Aaron

14 when I came out to close family and all friends, 26 now.

*technically* never came out to extended family but its not a secret by any means, and most probably know by now. I think they just don't want to ask lol, but there will be no surprises when I do pop up with a man.

Anyone else have a love/hate relationship with their belly? Like I dont want it gone completely, but sometimes I dont love it.

A pretty decent leg day with no caffeine? And it was crowded af because some dumb event?

Im feeling pretty good ngl.

Ive been wanting to switch gyms for a minute but the number of thick beefy guys at this keeps increasing by like, 2 a week.

Where are they coming from and why are they not overtly queer so that I can have a proper gym crush😭

Hit 315 for 2 on my squats AND almost got to 10 minutes in the stairs at 5 speed (I wad dying around 5 minutes about 3 weeks ago).

My lefy knee has been giving me trouble so I have been super cautious and taking it slow. So glad I did ☺️ now time to work on for and hit my goal of 315x3!

Ive been getting alot of compliments on my arms lately and the word beefy has been used multiple times by dudes like 2 times my size 😳
Ig I can finally admit adding an arm & Cardio day worked in my favor. Might switch it up and do a chest & Cardio next month.

One of the best push days I've had in a minute. Was feeling extra beefy so I actually flexed IN the gym rather than the comfort of my home 😂.

Great way to start off the new month.

Might delete later, this month ive been in a different city every week and its hard to be consistent. Today was the 1st day back in the gym in a week and a half, and man... I really hate how much it helped me feel better 😂 lol them people were right.

Birthday workout followed by the demolition of some Texas Roadhouse rolls.

Here to 26!

Push day today sucked, I think my set up was wrong my triceps got overworked....

I finally managed to make this protein packed stroganoff tho. Cottage cheese isn't that bad when you season it well and add actual cheese!

I think tonight was a great reminder why I don't do late night gym sessions anymore.... school needs to get back in session so these kids have somewhere to be 😮‍💨

Very cliche to say but that feeling goes away after 2 or 3 days of having one. Atp the only time I feel that tingling sensation is if I havent had one in like a week. Thats part of why I like them, but I will say I dont really have caffeine in general.

Since I moved so much at my 2nd job I was hesitant to go hard on leg days recently. Since I put in my 2 weeks yesterday I figured I can start ramping it up again.

Set a few PRs too.

Damn I do miss having a personal trainer. I hold back a small bit when I exercise because I am very cautious of bad injuries, and im too nervous to record myself to check for. Hopefully next year or 2 I can afford one again.

Plus some of y'all have good friendships with yours 😭

Got my Factor Meals today. Tried the 1st one, not bad with some salt pepper and garlic powder.

Have also started tracking calories again. I typically do slightly rough estimates on certain things so its probably less protein than what's actually listed and slightly more calories.

More thoughts:
I've set 2 separate goals:

October is my 2 year mark of exercising consistently so I wanna hit those 315s by then. Also added getting to 205 on incline bench.

By end of year is when I wanna do the pull up & dip. Im pretty close with the dips, so i think thats good progress!

Getting back into my 4-5 days swing. Also trying a few new things like Factor Meals and the Hevy app.
Going to try to push myself ove the next 30 days or so since my birthday is next month.

Feeling free to add me, Alsax99!

Feeling not great on all fronts. But Im reminding myself that im not even 2 years into this, and that it takes people years to get to the goals I wanna get to. So here's to hitting it hard again this week (while also working a 2nd job for the summer😮‍💨)

Allegies. Wisdom Tooth Removal. A stressful end to a busy of work season that was more than a bit disappointing (through external factors). All these coupled with a slight quarter life crisis (ill be 26 in August and I have finally admitted idk wtf im doing with anything at this point) =

2nd pic is for reference. I really do think i could rock one, and im trying to get my beard right too.
Here's to night 1 of starting a routine, let's see how this goes.

None gym related:

Since I've moved here ive had horrible luck finding a consistent barber. So im taking it as a sign to delve into changing up my look. Kinda nervous cuz im horrible with haircare, but im gonna try to grow out my hair the next 6 months so that I can eventually work up to a frohawk.

Words mean less and less at this point and im really tired of feeling jaded about dating. I want it to be fun again, especially since I'm way more confident and my life is way more stable.

This especially irks me in dating. You don't have to pine over me (but it is appreciated 🫣) but can I get alittle intention?! It's been almost a year since I've been on an actual date, and years since I've had one I haven't had to plan. Mind you, I've been on like... 6 total lol.

Not gym related but I kinda like having a platform that no one that I really know follows me on (at the moment)

Quick rant: unless "i wanna meet you" or "let's hang out" followed by an immediate, "when are you generally available"... it does nothing for me.

Side note- open to sharing stories about progress and connecting with other queer people on here! Feel free to message (keep it cute tho)

Also been skipping out on my stretchs, my hams and hips are super inflexible. But been getting back into that as well. I think today was a reminder to I can fall off abit on my journey and that's ok, because as soon as I am able, I hop right back on 😊

Have had 0 energy these last 2 weeks. Lot of (good)work things, lot of worrying about finances...
Dragged myself to the gym today and did a leg day. Proud of myself for giving grace to me and instead of wrapping up early, I chose to focus on form for my squats, and really dig into everything else!

1 or 4!

So hard to find a reliable barber around here. Anyway, last week was rough, mostly because of a horrible toothache that didn't subside completely till almost hours 12. Been awhile since did a Push day when I benched, but still managed to hit 225 again. Could've done 2 but I reset and lost it lol.

Could I be added to this as well please if there is room?