My Blog on Weight Training and Fitness: Introduction

Apologies for the late initial post, it's been a very lazy day for me. This blog is where I'm going to talk about the physical aspect of life e.g. keeping fit, and as a hobby... weight training. I'm pretty into the whole thing as I like to look and feel good. I tend (most of the time), to watch what I eat and also weight train. I'm hoping to provide my insight on some truly good tips without ram-raiding the reader with lots of jargon and "get a carved 6pack in 2 weeks" type jibber-jabber.

After trying numerous things I feel like sharing these with other people, who could also perhaps extend on this. I noticed when researching the best way to weight train - there was an overwhelming amount of information, and on top of that people providing different suggestions as to what they think works best. The truth is that every person, so what works for one person may not work for another.

One of the biggest problems when someone decides to lose weight, or gain muscle - is not knowing where to start and if they do, then what exactly to do. The big question is do they start by losing weight, or trying to put on the muscle first? Then there are all sorts of other questions that result of either decision. What weights to start with? Methods of burning calories? How often to do these things? etc etc, the list can go on forever. I think the key to getting results from wanting to put on muscle or generally get fit is to plan and understand what it is your taking on, thus what you have to do to achieve this. As both of these things take motivation, persistence and time, working blindly does not work. The chances are trying this way will end up in getting bored after a few weeks and giving up.

My aim is to slowly try and break down the field, providing you with information for what has worked for me, and to give an insight in general. Fitness and weight training are much bigger than people think. However they tend to discover this before they begin, meaning they drop out once they realise what is needed of them, to achieve results. Weight training is more than going to the gym, curling a dumbbell 200 times, eating lots of protein shakes etc. And becoming fit and healthy is more than going on a round the block run for 2 weeks, and starting a fad diet for 4 weeks, and expecting to look slim. There is a lot more involved.

I hope readers will return, possibly even help me out too! Now you know what the blog is about, tune in tomorrow for a deeper insight :)