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[gomaji]

Hello!

My name is Bernard. I started working out when I was 13, and worked out through high school and until freshman year of college. I did not do any sports as my parents never allowed it, instead I grew up playing violin and educating myself in arts and sciences.

I've always enjoyed working out until I joined crew (rowing) for my school in college. I weighed 160 getting into college. In about 2 and a half months, I was down to 140. I lost weight but I felt weak and tired all the time. I got so bogged down with all the workouts and runs that I just wanted to quit working out all together and kind of discover myself.

So I stopped working out for a good while. I worked out on and off, but mentally- I was never there. I got incredibly out of shape. I stood about 5'8-5'9 and I weighed about 220 or so. My friends think I could of possibly been at around 230. I was definitely in the worst shape of my life.

It's a good thing I have good friends, because I started working out with one of my friends (who was a high school athlete) who is always in decent condition last year. I lost weight, went down to sub 200 lbs but benched more than I ever have. But I suffered a pretty terrible neck strain last year doing power cleans.

I'm back at it now (been back since January 2015) with one of my other good friends. Mentally, I'm in a good place where I am considering and doing research on doing more than just your average supplements. So I found this site.

I hope I can find a lot of help and people who are willing to answer the questions I have.

Currently I am:
Height: 5'8-5'9
Weight: 195 lbs
BF%: 26% (last time I checked which was about a week ago)
Age: 27

[Oki-Des]

Welcome to the forum! Glad to have you here.

[ggerman]

Welcome to the community. Good luck!

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[BigGuns89]

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