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jugglecat · 01-10-2008, 03:59 PM

This is my log for the 2008 Men’s Challenge. So here it goes. This will be long so skip ahead if you want. First since I’m a new member, I’ll just ramble off some fitness background info.

I was super skinny and scrawny all my life, but I was a cross country runner in high school and college so I was active. I joined the Navy in my 20’s so that made me gain
a little bit of muscle mass but still small. After the military I started running again, this time it was half marathons and marathons. I was running them fast not just to finish, this brought my weight to 117 lbs. So after months of 100 mile weeks I finally got hurt which forced me to reexamine what I was doing.

This is me at a massive 117 pounds:

My wife got me The Home Workout Bible by Lou Shuler. I could barely do one chin-up at 117 lbs. So I’ve been lifting ever since, almost 2 years now. I joined the challenge b/c I need to push myself harder I guess. I’m kind of stuck where I am at. I thought this might motivate me.

Goals: Lower my body fat in the 10-12 range w/o losing too much muscle.
Program: I’m following Power Training by Dos Remedios.
Started: 1/7/08

I would love to here any tips or suggestions if anyone has them.
I will post my workouts later – three kids life is crazy!

01-10-2008, 03:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
jugglecat Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 127 My Profile	Don't judge a log by its name. This is my log for the 2008 Men’s Challenge. So here it goes. This will be long so skip ahead if you want. First since I’m a new member, I’ll just ramble off some fitness background info. I was super skinny and scrawny all my life, but I was a cross country runner in high school and college so I was active. I joined the Navy in my 20’s so that made me gain a little bit of muscle mass but still small. After the military I started running again, this time it was half marathons and marathons. I was running them fast not just to finish, this brought my weight to 117 lbs. So after months of 100 mile weeks I finally got hurt which forced me to reexamine what I was doing. This is me at a massive 117 pounds: My wife got me The Home Workout Bible by Lou Shuler. I could barely do one chin-up at 117 lbs. So I’ve been lifting ever since, almost 2 years now. I joined the challenge b/c I need to push myself harder I guess. I’m kind of stuck where I am at. I thought this might motivate me. Goals: Lower my body fat in the 10-12 range w/o losing too much muscle. Program: I’m following Power Training by Dos Remedios. Started: 1/7/08 I would love to here any tips or suggestions if anyone has them. I will post my workouts later – three kids life is crazy!