What’s up folks? Just stopping in here to say hi quick and give a little into on who I am. @Ironside and @GearChurch have told me a few times now about this place so here I am.
I’m 32 and have been into bodybuilding as a hobby since about 2008, I’m a combat vet of the US Army (11b), a father and a husband. I’ve been out of the service since 2011 and struggled on and off with addiction issues which would derail my fitness goals, mostly due to drinking and pain medication abuse. I had some pretty serious injuries but I’ve come a long ways since then and have been sober for a few years now, the gym being my biggest outlet and therapy.
I just started back up in the gym around September of 2018 sitting at 260 pounds and about 30% body fat. I’ve done pretty well since then and have cut down to 224, sitting around 15-17% body fat. My current goals are still cutting of course, hopefully to about 12%.
I’ve ran multiple cycles over the many years so I do have some experience I can contribute, but I’m always looking to learn more as well. I’m also a TRT patient due to a injury to the testes, it took a long time to realize I had low T.
That’s the jist of who I am now, as for occupation since the military I do mostly mason/concrete work. Thankfully this type of work helped me retain some muscle in all the years of not taking care of myself properly.
I’m about to run a blast of testosterone for 12 weeks, so I’ll update in the proper section for that too. Diet will be pretty strict and will be following IF for a 8:16 schedule, carb cycling will be implemented as well.
I’m 32 and have been into bodybuilding as a hobby since about 2008, I’m a combat vet of the US Army (11b), a father and a husband. I’ve been out of the service since 2011 and struggled on and off with addiction issues which would derail my fitness goals, mostly due to drinking and pain medication abuse. I had some pretty serious injuries but I’ve come a long ways since then and have been sober for a few years now, the gym being my biggest outlet and therapy.
I just started back up in the gym around September of 2018 sitting at 260 pounds and about 30% body fat. I’ve done pretty well since then and have cut down to 224, sitting around 15-17% body fat. My current goals are still cutting of course, hopefully to about 12%.
I’ve ran multiple cycles over the many years so I do have some experience I can contribute, but I’m always looking to learn more as well. I’m also a TRT patient due to a injury to the testes, it took a long time to realize I had low T.
That’s the jist of who I am now, as for occupation since the military I do mostly mason/concrete work. Thankfully this type of work helped me retain some muscle in all the years of not taking care of myself properly.
I’m about to run a blast of testosterone for 12 weeks, so I’ll update in the proper section for that too. Diet will be pretty strict and will be following IF for a 8:16 schedule, carb cycling will be implemented as well.
thanks for your service
