Duration: Approximately 6 months
Venue: Fitness Studio, Grand Fitness Gym and home
Hey boy, if you ever read this back, just remember that you are once this fit.
It all started...
...with a dream. Yeah, standard line. Six months ago, I was really nothing, and I never imagined how will I look like right now. Initially, going to the gym was about trying out new things and doing something different. Gradually, the purpose of going to the gym changes. Then, I started to think back how the process happened, and I can clearly tell myself, good job!
It wasn't easy. It wasn't hard.
Building muscles was not that easy as I thought. Previously, I always think that people who go the gym will naturally have big body...until I tried it out myself. Going to the gym is one thing, what you do inside that gym is another thing. I have to admit that I'm quite fortunate to have a friend who is a body builder, in that way, it really saves me a lot of my precious time learning how to handle those equipment and to work out properly and correctly. Things just get easier when you are finally familiar with what are you doing. To continue what you are doing repeatedly, that's the hard thing. Sometimes, you really don't feel like doing anything at all. And sometimes, you just get impatient; you are doing the same workout, day by day, week by week, month by month, and the changes are so minute. Just be patient, as your body don't just grow overnight, as the saying goes, rome is not build in a day. Definitely you'll meet up with people bigger than you, stronger than you, but please don't compare and compete with anyone, make them your motivation and work hard for yourself, it's not about how heavy can you lift, it's about training within your limits and working out effectively.
Motivations...motivating and demotivating!
Whatever you do, please stay motivated. What really motivates me? Too many. Setting a goal at a time, and try to achieve within a time. I like to be inspired, and I allow a lot things to inspire me. Nick Cheung is one of them, even that guy can make it, why can't I make it too? Music inspires me a lot too, in the sense that it's giving me some kind of mental support during workouts, of course, not any love songs please. Mirror is also a kind of motivation, whenever I finished my workout, I usually spend some time flexing my body in front of the mirror, it may sound strange and awkward, but trust me, it really motivates you, to train to harder, and to be better. Well, what's demotivating then? Too many, too. Whatever you do, there will be people who are going to demotivate you. Fact. That's kinda normal. There will time when your friends started to persuade you to stop working out, they meant no harm, but just constantly remind yourself, you are the one getting what you want, no one else. Just take it as a joke and continue to work for what you want. There will be also time when you start to question yourself, 'Why am I doing all these, they are so hard and so heavy...', just do it!
Diet...
The hardest of all is to resist what is going into your mouth! You are what you eat. But honestly, I don't really follow any diet plans. I just have a clean diet whenever it's a workout day and avoided junk foods, that's all. Also spend some time learning nutrition for your body, apart of knowing what food is good for you, it also speeds up the process of getting that kind of body posture you wanted. To be frank, ever since I started all these, my lifestyle changed a lot, I no longer take supper, no late night sleep, no alcohol, never skip any meals. It was very hard to adapt this kind of healthy lifestyle in the early stage, but as time goes by, you'll get used to it. Of course, sometimes, I still cheat, in the way that I will still go for my late night
nasi kandar with my friends and still booze a little bit during special occasion.
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| So this is how my workout meal looks like... |
It's really challenging to stick on a clean diet, with Fb and Instagram around, with all those temptations. Haih, sometimes it just feel so wrong! So I usually cajoled myself, 'Just eat whatever you want but make sure you get rid of those extra calories!' Therefore I always gave myself one-day-off, to go eat whatever I want at the Friday night
pasar malam. I will be there like every week, just to satisfy my taste buds for a little while. Breaking free! Then the day after, an extra 30 minutes of cardio exercise to balance things up.
Some thoughts, some words to say.
I'm writing all these to inspire myself in the future, but I would be happy if I can inspire whoever is reading this. If I compare my body to those other body builders out there, I'm definitely not in the league. At least, I have tried very hard and gave all in whenever I'm training. I'll be leaving my hometown to further my studies in Sabah, and I'm also afraid that I'll be losing what I'm having right now. Hopefully, there are some facilities there for me to continue to workout. Come to think about it, sometimes I'm really happy for myself, I'm not sure whether is it gifted or what, I just like to dream and to start chasing after my dreams and to make sure I realise that dream. Again I'll say, staying fit or being healthy is not that hard, it really depends on how fit you really want to be. 6 months of discipline and determination proved me right.
Getting ready for the next level. Never stop believing in what you can do and dare to be different!
Adios, Penang. Hola, Sabah!
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| ROAR ! |
