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Hey everyone, I'm Tim. I went from being overweight and out of shape for YEARS to becoming a grip strength expert with a passion for health and fitness. Most of what I post here is world class feats of grip strength, but here's my story: I struggled with my weight since elementary school. I tried dieting several times in the past and failed. There was a point in 2012 that I'd finally gotten into decent shape but then… I sank into a deep depression after an intestinal surgery and re-injuring my ankle. I was ready to give up on everything health and fitness. I developed unhealthy habits. I started smoking cigarette and drowning myself in binge drinking. My diet consisted of Taco Bell, White Castle, and ramen. After a few years of living like this, I had gained nearly 100lbs. In 2019, I was a few years into grip training but was still caught up in the old lifestyle. I didn’t apply myself. At this point, my unhealthy habits started catching up to me. Climbing a flight of stairs felt like running a marathon. My joints always ached, the hangovers had become MUCH worse, and I was lethargic and depressed. I'd recently become an uncle, and I remember my brother pulling me aside saying how he's concerned about my well-being and wanted me to be around for when my niece grew up. For all those reasons on top of me turning 26 and not getting any younger, I'd finally hit my breaking point and decided to make huge changes in September of 2019. Since I had tried dieting in the past, I had an idea of what I had to do in terms of caloric deficit and also started walking around my neighborhood regularly. I started doing traditional strength training a bit more often, but still didn't have a routine. I also still hadn't fully let go of my lifestyle, and was still drinking most weekends. Despite that, I was able to lose some weight and gain some strength. And, once the lockdowns started in March of 2020, I was fully committed to getting healthy and totally stopped drinking and smoking cigarettes. By mid summer, I'd lost a total of nearly 80lb and was the fittest I'd ever been. I'd also figured out some good hacks to help me stick to my diet and not burn out. Hacks that I want to share with you. Anyway, thank you so much to everyone who took the time to read this! While a lot of my posts are epic feats of grip strength, as someone who thought they'd never be able to lose all that weight and live a healthy lifestyle, I have come to Twitter to also encourage others that IT IS possible. No matter how low a point you think you're at, it's never too late to make changes. It's all about replacing bad habits with better ones overtime. People are often overwhelmed by starting a weight loss journey because it just feels so out of reach. I'm here to tell you that we're all capable of so much more than we think with time and consistency. The journey isn't meant to happen overnight. It's a process and also an important period of self-development. And you don't need to jump into some extreme routine to succeed. It's much better to have a more sustainable approach. It's so easy for us to get discouraged by comparing our starting point to where we want to be. The goal should be improvement. Be a little bit better each day, and the baby steps will add up! Give me a follow for more content related to this and grip strength! If you any questions about my story or my training, feel free to ask me. I'll be answering all the questions I can so you can succeed to the best of your ability!

temmmeeee's tweet photo. Hey everyone, I'm Tim.

I went from being overweight and out of shape for YEARS to becoming a grip strength expert with a passion for health and fitness.

Most of what I post here is world class feats of grip strength, but here's my story:

I struggled with my weight since elementary school. I tried dieting several times in the past and failed. There was a point in 2012 that I'd finally gotten into decent shape but then…

I sank into a deep depression after an intestinal surgery and re-injuring my ankle.

I was ready to give up on everything health and fitness. I developed unhealthy habits. I started smoking cigarette and drowning myself in binge drinking.

My diet consisted of Taco Bell, White Castle, and ramen. After a few years of living like this, I had gained nearly 100lbs.

In 2019, I was a few years into grip training but was still caught up in the old lifestyle. I didn’t apply myself.

At this point, my unhealthy habits started catching up to me. Climbing a flight of stairs felt like running a marathon.

My joints always ached, the hangovers had become MUCH worse, and I was lethargic and depressed.

I'd recently become an uncle, and I remember my brother pulling me aside saying how he's concerned about my well-being and wanted me to be around for when my niece grew up.

For all those reasons on top of me turning 26 and not getting any younger, I'd finally hit my breaking point and decided to make huge changes in September of 2019.

Since I had tried dieting in the past, I had an idea of what I had to do in terms of caloric deficit and also started walking around my neighborhood regularly.

I started doing traditional strength training a bit more often, but still didn't have a routine. I also still hadn't fully let go of my lifestyle, and was still drinking most weekends.

Despite that, I was able to lose some weight and gain some strength. And, once the lockdowns started in March of 2020, I was fully committed to getting healthy and totally stopped drinking and smoking cigarettes.

By mid summer, I'd lost a total of nearly 80lb and was the fittest I'd ever been. I'd also figured out some good hacks to help me stick to my diet and not burn out.

Hacks that I want to share with you.

Anyway, thank you so much to everyone who took the time to read this!

While a lot of my posts are epic feats of grip strength, as someone who thought they'd never be able to lose all that weight and live a healthy lifestyle, I have come to Twitter to also encourage others that IT IS possible.

No matter how low a point you think you're at, it's never too late to make changes. It's all about replacing bad habits with better ones overtime.

People are often overwhelmed by starting a weight loss journey because it just feels so out of reach. I'm here to tell you that we're all capable of so much more than we think with time and consistency.

The journey isn't meant to happen overnight. It's a process and also an important period of self-development.

And you don't need to jump into some extreme routine to succeed. It's much better to have a more sustainable approach. It's so easy for us to get discouraged by comparing our starting point to where we want to be.

The goal should be improvement. Be a little bit better each day, and the baby steps will add up! Give me a follow for more content related to this and grip strength!

If you any questions about my story or my training, feel free to ask me. I'll be answering all the questions I can so you can succeed to the best of your ability!

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