Introduction

The Purpose Of This Blog:

The sole purpose of this blog is to share my studies and experiences with growing to becoming a healthier and stronger human being.  All my life I have been a “hard-gainer” when it comes to putting on weight and building muscle because of the extreme cardio from running for so long. In the last four weeks, I have put on 12 pounds of muscle with my lifting and eating routines. I will be continuing this until I have hit my goals and tracking my experiences on here along with everything I learn from studying.

I will be posting motivational speeches from myself and others, my experiences and lessons learned along the road to my own health goals, condensed and simple recaps of my readings, and of course, answering any questions people send me.

I am not a professional body builder, nor am I a professional physician, coach, or athlete, but I have extreme goals set for myself to become the strongest version of myself in which I will be learning from the professionals and sharing it with all of you. I am in the same situation as many of the people reading this blog, so we are all going through the same things together.

Quick Background:

My name is Kyle, and I am 20 years old. I have been running for six years (since freshman year of high school), four of which were just about every single day with only breaks between seasons to fully recover. I participated in cross country and track & field, but cross country was what I put all my heart in to. My love for running developed because I had the greatest high school cross country coaches I could have ever asked for. Since out of high school, I've been enrolled in college. I will be obtaining my Associate’s degree this year. I have lowered my amount of running to spend more time bulking in the gym. I am four weeks in to bulking, and here I am, beginning my first blog.

Health & Fitness Experiences:

-          Ran cross country and track & field all four years of high school.

-          Majority of my training has been spent as a long-distance runner.

-          Was on and off training for a year and a half after high school.

-          Realized I wanted to put on weight and began body building.

-          In the fifth week of bulking right now.

Achievements:

-          18:29 5k

-          129:24 half marathon

-          160 pound bench

-          450 pound leg press

-          142 – 154 pounds (body weight gains)

Goals:

-          Read about health and fitness every day and share what I’ve learned.

-          Bulk up to 165-170 pounds and then cut to 160 pounds of pure lean muscle.

-          Run a marathon.

-          Break 18 minutes in 5k run.

-          Flat bench over 200 pounds.

-          Dead lift over 500 pounds.

-          Leg press over 600 pounds.

-          Share health and fitness with others!