ArmySoldier1’s BodyBlog

Okay, I met this dude and he introduced me to a new workout! It is freakin’ killer…unfortunately as of this moment, I only have information on Chest day. Ya’ll will love this…

Start out with Flat bench DB presses (as heavy as you can) do as many as you can until you can’t do anymore. Immediately pick up 1/2 the weight DB’s and do as many flys as you can. That is one set! Do three sets. Next, go to the incline bench and put on as heavy as you dare and do as many as you can, pick up 1/2 DB’s and do as many DB presses as you can. Pick up a 45 plate (or whatever floats your boat) and press that as many times as you can and then go right to a Incline pushup and do as many as those as you can. That is one set! Do three sets. Next, go to do cable crossovers. Pick a starting weight and go until you can’t, drop it down one plate and keep that up until you are out of plates. That is one set. Do three sets.
  
If the gym is not to terribly busy, you can knock this out in about 45 minutes and OMG, the burn is incredible. As soon as I know what we do for the other body parts, I will post it in a blog. This is freakin’ amazing…keeps the heart rate up and you are getting a killer workout! It is awesome, let me know what you think.

Until later…Jay

   First I got to give ya’ll a little background. A good friend of mine works in the Post Office here on my FOB and when I am not going out on missions and I have some down time, I go down and help those guys out (makes the time go by when you stay busy). Anyway, I am down there today and I pick up this box that is vibrating and leaking. Looked at the label and nothing on the label gave any indication that there was anything in there that should be vibrating and/or leaking. So, according to the Post Office SOP, we have to call EOD. They call them and tell them there is a suspicious package…

   EOD shows up, sets up the x-ray machine, then decides that they will just open it. So they clear everyone out and proceed to open the package. In the meantime, we were all betting what it was that was vibrating and leaking. The EOD guys guessed in was hair clippers, someone else guessed it was a personal recreational device, someone else said it was an electric toothbrush. Keep in mind that the package was addressed to a male Soldier. Well, they open it and start laughing like crazy…he had everyone make an official guess. They all guessed the items above and when they asked me, I said it was a personal recreational device made for a male (vibrating pocket p****y).

   Yes, I was correct…it was freakin’ hilarious! The leaking substance was lubricant. The EOD guys took pictures with the "suspicious package" contents. OMG, we all freakin’ cracked up! So, the EOD guys had to sign the package that it was opened. He wrote, "Opened by ******, EOD on 09 JUL 09…NICE!"

   See over here, when under stress most of the time, it is a great day when something happens that makes us all laugh! We decided that his wife was awesome! Sorry, I had to share this with ya’ll, because it was a very funny thing in a not so funny place.

Until later…Jay

Okay, this is going to be a shockier for all…are ya’ll sitting down? This post will have nothing to do with my personal drama or working out! Okay, I’ll wait until ya’ll are concious again…[pause for dramatic affect]…ready?

I have decided that I am FINALLY old enough to get my first tat! I have someone drawing up for me right now and I will get it as soon as I come home! Ya’ll know the prayer hands right? Good, now imagine them open. Inside I am going to put my Dad’s initials (maybe even his name, not really sure). That is my vision, I left the rest of the creativity to the person who is drawing it up…it’s going to be so hot! I can’t wait.

Okay, now the honesty comes out…I am scared. I am sure it is going to hurt like hell (I’m getting it in the middle of my upper back). I have no doubt that I will whine and whimper like a little girl. Anyone want to come and hold my hand during this process? LMAO!

Okay, sorry I lied…I need to tell you about abusing myself in the gym today. I did Chest this afternoon. I started with 135, did 2 sets of 18, added 50 pounds and did two sets of 15, added 50 pounds and did 2 sets of 10. Okay, now is the tricky part, my buddy is not as strong as me and when I added another 50 to do 2 sets of 6, he was having a lot of trouble spotting me…it was quite funny, I felt bad for him. Then we reversed the process all the way back to the bar itself. It was so much fun. Then I had to do my DB work, that was challanging. Tonight I wanted to do tri’s, but my little crowded FOB gym was extremely full of people talking and it was easier to do my back workout. That was freakin’ awesome too. It is strange, I don’t think I am getting a lot bigger, but I am surely getting stronger. It’s cool, I’ll take that. I want to be as strong as I am big, so it’s all good. I am slowly shedding my fat…only like 85% to go!

Until later…Jay

Hey ya’ll, just wanted to give a quick update. I have been focusing my energies between my misisons and the gym and it is giving me some peace. I freakin’ jacked up my shoulder again…DAMNIT! I really should go get it checked out, but I am afraid it might get me sent to Germany. I’ll wait until I re-deploy and get it checked out at that point. It goes between hurting to move to my arm going completely numb. Oh well, it looks as I might have to take it easy in the gym going forward.

Okay, I will only complain about this once! I freakin’ can’t believe that the U.S. Army is going to put the pink boxer shorts into a museum! Serious? Really? We just put a couple of our brothers on a plane…We have soldiers dying over here and the Army wants to put some pink boxer shorts into a museum? What about all of his buddies boxers that they were fighting in? I am not hating on that particular soldier, I am hating on the media and Army commanders! I am considering asking to be chaptered out of the military! Makes me sick to my stomach!

Other than that, my diet is getting better. I am shedding some fat and trying to put on more muscle. I have been trying Muscletech Leukic Hardcore…I kind of dig it. I seems to assist me finishing as strong as I start. Has anyone tried the the Creakic? I tend to stay away from creatine…afraid of the bloat. I have heard that this stuff doesn’t make you bloat. Is this true? Any imput would be appreciated.

Until later…Jay

   Okay, ya’ll heard my dribble about my soon to be ex-wife. Well the saga continues. She just turned me in for spousal emotional abuse and child neglect. So I have spent the last two days on the phone back to the states trying to defend myself. If any of ya’ll forgot, she has a boyfriend and is in love with him…and I’m the one emotionally abusing her. It really is all about money with her…right now she is happy as long as I send her everything except $100 per month. Okay, I am not going to get into this right now…sorry.

   Other than that, I have been taking all of that frustration out on myself in the gym. Tonight is chest, I am going to start on the flat bench with 135 and do 2 sets of 21. Then I will add 50 pounds and do 2 sets of 15, add another 50 and 2 sets of 10 (if I have a spotter, I’ll add one more time for 2 sets of 6). Then I will work my way down. Then I will get into some DB exercises and finish up with some cable cross-overs. Tomorrow will be Tri’s…and I’m going to kill them!   

   Well, I must go and hit the gym…Keep killin’ it

Until later…Jay

   Hey ya’ll, it seems that I am doing much better now! It is strange how the death of a fellow soldier affects you. Speaking of Soldiers, I want to take a moment and let ya’ll know that what the media feeds to you is not always the truth. See, they report all of the bad stuff that goes on over here. Whether is it a Soldier killing a "unarmed civilian" or whatever, the truth is we do great stuff here. We build schools, hire local nationals to work on our FOBs, treat their animals, provide health care and clothes…the list goes on and on. Sorry, this is probably not the place…I’ll stop.

   My motivation is back and my will to get ripped is back too. I still hate cardio ( I would like to pay someone to do it and just reap the benefits), but I do it anyway. Got to get rid of the fat and show off all of that muscle that I have busted my ass to get! I was watching this guy in the gym today while he worked out…he is a freakin’ monster. He was doing skull crushers and the gym was packed, so I asked him if I could work in with him. He said yes and I found out that he is all "show muscle". He couldn’t keep up with me and his arms had to be 2 inches bigger than mine. So I got to wondering about "show muscles versus "real muscles". I have decided that even thought it is great to look huge, I would rather be as strong as I look. Don’t get me wrong, I want to have big arms, chest, etc., but what is the point if it just show? Is this only my opinion? Should I be working out different in order to get the show muscles? What are your thoughts regarding this issue?

   I killed my traps today…barbell shrugs (4 sets of 15 with 315) and then DB shrugs (4 sets of 15, pausing at the top for 3-5 seconds, with 260). They were cashed after that, so I figured I would beat up my Tri’s. My tri’s are really pissing me off. I do mass exercises and isolation exercises but my right tri is much more defined than my left (I can complete my isolation exercises with both arms with the same weight), why is this the case? Well, I should get off and get some sleep…it is 2:20 am here.

Until later…Jay