Angry_Buddha’s BodyBlog

Ok, so if my calculations are correct, if its 6 at night here in Japan, its probally something its something like 5 in the morning back in Florida.

Thats right, I’m in beautiful…COLD AS HELL Japan. I am here for my 2nd degree black belt exam, and I couldn’t be more excited….and nervous.

I have dramaticlly cut back on my weight training and focused mainly on my cardio…because the exam is over 6 hours long, no breaks. The main goal of the masters on the exam board are not only to make sure to see if you know everything that is required, but also to try and break you mentally!

Compared to all that I have gone through in the past few months, with all the deaths in my life and what not, this should be a piece of cake…I hope!

But I’m ready for whatever they throw at me.

So this trip will not only take me to Japan, but also Korea and China, so if anybody wants to get some pics of these places, send me your email…but sorry, no pics of the exam….noone that is not testing or on the exam board are allowed in, including cell phones or cameras. So aloha for now and like always….

Later Days!

I haven’t been hitting the weights as hard or as oftten as I could be (or rather should be), because I’ve been devoting as much of my spare time traning for my 2nd degree black belt exam that is at the end of this month.

I’m not nervous, at this point I just want it to be over with. Its the waiting that kills me!

I also had my first date the other day since my fiance left me. It felt werid at first, after all, I’ve been with the same person for years. We pretty much spent the greater part of the day at the local theme parks.

 Anyways, I know that my only weakness for my black belt exam is gonna be my cardio, after all, the exam it self is well ove 6 hours long. So to work on that, I’ve been running ALOT more than usuall.

I usually go for a 1 or 2 mile run when I wake up, I get on the treadmill when I get to work, and I usually do another 2 or 3 miles before my workout. Needless to say, my gym bag smells like amonia and ass!

Later days

So its been a while since I’ve been on, so here’s the latest and greatest.

My apartment complex decided to go condo, so basiclly I had to either buy or move. So seeing as to how I didn’t really like the apartment to begin with, I decided to move.

So for the past week and a half I’ve been packing my stuff and and finding a new apartment.

Luckily, I found one that was pretty cool…plus it puts me closer to work/gym.

So in a week and a half, I boxed everything up and I’m in the prosses of unpacking it. I can’t find anything…I really should have labled the boxes…

So needless to say, I haven’t been going to the gym…but all that is about to change this coming up week. I’m gonna take the rest of the week end to unpack, and come Monday its back to my workout as usuall.

Later Days!!!

Before I get started, I wanna take a quick second to say Mahalo (Thank You in Hawaiian) to everyone for all the words of encouragement I have received in my time of loss. Big or small, every single coment I have received on my blogs are helpping me to put my loss behind me and continue to move forward.

So last time I wrote I said that I had a hard time workingout or staying motivated to workout after I got done at work…So seeing as to how I wasn’t sleeping, I decided to just bite the bullet and workout before work.

Now I know my body is nowhere near ready for the kinda workout I was doing before the deaths in my life, so I decided to just keep it small and simple.

I did about 2 miles on the treadmill and a quick bicep workout. I figure a small workout is better than no workout!

Now for those who don’t know, I have insomnia and have had it since my senior year of high school, but I can already tell that I should have no problem falling asleep tonight…or atleast I hope!

So call this baby steps… call it a new beginning…either way, this half Hawaiian/half Puerto Rican is back at the gym where he belongs…and carries the memory of his grand-father and brother as the energy and motivation that he needs!

Later Days!

So its been a little under 2 weeks since my fiance left me and both my grandfather and brother have passed away…and I won’t lie to you, my motivation to do just about anything is completly gone!

I mean it takes all of my being just to drag my self out of bed in the morning…on the plus side…I’m working on a pretty sweet beard…haven’t shaved in a while as well!

I work at a gym for goodness sake, working out should be nothing for me. Everyday I go to work telling my self "Ok, just go through work, and afterwards just do a quick workout"…and nothing. As soon as its time to clock out, I’m halfway to my car, gym bag in hand!

People keep telling me that I should just take sometime off from working out to let my mind and body heal, maybe try and find a girl to go out with,… and perhaps they are right…but till then, what do i do?

I can’t keep going home after work, sitting on my couch, playing xbox 360 with my friends, drinking beer.

I know the motivation will come back, and the pain will go away. So for know I’ll just do what have to do, focus on what I have to do, keep my head held high, and know that i am a warrior and nothing can stand in my way.

Later days!

As I sit here with a bottle of Yager (nature’s candy) at one side and my weight lifting gloves (I’ve got girly wrists) on the other, I think about all the things that make us sway from our goals in life.

I was talking to this one guy at our gym the other day. He was telling me, "Oh, if it wasn’t for the fact that I got married, I would have graduated from college and gotten a better job!" So I asked him, how long ago was that, and he told me, "Oh, I got married 15 years ago."

I wanted to tell him, Well, why not go back to school now?" But i can’t because it would be rude. Then I talk with this kid, who is no older than 21, who goes to school full time, has two jobs, and is at the gym more than I am…AND I WORK THERE!

Thing is, there are many reasons why we decide not to workout or skip our workouts. In the end, if you want something, if you want results, sometimes you NEED TO MAKE SACRIFICES in life!

Me, well, lets see… My fiance of 2 years left me yesterday, my grandfather is in the hospital, and my brother died tonight in a car accident!

All I wanna do is drink until my toes go numb!

Stay home and drink or go workout…

 **** IT!.. Hand me my gloves, Atleast I will look good at the funeral!

You can’t let lifes road bumps get you down, you have to think AND KNOW that you are stronger than all this.

As for me, like my brother used to say, when it comes to working out…..PAIN IS PROGRESS!

This one’s for you Ninja!…where ever you are!

So I ended up taking yesterday of because 1: I could barely walk due to the fact that the day before I did legs, and 2 becase I was feeling a bit under the weather to the point where I had to miss work. And seeing as to how I work at my gym, I don’t think the would appreciate the fact that I waswell enough to workout but not well enough to work.

But today is a new day, I slept in, and when I did go to the gym, I hit it hardcore baby! Today was one of the few days I do a hardcore, all out full body workout. I can tell I’m gonna feel it in the morning, but like today…tomorrow is a whole new day!

So after I got home last night/this morning I got VERY little sleep, but you still gotta go. After I finally got out of bed, I put my running shoes on and did my mile and a half before having to go to work.

 At work I dragged along until the very end, all the while telling my self that I should just go home and skip the workout and do it tomorrow when I’m fully rested, but I didn’t cave in.

I changed into my shorts and got on the treadmill to get motivated. Today is Sunday so it was Back, abs, and Triceps.

It was hard at times, but I gave it my all. Muscles very tight, veins bulgeing out…it was worth it.

Ok, so just joined and I guess the proper thing to do is write this blog and tell you about my self and goals.

I about a 2 years ago, I was injured doing martial arts. It was so severe that I had to stop training and was condemed to spend my time on the couch. I mean I could barely walk. So needless to say, I gained some weight. I was misserabe. Martial arts was my life and here I was, stuck, watching all my friends go and get promoted and compete.

Then, when the doctors FINALLY cleared me to be able to workout again, I was a full time student and worked full time as well. It was hell! After work, I had to haul butt to make it to class in time, and after school, I had to hurry up and do homework so I could have atleast a 2 hour nap before I had to go to work again.

But now things have changed. I graduated from college with an AA degree in medical massage therapy, and I recently changed jobs.

Now I work in a gym, so I have no excuses not to be able to workout. I usually work out Friday-Tuesday and spend my days off with either my girl or my dog.

I’m still looking for a workout partner because most of the people I know don’t like to workout between 2 and 6 in the morning…Oh well.

Time to hit the weights.

Later Days