Why I started getting into fitness.

24 January 2014. Haha feels good to blog everyday. It's the only thing I can entertain myself at night other than reading books or watching movies on my computer. A lil' background on why I started lifting, like kinda to remind myself why I have to continue this "lifestyle".





I came into Maris Stella in 2010, as a scrawny midget Sec 1 kid. I was small and skinny, and I looked like a dork. I didn't really care about my fitness in Sec 1 until I joined NCC. Man, y'all should have seen how my seniors train us as little Part A weaklings. I don't even think it's training, it's pure mental and physical torture. Every training session was so taxing and I always leave school feeling exhausted as hell. The Physical Training was inhumane man, doing pushups in all different angles, positions and crazy load of repetitions. It actually gave me the foundation to be more athletic than others. I realized I needed to get bigger in size after seeing how tall and huge my schoolmates were. But there wasn't much drive for me to start lifting.





During my Sec 1 days, I was often bullied by a dude because I was an easy target to pick on. And damn, that guy was strong. Always whacking me and hitting me for fun. I noticed that a lot of the other bigger dudes in class never got picked on by this guy, so I told myself that I needed put on some muscle mass. I went home as saw a pair of 5kg dumbbells that my brother bought, and so, I started doing bicep curls every single day without fail. I just did as many reps as I could in one shot, didn't know much about the bodybuilding tips and techniques.





When I was Sec 2, my school turned an entire art room into a luxurious school gym. It was really damn cool. I visited the gym for the first time as a shy kid, just bicep curling with light ass dumbbells. Gradually, I wanted more than just bicep curls with stupid dumbbells. So I started getting into lifting and learning different kinds of exercises for different kinds of muscle groups. Basically, I learned everything on the Internet, YouTube especially hahaha. I didn't have a coach to guide me, but what I do have is the guts to experiment all the exercises even if it means snapping my joints under the pressure of the weights.





I visited the gym very frequently from Sec 3 onwards. I had growing desires of getting bigger because honestly, I'm that ectomorph whose metabolism is hitting the roof, it's super hard for me to grow and gain mass. I was always underweight in Sec 1 and 2. One day, I saw my bro brought back a tub of weight gainer powder and I saw him drinking that all the time. At first, I stuck to this mindset of staying away from all these supplements and shit because I thought they were "UNNATURAL". In the end, I tried some for myself and wanted to get more of that protein into my body after working out. I bought my own protein powder, but kept it a secret. I didn't want people to judge me just because I drink protein shake after working out. After letting a few people know that I drank protein shake, most of them started judging me. Calling me protein boy, or steroids boy or ugly names like that. It was really hurtful and so I totally stopped taking that.





In Sec 4, I realized that I don't have to live off people's criticism and judgement, as long as it's not doing something immoral and heinous. It's not freaking steroid -.- You don't grow into a buff guy just by taking protein shake. It's just a freaking supplement that aid in recovery of your damaged muscle fibers after exercising. It doesn't substitute your diet. You still have to eat a lot of lean source of protein to grow, this shit just allows your body to absorb the right protein needed for growth. Muscle fibers suffer micro-damages when you lift the weight, and they need protein to recover and grow stronger so that you can handle the weight much easier in future. That's some basic science for all you judgmental pricks out there.





Oh and I also got into calisthenic exercises like muscle up, front lever, back lever and all kinds of exotic exercises like single arm clap pushup hahahaha! Those were the good times man. During Sec 4, my classmates got into doing all kinds of crazy push ups and exercises and we always hit the fitness corner everyday after school :) It was fun for us guys because that was the only "enjoyable" and healthy thing we could do during Sec 4, apart from playing basketball and soccer.





All these fitness stuff became a lifestyle rather than for the sake of showing off (okay maybe sometimes........ BUT NOT ALL THE TIME!) . I do them because I think it's a healthy way to pass time, look better, feel good, and have fun. I'm not all those meatheads who just pump themselves up at the gym everyday. When I feel like it, I hit the gym with my buddies and train together :)