not you fat jesus....

ever have one of those days? not wanting anything but the world to stop, complete utter silence, left alone to your own misery...yeah that was me today. i just thought tired, rest, go to the pool...hell no i knew i needed to do legs. instead i dug up some motivational videos and got my ass to the gym. not being totally convinced i figure it would be good to push the boundaries....

squats 405x5 5 sets
squat machine--facing in---450x5 5 sets, drops sets 360, 270, 180, 90 all for 5 reps
leg press 450x8 7 sets
--by now my low back was screaming. legs were on fire with a skin stretching pump, thanks ALRI for WTF!!
smith lunges 115 did rest pause reps till i hit 50 total. had to sit down a few times to ease the tension in the back.
stairmaster---calf work---2 minutes 3 sets my god this was intense! very nice feeling in the calves.

i must say i am feeling good. went to see the parents and my mom remarked about me losing weight. guess the Primordial supps are working, along with some heavy duty training and cleaned up diet. got on the scale today and i am about 239! also noticing the waist is looking tighter...really like the Dermatherm.

counting down....

3 freaking weeks left! i am excited this time around to compete. things have been firing on all cylinders. training has been phenomenal. today was no exception....

close grip bench 135, 225, 275, 315x5  365 5 singles---that is a PR

tate press with cable  40,50,60,70,80,90,100x5 dropsets 90,80,70,60,50,40,30,20x5

pushdowns 50x20 8sets

needed some curls for the gurls....
cable curls 40,60,80,100,120,140,160x5 dropsets 130,100,70,40x5
reverse cable curls 80x10 5sets

ate good last night, double burger which was about a pound of meat and peanut butter pie. cannot beat a good cheat meal...

screaming into the sky....

yes this one got me going this morning. a good song before stones....

have not done much the last 3 days. 2 i worked but went straight home to eat and sleep. yersterday was complete laziness. ate a boatload of pasta and watched movies.

this morning i was raging to get events in. had a full crew there. couple extra guys came down to train.
started with log 160, 190, 210....very easy. the yoke and keg were setup. i picked up the yoke 3 times but didn't move it. wasn't my plan today. picked up the heavy keg...250lbs. then i took it for a couple runs. first was 50' the next one was 80'. felt very nice. then came the fun...stones! i put the 250 to 60". rested and popped the 300lber to 48" then repped it 2 more times.

that was enough for me.

ghosts....

been haunted the last few days. feelings of my past, hurts and pains, reopening old wounds. is this the devil talking to me? giving me doubts and distractions?  haha....gonna laugh at him then. no dterrring me now.


ate well and slept better last night. woke up with legs on my mind. hit the gym ready to do battle...
had a convo with one of the meatheads there, recommended some Primordial products and ALRi stuff.
yeah i am a promotion machine, but only for stuff that works.

so leg day went something like this....

squats 135x5 225x5 315x5 405x3 495 5singles
---was very happy with these. got nice and deep on 4 of the 5 singles.

squat machine--facing in--- 450x5 6 sets

leg press 270x10 8 sets

single leg extensions 50x75 each leg

will be walking funny tomorrow.


all done with Humapro, back to the shakes till i get paid. lets see what happens now.
still kicking it with the Androhard and Dermatherm. Forgot my Androhard last night and i feel a little bloated today. seriously this stuff makes me feel harder....

how will i wash my hair?

doing triceps and heavy pressing always gives me that dilemma, along with needing to just feed at a trough. i don't think i will be lifting my arms soon...

close grip press 135x5 205x5 245x5 295x3 315x1 345x 5singles
tried something new....
tate press on pulley 60x5 6sets
---used a rope and went across my body. set at nipple height.
pushdowns/extensions 50x10 10sets

calm like a bomb....

certainly describes my day and training. woke up with and evil feeling, a nastiness welling up that only iron could dissipate. maybe it was the song stuck in my head from the night before....thanks to the cute bartender at Meg O' Malleys.... i will not mention the song, it finally was eradicated from my memory. speaking of Meg's. if you go there i recommend Norm's platter...i get the seared tuna with mashed potatoes and mushrooms....

ok so back to the evil....

got done with a messed up day at work. honestly i know i am scheduled for the day but who wants to work on saturday? left work and got to the gym. on the way i started listening to Rage Against the Machine....that helped a ton. back was on the menu....

good mornings 135,225,315x5 deep! 405x5 5 sets
zerchers 225,315 from knee height  405x5 singles from hip height
barbell rows 315x5 5 sets last set almost had me puking!
low row/rope pulldown 80x10 8 sets

i am beginning to ache everywhere. a few cramps too....think i might be chugging gatorade tomorrow.
the supplements from Primordial are showing some results. i can feel more energy and endurance from the Androhard. the green tea is nice, keeping the does at 2 per serving. i do rhink i am seeing results with the Dermatherm. judgment will be out till i finish it.

love the combo of Chain'd out and Humapro. seriously i feel great and use those to replace a meal and shakes. when i do that i use fish oil or some nuts to add fats. when's payday? i need more Humapro....

necessary evil

dammit do i hate cardio....necessary evil. went to the gym after work and did abs too.

5 sets total, cable side bends and ab pulldowns. 3 work sets with 200lbs. then 20 minutes on the elliptical, interval setting. like that but i need to up the workload. also did 20 minutes on the elliptical on wednesday too.

gym was packed last night. didn't feel like being there...tonight is off night. going to get some tuna at the pub.


still liking the Androhard and Dermatherm....i will have to compare my gut to the first pics i took. really dreading running out of Humapro....the stuff is gold! anyone notice a slight beef taste?

4 dollar movie review

bored on a tuesday afternoon i head to roxy's cinema grill. 4 bucks gets you in to see a movie. how could i pass this up, epsecially with "the expendables" in theaters. i mean c'mon...stallone, statham, li, lundgren, austin, rourke, willis, arnold, throw in terry crews and randy couture for good measure. what you get is an explosive return of the action movie. part rambo, part cobra, part commando...this takes me back when it was BIG! oh yeah this won't win any oscars unless the academy adds an explosive dismemberment category but it will get your adrenaline and testosterone flowing. in a way this movie passes the torch to guys like statham, who continues to play one of the baddest dudes on film.
ladies...let your man see this flick. go with him but you wont see too many shirtless scenes. so sorry. this is truly a guy flick. enough of me going on, here is the trailer....

making of nasty tree trunks

yeah f'ing TOOL!!!


leg day...pondered what to do. no squats, just wasn't feeling them today. so i concocted a torture session that would make redwoods shake....

leg press 720x30 reps
squat machine---facing in  450x5 6 sets
romanian deadlift on machine  270x8 5 sets all my low back could handle at this point
smith lunges 115x5 6 sets

then i did my dreaded walk on the treadmill. helped loosen up the back. 30 minutes. went to mcd's and got my liquid crack. noticed i need to hit abs. so that will be my thursday torture session....
took 5 humapro after training and chugged some chain'd out with it. starting to run out. i am wavering about buying another tub or use up the isolyze that i have left. upped my green tea dosage to 2, 3 times a day and dermatherm to twice a day.


i am trying to focus on this contest and my goal is to win. training has been off the chart and i improve every week.  i have other distractions though...a girl haunts me, dammit if i don't feel like some high school kid with a crush. wanting to hear about a job that i applied for, would mean some big and good changes for me. right now i can only think of the next 5 weeks...i have to.

good training good food

so i took sunday completely off. went to spend time with the family. was a nice day, but a hot drive...picked up a cool chair at target in the process. went to panera for breakfast on my way out. had a bagel...lunch was steak and shake, then dinner was homemade chicken marsala. man does my mom know how to cook. got home watched some movies and went to sleep. i have to keep my focus, 5 weeks of training left. can't get someone out of my head...








hang cleans 135x2, 155, 185, 205

dumbbell clean and press 100 5 singles each arm. need to watch my free hand, couple times i assisted the press. 1 minute rest on these.

seated smith press 315x2 5 sets. used elbow wraps. these felt sooooo easy. i set the bench at a slight incline. got this idea from superhuman radio. allowed me to pinch my shoulder blades together. felt very stable in this position.

dumbbell side raise 20x15 8 sets adjusted my position on these and felt them deep in the side head. 

walked 30 minutes on the treadmill




jumped back in with the androhard, dermatherm, green tea and humapro. sometiems i think we need a break from supps too.

let the bloodbath begin...

cardio yesterday...one hour total 20 minutes on treadmill twice and 20 minutes on elliptical


events today.... farmers walk 190 30', 260 pickup, 260 50' 2 times
keg walk 215 50' 2 times, went for a third but was so sweaty the keg slipped.
stones 220 to 60", 250 to 56", 270 to 52", 300 to 48" all back to back, then i took them down.
conans wheel 345 for 2 revolutions, nonstop!






feeling a bit mean and nasty lately. i am so glad i had events today. i have 5 training weeks left. i posted up my cardio from yesterday too. that was a grueling torture session. lucky for me i listened to superhuman radio.

got on the scale after and i was 244. very happy...think the Green Tea, Dermatherm, and Androhard are helping. i know most of that is water but that is what i needed. felt bloated and quite like a parade balloon. the green tea acts as a diuretic along with the thermogenic properties. much easoer to swallow a pill than drink all the tea...

gotta say that i am loving the Humapro from ALRi   i have been taking 15 tablets a day. 5 in the morning with fish oil, 5 in the afternoon, and 5 after training. if it is an off day i take them before bed. slug them down with my Chain'd Out and i am good to go. beats chugging protein shakes.

A Warrior's Call....

Love that band! Fueled an insane leg training session today....but wait I have to go back and cover yesterday first.  Cardio...2 sessions! I hit the pool in the morning while waiting on laundry. Did 7 laps before the clouds came in and it poured rain. In the afternoon I went to the gym for more of this torture. 20 minutes on the elliptical, interval setting. Then I jumped on the treadmill for 40 minutes. I was done...

This week is a deload so everything I do is at 50% of max or projected max. Legs were on the agenda today.
Started with the king..squats. 315x2 5 sets, went ATG and paused at the bottom. Romanian Deads were next. I like doing these on the Hammer Strength machine. 320x8 5 sets. Started feeling these in my lower back which made the next exercise very brutal...Leg Press. 450 50 reps total but I had to break it up in smaller parts just to get the pressure off my back. Not finished with todays torture, Single Leg Extensions finished this twisted day...45 for 70 reps each leg.


Now onto some other interesting happenings in my world.....

Primordial Performance has given me the oppurtunity to try out some products. Androhard and the Fat Loss Stack So I am on day 3 and can say these are some interesting products. The Androhard is a great test booster. Ok I have to admit the taste made me think of medicine i used to take as a kid, but what the heck this isn't about the taste. You can also mix it with a liquid, will give it a try later... Fat Loss Stack you say? Why Mr. Strongman? Well even a strongman wants to look good for the ladies. And secretly i would like to know what my abs look like under there..oops not the secret is out! the Stack consists of Green Tea, CLA, and DermaTherm, a topical fat loss product. Sadly I did not get my CLA so verdict is out on that. I like the Green Tea, beats trying to drink a gallon of it. The topical is amazing! It does make my skin red but I immediately feel warm. Oh yea it smells like raspberries....

putting the ego aside

the toughest thing to do is throw the ego to the ground and choke it out. after a PR day yesterday i started a deload week today. i know my body needs the rest and my CNS needs the break. these next 6 days will try my patience.

close grip press---bar, 115, 135, 155, 185 5 reps each. 205 5 sets 5 reps.

tate press---40lbs 8 reps  6 sets

pushdowns---30lbs 20 reps 8 sets

1 arm rope extensions--- 20lbs 50 reps each arm

elliptical---20 minutes interval

i weighed in at 252 but that was fully clothed without shoes. cleaning up the diet and going to add extra cardio after this week.

hotter than satan's vajajay

keeerist! let me tell you nothing beats training outdoors in august in florida. humid enough that sweat poured when sitting still in front of a fan. breathing for me was like a fish out of water, i think a fish could breathe in this just fine....

hit events today. wanted something good before i start my deload  tomorrow. started with log press.
140,180, 200,220 and 240...all were nice. decided to go for the big pr....260. cleaned it nicely, felt it roll up high on my clavicles, dipped ever so slightly and pressed. right arm locked before the left which felt like an eternity as i stood there. but i got it!!! hooray me!

farmers walk...did 245 for 100' with a turn at 50'. made it the whole way but my legs felt like jello. did this in 31 seconds. next time i am going with contest weight. think i will add some high rep leg presses to keep my legs under me.

yoke/keg. this was rough. i took 540 for 50' easy. the keg killed me. was too sweaty to pick up. threw on my sleeves and picked it up. by this time i was mentally done...made it about 20' with the keg.

finally conans wheel....250 for 1 revolution then 320. was easy even on the contraption my training partner devised in his evil mind.

looks like i need  to work on endurance. i was gassed most events. guess who will be doing more cardio?

ugh...

i was lazy the last 2 days and did nothing but watch tv and eat crap food.

went in the gym after work today and was not sure waht to do so i brutalized my grip....


wrist curls..underhand and overhand 135,185, 205, 255 5 reps
overhand 275 5 reps
under and over 205x10, 135x 15

twist yo wrist 50x4 3sets

herc holds 250 each hand 35 seconds, 25 seconds

hang cleans 135x5 3 sets

hammer curls 75x5 85x4 95x3 105x1

Gunny Highway says...

had to take a page from Gunny Highway's book....adapt, improvise, and overcome
couple young kids were doing rows in the rack so i setup on the smith and did seated presses.

275 for 5 singles. chin to lockout. rested 3 minutes between

they got done and i went to the rack for push press

205x2 5sets 2 minute rest on most sets. really felt these.

back to the smith for more seated press

115x10 8sets. 30 seconds rest...these were ass kickers but i did it!

and finally...dumbbell raises 20lbers 30 reps.


went to the store and got a pizza, coke, and bag of sweet hawaiian onion krunchers

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