Since I have been barbell training I have had a infatuation with the overhead press.. because it is primal, intimidating, and just because it looks totally badass..but for the first time in my entire life I pressed 135lbs over my head and damn it felt good! I have been aiming for this mark for 7 months now and I finally got it. Hell yea.
:A little back story to the Photo:
I have never really been into exercising much because there was always something else to dedicate my time to that I felt was more important. But last year when my Girlfriend told me she was Pregnant something shifted, I suddenly felt the need to get into better shape/stronger. So I started on a path to that goal..now prior to this I have never done any actual training/exercises other than your typically P.E. type stuff(push ups, running, jumping jacks, etc.) and MAYBE trained with a barbell a hand full of times when I would go to the gym with friends..but I never really gave a shit about learning. When I finally worked up the courage to go to a gym it was early February of 2017 and just days before my Son was born. I joined our local planet fitness because it was cheap and "judgement free" which was awesome to me because I don't like doing something new in front of others. I dicked around with different exercises and workouts I got off of the internet and seen some progress(I lost about 20 pounds) but as I slimmed up a bit I began to realize that being "healthy" was not enough..I needed to get stronger, much stronger. So I began to look into barbell training which was intimidating, especially with all the bullshit you read on the internet and hear people say about how it is "dangerous"...Pfft. Anyway, I left planet fitness and joined a small time gym which had access to everything I needed and have slowly been learning and getting stronger ever since. This was a bit long winded but I hit a milestone in this photo, one I have been striving for and up until 7 months ago when I began barbell training never even crossed my mind as a possibility and I wanted to share my success with anyone interested enough to listen.
Start slow, make mistakes(but learn from them), and never stop pressing forward.
Thank you,
Steve
