Hello to all :-)

Craig_hyde

Where to begin....

I used to be quite the handsome chappy. Average build with some muscle definition, good teeth, great hair & the bluest eyes on a 17 year old. Then **** got real & I just got depressed. Nothing too bad like threatening my own life or anything like that, but motivation left me..... I wasn't in a happy job or relationship, so I just gave in.

And you know what, I was comfortable with that.

I was comfortable being lazy, slobbish, over-weight and unfit. Because I was open & myself.

Now, I'm on a long journey, which started off as a small cliff face, levelling out to a gentle slope before *BAM!!!!* Brick wall. Now, I'm the kind of guy who can stare at a brick wall for hours trying to figure out how to get over it or look for a gate through it. But this one stretches beyond the horizons to my left and right. I can see the sun before midday, but after that it's eclipsed by the wall.

I had reached my point of no progress.

Until recently... I've had a bit of motivation from friends, and my girlfriend, but I just need that little push. I've got a small team of supporters encouraging me to climb higher & get over this wall, but I haven't got a belay team and I keep falling back.

So, what am I asking for? A bit of support, some helpful advice about exercises I could do at home with dumb-bells & a Kinect. As an added request, is there an exercise for abs which doesn't involve back-bending?? Kinda twisted my lumbar above the sacrum a tad and sit-ups make me yell for a Deity.

If anyone wants to send me a friend request, I would gladly accept. If anyone wants to message me, that would also be lovely :-)

I know we're all in this together, and that we're all winners.

Craig