Drinking and results

So far I've talked about what got me into lifting and what made me start lifting again in college. I've already talked about how the poor college diet can ruin your results. Well it's time to talk about another huge result killer known as alcohol. I've been attending college for five years and I'm in a fraternity so I've done my fair share of drinking and have saw what it can do to your results. I've been lifting fairly seriously for around three years now and I've made lots of progress and have had good results but because of beer and other alcohol consumption on weekends and weekdays, I haven't had near the results of my friend back home that doesn't drink. Which at first pissed me off because I was putting in the same amount of work as him in the gym and while I was getting stronger he was getting all the results. After a couple of months of being pissed off and finally showing results I realized that my results were being slowed down because of drinking and all the extra calories it brings. 

Don't get me wrong you can still drink and have great results, you will just have to work a little harder in the gym to get those results. Really it all comes down to drinking in moderation and not all the time because on average each beer you drink is around 100 calories and each mixed drink can be around 100 calories or more. Those extra calories add up over time and can slow down your results so just be mindful of that the next time you decide to have a few. 

Why Liftn in College?

A big question I hear from friends and other people I talk to about lifting in college is why. My reply back is always I do it to try in stay in shape and keep off the extra pounds from the poor diet most of us college students eat. Before college I always heard about the freshman 15, I never believed it because why would I gain 15 pounds just being a freshman, well I'll say the freshman 15 got me. That was the turning point for me because I always used to love lifting a working out in high school and I worked so hard for it all to disappear all because of a poor diet and not lifting. That is when I decided to get a workout pass because I didn't want to continue down this path of laziness. Honestly it was one of the best decisions I've made in college and I will recommend it to anyone because it really does improve your life.

My Background

This blog is about weight lifting, the lifestyle and how to fit it into your busy college lifestyle. I know some of you are probably thinking wait how does this guy know what college is like and what we go through. Well I’m currently a college student so I know how busy and stressful a college student’s life is and how hard it can be to find free time for anything. Now a little back ground on me.

I first got into weight lifting and working out in high school, my high school offered a weight lifting class to students as a PE credit. I decided to take this class because I wanted to try something new, my class was taught by the football coach, Coach Dudik. At first I didn’t know what to think of this class but the more I learned from Coach and saw his passion for weights, it lit a fire in me for weight lifting and I took his class sophomore through senior year. 

Freshman and sophomore years of college extinguished that fire but the summer going into my junior year the fire was relit and has been burning bright since. That’s enough about me now it’s time to start talking about the fun stuff.

If you decide that you want to start lifting weights or working out that is a great first step. The next step I recommend is figuring out what, by that I mean you have to figure out what made you decide to start working out. Once you figure the what out then you will have your motivation and motivation/motivators are the most important things when it comes to lifting and working out because they will keep you going when the road gets tough and you want to quit. Those first few steps in my opinion are the hardest ones and if you can get through those then the rest of the steps of getting into lifting/working out will be a cake walk.