SkinnyMathGuy
01-16-2004, 05:22 AM
Welcome to the training journal of the SkinnyMathGuy. I've spent the last 6 hours or so wading through thousands of posts trying to figure out how the hell you guys got so damn cut. I think i'm ready to jump into this head first, and i'll be using this journal to try and keep me disciplined and motivated. You all will undoubtedly have the (dis)pleasure of reading long winded rants about lofty topics few people actually care about, aimless philosophical waxing, freeform lyrical verse(to give the deconstructionists fodder), and hopefully a regular log of my weight training progress.
Allow me to introduce myself. I'm the SkinnyMathGuy, I'm 22 and am a senior finishing a triple major in math, economics, and philosophy at what some consider a relativly prestigious private university. I'm presently a research assistant in the department of economics and have taught math in prisons, elementary schools and college(I'm still undecided as to which students are the worst). So if any of you need any help with that sort of thing, fire away.
On to the relevant introduction. I was a reasonably good highschool cross country runner, and still have pretty good cardio, i can do 5k in about 20-21 minutes, although i havent seriously trained in about 3 years. I'm skinny, as my moniker suggests, i weigh in around 138 pounds and stand about 5'11 at somewhere around 15% BF. My nutrition is absolute ****. I eat at most 2 meals a day, and it generally consists of some odd combination of beer, frozen dinners, cold pizza, and Mountain Dew Code Red. Estimating my caloric intake from yesterday puts me somewhere in the 1500 vacinity.
My goals are modest, i would like to get up to 155 pounds by the fourth of july. I'm sure a lot of this will come by way of water and the fabled "newbie gains". I started toying around in the gym last week. I was fairly suprised with how well i did. I was able to bench press 3 x 10 at 110 pounds, i curled 3 x 10 at 55 pounds, and i dont recall the shoulder and lat exercise weights. The leg machines were intimidating. I have no idea how to use the apparatus and i have skinny runner legs so i didnt want to go look completely foolish.
I'm sore as hell from my little endeavor yesterday, so today will be a planning/purchasing day. Creatine seems to provide a very good returns for its costs. I'll be ordering the prolabs variety that recieved a number of positive reviews in the appropriate forum. My diet obviously needs to be fixed. I think the fastest way to get myself on the golden path, is to start replacing the soda with water and taking a MRP supplement. I was extremely thin in highschool(think 5'11 sub 120) and my parents tried to get me to take that sort of stuff, but the taste was absolutely terrible, i recall actually vommitting after taking something called "Serious Mass" I think i not-so-fondly renamed it "Serious Ass". I read maybe the first 5 pages of the "What protien tastes the best" thread in the supplements, and the opinions were extremely fragmented, but a product called "Muscle Milk" had a number of positive remarks, and few negatives. Unless any of you can think of any reason why that would be a poor choice, i'll be purchasing it, hopefully through one of the BB.com sponsors. My second goal for today is to study and select a workout plan. I have the time schedule to work out 6 days a week and have access to a pretty complete college rec center gym (hard bodied college girl eye candy is great). If any of you wizened elder lifters could direct me to a link to what you would consider a solid bulking program/schedule for a naturally slender individual, i would be eternally greatful. I look forward to getting to know all of you better.
/respectfully
/the SkinnyMathGuy
My next entery will contain "before" pictures
Allow me to introduce myself. I'm the SkinnyMathGuy, I'm 22 and am a senior finishing a triple major in math, economics, and philosophy at what some consider a relativly prestigious private university. I'm presently a research assistant in the department of economics and have taught math in prisons, elementary schools and college(I'm still undecided as to which students are the worst). So if any of you need any help with that sort of thing, fire away.
On to the relevant introduction. I was a reasonably good highschool cross country runner, and still have pretty good cardio, i can do 5k in about 20-21 minutes, although i havent seriously trained in about 3 years. I'm skinny, as my moniker suggests, i weigh in around 138 pounds and stand about 5'11 at somewhere around 15% BF. My nutrition is absolute ****. I eat at most 2 meals a day, and it generally consists of some odd combination of beer, frozen dinners, cold pizza, and Mountain Dew Code Red. Estimating my caloric intake from yesterday puts me somewhere in the 1500 vacinity.
My goals are modest, i would like to get up to 155 pounds by the fourth of july. I'm sure a lot of this will come by way of water and the fabled "newbie gains". I started toying around in the gym last week. I was fairly suprised with how well i did. I was able to bench press 3 x 10 at 110 pounds, i curled 3 x 10 at 55 pounds, and i dont recall the shoulder and lat exercise weights. The leg machines were intimidating. I have no idea how to use the apparatus and i have skinny runner legs so i didnt want to go look completely foolish.
I'm sore as hell from my little endeavor yesterday, so today will be a planning/purchasing day. Creatine seems to provide a very good returns for its costs. I'll be ordering the prolabs variety that recieved a number of positive reviews in the appropriate forum. My diet obviously needs to be fixed. I think the fastest way to get myself on the golden path, is to start replacing the soda with water and taking a MRP supplement. I was extremely thin in highschool(think 5'11 sub 120) and my parents tried to get me to take that sort of stuff, but the taste was absolutely terrible, i recall actually vommitting after taking something called "Serious Mass" I think i not-so-fondly renamed it "Serious Ass". I read maybe the first 5 pages of the "What protien tastes the best" thread in the supplements, and the opinions were extremely fragmented, but a product called "Muscle Milk" had a number of positive remarks, and few negatives. Unless any of you can think of any reason why that would be a poor choice, i'll be purchasing it, hopefully through one of the BB.com sponsors. My second goal for today is to study and select a workout plan. I have the time schedule to work out 6 days a week and have access to a pretty complete college rec center gym (hard bodied college girl eye candy is great). If any of you wizened elder lifters could direct me to a link to what you would consider a solid bulking program/schedule for a naturally slender individual, i would be eternally greatful. I look forward to getting to know all of you better.
/respectfully
/the SkinnyMathGuy
My next entery will contain "before" pictures