Chaz1138’s BodyBlog

WOOO HOOO!!!  The digi-scales rad 202.5 this morning!!!  I cannot tell you how long it has been since I have been down this low!

Hey, everyone!!!

I am a small time independent filmmaker in Upstate, NY (Albany region).

I have discovered that Gold Standard is having a contest to make a short video about using Gold Standard 100% Whey. The top prize is 100 lbs of their product.

Now, unfortunately, my physique is not that impressive, but I’ve got decent filmmaking chops. (see the films on my bb.com profile) So, I am looking for any bodybuilders, fitness models, figure competitors, etc. that use this product and would want to make a video with me about how they use the product. Male or female.

I can put in up to 5 entries, I can make videos for up to 5 different people!

If we win, we’ll split the prize 50/50 - 50 lbs. of whey protein for you and 50 lbs. for me.

If you live within an hour or two drive of Albany, NY and make a video with me for the contest, shoot me an IM or e-mail via bb.com.

The only way to submit a video is to post it on YouTube, so any entries made will be posted to my YouTube account for at least the run of the contest. As I will need to sign a release form with Gold Standard, if we win, I will be requiring you to sign a standard model release for to allow me to use your image and voice for the contest, at the time of taping.

*sighs*

Well, I weighed myself this morning and, according to the new digital scales, I have gained 10 lbs since February.  But my man-boobs have shrunk ‘way down, so go figure …
Not happy with that (referring to the weight gain, not my shrinking man-boobs) especially since I have started doing an hour of cardio in the morning, in the gym in the building where I work.  I burn off just slightly over 600 calories doing 30 mins of recumbent bike, on level 9, and then 28 minutes on the elliptical on level 10.

Maybe I need to see a dietician … ?

Who have you always dreamed of becoming? What have you always dreamed of doing? How have you always dreamed of living?

There are dreams, and then there are dreams. There are dreams which are merely fantasies and then there are the ones you actually bring to life with your time, your effort and your commitment. The dreams you bring to life are the dreams that have the power to change your life and to change the whole world for the better.

How much life are you giving to your dreams? How much energy do you put into living life on your own terms, into fulfilling the special possibilities that are yours and yours alone?

Take the time and listen to your heart. Invest your time and energy in following your highest and best dreams. They are yours for a reason. Follow your dreams. In so doing you’ll bring out your best while contributing to life, and the world around you, in your own special way.

Ralph Marston

Well … I finally broke a bit of a barrier and got down to 210 as of this morning!!!  WOOO HOOO!!!

I have also made some amount of progress with my workouts, too.

I recently went from 4 minutes to 5 minutes on my Ab Lounge and yesterday morning, because I knew I wasn’t going to do a full workout, I took my ab lounge workout as far as I cold and went for 10:36!  I might have been able to go farther, but the Ab Lounge has some kind of bar or supposrt that started pressing inot my back at around 7 or 8 minutes, so I stopped at the end of the 2nd song on my new workout mix CD.

I have also increased my arm workouts by 1 rep going from 2 x 7 to 2 x 8 for both close and wide grips.  I also take take that last rep and do it very sloooooowly, making sure to let it down over a period of as many seconds as I can handle.

Finally, the new gym where I work will be open within a week or so.  You have to take an orientation course, so I signed up for that this coming Monday, early evening.  I will finally be able to work out with real weights, as opposed to just using my Healthrider and my body weight.

Once I am in there for a while, and I get to know the rhythms of the place, maybe I will be able to make and post some workout videos.

21:10, 1014 reps, 316 calories burned!!!
Also added changed my back workout to 2×15 instead of 3×10 and added 1 rep to my arms for 2×7 close grip and 2×7 wide grip.

BOOYAH!!!

This morning:

20:10, 858 reps, 48 reps/min/ave, with bodyweight, 268 calories burned - JUST FOR MY LEGS!

YEAH, BABY!!!

Well … last week I broke 20 minutes on my legs, making 800 reps with bodyweight!!!

WOOO HOOO!!!!!

I also ratcheted up my ab workout from 3:00 (minutes) to 3:45.  I like to take my abs and do them to the length of a song because I don’t have any easy way to monitor my time, like my Healthrider’s performance monitor.  Originally, I was using Vespertilio (2:52 + 8 seconds)  from the Batman Begins soundtrack.  Now, I am using No Such Thing from Chris Cornell’s Carry On.  It is 3:45.

While I am not adding reps or weight to my back and arm workouts, those reps are getting a lot easier each week. 

I made a some progress tonight.  I haven’t added more time to my workout, but I did manage to bump my total reps to 884, burning 278 calories!!!  I have not changed my last set of 6 sets of 10 "curls", so I must be getting more reps in on my back and legs.

I think the key might be that:

a) I am having a small meal a couple of hours before I workout, usually protein and carbs, with some amount of fat, like a meat and cheese sandwich or pasta and meatballs.  And

b) I have some small snack, like a demitasse or two of dark chocolate with a 500 mg taurine pill 20 - 40 mins before I workout.  And I suddenly have much more energy and endurance!

And I think I am building small amounts of muscle …

Fish is one of the favorite foods of many bodybuilders chow down on because of the protein content and healthy fats.  However, bodybuilders are not the only ones to enjoy seafood and, as a result, many kinds of sea life are endangered or are being fished in areas that have a high mercury content in the water.

Here is a chart of what kinds of fish to consume, what kinds to consume in moderate amounts and what to avoid.