Introduce Yourself

[ravimolasaria]

Originally Posted by spiritthief

Hi All,
I am Andras. A hungarian living in Dublin, Ireland. 34 years old, Data Architect, father of one little girl, soon two.

I was a really fat kid with bad parental influences regarding nutrition and exercise. It took me a good 28 years to realise this. I have been training for 5 years. I have spent the first two of it to go down from 110+ kg to 84 kg bodyweight which resulted me looking really funny hence I have decided to 'fill up' that skin. I think I have completely lost the third year to 'build a surfer type body in 6 weeks' magazine articles, so I have only been training correctly for a bit over a year, when I found out about proper power lifting training. I am now 94 kg lifting low-intermediate weights. My relationship with food is back to 'love-love', and quality training just gave structure to my life.

This whole transformation gave me an incredible change in my head and I am very well on the way to become me own hero. I am here ask, watch and learn. Maybe some day to answer too.

I am training together with Alan in Markievicz.

Regards
Andras

Welcome Andras ... Please start your log if you have not done it already ...

Originally Posted by markievicz

good to see you here eventually
until we are kicked out for being too noisy!

No noises please ... Both of you are entering in a silent zone ...

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by spiritthief

Hi All,

I am Andras. A hungarian living in Dublin, Ireland. 34 years old, Data Architect, father of one little girl, soon two.

I was a really fat kid with bad parental influences regarding nutrition and exercise. It took me a good 28 years to realise this. I have been training for 5 years. I have spent the first two of it to go down from 110+ kg to 84 kg bodyweight which resulted me looking really funny hence I have decided to 'fill up' that skin. I think I have completely lost the third year to 'build a surfer type body in 6 weeks' magazine articles, so I have only been training correctly for a bit over a year, when I found out about proper power lifting training. I am now 94 kg lifting low-intermediate weights. My relationship with food is back to 'love-love', and quality training just gave structure to my life.

This whole transformation gave me an incredible change in my head and I am very well on the way to become me own hero. I am here ask, watch and learn. Maybe some day to answer too.

I am training together with Alan in Markievicz.

Regards
Andras

Welcome to the forum Andras. Congrats on the amazing progress!

[5kgLifter]

Originally Posted by tgorton2124

My name is Tony,
21 years of age, currently a reservist in USMC and a banker in my civilian life.
Been lifting since age 15 and really got educated on proper nutrition and diet within the last year and half.
Currently training to become a certified personal trainer through NASM, and looking to compete in my first body building show this june (hopefully).. I feel much more progress is to come.

Just looking to stay motivated through muscle and brawn.

Originally Posted by spiritthief

Hi All,

I am Andras. A hungarian living in Dublin, Ireland. 34 years old, Data Architect, father of one little girl, soon two.

I was a really fat kid with bad parental influences regarding nutrition and exercise. It took me a good 28 years to realise this. I have been training for 5 years. I have spent the first two of it to go down from 110+ kg to 84 kg bodyweight which resulted me looking really funny hence I have decided to 'fill up' that skin. I think I have completely lost the third year to 'build a surfer type body in 6 weeks' magazine articles, so I have only been training correctly for a bit over a year, when I found out about proper power lifting training. I am now 94 kg lifting low-intermediate weights. My relationship with food is back to 'love-love', and quality training just gave structure to my life.

This whole transformation gave me an incredible change in my head and I am very well on the way to become me own hero. I am here ask, watch and learn. Maybe some day to answer too.

I am training together with Alan in Markievicz.

Regards
Andras

Hi guys

[DJCastano]

Stopping in from m&s. wasssssssup

[5kgLifter]

Originally Posted by DJCastano

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Hi DJ

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by DJCastano

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Welcome to Swole Town.

[SCStrong]

Originally Posted by DJCastano

Stopping in from m&s. wasssssssup

wassssssssup

[rickypni]

Hello fellow Iron brothers!

Im Ricky im 24 years old and a rep for PNI...if anyone has any questions feel free to email me or PM my box is always open

[Mr.Silverback]

Wassup good people!

[McJohn]

Hello All, I'm new to strength training but have been lifting weights on and off for about 20 years. I'm 47 with two boys ages 13 and 14. We're all on the scrawny side and I'm looking to change that.

I'm 5'8" and 170 lbs and am currently doing a 5x5 type of program. I know it's probably not ideal so I'll start reading through the workouts for something better.

Day 1
-Leg Press (hoping to switch to squats soon) super set with Power Cleans or overhead presses
-EZ bar curls super set with seated calf raises
Day 2
Off, light cardio and stretching, yoga (seems to really help my squat)
Day 3
-bench press super set with stiff leg dead lifts or barbell rows
-dips super set with weighted sit ups or leg raises
Day 4
Off, light cardio and stretching, yoga
Repeat

I get 3 workouts in per week and do a lot of outdoor cardio on weekends.

On the first super sets of each day I progressively add weight but keep the reps at 5 per set with only the last two sets being near max.

The second super sets are higher rep add on type sets to near failure but higher reps, like 10 plus

I'm currently benching 225 x 5, leg pressing 560 x 5, over head pressing 135 x 5 and dead lifting 185 x 5 on my max sets.

I would like to increase my strength on core lifts especially squats, dead lifts and cleans. I'm coming off the leg press soon, I found I couldn't squat properly after not doing them for years and finding my lower body flexibility too poor to allow proper form. Hence the yoga classes which I know aren't too manly but they've really helped my knees and hips for heavy lower body lifts.

My boys also want to lift with me so I'm hoping to design a program we can all follow.

So is my current routine on the right track?
Are my boys at 13 and 14 too young to start a 5x5 type program?

I'm looking forward to focusing my workouts and gaining knowledge on strength training through all of the info here.

John