21 Years in Gaming

Written by Stephen Sykes on Apr 27, 2008 8:28 pm

My gaming chronology is quite insane:

People ask me all the time. How did you spend so much time infront of the computer, and television and still find "time" to manage your physique.

Well the answer is that I had the mind for it. Not the time. The mind. The nutritional practices and discipline as well were a "must". However, I must make people clear of my paradigm. Is that, it is not effort and dedication that make a body builder, or an aesthetically pleasing physique. It is the mind, drive and passion. As with anything in life, the things you love the most, come rather easily, and effort free.

My gamers Chronology looked a little like this in a more linear format: 1986:

Zelda > RPG > Squaresoft > Final Fantasy Games > to Diablo > Which lead to the more major titles which helped shape me for the Entreprenurial Mindset I now have. EverQuest, EverQuest 2, Final Fantasy XI, Dark Ages of Camelot, Vanguard Saga of Heroes, World of Warcraft, and many others. It was fun, but even I too was amazed that I spent countless hours, playing, guild leading, defeating end game content. Practically living in a non-existant life on earth. Totally immersed in the online world. That I was still quite capable of maintaining my physique. I blame nutrition!

More on nutrition can be found at my personal website here:

http://stephensykes.vitamark.com

As well as some of the new supplements that I have watched transform over the ages as more and more new scientific advances in nutrition came about. I had always stayed to the forefront of the nutritional world when I realized that 70% of your fitness, comes straight from Nutrition. NOT the weights.

In a Fitness Pyramid the breakdown looks more like:

70% Nutrition

20% Rest

10% Gym Activity.