Comments on: Dustin’s Journey http://www.varietytrainer.com Fitness Training with Variety Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:58:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dustin Rose http://www.varietytrainer.com/dustins-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Dustin Rose Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:49:14 +0000 http://www.varietytrainer.com/?page_id=272#comment-342 Hey Guys, Just wanted to give you all a quick progress update. If you're going cross-eyed reading my workout chart, all I can say is that my strength is creeping ever skyward every day, and my muscles are feeling very full. It's an amazing feeling! It's quite shocking what the body can do when it is introduced to a controlled regimen like this one. At this point, I have shed about a percentage point of body fat. Taking me down to about 13.1%. But my body weight has actually increased to between 208 and 209. So, I've gained at least 5 lbs of muscle over these 3 weeks. Hopefully next week, when I post my 4-week progress photos and stats, things will be even better. Thanks for the encouragement! Keep it coming! Dustin Hey Guys,
Just wanted to give you all a quick progress update. If you’re going cross-eyed reading my workout chart, all I can say is that my strength is creeping ever skyward every day, and my muscles are feeling very full. It’s an amazing feeling! It’s quite shocking what the body can do when it is introduced to a controlled regimen like this one. At this point, I have shed about a percentage point of body fat. Taking me down to about 13.1%. But my body weight has actually increased to between 208 and 209. So, I’ve gained at least 5 lbs of muscle over these 3 weeks. Hopefully next week, when I post my 4-week progress photos and stats, things will be even better. Thanks for the encouragement! Keep it coming!

Dustin

]]> By: Dustin Rose http://www.varietytrainer.com/dustins-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Dustin Rose Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:42:31 +0000 http://www.varietytrainer.com/?page_id=272#comment-327 Thanks, Karin! I can't deny the fact that on a couple of occasions, I've just felt like staying home. I draw a lot of my motivation from knowledgeable, positive people like you, who lend great encouragement that helps get me over those bumps in the road. Keep us all posted on your half-marathon training. I can't wait to hear how it goes! I know you'll do well. Thanks, Karin! I can’t deny the fact that on a couple of occasions, I’ve just felt like staying home. I draw a lot of my motivation from knowledgeable, positive people like you, who lend great encouragement that helps get me over those bumps in the road.

Keep us all posted on your half-marathon training. I can’t wait to hear how it goes! I know you’ll do well.

]]> By: Karin M. http://www.varietytrainer.com/dustins-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Karin M. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:59:31 +0000 http://www.varietytrainer.com/?page_id=272#comment-323 Dustin - I'm amazed at your great attitude and motivation to complete this program. Thanks for inspiring me to aim higher with my strength training and now a half marathon! Keep up the good work! Dustin – I’m amazed at your great attitude and motivation to complete this program. Thanks for inspiring me to aim higher with my strength training and now a half marathon! Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Dustin Rose http://www.varietytrainer.com/dustins-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Dustin Rose Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:24:40 +0000 http://www.varietytrainer.com/?page_id=272#comment-305 Hey everyone! My friend in fitness Jessica sent me the link to this awesome blog that she found online. I don't know about all of you, but I run into this kind of crap almost every day with people from work. I highly recommend you all read it! http://blog.bodybuilding.com/ChickenTuna/2008/04/13/crap-pushers-letter/ Thanks Jessica! You and Karin M. are awesome for helping me stay motivated at work! Hey everyone! My friend in fitness Jessica sent me the link to this awesome blog that she found online. I don’t know about all of you, but I run into this kind of crap almost every day with people from work. I highly recommend you all read it!

http://blog.bodybuilding.com/ChickenTuna/2008/04/13/crap-pushers-letter/

Thanks Jessica! You and Karin M. are awesome for helping me stay motivated at work!

]]> By: Dustin Rose http://www.varietytrainer.com/dustins-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Dustin Rose Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:24:39 +0000 http://www.varietytrainer.com/?page_id=272#comment-301 Great advice, Vanessa. Thanks! Oh, and I love the use of "locked and loaded". ;) Great advice, Vanessa. Thanks! Oh, and I love the use of “locked and loaded”. ;)

]]> By: Vanessa Smoley http://www.varietytrainer.com/dustins-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Vanessa Smoley Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:59:11 +0000 http://www.varietytrainer.com/?page_id=272#comment-296 Dustin, This is a great challenge to yourself and you have successfully chosen one of the best trainers in the world to help you! That truly is half the battle. Find the "switch" in your brain that shuts off any and all thoughts about eating anything that isn't on your prescibed nutrition plan and any thoughts about neglecting the daily grind of training/cardio plans that you have set before you. Stay locked and loaded always on the target. You will go farther than you think that you can possibly go! Dustin,

This is a great challenge to yourself and you have successfully chosen one of the best trainers in the world to help you! That truly is half the battle.

Find the “switch” in your brain that shuts off any and all thoughts about eating anything that isn’t on your prescibed nutrition plan and any thoughts about neglecting the daily grind of training/cardio plans that you have set before you.

Stay locked and loaded always on the target. You will go farther than you think that you can possibly go!

]]> By: Dustin Rose http://www.varietytrainer.com/dustins-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Dustin Rose Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:54:48 +0000 http://www.varietytrainer.com/?page_id=272#comment-295 And thanks for the words of encouragement, Kevin. I love the motivation! And thanks for the words of encouragement, Kevin. I love the motivation!

]]> By: Dustin Rose http://www.varietytrainer.com/dustins-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Dustin Rose Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:54:10 +0000 http://www.varietytrainer.com/?page_id=272#comment-294 Thanks, little bro. Or should I use the term "younger" instead of "little"? Thanks, little bro. Or should I use the term “younger” instead of “little”?

]]> By: Lance Rose http://www.varietytrainer.com/dustins-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Lance Rose Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:27:24 +0000 http://www.varietytrainer.com/?page_id=272#comment-293 Hey, I just wanted to drop in and wish you the best of luck! Sometimes you may get a little discouraged, but maintain focus to be as big as me... Lol!!! Cheers to ya, Lance D. Rose Hey, I just wanted to drop in and wish you the best of luck! Sometimes you may get a little discouraged, but maintain focus to be as big as me… Lol!!!

Cheers to ya,

Lance D. Rose

]]> By: Dustin Rose http://www.varietytrainer.com/dustins-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Dustin Rose Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:17:27 +0000 http://www.varietytrainer.com/?page_id=272#comment-292 Hello everyone. My name is Dustin. I have been into working out since I can remember. In high school, I trained for football. In college, I trained to add strength and speed, as I competed in track. As a sprinter, I maintained a pretty muscular build, but was never able to really put on any size. After college, I joined the Army and of course, did about a million push-ups and sit-ups, in addition to tons of distance running. This was certainly not a good recipe for hypertrophy. During this time, I was able to stay in the gym pretty regularly, but I always felt like I was stretched a little too thin. I completed the popular Body-for-Life challenge twice with good results. Unfortunately, I felt with that program that I felt as though my strength had decreased over the 12 weeks. While I lost considerable amounts of body fat(which was one of my primary goals), I know that I lost some muscle tissue in the process. I feel like, in spite of focusing on proper nutrition, the combination of exercises, especially the cardio program, was the cause of this atrophy. About a month ago, I started getting the “bug” to do something totally different from anything I have ever done before. So a couple of weeks ago, I drove up to Pennsylvania and sat down with my friend Jerry Shreck to discuss a course of action to try my hand at bodybuilding. My ultimate goal is to eventually enter a competition. Now I’m going to hit you with a lame little cliché… “COMPETITION BREEDS SUCCESS”… I am a firm believer in this. It works for me, at least. So now this “ecto-mesomorph” is embarking on a new, challenging journey. Applying a quality diet and workout regimen, provided primarily by Jerry, I will get this done. So follow me on my journey down this challenging path. I will be posting progress photos every month or so, along with various measurements, as well as a daily workout and nutrition log. The “before” line-up should be posted by the end of this week. Please drop by and give me some words of encouragement, or discouragement… either way, it’s all motivation. Cheers, Dustin Hello everyone. My name is Dustin. I have been into working out since I can remember. In high school, I trained for football. In college, I trained to add strength and speed, as I competed in track. As a sprinter, I maintained a pretty muscular build, but was never able to really put on any size. After college, I joined the Army and of course, did about a million push-ups and sit-ups, in addition to tons of distance running. This was certainly not a good recipe for hypertrophy. During this time, I was able to stay in the gym pretty regularly, but I always felt like I was stretched a little too thin. I completed the popular Body-for-Life challenge twice with good results. Unfortunately, I felt with that program that I felt as though my strength had decreased over the 12 weeks. While I lost considerable amounts of body fat(which was one of my primary goals), I know that I lost some muscle tissue in the process. I feel like, in spite of focusing on proper nutrition, the combination of exercises, especially the cardio program, was the cause of this atrophy.

About a month ago, I started getting the “bug” to do something totally different from anything I have ever done before. So a couple of weeks ago, I drove up to Pennsylvania and sat down with my friend Jerry Shreck to discuss a course of action to try my hand at bodybuilding.

My ultimate goal is to eventually enter a competition. Now I’m going to hit you with a lame little cliché… “COMPETITION BREEDS SUCCESS”… I am a firm believer in this. It works for me, at least.

So now this “ecto-mesomorph” is embarking on a new, challenging journey. Applying a quality diet and workout regimen, provided primarily by Jerry, I will get this done. So follow me on my journey down this challenging path. I will be posting progress photos every month or so, along with various measurements, as well as a daily workout and nutrition log. The “before” line-up should be posted by the end of this week. Please drop by and give me some words of encouragement, or discouragement… either way, it’s all motivation.

Cheers,
Dustin

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