[Brian A.]

Alright so I'll start with some background since I haven't posted here in a long time. I've been working out since high school and I've been a trainer for 5 years. Durring college my friends and I would train each year for spring break and I was able to get pretty decent size, but I never got much leaner than like 11%. However being 6'5" I was able to carry 11% pretty good.

This year two of the female trainers I work with did body building shows. They were both in great shape to begin with, but I was extreemly impressed with their results. They both met with Tony, another one of the trainers at our gym who has been doing natural body building shows for years. He tweeked their progams and more importantly showed them how to get lean for the show. They won second and third place in the show they were in. So after being inspired by their amazing results, I decided to see how far I could take my training.

Now before I go any further I'm not saying that I am planning to acutally do a show, mainly because of the waxing and the banana hammock, but I would like to get into "body builder shape".

This was my New Years resolution, and I took my early January holiday-food-bloat pictures which I will be posting. I then proceeded to work for about a month an a half on a functional style routine to build up core strength and stability. My nutrition was not too focused durring this time, in other words, I was skrewing around and wasting time.

I've finally gotten serious and am tracking everything I put in my mouth. I met with Tony to get a my training and nutrition periodization down, and I'm off and running. Meeting with Tony also solidified my commitment and gives me more accoutability to keep me on track. This is also why I decided to start this log. It's time to see what I've got.