P. Bateman, concerning your abs & aerobics comment...
I know I should train them, but first things first.
Last year I accepted the realization that if I was going
to make a final push for the body I wanted, before I got too
old or injured, that I would have to take it in steps and that it would take at least two years.
Here was my plan:
1) I had to lose the gut.
2) I had to attenuate the areas I have always neglected but needed to develop for overall symmetry.
3) I had to reawaken the muscle I had forged then forgotten over the decades.
4) I had to condition my heart with specific aerobic conditioning.
5) Abs are down the list, not because I am lazy or don't like to train them, but I have had two surgeries in the past 22 years for a herniated tendon down the center. I have a 4" by 3" plus sign scar in the middle of my abs. I can admit it is a sore subject.
In college my nickname by the football team was "Johnny Abs."
I had an awesome 8-pack.
I could hold onto an overhead ladder and do 6x20 leg raises
and touch my toes to my knuckles.
It was great to see the look on the girls' faces when they saw me do this, even the gymnasts.
No-one could touch me in this exercise.
The abs you see in the pics were developed thirty years ago and have been
stimulated by much actual physical labor over the years, but my dream
is to polish them and once again show them prominently, only this time
with a proportional, symmetrical, and developed physique.
One can only dream...unless sweat equity takes hold and
holds on for the full ride...with injuries held at bay...
I really appreciate the motivation I get from people on this site.
Your comments may seen to be small extensions of yourselves to you, but to me they are much needed and appreciated calls for action. They are meaningful and make the journey less barren.
thank you.
