Month: February 2011

Workout from hell

February 27, 2011 — Leave a comment

Well I am done with my leg workout and it was killer today.  I swapped out hacks for walking lunges.  If you ever just want to totally shred your legs then do these every few workouts.  I have to say I see why Ronnie hated to do them, but did them religiously.  They are great for building size in your entire leg.  Did my 7’s as always, but with a little bit of a twist.  Instead of doing a set then getting off and flexing my legs I did it while lifting.  Sets 2,4,6 I would flex on each rep.  I felt every muscle fiber was used and killed.  Going to be feeling it tomorrow.

Done eating Meal 4 only a few more to go today and then start it all over again tomorrow.  Hope everyone is having just as much success reaching your competitive goals.

Why you should have a coach in bodybuilding

February 27, 2011 — Leave a comment

Sitting here eating my tilapia and potatoes (yams) and thinking about something my trainer said to me last month.  I was really down in the dumps because it felt like I was not advancing any at all and was looking at things to do to change everything radically.  I thought about trying a little of everything from doing no carbs 5 days a week to marathon cardio sessions.  Jamie as always just took it all in and then simply told me to chill out.  I was making plenty of progress.  It just didn’t look like it to me because I was getting on the scale everyday and looking in the mirror everyday judging myself.

He reminded me it was not my job to judge how I looked it was his.  That is what he was there for and to trust him that things were coming along just fine.  Slow and steady just like the turtle (who eventually won the race).  Well I have to say him making me take a step back and taking a deep breath worked.  I have quit worrying about anything other then putting one foot in front of the other.  I know people always think they can do things themselves, but the big problem in that is no matter what anyone says you are not your biggest critic.  You cannot see every little weak spot no matter how hard you look.  You need that second set of eyes to look at things from the outside.  I just wanted to say thanks to Jamie and of course to all the trainers out there thank you for all you do for your clients.

Also I want to do a shout out to the wives and girlfriends of those of us that call ourselves bodybuilders.  Without your support we could never do what we do.  I just want to say my wife is my biggest fan and supporter.  Thank you honey.  I can never repay you for all you put up with (unless you really want those Jimmy Choo high heels or boots then I will have to save some money).  Love you.

Lazy Sunday

February 27, 2011 — Leave a comment

Well here we are it is Sunday morning and I am waiting for my wife to finish getting ready so we can go have breakfast.  She introduced me to this little place called Mimi’s Cafe.  They have a damn good egg white omlete with chipolte sauce and veggies.  Wish she would hurry up…LOL

I have legs today and then an hour of cardio.  Most likely going to just use treadmill and elliptical today.  Legs will be dead from all the heavy lifting I am going to subject them too.  Also gotta do abs.  Bodyweight is coming down nicely even though I didn’t have any huge lose this week.  I will post up more in a little bit since it looks like my darling wife is ready to go.

Hump Day

February 23, 2011 — Leave a comment

Thank goodness for hump day.  It gives you the ability to see from the top of the mountain and see the descending slope to the end of the week.  This week has somewhat been a little busy for me, but training is going well and so is cardio.  Might step it up and throw in some at night also, but have to consult with my trainer on this one.  Shoulders are coming along, but need to kick it up another notch for pretty much all my body parts.  But hey slowly, but surely wins the race as everyone always says.

Well time to get back to work after having my lunch break.  Peace.

It was a good birthday

February 17, 2011 — Leave a comment

Well today was my birthday and as many of you know since I am dieting I only get one cheat meal a week if my trainer thinks I have done well that week.  Well tonight I had a great cheat meal dinner.  As always it was Italian, but I opted for manicotti instead of my usual angel hair pasta in meat sauce.  A change of pace is always nice.  I did work today (gotta make up for the 6 months i was unemployed and could not pay all the bills)

Tomorrow is a new day and one step closer to my show.  So I have to hit cardio extra hard to burn off the bread I had.  Peace and good night.

Another day another dollar

February 10, 2011 — 1 Comment

Well I am sitting here at work taking a quick 5 minute break and decided to get on and post up another blog.  I am beyond tired and wondering how in the world I am going to make it through the day.  Getting up super early in the morning to hit the gym and try to develop the body I need for July and then come home eat breakfast and prep food for the rest of the day just sucks and throw in on top of it working for 9 hours and I think I am in serious need of a nap.  But as they say what doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.

I do love my new job in that I can actually do things that I love to do in IT.  At other jobs they limited what you could do, but here I get to roll my sleeves up and get my hands dirty.  Which to a nerd means playing with servers and all that computer geek stuff.  Though I am by no means a total geek, but hey my favorite movie of all time is Star Wars so maybe I am, but I am bigger then you so I can laugh at you.

Hit chest this morning and have really been concentrating on getting a good stretch at the bottom of the rep and contracting at the top of the rep to really try to get all the muscle fibers shooting off.  Gotta build a huge chest if I even want to dream about one day standing on the stages of the pro league, but since that is in the distant future I am concentrating on the here and now and doing what I need to do to build my physique.  Diet is coming along great also though I am tired of green veggies, but hey I will deal with it.

Time to get back to work hope everyone has a good day and an even better night.

No Super Bowl for me

February 6, 2011 — Leave a comment

Will not be watching the big game today.  Taking care of my darling bride who is very sick right now.  Anyways I could really care less about the game.  It is just an over hyped game.  I miss Saturday football games.  College and high school are the purest forms of football.  Especially high school.  Kids playing just to play (well most fo them anyways).  I miss those days.

Well diet has been changed a little today.  Looking forward to the new diet and the workouts this week.  Going to kill it from here on out.  Gotta be ready for July.  Hopefully everyone enjoys the game and has a safe week.

A long night.

February 5, 2011 — Leave a comment

Thank goodness that Dell’s new laptops are interchangeable when it comes to the power supply.  I am sitting here at the house just trying to figure out how I am going to make the money I need to so that my family can expand and also not ever want for money.  Somedays I think I just need to go ahead and get back into programming, but I get bored just typing out lines of code and it does not mean squat without doing it for one of the big companies.  Maybe I just need to finally finish my degree and go to work in an accounting department?  It is rather annoying trying to figure out what I want to do sometimes.  I know that I want to be a world class bodybuilder, but companies are not just handing out checks to nobodies.

Need to find something in life that will allow me to pursue what I want to do and make money at the same time.  Who knows I am just rambling tonight and I am exhausted.  My darling wife is asleep in the next room and I am just trying to figure out a way to make it so she can quit a job she hates and we can survive on just one income.  Hmmm I wonder what kind of second job I can get that will help out.  Brain is not really working right now, but hey it will come to me.

Ahhh to be Bruce Wayne.

Saturday

February 5, 2011 — Leave a comment

Well weigh in went awesome. Officially down 4.25 lbs this week so I am really proud of that loss. Though I gotta keep going strong and just remember that the only person that can kill my goal is myself. So not going to let any mental blocks rock my losses and my muscle gain. Going to change things up a little and not actually list my routines anymore. Thinking that other people are trying to emulate my routines so no more. If ya’ll need a great trainer shoot me an email and I will hook you up with Jamie. He is a great coach and knows his stuff.

Did back routine today and really did not kill the weight, but I really let my lats stretch on everything and stressed the hell out of the contraction of the muscle. Diet is going well though I do miss a meal here and there since I started back to work finally. Gotta get better at getting all my meals in and not let things interrupt me even if it is 30 minutes later then need be. My body needs the prtein and what carbs I am allowed to eat through out the day. Thinking in the offseason I am going to create a recipe book (ebook) version for bodybuilders cause I know that our meals are so bland. I have a bunch of recipes in my mind and need to write them down. Who knows maybe I will be a famous book writer. That would be a cool thing, but I want to stay true to me and be a bodybuilder first and foremost.

I have to give a shout out to Evogen Nutrition and Hany Rambod. He is the Pro Creator for a reason and inventor of EVP and Cell KEM. You can check out his site at Evogen Nutrition.  The products he has created are the best pre and post workout supplements on the market today.  Also check out his other site FST-7.

Hope the team you want to win the Super Bowl (I am a Bears fan so I am routing for the Packers(my grandmother’s team) to win).

Countdown

February 3, 2011 — Leave a comment

Well the countdown is on to July 16th. I am down another 4lbs this week so I am doing pretty good, but official weigh in is Saturday so the only weight that counts is then. Weather outside is starting to get bad, but I have been able to do my workouts this week so far, but the today and Friday are supposed to get really bad for the Houston area.

I do have one complaint though and it is the meals. Fish, chicken or turkey for my proteins. Talk about bland and bland. I really need to develop recipes for my meals to add some flavor. Thinking of getting Chris Aceto’s recipe books he wrote with his wife. Other then that not much else is going on. Going to rename my blog though. I will be using it for other stuff then just bodybuilding.