BRUTUSPLAC’s DAILY BLOG

Hello freinds.

As most of yuo know. i let work takeover my life on and off again. My shoulder is ok, not perfect. i will get it checked out later in jan. i’m back in my old store and its like living in another state. 100 % differerent vibe/ feeling thru out the store. i’ll miss alot of  people i met their for the 13 month io was there. i stayin touch with a bunch already.

This will be my final blog for a long time. I miss being a bodybuilder. And 2nd biggest comment / compliment when went back ot work last monday , was alot of people noticed how big my shoulders got and asked if i was lifting again, told everyone the truth.

I’m heading off inot the forums full time so i can finally start my workout journal and have it look the way i want to type it out .

I currently weigh 277.6 lbs this morning. being back at my old store. i’ll be able to stop and eat when i want to for 10 -30 mins when time permits.  NO more huge 1500 cals meals to holdme over for 4-6 hours.  when i need a day off i can get it without worrying. i’m old school , im a team player and i dont call in sick unless im sick or local tv station weather man says DONT go anywhere .

 I wish everyone the best in 2008. I have a goal and a look i want by april 1st 2008. I got down to 256 lbs but i was not sleeping. i dont take those supps anymore.

Home / garage gym training is totolly different than going to a commerical gym, It doent matter if yuor home gym is like mine  or if its just a treadmill and a core ball, or  some i seen here that are  800 sq ft or so with commerical grade equipment.

I prefer to train alone. i had my share of training partners who cant show up on time let alone within 20 mins with out calling. and  most of us have our cell phones for the last 7 yrs  or alot more . i have gone to gyms here and find out the guys are gay and full of poop. 

i failed in the transformation contest im in now. but work is work and i cant leave that after almost 23 yrs.  So i  plan on starting from stratch  and work my way down to less than 15% bodyfat  and still weigh over 250 lbs or more.

 Merry Christmas / Happy holidays and  Happy new year.

  peace to all who read this . and Good luck on yuor goals for 2008 !!!!!!!

                      
        Mark aka BRUTUS  

Hello folks, As i write this at 1:38 am , I’m fading out But i wanted to blog after my workout.

I was worried about a freind online today.  SO i did a  NICE thing i think.  I bought HIM a lap dance video .( dont’ ask , i wont say who )   The video was by KISS-  ""take it off ""

and he liked it , that made me smile . and i assume he day went ok,

ME ??  I’m ok,  right shoulder feels….90 % ? felt a tad here and there at work. Eat avg today, NOT counting cals till i wake up . leftovers from thurs ??  all thats left is liike 3 lbs of cut veggies from a platter i think ?? 

my weight was 273 when i woke up sat morning ,  work as back to avg i guess.

SO i did some bleeding a while ago , not alot maybe 7 out of 10 on my kind of training .

1205 am  preheated my gym for 20 mins ?  it was 62 shut off heat , put on cd #2 of mothership . avg tireness from work  no supps,  no drink .

Back - NEW lat bar tonight - wider grip pulldowns to chest

100lbsx 12 , 125 x10 , 150×10,  185 x 7, 185 x 7 ( off by 15 lbs )

 V-BAR to chest  - 185 x 3,  160 x 5, 5 ,   ENOUGH back ,

BICEPS -  seated alt dumb curls -  35′x 8,7  45’s x8, 8,  50’s x 5 -  enough , 1247am

 came in  house, 2 scoops artic berry cellmass ,   showered, 

ate ???   4 cups of green beans,  1/4 cup sliced almonds, 1/2 cup  diced onions.

YEP last of the left overs for me .   SQUaSH ??  no more, no thanks ,

148 am,  eyes, going,

SUNDAY ….walk, walk, walk, walk,  maybe 2 hrs behins lawn mower doing leaves……..

just grinding thme up 4 my garden,

 HAVE a great sunday everyone,   PEAXCEEEEEEEEEEE    

Hello folks, As i write this at 1:38 am , I’m fading out But i wanted to blog after my workout.

I was worried about a freind online today.  SO i did a  NICE thing i think.  I bought HIM a lap dance video .( dont’ ask , i wont say who )   The video was by KISS-  ""take it off ""

and he liked it , that made me smile . and i assume he day went ok,

ME ??  I’m ok,  right shoulder feels….90 % ? felt a tad here and there at work. Eat avg today, NOT counting cals till i wake up . leftovers from thurs ??  all thats left is liike 3 lbs of cut veggies from a platter i think ?? 

my weight was 273 when i woke up sat morning ,  work as back to avg i guess.

SO i did some bleeding a while ago , not alot maybe 7 out of 10 on my kind of training .

1205 am  preheated my gym for 20 mins ?  it was 62 shut off heat , put on cd #2 of mothership . avg tireness from work  no supps,  no drink .

Back - NEW lat bar tonight - wider grip pulldowns to chest

100lbsx 12 , 125 x10 , 150×10,  185 x 7, 185 x 7 ( off by 15 lbs )

 V-BAR to chest  - 185 x 3,  160 x 5, 5 ,   ENOUGH back ,

BICEPS -  seated alt dumb curls -  35′x 8,7  45’s x8, 8,  50’s x 5 -  enough , 1247am

 came in  house, 2 scoops artic berry cellmass ,   showered, 

ate ???   4 cups of green beans,  1/4 cup sliced almonds, 1/2 cup  diced onions.

YEP last of the left overs for me .   SQUaSH ??  no more, no thanks ,

148 am,  eyes, going,

SUNDAY ….walk, walk, walk, walk,  maybe 2 hrs behins lawn mower doing leaves……..

just grinding thme up 4 my garden,

 HAVE a great sunday everyone,   PEAXCEEEEEEEEEEE    

HELLO , HELLO , HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

YES , I’m back . 10 days of no lifting.  SWEET sleep because work was nutzzzzz.Woke up yesterday(weds) kinda miserable, but that all changed in under 10 mins .

woke up  , got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head….. looked in the mirror, put on my make up , LOLOLOL  okokok,,,,,,,

Went down stairs ,  turned on my stereo , put the new LED ZEP mother ship on and turned it up  slowly,  and let it rip…………….. hhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm

 OK back to today. LOLOL what messed up weather here in CT. 54 degrees at 910 am

company and family came at 1pm and left at 6 pm,,,,,,,  FOOD ?????   that is what holidays are for .  FUN , laffs,  giggles , kids running around ,   more food (  no drinks , s orry folks , )   lots of punch , etc etc etc,,,,,,,,  GREAT  TIME .   nice football games .

  played trivia pursuit ""  i love lucy ""     then desert,,,,,,,, more sugar ??

 OK now it 9pm ,  watched  i love lucy from 8p- 9pm on tv land ,  MY fav show of all time .

 eariler in the day i drove bro in law home ( 10 mins away )  he wanted ot get leaves done so he wont fall sleep and miss the 4pm cowboys game , . And i picked up a FREEK drink   "" PSYCHO "   Drank that , 1 shot , ice cold ,  TIME to bleed ,

9:07 pm  warmed up gym for 15 mins , it got to 60 degress, shut off heat/blower

  music ,  BEST of JUDAS PRIEST &  bay city rollers, ( no just kidding,  SORRY  BUDDY )  & QUIET RIOT !!!!!!!   start off , living after midnight …..

 OK lets how my shoulder holds up ,  alot better ( 46 hr rest for work )

 Stand Dumb Side lat raises- 20’sx 12 , 30’s x 8 , 35’s x 8 , 40’s x 6, 6

EZ cable upright rows wide grip - 70 lbs x 8, 6, 10

BRUTUS DUMB SHRUGS ( dont ask , i wont share sorry,)50’s x 8,7,9

TRICEPS  -  seated 2 hd 1 dumb overhead exts - 50×13, 65x 10, 12,

stand v bar pushdowns - 60lbs x 12, 85 x 10, 8    

9:50 p.m.   43mins  = 17 sets , not great but ok first day back

       effort  6.5 out of 10 .

FISHER……my son asked me to drop weight ,  im 274  right now.

nov 30 is next friday ?  u will have pics with usa today newspaper,

FEB 1 ??  lets see what happens .

I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving ,  peace to all !

I wish all my freinds a great holiday with family and freinds. take the time and sit back and enjoy the food. 2 or 3 days wont kill ya.  Use the extra calories over the next 72 days to fuel your workouts.  And dont get stressed out if yuo eat an extra 3,000- 5, 000  cals over the next few days. That is what holidays are for. ENJOYING . and not getting stressed out .

 My wife knows all about my job and has been with me for almost 23-1/2 yrs . She gave me a early birthday gift , because she knows i have not been myself due to the stress from work and not lifting.  Led Zeppelin’s new  MOTHERSHIP  2 cd ,1 dvd set. its pretty good. listen to cd 1 so far .

  Me ?  I’m ok .  will head off to my home gym for the first time in 9 days.  planning on doing chest and see how my right shoulder feels and take it from there.   Universal  Nutrition makes  "" animal flex ""   and its available at the store i buy my  supps from. so i’m gonna see if they are there first thing friday morning.  and ill update my workout rountine and supps box,

 ENJOY THE WEEKEND ,  PEACE

worked on my heavy bag .  5 min of very lite warm up .   put on my polar HRM .  3 min round.  6 rounds. BUT at least  with my job  my arms have stamina and endurance. no weights.

Sunday today Im off to do biceps and back . and see how sore i am when i wake up monday .

PEACE TO ALL !!!!!!!!!   

HELLO ,

since i cut and pasted before ,and it came out all sloppy.Ill try here again.Tonight as i type away, its my last day of my 10 day vacation. WOW , for some reason this one went by so slow compared to others .I cooked , ate, hungf out with my son, wife, family, friends  etc etc LOL  went to a concert, a haunted house , trained some ,  slept sweetly. halloween plans on hold weds night since i have 2 work. oh well. i asked , whatever.

time to carve a pumpkin ,  finish work on a hallowen video, trying to keep it pg rated so it doesn’t get pulled  LOLOL.

BACK to my home gym. MY WAY , 3 days on , 1 off ,  Exercises that i want to do for the day.   TIME to bleed  ( PRE )  sweat 2 others,  DROP bodyfat  .  LOG the workout tracker  for a while , I personally thinks it slow. since im typing here witho ut any pauses.

and LEARN to post and reply to work own my rep LOLOL.

NEVER judge a book by its cover. I’m here like most to share my experiences and knowledge with others and learn what i need to  learn on my journey.

WHAT IF ?   dead and buried,   check off last personal thought today.

 SO ??  I’m done , did U workout yet ? log it ?  beat it ??  lets go !!! LOLOL

  PEACE !!!!!!!!!!!!! ;0)

TUESDAY OCTOBER 23 , 2007

GOOD MORNING !!!!!!!!

YES. I, BRUTUS LOLOL Am smiling ear to ear folks ,  WHAT season is it here in CT?

75 sunday and today??  Saturday night JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE tour ??

 I can’t find the words to desrcibe the love and energy in the house the other night.

3 solid hours of JIMI’s work .  Had a awesome dinner before  of  fried calamari , and veal parm,,, I dont like ot eat out  because  i’m picky.  BUT wow  !!!!  .

Sunday had a blast seeing my cousins daughter’s  baptisim, and dinner later . GREAT to see lots of family.We all said the same thing. NO time  for real get togthers. But 6 of us are planning a over due reunion next summer.

I ended up taking the weekend off from weights and my body is doing great. I’m beyond refreshed . weather is so sweet.

 NEW profile pic cropped ,hopefuly it fits as i’m thinking about it .

This week  working on max’s  1-3 reps  and taking some new supps also.

  spent last night learning how to use the new ??  brain freeze….LOL

workout tracker?   so i ll post today and all future workouts that way and  do i put a link here ?

HOPE EVERYONE had a awesome weekend and THIS week is  a new fresh start.

 forge  t last week and move ahead . NEW goals and take a step forward.

YES as james brown yelled it  "" I FEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLL GGGOOOODDDDD ""

  PEACE !!!!!!!!!!!!

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We all need a good nights sleep on most nights. But sometimes we can’t due to stress of our jobs, change of weather ( i don’t like snow )  family  issues and such

Last night i tossed and turned as the wind blew thur the trees  and off the beach.  then finally as was all calm and out like a light i went. Slept well  to start off day 2 of my vacation.

This week will be tons of yard work. logging everything i eat from now. and see how close to 250 i can be in 11 days. ? If i fail , I won’t let it bother me .My strength is doing ok. little by little as the Robert Plant video says.

 My workouts are mostly 45 mins or less. Dead basic and to the point. Hard these last 3 months or so  and not banging out  15 -20 sets for bigger muscle like,  chest, back , thighs and shoulders. MY main goal has always been and still is to regain my muscle mass  and strength as fast as possible. ALOT and others here know . ALOT different  than when we were 10-25 yrs younger,

BUT "" stacking ""  of supplements and internet info was not around till about 10 yrs ago or so

I’ve always been a big guy for the last say 15 years weighing anywhere from 230- 300 lbs. my workouts were always last on my list of things to do. Due to my work hours and other comments we all have in our lives ,

NOW its time to buckle down so to say, I was not and still not happy with family pics taken last week . THOSE were planned BEFORE  i opened my blog here

MY comment to my self and my freinds. Sorry if i let anyone down. LIFE comes first before me.

MADE new arrangments , all other commentments and other job is all completed and done with. SO  today when i get done typing like a 100 yr old turtle . ill stop by a fe more pages and leave my 3 pennies ,

NO more blogging online. friday and today were just easier ,

SAT workout -

THIGHS and calves ,  no power / maxing  all sets 12-15 reps

SUNDAY off to recover from  tonights dinner and concert . And a family get togther . UGGGHHHHHH  more pics,,,,,,, LOLOLOL

MONDAY back to the brutus way of working out , hopefully  a video .

  PEACE 2 ALL   have a great sat !!!!!!!!