First off..

So first of all, I should start at the beginning. Never having actually been in a gym at 18 years old I made some friends in the only 2 cool kids on a geek computing course. Both were older, one who was 24 and one 21, one an ex-con and the younger an Israeli army brat and of course the whole point being both considerably bigger than me. Weighing in at about 70kgs/155lbs all I ever had on my side was lots of speed. After finally joining the gym with these two guys I started to undergo the most drastic change in my life. After day one I couldn't physically lift my arms above my head and driving was a b***h with no power steering.

My second day didn't get any better, with the most amount of muscle pain I had ever encountered I had to pluck up the courage to yet again do exactly what I did the day before. Having never had even touched a piece of gym equipment I was pretty strong for a first timer, could bench my own body weight and as the first few weeks passed muscle pain in my chest, arms and back all didn't really last for two long. My routine was literally monday - friday, chest  and triceps, back and biceps and after three months I had already gained a considerable amount of noticeable size and strength. People started instantly questioning what on earth I did.

Yeah what I did was pretty impressive given the time frame, but all totally detrimental to my health and without knowing what this constant routine was doing for my lower body I continued this way of training for almost an entire year.

Come a few weeks after the christmas break I had been reading on Bodybuilding.com for quite some time about all different types of exercises. Every once in a while we would throw in some ab work and once in a blue moon some leg work, which is the only thing i would have changed if I could go back in time.

Ive learnt that abs come easily with the right mindset, diet and attitude towards your goals you can achieve anything. Laziness is an athletes biggest downfall. As I write this post I can feel that I haven't trained in 3 days or so and that I need to do something. But not putting in leg workouts in my weekly schedule and routine would ultimately lead me to where I am now. I have many complications with my legs as I now weight about 90kgs/200lbs which is a massive increase in mass and also a massive load for my legs to bare on top. The part of me that has suffered the most are my hips and groins along with extreme tightness in my calves when sprinting for long periods.

Now I'll come back to that later but to conclude the first thing I want to pass on to anyone who wants to start body building/toning or any other training regime, is to train your body equally. Although up top I had the perfect balance of chest to back, biceps to triceps, my legs have suffered because of it. So listen when people tell you, you have chicken legs. Yeah people don't take much notice of them when your in shorts or on the beach etc but still, your body knows exactly what you're doing to it and it will repay you tenfold for what you do :) Peace!