Introduce Yourself: If you've never Posted, Post here please...

[Scott Stevenson]

First post - here we go.

First of all, I am overwhelmed by Scott's patience and in-depth replies to really unique and personal questions. I've been more or less active in one or two bodybuilding forums, but the coaches there usually do not reply to specific questions. All you read is "this is too special; go hire me if you want me to answer stuff like this".
They also seem to ... not really understand questions (even well described ones)... at all ... in general ...
So, yeah, I did not expect someone as experienced as Scott to be in touch with his users like this. Can't describe the amount of respect I have.

Enough of that.

Who am I?

My name is Jonas. 23 years old, from Germany. Started studying Biochemistry last october in Frankfurt. Really nice institute for Biochemistry, I think. It helps me to deepen my knowledge concerning nutrition and metabolism and how the body works, ofc.

Started working out approx. six years ago. On/off training for ages, tho, sometimes six months or more no exercising at all. I managed to train continuously for about two years now.
My gains are okay, I guess, not too good.
Did a lot of bullshit, had tough months (overtraining, bad food choices, depression), but it's getting better for two months already.
I'm dieting for about eight weeks now, started FT training in january.
My approach is 16/8 intermittent fasting with carb back loading. Works really well; I'm gaining strength while losing fat.
Despite my poor appearance (physiquely [does that word exist?]), I think I got decent knowledge about nutrition and food choices, some training principles and supplements. I read papers for several years now, increasingly during the past ten months. Got good input from guys like Martin Berkhan (I hope name dropping is ok? If not, delete this sentence, please), too, coming to my own conclusions when comparing studies and articles from certain fitness gurus.

I want to finally quit with bullshitting around; getting strong in the first place. I made up an attempt I will post soonish, applying it when my diet is over in about six/seven weeks.

I did some ghostwriting concerning health/nutrition about a year ago, not too much, tho. Right now, I write several articles, planning to start blogging in a few months.

Oh well, this is probably way too much for a little "hello". Whatever.

PS: Scott, are you of german descent or something? Saw you posting in german here lol.


Photos: three weeks old. 1,80 m, 72,5 kg

Hey Jonas!

Welcome aboard. Nice intro!

Name dropping is not a problem, unless of course it's intentional advertising or (unnecessary) slander.

Nein, ich habe Deutsch in der Oberschule und an der Uni studiert, und vor ~25 Jahre habe auch zweimal (1 Jahr insgesamt) in Deutschland gewöhnt. Während beider Besuchen habe ich richtig nur Deutsch gesprochen und deswegen kann ich mich heutzutage eine gute Menge noch erinnern.

-S