Jimmy Moore’s First Six Months Of Weight Lifting

Filed under: Health — @ July 5, 2008

The results of my weight lifting have been pretty awesome

Growing up with an older brother who played football in high school was pretty intimidating. I didn’t care a bit in the world about growing muscles, participating in athletics, or doing anything physically active. It just wasn’t my cup of tea at the time and I had no problem playing alto saxophone in the marching band, pushing myself academically in preparation for college, and anything else that would keep me from EVER lifting a single weight in my life.

Of course, this was incredibly stupid on my part because I had no idea that building up my muscles would aid in fat and calorie burning which might have kept me from becoming a 410-pound morbidly obese slob of a man as an adult. Thankfully I was able to find a diet plan that would enable me to shed that weight at the age of 32 and now I am in the midst of a journey to actively make my body stronger, leaner, and more powerful than it has ever been. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!

Now it’s been a half-year for me lifting weights and I wanted to update you on how it’s going. The delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) I was having is still there, but not nearly as severe as it was. My trainer especially likes working my abdominal muscles each time and I feel those for 2-3 days after working out. My shoulders, biceps, and quadriceps get a little sore as well, but I can handle it now very well. To me, it’s a sign that the muscle was adequately exhausted which will result in quality muscle growth. After six months, I think I’m finally getting the hang of it.

Click here to see pictures of my progress since I started weight lifting twice weekly beginning in December 2007.