B Campbell’s BodyBlog

OK, so "back in the day" when Arnold was king, I used to peruse the mags and want to be a bodybuilder like him, Zane, Lou, Mentzer, Sergio, etc.  However, as time went on I was more sport focused for wrestling and bbing was not conducive to keeping my weight down, etc.  Then when I found out I had a few bad discs in my cervical spine and could no longer wrestle I took up powerlifting.  I’m 41 and PLing is a brutal sport if you train like I have.  I will do it again, but I’m considering bodybuilding as an alternative.  I love to be strong, but I also love to be lean and muscular.  I’ll be finished with my late-in-life master’s degree in May 2009, and maybe then I can focus on a BB contest.  You never know, I could be the next Jack LaLane!!!

Brian

The last two weeks both of my shoulders have been aching.  I believe it’s from seated DB presses and flat DB presses.  They were making my shoulders very strong, but too much stress.  So, I’m laying off the DB’s for a while in hopes that I’ll be relatively pain free for the Aug. 16 bench press competition.

Brian