--9 Months and how it's happened--

[Young Athlete]

I started out here around February back when the forum was small. I was naive, thought weight lifting stunted your growth and had no idea how to train. I had done body weight exercises my summer of 2007. Luckily a larger man had taught me how to squat properly (Told me to do 25 reps before bed to learn the form). I started the 5X5 with a friend after one day he dropped out because he thought he looked gay doing the empty bar. My 5X5 experience was great I put on 20lbs and became a lot stronger.

I continued on until track season started at this point I was squatting near body weight. My deadlift was shit I didn't understand how to do it. After weeks and weeks of waiting i finally got my prepaid visa to get starting strength. I did track and was alright second best at my school in hurdles overall probably 7th in conference. While doing the 4X400M being the 3rd leg my hip muscle just popped. I never knew what was wrong with it but it was fucked up. Running hurt, lifting hurt, my groin was torn up, and my hip was completely fucked. I rested until about the start of June.

At this point i had a new girl friend, life was good school was ending. My hip was fine for squatting with a close stance but my flexibility had dropped down. I started stretching and doing hip mobility drills. I continued on through the summer lifting with football 3X a week in the morning, and speed camp 2X a week. 5 Days straight this would occur. I ended up eating less and becoming generally very tired. The football works outs were shit and i knew it so i started doing heavy deadlift after the work outs were complete. I got my dead lift up to 2XBw.

Then one day trying a new pr my form gave out and i dropped the bar instantly. I had a small fiery pain in my lower back. This still is a sensitive area but it's fine now and i still dead lift. I went on to quit football before two a days started seeing as it was burning me out and i found no joy in the actual game of football. I found a system called VertFreak made by adam who is now a friend to me. I went on the system and it was new and interesting with different techniques. after 2 months on the system my girl friend broke up with me.

The next day I went to lift with two friends and a therapeutic session. I was pissed and ended up going for new personal records, first with 180lbs which i had to bail out on earlier in the summer. This weight felt easy i continue d on with 190lbs slowly and steadily the bar raised up out of parallel. I wanted 1.5Xbw pretty badily and i decided 200lbs would be my goal, i went down just hit parallel and came back up while thinking about hip drive came up more quickly then 190lbs. I was pumped and continued on the vertfreak system.

I'm faster and stronger after following the system for about 3 months. I'm now busy with hockey, studying, and working out is now tougher then possible. I have now come back to the 5X5 seeing as it will take little time and will be easy to track. Oh, I'm also on of the fastest if not the fastest kid on my team. I'm currently at a body weight of 125lbs (think I'm growing again will work out a new diet soon to gain weight). I squat around 215lbs now (hopefully more).

Through out this crazy journey i have had a lot of life experiences and have unusual morals and view points. I learned how to meditate which is awesome and I think you should all try it out. I learned life is hectic and that you must take it one day at a time. I also learned hard work is the key to success in any area in life. You want to be the best you have to work like the best. You want that chick, go work 20 chicks a night, learn what works, plan a system to success that can adapt, and you will have her. I'm also a pagan by choice I have though about religion deeply and have surrounded myself with friends who have the same morals as me. I learned who my real friends were and have a lot of people who now dislike me.

One of the best thing i learned with lifting is that the crowd isn't always right, fuck that person who doesn't like you or how you work. I have long hair so this one kid comes up and talks to me like he is half asleep and with a small accent in his voice to piss me off. I just go along with it cause i know that one day he is going to get whats coming to him. I know that one day if i see him outside of school and he pushes me I'll beat his ass down and no one will stop me because he is a corrupted soul.

When you are yourself, you work your ass off, and you use your head success will come to you. Stare aimlessly as your brain comprehends what is going on in front of you or interact with the world around you. We all have no idea what comes after this life, we all have no clue as to why we exist. Our existence is paradox and it goes in a never ending loop. I spent 6 months of my 8th grade year trying to create a master piece of logic as to why we exists. It's not there we can't solve our problem quantitatively, Time is a concept never forget that, and always look into the mirror reflect on yourself. Wake up every morning and think about if you died that day would you be happy with your life.

Sorry for my ramblings feel free to share your thoughts

[rere]

A moving and thoughtful post.
I enjoyed reading it.
I like some of your principles also.




Peace.

[Young Athlete]

Thanks for reading . Thanks to mjh or mehdi for cleaing up the format?!?!

[Mehdi]

Thanks for reading . Thanks to mjh or mehdi for cleaing up the format?!?!

Np, it reads better this way

[Liv92]

Enjoyed it. Very good job bro.

[Young Athlete]

Well thanks for reading and taking the time to edit it, honestly i'm surprised you had the time and hope you came out of it with something learned

[clavelle]

Young Athlete,
Great story Bro, I wish all my wrestlers had the same drive as you at their young age. The problems you face as a teen will all go away with time, but I am sure you know that. So just live your life for you and it will be an enjoyable ride. And as far as the guy making fun of you, fuck him, he will get his one of these days, guys like that always do. You remind me of me when I was in school and I was able to BP 195lbs when I was only 120, man where did all that go? Oh yeah life happened and I stopped working out, silly me.

Glad you stuck with it even though your partner quit, I am sure he looks at you know and wishes he didn't.
Christian