Body_Snatcher’s BodyBlog

I had to drop out of my upcoming powerlifting meet in November due to plateauing too early and nagging injuries.  The whole mental thing has took it’s toll.  Next time around I will know when exactly to start prepping for the meet.  It was a 16 week program that proved to be too much for me.  Everything started going downhill after week 11.  Next time I will prepare to start 10-12 weeks out instead…taking week 11 off before the competition on week 12. 

I am now getting ready to enter a contest on April 19, 2009.  The NABBA Eastern USA Championships in Morgantown, WV.  I will be entering the Juniors category.  I have a lot of work to do, but it will definitely be an experience for my 1st time.  I am going to be 100% all natural even though it is a non-tested contest.  Time to make my MARK!

Everything’s been goin good; all except for my failure to put on any weight.  I’m getting ready to start my 10th of a 16 week Johnny Jackson strength and mass program.  I have put 35 lb on my bench and 50 lb on my squat and deadlift.  I am almost, but not quite as strong as I ever have been, but at the end of this program I will be the strongest I have ever been.  I know this is the best I have ever looked though.  Yesterday was my back day and my best deadlift day yet:  I performed 10×135 10×225 8×315 5×405 4×475 1×500…I wasn’t supposed to do that extra set at the end, but I felt good that day and wanted to pull 500…so I did and probably could of doubled it…but didn’t want to risk any injury.  I am competing in a powerlifting meet in November then after that I am just going to focus on size as long as I can before I cut back down for a show.  I want to compete and step on stage next year for my 1st time.  We’ll see what happens…

Everything has been rolling.  Not putting on much size like I have been wanting too, but my bodyfat has been lowering and I am still putting on size and getting stronger.  Everything has been filling out very well.  I just started a 16 week Johnny Jackson Strength and Mass program to see if that will give me my size gains I have been looking for, because I am eating enough; if you look at my diet that is listed you will see.  Just got to be patient.  I still need to upload some up to date pics, but I need to borrow a camera.

I have made a lot of great gains over the past 5 weeks and where they count.  I put a 1/2 inch if not more on all my muscles and even lost a 1/4 inch off my abdominals.  I was very stoked about that.  The rest of my lifts are still skyrocketing each week.  I’m going to start a new program next week along with a good supplement stack…I will be using Sci-Fit’s Kre-Akalyn, Nitrox, and Beta-Alanine for the remainder of a 10-12 week program.  I am about 190 lb right now….I hope to be at 205 lb by the end of this next program with the same bodyfat.

I’ve been back at it for a little over a month now and have made some great gains.  I’ve put on over 11 lb and gained size in most areas.  Strength gains were tremendous.  I probably gained almost 30-50 lb on all my working sets.  I didn’t take any supplements for the 1st month back, just focused strictly on diet and training.  I am gonna start sampling the pre-workout supplements I got from the Arnold now.  Then start a good supplement stack in a couple months.   I still have a long road ahead of me, but I can’t wait to see the gains that I’m gonna make a few months down the road.

My whole life I have been involved in some type of sport from football, basketball, baseball, and wrestling in high school and even a little stint playing college football clear to boxing and I even was in the Marine corp. in between them times.  Of course that didn’t work out for me either, but I have always included training with weights to help me achieve my goals at getting bigger and stronger.  The more bigger and stronger I got, the more I loved lifting.  It would get to the point where lifting weights was all I was worried about.  That’s when I knew I caught the bug and it seems as if bodybuilding may be my thing, so I’m starting my new journey to achieve the biggest piece of sculpted work that I can achieve and maybe one day I will step on stage.  Since I was about 17, I have always had good size (about 200-215 and 18.5 in arms and 26 in thighs).  My personal best deadlift was 565 lb and that was a year ago, so it shouldn’t take me to long to get back to my good size and start working from their.  I got into boxing and martial arts last summer and that took all the weight off of me and my pure weightroom strength with it, then I went to the Arnold Classic and it hit me in the face.  The bug bit my ass and so I hit it back hard the following week and then set up this bodyspace page to progress all my work. 

I think this is my calling and I hope it’s my last stop…….I have always been searching for that something…….wanting to be somebody……….not like everyone else…….I strive for something greater……..and with the knowledge, guidance, heart, and dedication I know I can achieve it.  THIS MUST BE IT!