BuckSpin - A Year Of Change

TGIF all…

I’ve just about had enough of the snow. I like snow. I like shoveling snow. But this is getting out of hand.

Speaking of out of hand, that is what BHD is now. I know I am far behind. I’ll make it up. I’ll blame it on the …..snow. Yeah. Thats it. Snow.

Tonight’s featured band is atypical as far as hair bands go in that they had a female lead singer but male band. Founded by their lead singer Lorraine Lewis in 1987 in that hot bed of hair bandism that was Albuquerque, they moved to (duh) LA, recorded one album in 1989, had some good MTV & teen flic soundtrack success, then……that was it. They never caught on nationally & disbanded when Lewis left.

These are their 2 best known tunes. I must admit I’m partial to the 2nd video in that any video where the lead female singer spanks herself while wearing Daisy Dukes is OK with me! So first enjoy "Waiting On The Big One   (no hidden meaning there, huh ladies?) and then "Falling In & Our Of Love"   with Femme Fatale  :

"Waiting On The Big One  

"Falling In & Our Of Love"  

Today’s training was a real break through for me, an epiphany if you will. Over the weekend I watched all the "Gettin’ Cut With Glass" video workouts as well as read that great Fitty thread on training (and identifying) biceps.

So, with all this new info swirling in my brain (gbg will be glad to know I’ll probably be asking a terrabyte less of questions  ) I restructured Chest/Bis today…..and completely & totally checked my ego at the fitness center door.

What I Learned:
- Small muscles, when REALLY isolated, are not very strong at all
- Said muscles can be worked to insane pumps & concentric failure with an embarrassingly small amount of weight
- The Smith machine is a godsend for those w/o PTs
- The Smith machine really allows you to work through imbalances (this is big for me as I try to bring my non-dominant arm/side up) fearlessly & push to those last 2 or 3 good, self-forced reps without a BB or PT.
- Reverse Preacher Curls are the Devil’s playtoy
- Incline DB Curls with locked elbows & open hands after Reverse Preachers borders on Geneva Convention violation
- Then doing Rope Cable Curls with elbows nailed to my sides & hands rotating out at the top after both of the above made my eyes water with a stupid amount of weight not there
- That Cable Flies with hands open, elbows locked & to a full "clap" & squeeze are full of pretty, pretty colors after 4 other incline chest exercises.

- That ego has NO PLACE   in bodybuilding. None. Nada. Zip. You have to have the conviction to, in a room full of guys tossing around huge weights in so-so form, do what you need to do & do it RIGHT, regardless of how many snickers it may evoke. Form is THE cruel taskmaster I will obey.

That said, I will post the teeny, tiny numbers in my Journal with the knowledge that, dare I say, for the 1st time EVER I really, really, worked the way I should have been working all along and the sore reality that those lil’ numbers made me wince & water eyed.

There. I said it.

I know……I know…….

Its been freakin’ forever since my last BHD entry. A lot going on here, but that is no excuse. So, to make up for it, I will be doing BHD "Double Shots" every Friday for the next month to catch up.

So…..TGIF!

I’m enjoying actually lifting real weight on real bars with real plates, etc. I am recording my efforts to eventually get on stage in 2001 in a Workout Journal here on BB. Check it out & let me know what you think.

Remember “The Cut”? Well, I’m at 199lbs now! Eatin’, Liftin’, Sleepin’ & Repeatin’. Hopefully some progress pics soon.

Since I mentioned cuts, lets get to tonight’s cuts. The first one is an import from Norway. Founded in 1982, their initial English album (their first was in Norwegian!) made the Billboard 100 & they were regulars on MTV. This is a great example of their sound. So follow your “Intuition”    courtesy of TNT   :

This next band was formed in 1983 by the lead singer of the band Steeler after Swedish (who knew it was Nordic Night on BHD?) guitar legend Yngwie Malmsteen left them. KISS’ Gene Simmons mentored the band & eventually got them a record deal. Mags such as Circus & Metal Edge voted them “Best New Band” and even “Best Metal Band” in the mid 1980s. Classic Los Angeles sound, this video was one of those “theme” videos that were so cool at the time. So go back to the future and fight for the “Right To Rock”  with Keel   :

I started a workout journal in the O35:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=113167271

Goal is to update it every session for the next 3 years, when I (hopefully) will have worked hard enough to not embarrass myself competing.