BDC-Eddy’s BodyBlog

The heat and humidity sucks in Alabama, but overall the place is nice.  I have had five super workouts in the three days that I have been here and I am still hitting the cardio pretty hard.  Although I despise running ("repaired" knee) I have no choice as it is part of our organized fittness regiment here, so I will begin running in the mornings to acclimate myself to the weather and continue to do low/no impact cardio in the afternoons.  I like using the cardio machines because I can monitor my heartrate and keep it in the fat burning zone easier.  I started taking a new pre-workout supplement today, N.O.-XPLODE, I’ve heard good things about it so we will see if it helps.

I really hate changing time zones.  I arrived in Montgomery, Alabama (7 hour time difference from Germany) at about 10pm on Tuesday night (finally found my "lost" luggage at about 11pm).  I stayed awake on the flight in the hopes that I would be able to fall into bed and get some sleep, but after about three hours here I am wide awake.  The gym doesn’t open up for another hour so here I sit.  I have heard it said that it takes 24 hours for your body to adjust to every hour of time change, hopefully it won’t take seven days for me to get my rhythm back.  BTW, the humidity here sucks.

Had my final workout before my trip (cardio / tri / chest).  Felt good but I am a little bummed since I will miss my back/bis workout tomorrow.  Will have to see how I feel when I land at 9pm, if I have any energy after 18 hours of traveling I may try to at least sneak in a cardio workout.  Haven’t heard anything about gyms in the Montgomery area but since I did a little online research I may try Planet Fitness since it is closest to where I will be staying.  Any opinions on Planet Fitness?

Yesterday (Sunday) I realized I was almost out of protein powder so I made a mental note to go to the store and get some.  Well circumstances being as they were I got side-tracked and forgot to go to the store… SO, this morning I get up bright and early only to realize that I had only half of the protein powder I needed for my pre-workout shake… and no post-workout shake since I had to wait until the store opened to get resupplied… moral of the story, none, just that my mind ain’t what it used to be.  In case you were wondering (come on now, you know you were) I have resupplied and I am good to go.  Hope everyone has a great Monday!! 

First the good news, I dropped my body weight by 5lbs over the past week, doing 2 x cardio routines per day helped I am sure.  The bad news is that I also lost about 5lbs on my bench press, down to 275 this morning.  Any suggestions on how to continue dropping weight without losing strength?

This site is great, it really helps to be networked with other people who love working out.  Thanks for helping me stay motivated!!

Just finished my second iteration of cardio for the day, gotta love dropping weight.  I hope to weigh in a little lighter tomorrow.. we’ll see.  I only weigh myself once a week (on Monday).  Tomorrow is also a chest day, since I have a goal to bench 300 by 1 Dec (a 20 lb increase) I am anxious to see how my progress is coming along.  I fly out for Montgomery, Alabama on Tuesday morning, but not before I hit the gym… need to keep our priorities straight right?  Still hope to hear from someone in the Montgomery area about gyms, found a couple online but nothing beats customer feedback.  Time to get the grill fired up and take care of some chicken breasts.

Have you had to wait at the gym for a piece of equipment because the person using it was more interesting in jaw-jacking than actually working out?  The gym I use is relatively small and does not have a wide variety of equipment (only one incline press and two flat benches for example).  Having to stop and wait for equipment was getting to be a problem until I changed my workout time to the early morning, now only a few people are in the gym when I am and there is no more waiting… simple solutions to simple problems…

I was roaming through the forums and noticed a thread on thanking the troops.  Well, for all of you who took (and still take) the time to send us cards and care packages…THANK YOU!!  As a service member who has been to both Iraq and Afghanistan I can tell you first-hand that your gratitude is taken to heart and makes us work that much harder to ensure this great country of ours remains safe.  Again, THANK YOU!!

Alright, so I have set some new goals.  I want to increase my bench by 20 lbs, drop my weight by 20 lbs and take four inches off my waist… all by 1 Dec 2008.  Any encouragement to help keep me motivated will be greatly appreciated as the next six months will be a very busy time for me professionally and I don’t want to slack off.