How to get shredded.

Bodybuilding, bodybuilding, bodybuilding, bodybuilding, bodybuilding. Bodybuilding got extremely popular in the last few decades. I mean, it's almost everywhere nowadays. From food companies adding extra protein in our groceries and high protein products, or movie actors slowly going from this

to this. But it wasn't always like this. For a really long time, bodybuilding was a niche sport with a relatively small group of people.

Strong, silent, and almost perfect. But with the invention of television and one key figure, bodybuilding after years finally went mainstream.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the rest is history. Fast forwarding time and things like macros, calorie deficit, drop set, push-pull, gear are common terms to the point where I could utter the single word "dumbbells" out in the street and there would be at

least one roided-up looking around like an activated sleeper. From education on nutrients, anatomy, proper lifting form, the appearance of fitness influencers, whether it will be good or bad, and sometimes its awful consequences.

I did become enhanced at 17. Is that something that you're willing to do in the future?

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Whatever it takes. Whatever it takes. Gym culture has given people something meaningful. To some, it was self-challenge. To some, it was a place to hang out. In the end, it became a way of life for many in an industry that is

still growing to this day. Teabag. Teabag. You ever used to teabag in Call of Duty?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Good for you, bro. And then there's me. I want to be shredded.

No, not that kind of shredded. No, not that kind. Okay, you get the idea by now. And I still have one question on my mind. How? See what I did there? I put the thumbnail in the video.

Growing up, I was always interested in sports and bodybuilding. You know, I was one of those kids who couldn't wait for the PE class and it helped me a lot. So now I look like this.

Okay, jokes aside, I look like this now. I know it's not impressive or anything special.

But that's kind of the point when you're not working out or doing anything basically. Great. So, I think all I need to do now is to find the nearest gym and start pumping some iron, right?

There's one small issue, though. Okay, listen. What I'm about to talk about is not some kind of sorry attempt to bait empathy out of you, but in order to groom, I will need to face the reality. With that being said, I'm

chronically ill. More specifically, I have an illness that attacks my joints. It got some weirdest name like arthritis.

In short, my body likes to lay low from time to time. Honey, are you coming to the bingo night with me?

That's suboptimal because, you know, it stops me from doing the right thing in order to grow muscle and on top of that I have been sick for 18 months now which put me in a hellish feedback cycle. No health, no job, no

money, no food. That's it. In all honesty, this past one and a half year, to put things lightly, was bad.

But there is still hope. The cycle is broken. I'm no longer sick. I can do things like the way I did before. I even started working out at home. But that's not enough. I'm still weak. I still

slow. I basically have no cardio and I feel like I need some professional help.

So I decided to start Pilates. To start Pilates, some light-hearted banter is not just welcome but expected when we hear the word Pilates. But if you actually looked up the history of Pilates, you will be surprised. Nowadays, it's mostly for

pregnant women and, more importantly, it's for people with mobility issues, which I happen to be one of those people.

And that's a fact. Gay fact. The reason why I want to do Pilates for a few months is because the machines there don't put as much load on the joints as heavy lifting would, which is kind of prohibited for me to

do. So far, the plan is to go to Pilates two times per week and work out at home at least once. That would be three

working out sessions every week. That should be more than enough for now. And who knows, maybe with time I will increase the amount of workouts every week. Maybe I won't. I don't know. Right now the important stuff will be to actually go and start working out.

My muscles are getting bigger. And that's about it. If you're still here, I bet you got a lot of questions like, "Am I going to be a bodybuilder or am I going to be a fitness influencer?

Is my channel only going to be about bodybuilding and working out?" I don't know. These are all valid questions and I'm still thinking about those answers as well.

With time I will have an answer. But for now, thank you for watching this video and I hope I'll see you in the next one.

Now, if you excuse me, I'll have some important matters to attend, meaning I have to play with some BS on my PC.

Oh, that's what I'm talking about. Detroit, I'm bulk boen.