how confident I feel in my body...probably 5...I'm not a total fat ass and my last girlfriend didn't seem to mind my bearish figure but I mind it!
So 0 out of 10 in terms of how "fit" I believe I am...probably 3...I would die if I ran a mile, can barely do 10 pushups, etc!
Front relaxed pic
Front tightened body pic
Sideways relaxed pic (wow!)
Sideways tightened body pic
Well hopefully I can keep a daily log of how I feel, how the challenge is going and then post some nice "after" pics at the end of the 3 months!
Target weight loss will be 1.5lb's a week (fairly aggressive) so 12 weeks * 1.5 = 18 lb's, target weight will be around 210 and then I'll decide on a new plan after that or maybe even just increase the dumbbell weights and do a 4th/5th month to lose another 12 lb's to get to around 200 lb's even.
Really excited, Scott Herman your videos are really inviting, exciting and motivational.
If I fail, it will only be my fault, and nobody else's. I have been given the keys to success, I only have to open the door and walk through it.