Why I Started This.

I've been going to the gym for approximately 5 months now, since back in early November 2011.
I started off my workouts with calisthenics(the use of bodyweight exercises like push ups,pull ups and squats), doing it on and off since the start of my secondary school days around 14 years of age.

But why did I start working out?
Growing up, I used to be the skinny and scrawny boy whom my mom and relatives often nagged on for me to eat more, complaining of how thin I was for a boy.
Being my size also resulted in frequent "bullying" by my friends in school, mischievous acts for fun though sometimes irritating.

I began to get sick and tired of hearing the constant nagging and being labelled as the skinny boy so I decided to do something about it.
That's when I started with my very first workout routine at the age of 14, starting with 50 push ups a day in sets of 10.
I guess it was helpful that I was quite the sportsman since my Primary school days, joining the school soccer team at 9 years old and participating actively in other various sports, so doing 50 push ups was pretty easy to achieve.
Within a week of my first routine, I began to increase my daily reps to a 100 and by the next week 200.
I began seeing changes in my body, with slightly broader shoulders and more developed chest muscles and was feeling more confident of myself.
In fact the nagging of my mom gradually stopped when she noticed the physical growth I was achieving. My friends started to realise that I was growing bigger too.
Long story short, my push up routine went on and off through my teenage years, adding in pull ups when I was introduced to it in school at the age of 15.
But that's just the start of my little "bodybuilding" journey, there's a whole story of my introduction to the gym and various types of calisthenic exercises which I will save for another post.
(I'll try to post a picture of myself back when I was the skinny boy)

And that is the story of why I started working out.

What I really want to share from this is that no matter who you are, regardless of age/gender/race/body type/weight or height/wealth... you know where I'm getting at, you should never give yourself an excuse to not keep fit or workout.
I was 14 and all the knowledge I had of exercising was push ups, sit ups and running, I didn't even know about the gym or the many different kinds of calisthenic exercises. Yet I didn't let that stop me from working out and growing out of the skinny boy phase.

Here I am 7 years later, starting this blog to share with you some of my personal experiences and lifestyle, workouts and diet.

With a little bit of dedication and commitment I'm sure you'll be well on your way to a better, happier and healthier you.

OH! I almost forgot.
Welcome to my Fitness and Lifestyle blog :)