ArtThenLIft’s BodyBlog

but seriously I have been working out although it is fairly un-regimen ( I dont have any set days for what I am doing yet) I am just happy to be doing something physical.  This time its more about cardio lifting than lifting heavy weights. It seems when I start lifting heavy I gain muscle as well as fat to boot.  I would rather be not as strong but have a leaner physique than the other way around. I worked out with an old friend and he really wants to lose some weight but never had the motivation to so now I am his motivation.  Funny thing is we worked out yesterday and the dude can barely move his arms.  He was whining today because he couldnt put a shirt on, I had to freaking help my freind put his shirt on.  Oh and does anyone here who actually reads this crap think jamie eason and ava cowan to be exceptionally gorgeous. I am just throwing that out there, well so is chicken tuna. Thats just me being a guy who happens to think they are flat out gorgeous.  So I am job searching right now, thinking about trying the business aspect. I wanna see what you need to be a conceptual designer for cars or airplanes, or games etc etc.  Its not out of my reach I believe I have the skills to do such things, I just prefer to not have to draw in such a representational manner. I am also looking in for substituting as a way of making money while job searching.  Also, Im on the prowl for galleries and art exhibitions, so I have a full platter of things to look at while working out.  Who here likes cartoons? I know Im a freaking grown man, but to me its a form of entertainment that I enjoy. Hell its no different than an episode of LOST, come on that show makes no sense, a man gets killed by the island, another man was sent into the past so he knows the future.  That is ridiculous, but it provides entertainment to the masses so you can’t blame the writers. I love family guy, if I could get a freaking treadmill or some cardio machine in my living I would do cardio for hours just watching family guy, or movies, maybe comedies. I am just running on a tangeant tonight.  Anyways, that being said, my workout regimen is on the way and I can’t wait to see the results. Peace out

so I am back in my ol town, unpacking my gear, but hopefully Ill get back on some kind of weight lifting regimen or some kind of cardio, or maybe a hug blasting session with a cute lady, or a cardio kissing sexsion… I mean uhhhhhhhh lets go lift some weight

Im so stoked, two days till my final BFA painting will be hung, its almost finished, TWO ****ING DAYS>>>>>WOOOOOT…. After that I can work out and have a good ol time at the gym…

let me tell ya, getting drunk is great, but today has its repracautions.  I, well, have not drank in a long time, and I got home to see my buddies and it was nothing but disaster.  Disasterly fun… at least until the next morning, ugh… rough

Lifting weights, nothing but you and the plates. piling them on, craving to get strong.  hard as a rock, lifting them blocks, you have nothing on me.  I send my muscles out on lease.  Strength is an illusion, its all about perceiving. Its all about believing.  and pretty soon you will start achieving.  I aint here to start preaching.  But please believe me when I say that this shit is so real that my blood sweet and tears cant compensate for what I do at the gym. Its my escape its my place of release, somewhere I get peace. something that keeps me at ease. helps me go to sleep. At night, I wonder, I ponder, why I do this thing called weight lifting. and the answer is to just get by.

dig it.  what you know about that. I stay up till three and wake up at 8. I paint all day work all night never sleep tight.  I lift on days off, never get a days rest, Im never at my best. FOol.what you know about that?  On my feet all day, get on the computer make some design, my eyes all blurry, cant wait to get to the gym in hurry. better start now or Ill get scurvy. uh yeah, you cant take heat, so get that beat, nothing but wack, have to lift weights on crack. so poor I aint got no slack,because fool Im one committed weight lifter.. MOFO…

It really sucks when you get injured.  I have strained knee, and one of my toenails is under process of falling off, after being stomped on.  So my training is at a dead halt…BOOOOOOOO. Well at least I get some classwork done…

I have a ton of work that needs to be done, and its all pretty much physcally demanding, with design systems Im forced to be precise which puts stress on me and makes me sweat alot. Kind of like when you get nervous and you have swamp ass.  I have to stretch, at least 15 canvas’ for class, and have a painting started on by next week, the only thing that requires the least amount of effort is sitting here and posting a blog

I cant wait to go to the YMCA  and swim today. I need to get my stretch on… with the muscles.  What really sucks is I dont have enough money to buy food, which essential for me to gain muscle, so I was literally making food with leftovers I had, and it was crap. I actually through it away it was sooooooo bad. And Im known to eat anything. Plus I have no money for protein powder, I can deal without having some creataine or whatever, but I  generally dont consume food alot, and not being able to afford Protein powder is a kick to the nuts.  well Im off to the wonderfull world of art and design, ask me about it sometime, you might learn something, other than how to do a great bentover row…

I would probably eat one…

Anyways I realized that the gym will be closed for pretty much my entire workout week, for some renovations.  I guess Ill have to use my own weights. bah…. I just dont have any room. Now if I had a power rack I wouldnt bother worrying about having to go to the gym.  The gym would be my room.  Well I gotta go to landscape drawing and figure out what kind of shit I need to do. Let me tell ya, art school seems like the alternative to pre-law or pre-med school, you may not believe it, but there is a lot of work involved into getting a degree in the arts. There is a difference in word usage though, while the pre-med and pre-law students are studying, the art students, well they are pretty much working, constantly, Im surprised I have time to eat and work out as much as I do… actually I dont, I just take the fall and stay up the extra four hours to finish my class work… MAN IM COMMITTED.. TO FITNESS.. BAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!

"For the man of today there exists only the equilibrium between nature and spirit. At every moment of the past all variations of the old were "new"- but they were not "THE" new. everything old. This parting of the ways is absolute and final."

Piet Mondrian, Dutch Artist (1872-1944)

Some words of wisdom from some of the greats in the Art world.  Its always interesting how you can use different philosophies to justify what you are doing in the world of health and fitness. I myself dont know what I could say to relate this quote above to lifting weights.   I am just fried write now. you draw grids for 7 hours and see how you feel…  It blows…. just like cardio blows… its just boring.. ridiculously boring… I gotta be up in about 5 hours. and that blows as well. But I am stoked about being able to go to the gym in a few days. And I had a great weekend. You could say too good.  Id like to say that beer is natures appetite stimulus.  I was hording down food like a mad man, which is good because I need to consume some protein. If I was sober I would have probably not have ate. Really I am trying to justify my drinking binge, but man It was a great time.  Dancing at a warehouse techno rave shin dig.. HELLZ YES… well anyways I am off to studying now.. peace out