My friend Josh Hanagarne has a post over his site World’s Strongest Librarian about his own journey and experiences with strength training. It’s a great writeup that I think really reflects an evolution that pretty much everyone goes through with respect to training.
Check it out here: Strength Training 101
P.S.
Josh also recently launched a new site called The Strength Rules. Stop by there and check it out (including the video of my first One Armed Pullup)