26 11 / 2011
Gain Thirteen Pounds
At five foot eleven, I tower over the majority of the Asians I know. I’m not even done growing yet! By no means am I unfit, in fact, I would actually say I’m above average in terms of fitness. I run long distance (which some people say is an excuse for being skinny - it shouldn’t be), and I took Tae-Kwon-Do for four years, so I know how to throw and take hits.
The problem lies in my skinniness. I weight only 130 pounds which basically means I’m a stick for my size. I am in grade ten right now, so getting a head start in building muscle mass right now will do me wonders. I’ve always mulled over the idea in the past, but I never put it into actions for periods of long enough time to actually see visible effects. I should also mention that my goal is not to simply gain thirteen pounds of anything, but more specifically muscle! That’s kind of important.
So how much time do I have to gain thirteen pounds? I want to accomplish this before Summer 2012. I don’t even know if it’s possible to build that much muscle mass in such a short of period of time, but I see no harm in trying.
At the same time, this will be a substitute for Tae-Kwon-Do. I’d like to believe that Tae-Kwon-Do really changed my life. I used to spend at least twelve hours every week on it. It instilled in me a calm sense of discipline, and taught me to control my emotions. Unfortunately, I quit a while ago and to this day it is actually one of my greatest regrets. The life lessons I learned from Tae-Kwon-Do were invaluable, but I can feel myself slowly losing grip of that reality. I’ve been falling back into my naturally lazy state after stopping Tae-Kwon-Do for a while now. Hopefully, I can bring back my old frame of mind.
