"C" word awards

yes THE C word!!!!!i dont use it regularly, but this last week has given me cause to...

i will start with today. why? because 2 people in one instance deserve this most prestigious award. training in the gym this morning. using the leg press but moving back and forth to the squat rack. a woman comes in looks at the 450lbs on the leg press and heads off to the desk. here comes thew manager and a gym rat. they remove the plates for her...lazy woman. then the manager makes an anouncement about cleaning off the plates. i go the her and then ask her about courtesy and gym etiquette. why didnt the woman ask if anyone was using the machine?
why didnt the manager ask? i was using it...and they messed up my workout.
both of these wondewrful people get the award!! for the utter lack of courtesy and intelligence!!

next up is thew queen mother of all....
a certain person in my life, i have been sworn to secrecy to reveal her identity, has gone to tell members of my family that i am gay! being far from the truth i am amazed at her audacity to assume she was the last woman i was ever with.....
her reasoning? the women friends that i have on facebook and a video i posted from the producers. oh lord i laughed when i heard this. a true C-word if ever....

training

i went in and did legs this morning. was sluggish and tired. everything felt heavy, but thanks to some dumbass i got my blood flowing good (blog to follow with story)
started with leg press, 810 for 5 sets of 5 reps. took them deep! front squats....225 for 5 singles. had to tape my right wrist. hurts something fierce! also forgot my wraps, oh well. i sucked it up and finished. here is where i get pissed...
went to do pullthrus. 150 5 sets 5 reps. then ended with hi foot leg press. kept my feet high on the platform to hit my hams and glutes. 450 10 sets of 10 reps. angry pissed off and irate....showered and off to work!

catching up with life and pressing

so on my off days i have been doing stuff i have neglected...ya know dishes, laundry, clean the toilet. sleeping in those days too. amazing the more busy i am the more time i actiually have. must be the fact i make a priority to get this stuff done. work has picked up too! helps now that i have 4 monitors and 2 computers...but i really need 2 more arms! ah well less time stressing about the competition.

got up real early today...some reason my phone rang...text message at 615 am!!! haha it was nce though. go in the gym an no one was there....love those times. got in the rack and did push presses. 245 or 80% of the max that i want eventually. go on do the math...
the first rep was only halfway, ouch! but then i banged out 4 more singles!! next time all 5 will go up! dropped the weight to 155 and repped out 8. that felt really light. still need to work my push.
walked over to the cable crossover machine and did upright rows with a tricep rope. 8 sets with 150( i think) 5 reps each set. last exercise was on a hammer shoulder press...50 lbs each side 10 sets 10 reps. that fried my delts!! to end this i did 20 minutes on the elliptical.

long time coming

did deads today. funny i think the last time i did a real deadlift was in april!
500lbs....1,3,1 reps. was happy with it. should have gone for 5 on my second set. had more in the tank at the time. tried a hook grip with my warmups. not bad. you know you work deads hard when you feel it in your lats.
shrugs were my second exercise....405lbs 5 sets 10 reps. felt nice just to work it. pulldowns and rows finished off my back. ended my day with 20 minutes on the elliptical.

(insert witty title here)

did my overhead pressing today. was happy with the workout but not my bloated gut....should not have eaten all that mcdonalds yesterday. weight is manageable and a non factor for the jersey comp.

hammer strength press....had a lot in the tank for these. 320lbs 5sets 2 reps.
cable side raises....these hurt! 45lbs 5 sets 5 reps.
1 arm dumbbell clean and press...75, 85, 95, 105 all singles each arm. 55 and 30 12 reps each.
ellipitical....20 minutes hill interval.

now i can rest tomorrow or do maore cardio...aaaaggggh

a good son

or just feeling guilty...
been trying to get in and see my mom all week. but to my dismay her therapy is going on when i show up. so i decided to stay home this morning. went to the gym instead of travelling to do events.

low back was feeling sore and tight from the earlier workout and it showed. glad i didnt go to event training. i would have quit early. romanian deadlifts on the hammer machine showed my misery...630 for 5 singles. dropped the weight in half to rep it out but i couldnt break the weight off the ground. moved over to the leg press. did 1 leg at a time. 300lbs...20 reps each. dropped 50lbs each set for the next 3. repped that out till i hurt, the good kind. zerchers were up next to torture me. 275 5 sets of 3 reps, from the bottom pin. my back hated me for that.
figured i wasnt done with my masochistic training, so i did some grip work. bar end holds and hercules holds...truly finished.

got in to see my mom. watched her finish therapy this morning. amazing to see how hard she is working. told her it was just like me training and competing. she gave me a smile and said "really?"

did what i hate most

CARDIO!!!!

total of 75 minutes on the treadmill.
inbetween the 30 minute sessions i did forearm work. first time was standing wrist curls and reverse wrist curls. used 205lbs for those. after the second trip on the treadmill i did hammer curls, 70-110 lbs 5-1 rep. then i did twist yo wrist...whats that you ask? it looks like a giant yoyo.
you loop the cord thru a plate and then roll it up. cool part is the hands are in a neutral position.

thats all folks!

IF....

someone posted this on a forum i frequent. says a lot to me....


If If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!


oh yeah if you dont know its by Rudyard Kipling

watchoo lookin at?

feel like screaming that everytime i lift. jeez are gym memebers that weak and lazy? they have to gawk when there is someone lifting heavy!! well sit back and enjoy the show!

good mornings

405lbs 5 sets 2 reps

shrugs

495lbs 5 sets 5 reps

rope cable rows

105lbs 6 sets 15 reps

eagle claw pullups

15 rest pause reps

what are those giant rubber bands for?

went in to the gym and did my pressing...
close grip press with pink and purple bands. oh yeah also had 275 on the bar. 5 singles.
felt ok...wasnt happy with the depth.










dumbbell extension with 90lber. 5 sets of 5 reps. way too easy.
more iron next time.
pushdowns with 55lbs 8sets of 15 reps.
got on the elliptical for 20 minutes and sweated like a whore in church.




was a good day in the gym. going to feel it tomorrow or maybe sooner!

useful

abs are useful, cardiovascular endurance is, but conference calls that do not pertain to me are not!!

i want my hour back. fuckers!!

so i got up off my lazy butt or actually rolled it out of bed this morning. got cardio and abs in today. 60 minutes on the treadmill and elliptical. with ab work inbetween. 3 of my favorite moves for abs...ab pulldowns, cable side bends, and straight arm pulldowns.

i work the abs with heavy movements in the 10-15 rep range. no i am not looking for a sixpack. strongmen have kegs! but core strength is essential to all the strongman events.

Motivation

Motivation is the internal condition that activates behavior and gives it direction; energizes and directs goal-oriented behavior.

I am trying to rediscover what motivates me. Is it an external need? Or is it an internal drive?
I do not buy into all the baloney quotes or motivational posters. After awhile they become watered down and transparent. Think about how many posters or signs you might have around you at work....they catch your eye at first but eventually blend into the scenery. There has to be something deep inside that drives us to do what we do.
I will admit I do like to watch a good movie like Rocky just to get my adrenaline flowing. Maybe its the underdog story or willingness to stand toe to toe with the champ and not quit. But that is me deep down inside. Never quitting...
The problem is keeping it all in focus. When the world crashes around you how do you react? What is the goal? The carrot on the stick? Is there a prize or reward at the end of the journey?

Rocky: 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood.

movie reviews

went to see g.i. joe the other weekend. this one wont win any oscars but it is full of balls to the wall action. felt like a little kid watching it. i am old enough to know the original joes and catch the reference to the kung fu grip. but i am young enough to have watched, read, and played with the second generation of joes. so the characters were familiar to me. love snake-eyes and stormshadow. the best part is the way the story tied several characters together and created a history. the effects were phenomanol. the interaction between ripcord and scarlet was great too. i certainly hope there is a sequel..

my second pick is the dvd of the watchmen....again i am taken back. this time to my comic book reading days. i can remember when it came out as a mini series, long before it was published as a graphic novel. this is what its all about, the story was true to the original. it hit like a bag of bricks to the head even onscreen. alan moore should be proud of this! if you watch this and dont think just a little then you are probably a moron. the story along with v for vendetta will stir the brain and get you thinking about what we are doing and where we are going.

up next...jersey!

my next comp. going to new jersey for this one. going to interesting because it is blind. won't know the events till the day of the comp. if the poster is any indication i will be having loads of fun!

today i trained...

felt good after the past few weeks. my mind and body hit a slump and funk...would have preferred george clinton to the funk i had.

after a wakeup call and walking the dog, i headed to the gym. pressing day today. did my close grip presses with 300lbs for 3 singles. wanted more but no use getting stuck under a bar.

from there i did barbell extensions with 185. 4 sets of 5 reps was enough. have to keep my elbows in or i will feel it bad later! did my pushdowns next. keep these light to get a pump...yes i said pump! 8 sets 15 reps with 45 lbs. this was too light, might need to move up a bit next week.

finished my lifting with dumbbell clean and press, one arm at a time. 70, 80, 90, and 100 all went up nicely. but i am not done....

hopped on the elliptical for 20 minutes. did the interval hill....whooo!

keeping the diet sort of a bit like keto. i am adding carbs in the morning and preworkout for fuel. but the rest of the day will be all protein! before i went to the gym i had a fiber bar and coffee. in the gym i took my nasty drink...6 scoops of appletini chain'd out , 2 scoops of waximaize, 1 airborne, and 2 energy drink mixes. also popped 3 jetfuel ....oh my! feell ike i am vibrating right now. came home had 3 eggs with cheese more coffee....yeah like i needed it...

rest of the day at work i will snack on cashews, a protein bar, and have 2 burgers..no bun.

been a bit

got caught up in doing so much i just stopped posting blogs. felt i had nothing really to share that was worth typing away on the keyboard.

suppose i can get back to it. but i need something inspiring...