The Path I Want To Take
By Daniel Kalban
I’m a newcomer to the world of bodybuilding. I come from a skinny family, with only one real athlete of any sort. When I was 18 years of age I weighed 90lbs due to depression and poor eating. A year later, thanks to support to staff at the program I was at, I was at a healthy weight, and was beginning to lift on and off. That’s when the weight lifting bug bit me. I eventually came to MD’s forums and began a journal, because I want to be more of a man. I want to walk the path of Iron and Steel.
I am not the strongest or biggest individual on the face of this earth, and at the moment I am awhirl in information; information on how to lift, how to eat, what supplements to take or not take; I am in a whirlpool of choices. Sometimes I do slip up (okay a lot of the time) and this has led to many people belittling me, telling me I will never be what I want to be, that I will be stuck as a skinny, weak, nerdy boy; instead of the strong, muscular, confidant man I should be. I take their insults, their slanders, and I use it to motivate me in my path. They provide fuel for the fire that burns inside me. It makes me want to lift more, eat more, train harder, and run faster; to prove them wrong and that I will be strong, and have the body that I deserve to have. They call me weak and skinny, those are temporary. Their words might sting, but the pain of their words is like the buzzing of gnats to the struggle with the iron in every training session. And I have friends who support me in this struggle.
The man, who on the forum is known as TheKillerofSaints, showed me a way of training I never thought to try. Previously I did five day routines, and all it gave me was little growth and a shot nervous system. He told me about HIT training, an exercise regimen and school of thought that he said was perfect for me. He was right. Through his guidance I am stronger at every training session, I feel better about myself, and I am growing little by little every day. He is just one of the people who have helped me out in my quest.
I am at present a skinny, World of Warcraft playing, nerdy shell of a human being, with little confidence. With bodybuilding, I hope to be big and strong for the first time in my life, and to not just be a bipedal brain stuck in his own little world. It will make me more confident in myself, make me more outgoing. It will make me become brave, active, and a man. A man is not a mouse at a computer, a man walks the path of iron, and that’s what I want to take.
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