I probably started weight training some time in high school...now that I think about it, I may have been conditioning for bowling. Yes...bowling. My routine was fairly limited, in that it only involved the ever-popular bench press, dumbbell bicep curl, overhead dumbbell tricep extension, and lateral dumbbell raise. Guess what - no running! I will never understand runners, but more power to them.

My regime slowly evolved when I went to college. My legs were no longer neglected, and I did a wider variety of exercises. The biggest adjustment was actually lifting more weight, and getting out of my comfort zone of HAVING to do ten reps - I had been sitting on a plateau. I escaped the ordinary and tried a few rigorous routines, and BAM, no more skin and bones. My diet had also changed - ate more, of course, but only two to three big meals a day. Supplementation...not so much. I had gained considerable size and strength, but lacked definition.

Post-college, I paid more attention to nutrition. I finally broke up my meals into four or five sittings, and somewhat monitored my intake of all the macronutrients (fats, carbohydrates, and proteins). If I had time, I would have probably logged everything. My routines became more diverse, I learned about tempo, and concentric-emphasized training. I even tried different splits, and finally found one that gave the majority of the muscle groups sufficient rest from week to week, which helped prevent overtraining. That's pretty much where I am with my training. I'll go more in depth about the routines I've experimented with, and also have a place on this site where I post my current training regimen.

Let me go ahead and expand on the above. Olympic weightlifting - there's nothing like it. No more "experimenting" with crazy training methods; although, I may break away to a fighter's regime here and there. This isn't just moving heavy weights from point A to point B. This is utterly dominating the mass of a thousand suns, finishing in the classic arms-raised position, and showing the weights "what for" as you slam them to the ground. This is speed, balance, focus, and strength, all rolled up in under 2 seconds...