Kit is only half the battle

[rik_uk3]

coming back to gym. When you go there nobody eyeballs you - no matter what weights you lift or how skinny/fat you are, nobody eyeballs you as everybody started from skinny/fat. as about steroids - not everybody takes them - you can get to quite big size without them, just takes longer. plus going to gym is opportunity to meet new people

coming back to eating - I had periods in the past when I was eating only twice a day and my weight was still same. I still can handle with 2 meals a day when off work.

Some years ago I wanted a good friend of mine to come to our karate club and he said he'd feel people would 'look' at him but I pointed out they'd be looking at the people who were good at it. Same for a gym, people won't eyeball a starter, far more likely to look at someone who has developed their skills.

[nickdutch]

glad you do train, but still keep adding to the weight of dumbells, don't stop on the weight, keep adding weight, progression is important for strenght and muscle gain

Oh, dont worry, i will. But its all a question of one step at a time. I saw a Elliot Hulse video once and he was answering the questions given to him by someone who needed a training partner to help him raise the dumbbell weights up. Elliot told the inquirer to lower the weights and "grow internally" and by that I think he was talking about the basic strength of the core and inner muscles, the supporting ones.

So for me, considering I have come from having a body that had more or less wasted away due to lack of sleep and no exercise and poor diet, plus depression due to a dire financial situation (I am of the opinion that emotional states can affect the muscles too, although i cant prove it), its one step at a time. The little weights I can do now (dumbbells with 2X2.5 plus 2 X 1.25 Kg weights on each) was totally out of my league about a year ago, but now I can do it. Once I am all over boy strong with these, then I am going up to 4 X 2.5 and then progressing on from there.

But I want to make sure that my supporting muscles are doing the work and growing so that I don't end up damaging myself.