Snow, if you wanna get swole for conventions, start now. Get a workout buddy. When I was in the Bronx, my roommate took me from barely being able to run two-three laps to running 3-4 miles comfortably in less than a month. Not to mention the fact that the core and other exercises we did as the main deal later became warm-ups because we destroyed ourselves so much, 5-6 times a week.