Helping hands

Well where do I start.. I've mentioned previously about having a couple of people that I spent a lot of time with in the few years while I was working away, and how they had a massive impact on how I spent my time away from home, so let's talk a little about the people I surrounded myself with, took advice from, and have learnt from to help me along the way a little.

I firstly started reading a really good blog after finding it reading about Nike+, which is a blog about a guy called Sean Willson, and is called LearnFitness.com, it really shows his struggle with getting the weight off, and what/how he used to get to where he is now (still going I should say!).

A friend of mine has been going through University as a personal trainer and nutritionist, and has his own blog which he runs over at SGTCoaching.  We've had many conversations about the type of exercise to do at what time, and what type of foods to feed your body either in times of no exercise or conversely, times of heavy exercise.

Something that i've really struggled with, is getting a regular gym partner who likes to spend the same amount of time as me (or as early in the morning!), when I first began it was really difficult as I barely had any stamina, but there was a couple of friends I worked with who helped me push through some resistance routines, while now I do a lot of cardio in the Gym I tend to do this on my own but have a couple of guys who tag along for short periods when possible.

Over time, i've found that having friends who receive your honesty is extremely important, because they'll give it in return and help out when they can!