We’ve Got Veins
Well this post is going to be pretty vain, but hey what can I do! 😉 No I won’t be that vain, but my veins are starting to pop and that usually means one thing… losing fat and building some muscle!
For most when working out for awhile they will start to get more vascular which means your veins will show more. This tells me I am doing good and it is a sign fat is melting and to keep going! I don’t know about you, but I always had a fascination with veins. Maybe I should not even talk about this lol, but screw it. I remember as a kid we would always hang out at the pool. It was a pool just for the condominium association I grew up in, but all my friends would hang out there. One of the life guards was a real cool dude named Joe and he and his brother were pretty big into bodybuilding. These dudes veins would pop out all over. As kids who were getting into sports and weight lifting we always asked how can we make our veins pop out lol. I dunno it is one of those things as a kid, so now I have always seen veins as a sign of being in shape, unless they are some gnarly varicose veins “no offense if you have them ;-)”
Anyways here is a vain-vein picture I took during my Insanity Plyo Cardio workout. Nothing too crazy, but when I see that vein on my bicep split off and show up I know I am getting somewhere.
What about you? What is your stance on veins? You like em? You want em? You hate em? Leave a comment in the box below. Don’t be vain c’mon!
About Author
Chris
Hey welcome to The Fit Dads! My name is Chris Azzari and I started the fit dads with Ken & Mike to keep us accountable and in shape! There is nothing better then having a group of friends keeping each other accountable. Our goal is to help other dads either get in shape or stay in shape. We all know we want to keep up with our kids ;-) Anyways you can read more about The Fit Dads here....
A little about me...
- I am a 34 year old father of two boys. Maxwell "3" & Westin "9 months". My wife Stefanie is a stay at home mom and keeps busy running those two rug rats around ;-) She also stays in shape by working out.
- I have always been an active guy. In high school I played sports all year long, ate whatever I wanted and had tons of energy. Of course as I got older, went to college that all started to slack. I always made sure I was somewhat active and would hit the gym here and there, but my diet was horrible as most college guys are. At 6'3" I was always able to carry an extra few pounds and still look OK, but feeling OK was a different story.
It all changed...
- Up until 2010... actually wait let me rewind for a second here. Back in 2001 I actually tried my first Beach Body program which was called Power 90 "it was on VHS ;-)". This was the prequel to the famed P90X. I did not know much about BeachBody or Tony Horton back then. All I knew was I did this workout for about a month and I felt great! The spring was back in my step and I was feeling good. Of course I slacked...
Gym Limbo
- For the next 9 years I would be in "Gym Limbo"... you know aimlessly walking around the gym and not really having a plan or actually following through. Barely even breaking a sweat sometimes. Of course it was better then nothing, but I was never really getting the results I wanted. At one point I was 252 pounds, the most I have ever weighed. Nowadays I am usually around 220-225.
- OK back to 2010... I saw the Insanity commercials and said hey I remember the Power 90 workout and this looks way more intense. My first son was just born and it was hard to find time to get to the gym let alone workout, so I figured this will save me time and money. I decided to take the challenge. All I could say was wow! I was getting the workout of my life. I was so sore the first few weeks, but I felt great.
More veins will show if you shave those hairy arms 🙂
Hahahah we all can’t manscape as good as you!! 😉