My Results so far...

[apache]

I just gotta say this sight F*!@*#& Rocks. I do way more reading then posting but check out the results ive gotten from all your good info. I used to be really really skinny and like unproportional. Bassically I had a gut and my arms were real skinny, I also had absolutley no chest, but no more! Over the summer i worked out for 2 months real hard then I went back to college and stopped everything, after christmas break i was pissed at myself made a new years resoultion and im back on track. I lift three times a week do cardio on off days, i eat super healthy now (doing the 5 meal a day thing) and protein shake right after i work out. My weight fluctuates from 130 to 137, im 5'9, 19 years old (look way younger) and still tryen to gain weight. My goal is to get up to welter weight status and I really want to get into Brazillian JiuJitsu, Muay Thai, and then some other sort of martial art, havent chosen which yet. Running is just to boring, i want to start sparing, do something a hell of a lot more intense. ANyway wanna say thanks for helping me start packin on eye candy, let me know what you think (any advice) and once i get access to a better camera ill put up other pics, since these suck and i took em myself.

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Lookin' good apache - (he says in a totaly non-gay way)

Glad you've rediscovered your motivation, and can bask in the results of your hard work. Nice one!

You're right, this site is pretty impressive, or rather some of the people who selflessly post their helpful advice on here are very impressive. Like you I've only been going for a little while, but have learned quite a bit from posts on here, or articles linked to from here. It's been one of my luckiest discoveries on the net.

BTW someone once advised me to take up swimming as a different form of cardio, and I can't recomend it highly enough to you. It has none of the boredom of running by yourself, and with the added benefit of fit women in tight bathing costumes. Win/win as far as I can see. Though your martial arts plan sounds pretty cool as well. Keep up the good work!