Quote from bdixon619:
The tough part about the gym is working up the courage to keep walking through the front door. I've got an old friend from the past who showed up one day in January saying he hadn't come in for a year...and he could still bench 275 and bench over 300 on the vertical bench.
Like me...I started out after fighting cancer for a year, had no muscle mass and had been on steroids to build up my immune system. Well, that little light clicked on...I thought, steroids, hmmm.
But you need to check with your doctor, make sure you are eating right, etc. I haven't lost any weight since starting to work out; still weigh 230, which is the most I've ever weighed...steroids give you an appetite and add mass. But I found out the only thing steroids did for me in the muscle department was to give me the confidence to keep going through the front door of the gym. I have since learned you need supplemental protein and some other nutritional items as well as study and discussion with others about the best way to proceed. It is still a good hobby and it gets my mind off the market for a couple hours a day, usually.
