Abdominator’s BodyBlog

Hey guys!

Ok, quite a few folks have asked me what I’ve been doing for chest lately, so here it is.

StressMonkey and I have both been pretty consistent with having pushups as a daily part of our chest workout, so here’s my structured pushup routine that I do:

Using the “Perfect Pushup”

5 sets to failure (alternating narrow, wide, narrow, wide, narrow).

Hands against the edge of my bathtub

3 sets to failure (work on increasing the total number of pushups done each day by at least 2 pushups).

Post workout flexing

Flex/contract pec muscles hard, hold contraction for 2-5 seconds, then release. Repeat for 1 minute, rest for 1 minute and repeat cycle again. Over time, this will bring out deep striations and make your chest very hard when flexed.

Try this for 90 days and let me know what you think.

- Skip

Ok, let’s talk about this motivation thing.  About a year ago, I wrote an article for my website entitled "Staying Motivated: How Skippy Got His Groove Back" (http://www.podarco.com/fitness/content/view/62/92/).  Little did I know, I’d still be in the same rut almost a year later.

Well, the good thing is, when things change in life, they sometimes change for the better.  About 2 months ago, I was transferred from managing the Lifestyle Family Fitness on Atlantic Blvd. to managing the one in Orange Park.  Since I live in Fleming Island, I’m only 15 minutes from work now, instead of 1 hour like I was before.  This has turned out to be an awesome opportunity because now I can workout after work, and not worry about getting home too late.  Also, I can go to work an hour early and workout before I need to be in the office.  Before, I was spending most of that time commuting.

I’m currently bulking and I’m back up to 172 lbs.  My goal is to reach 190 lbs. by the end of the summer (2009) and then cut for competition sometime in December 2009 or as late as March 2010.

Anyway, the purpose of this blog is announce my "return", and my plans for competing again within the next 12-18 months.  None of us knows what the future holds, but at least we try to make the best of each day as it comes.

Thanks for reading my blog and leave a comment if you like.  :)

By the way, ready to drink protein/meal replacement drinks are the bomb-diggity.  You can put about 3-4 in your cooler, and while you’re at work, if you miss a meal, you can just down one and "boom", 250-300 calories, instantly.  It makes a huge difference come workout time.

- Skip

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