My First Post!

So I wanted to start off this first blog post with a little bit of background on who I am. From the time I was in 3^rd Grade I had been a soccer player. At the time it was normal because I was still a Regular Joe, not the 6’3” 300lb Mongo that I am today.
October 2008, I started training at the Hancock Wellness Center in Greenfield Indiana. I weighed 360lbs, and being honest was probable well over 35% body fat. Here is a picture In my first semester at IUPUI, I had a class with Lance Goyke. It was P245 Teaching and Performance of Resistance Training, I have no idea what would have happened if we had not signed up for that class.Funny story actually, I had always been a distant fan of Powerlifting and commented on his bench press technique one day in class. He told me about where he trained and about Mike Robertson and at the time I had moved closer to school and was training at Cardinal.Being the researcher that I am I stumbled upon a Modified 5x5 article he had written on TMUSCLE. I put it into action, saw a pretty good gain in strength followingI made the decision to talk to Mike about making switch this a permanent thing. I wanted to train at I-FAST because I knew that they were the only people that were going to be able to help me attain my goals. I had my first assessment at I-FAST Wednesday, December 16^th, 2009 and weighed in at 319lbs (40lbs less than October 2008). Little did I know how drastic the changes in my body, strength, mobility, and how I just generally felt would end up being. I started my first program that next week. I finished that and the next month of circuit style, fat burning, workouts and by everyone’s accounts, had a drastic body comp change. In March 2010, I started my first Powerlifting Program to prepare for the 2010 USAPL Indiana State Powerlifting Meet on May 29th. After 3 weeks of deadlifting, I pulled a PR of 445x4 at a bodyweight of 305lbs. This being my first meet I am not expecting to get some unrealistic total. Do I have numbers I would like to achieve yes, but I realize that this is only the beginning.

I love training and want to be an inspiration to people that don’t feel they can do it. I want to help people better their lives and learn that just cause you don’t look or feel how you want right now doesn’t mean that you can’t later. My journey has just begun, things only get better from here. It’s never to late to start.

My Goals which I feel should be attainable….

· By then end of this year I would like to be in the 286-292lbs range.

· To pull 550lbs by the end of the year.

· To bench 3 wheel (315lbs) be my birthday (June, 10^th)

· To Squat 500 by the end of the year

· Attend at least 2 national conferences

Thanks for reading,

Steve-O