BC Bound’s BodyBlog

Hey Bodyspace,

I just thought that I would take a chance to talk to a lot of the younger guys out here, who are trying to follow their own dreams. Whether they be bodybuilding, fitness modeling, playing a sport, whatever. I get asked alot by young players what my workout is, or how do I train for speed, etc., but i honestly feel as though I would be doing these young guys a HUGE disservice if I didn’t cover the MOST, I mean MOST important thing in chasing a dream: That is BELIEF IN ONESELF.

As you can tell, I’m not the biggest guy on the planet, and through HS, this was an issue for me when it came to sports. Now I played everything, baseball, track, football, basketball, wrestled for day, and even was on the swim team until I got that speedo…..(Not gonna happen.) But I always had to answer questions about my size, strength, duribility, whatever nice term they use to say, "We just don’t think that you’re big enough to play with the big boys." But the important thing is to answer the call.

You see, in essence, you’ve been issued a challenge, by a coach, a recruiter, a scout, whomever. This is the reason why I think of it that way: You ever watch kung-fu movies? Well in them, there’s a main character who runs into some sort of trouble with one or maybe even a group of bad-asses, who issue a challenge to him to stand and fight. Now, the good guy usually goes and prepares him/herself for the upcoming throw-down, and goes and kicks the guy ass. But, you may not realize that the movie could’ve gone an entirely different way. Our hero could’ve just tucked tail and ran! Heck, he could’ve pissed his pants, and disappeared from town in the middle of the night. But he didn’t.

So I decided at a very young age to NEVER BACK DOWN from a challenge. In high school, my coaches told me I was too short to play receiver. So I proved them wrong. In my mind, I instilled in myself the belief that I could score a touchdown whenever I touched the ball. So I did, my entire high school career, I had ten catches. But do you know how many TDs I had? 14! I scored everytime I touched the ball! (Once as a RB, twice as a KR, and I had an INT for a TD.) That all started with a mindset, that I could score everytime I touched the ball. I carried that thought into my training, I was always working, always pushing the envelope. There is NO OFF-SEASON. WHEN I get signed this year, I’ll probably go on vacation with my fiancee, play a few rounds of golf, but I’ll always be training…..Because each second in the mid of a champion, is invaluable.

I do all kinds of things, yoga, westside weight-training, track workouts, but my favourite workout is……VISUALIZATION! I see myself doing it, I see myself running a 4.2 in the 40, or jumping 42" in the vert, or scoring 15 TDs in the CFL this season. Because, if I could see it, it’s just more evidence that I’m able to do it.

Bodyspace, whenever you truly, I mean, TRULY believe in yourself, that’s when you’re in the zone. That’s what LT so dangerous, why you’re a fool to kickoff to Devin Hester, they already scored the touchdown before they even touch the ball….

They score in the, "off-season," when they run hills, do their plyos, hit the weights 5 times a week. They score their TDs when they eat a clean diet, choose not to go out to the club, because they know that everything counts…..EVERYTHING adds up in the total picture. So train hard, rest in-between workouts properly, eat right, but most importantly…..BELIEVE!

Hey Bodyspace,

I just got through registering for the Scout Camp Regional Combine in Akron, OH on May 10th, and I’ve been game-planning. This combine doesn’t work like most open tryouts, the biggest difference is that you do almost everything from the NFL Combine. The only exercises you don’t do in fact are the Standing Broad Jump, and the 60-Yard shuttle. (Both of those are actually pluses for me, because I’m not the best Standing Broad Jumper, and I’ve never run the 60-yard shuttle. LOL!)

But what is really awesome is I’ll get the opportunity to work out in front of scouts from the CFL, AFL, AFL2, and…….THE NFL!!!!!!!!! This is a really great opportunity for me to show what I have to the scouts. What else is really great is that I do well enough, I am invited to an Elite Level Combine in Indianapolis at the RCA Dome, to work out for scouts in front of all 32 NFL Teams!

The scoring system is actually quite complexed, I have to score an 8.50 or higher in order to be invited to that combine. If I do that however, I’m pretty sure that I’ll get signed to a CFL roster. But if I don’t, I’ll still have a chance to go workout for the NFL. So with som sample players on their database, I’ve figured out just about what I should score at, and what scores I need to achieve in the drills to do so.

40 Yard Dash: 4.41

Bench Press: 225 x 5 reps

Vertical Jump: 35"

Short Shuttle: 4.20

Height: 5′8"

Weight: 171 lbs.

So there’s the numbers I need to hit, and I can do all of them, no problem. With those scores, I’ll hit about an 8.7 on their scale, which gets me an invite to the RCA Dome. 8.715, those four digits could possibly change my life…..

Hey Bodyspace,

In my last post, I informed you all that I was suffering from severe tendonitis in my right wrist. It was actually quite stiff, but weak and inflexible at the same time. All of that, coupled with the pain, caused me to take the week of from lifting. However, on Tuesday morning, my wrist was completely healed! I felt like there nothing ever wrong with it at all. So today, I’ll be doing my first weight training workout this week. Thanks for all the well-wishes, as I’m very sure that they aided in my speedy recovery.

Hey Bodyspace,

It’s me just getting back from seeing the doc. I’ve been having the worst wrist pain for about three days now, and it’s really been a downer. I can’t even do a hex dumbbell hold with my right wrist. Sometimes, it would just go limp and I can’t train like that, so I decided it would be best for me to go to the doctor. Well, it turns out that I have tendonitis in my wrist, which sucks because I have to take some time away from th gym to let it work itself out.

But the positive is, I don’t need my wrist to do plyos and sprint work, so I’ll be hitting the track this week. I’m hoping by Thursday, it’ll be all better and I can get some weights in, but I can’t afford to do any further damage to it, I have workouts coming in the next few weeks.

Until I’m back in the gym, keep pushin’ bodyspace, and watch out for those joints….

Hey Bodyspace,

As time moves closer towards my first tryout, I’m getting busier and busier. So I’m not able to write as much in my blog like I used to. But I’m still around, and most importantly, still pushing. Today was a upper body workout day, and I did close-grip bench, floor presses, t-Bar rows, seated DB power cleans, behind the back barbell curls, and finished off the workout with some one-arm barbell curls. I know, I know, what the big deal with that? But I said, "BARBELL" curls, not dumbbell curls. Manipulating the bar and making it stay balanced is a task in itself, let alone curling it…..Needless to say, my biceps are DONE!

I also got to do some quality work with my start and 10-yard sprints. I feel much more explosive, as I am becoming more and more comfortable in my new starting stance. The time is coming very soon, to put that 4.1 all together….(Honestly, I’d love to run that time, but I’ll gladly take a 4.3…..But I WANT that 4.1!!!!!!!)

Until next time, Bodyspace…..Thanks for being there for these first 100 posts….

PEACE!