Killing Big Chris and creating Strong Chris
Alright it is time. It is time to kill the man who accepted the nickname “Big Chris” my whole life. I have fought with weight up and down throughout my life and always landed on the up side, even after dramatic loss. I was 300 lbs by the time I was a freshman in high school at 12 years old. I got on a double lunch program and by the time I graduated I weighed 400 lbs. I stayed that weight or gained for the next decade. I didn’t even contemplate trying to lose weight until I met my wife, I was 25. By that time I had learned to do everything I wanted to do at 400+ lbs. I have walked into the gym and done it myself, spending hours on the treadmill/bike and not really knowing what to do with weight training just used the pec deck and curls. I have spent time running and running and running (I can’t stand that). I did CrossFit for a while that worked well for me, I had made it down to 270# but the intensity and impact caught up with me. I broke my leg playing soccer and near the end of the recovery I broke my foot.
Now I am 38 and currently weigh 330 lbs. I want to be strong and weigh 250 lbs. I want to be able to do any physical task and look good doing it. I want to make sure I am useful for my whole life.
I did my first training session on Friday via the app and bought the book this week. I will be doing my first Squat/Bench/Deadlift session tomorrow morning and I look forward to setting the numbers that I am going to use through my SSNLP. Though I am going to track my numbers through the app I am going to continue to post on here for accountabilty and hopefully to encourage others. Feel free to make any comment and reach out if you want to know anything.