Cnstnce’s BodyBlog

I just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone that has been sending me love lately.  I have been feeling insane amounts of support from the BB community and it has reminded me of why it is that I do this in the first place.  It’s the feeling.  The knowing that you are doing something positive for yourself, and that no one can take that away from you.  The days go by and I know that I am getting stronger, healthier, leaner, and more whole.  I am really looking forward to the Arnold where I will be meeting a great deal of BB.comers and cannot wait.

 In the meantime, I am still working on increasing the size of my back.  It turns out that my chest is lacking too, so I will do my best to work on that as well.  My diet just went up 300 calories (woo-hoo!) so I hope to start seeing more significant gains as the next 4 weeks go by.  Thanks for checking in.

I had my first workout with Rich Lauro today, and I am here to sing his praises.  No really, Rich is confident, knowledgeable, patient, friendly, and very professional.  If anyone in the Columbus area is looking for a trainer I encourage you to meet him.  WWW.Richbodyfit.com  My partner and I went in for a back workout with him today and later on she and I had trouble sitting through a movie because our backs were so sore.  A+ Rich, I didn’t have to throw up and I got the soreness that tells me I am growing.  Couldn’t be happier.

Ok, its on now.  New supps on the way, new diet plan on the fridge, new journal with a weeks worth of workouts.  I am trying something totally new, so I really hope that it all works.  I know that all plans need tweaking, so I am prepared.  I also know that I am going to put myself through hell the next 4 months.  I will be ready to compete, and I will win my first show, just watch.  Thanks to all the great people in the Columbus area that are my motivation: James Mcguire, Rich Lauro, Jenn, Jeff, Casey, Jeff (yes, there are two), and all of my non-bodybuilding friends.  I got the ammunition, all I have to do is execute, and I am stubborn enough to do it.  Good training to all.

So those of you who have read my blog posts in the past know that I dont really do a lot of posting all of my workouts, I do, however rant.  Today, at the gym, while working hard to put some size onto my biceps and triceps, this guy came up offering me help with preacher curls.  I was kind of happy to get help, even from a creepy older guy.  Anyways, I was curling away, not looking at my spotter until I looked up to find that my new friend was staring straight down my shirt and was not at all watching the weights.  All I needed was help getting through the tough part, but still!  I realized that when any female sits on the preacher bench you have to press your chest up against the mat and it pops your boobs out if you are wearing a sports bra or racer top of some kind.  I was PISSED!  I was rude to him the rest of my day.  Men can really make the gym a difficult place for a single girl.  And to boot, there is this one hot guy that I see almost everyday.  He smiles at me almost everyday, and he still hasn’t talked to me.  Geez!

So this morning I decided would be a perfect day to hit the gym.  I mean, everyone is getting ready for cookouts and such, right?  Wrong, they were all at the gym, it was totally packed.  I managed to get some work done though, when my machines weren’t stolen right from under me.  I thought leaving my water bottle on the seat would be enough of a hold, but I guess not. 

Smith squat: 20×12, 40×12, 50×12,70×8,90×6

Cable stiff legged Dead lift: 55×12, 60×12,70×12 stolen

Reverse step lunges off step:16×3x15lbs

Standing calf raises: 12×3x60lbs

Abs, jump rope x 12minutes

I hurt now.

I am back.  I haven’t been logging on to BB.com due to my recent move from North Carolina to Columbus, Oh.  I am here, my place is all set up, I have a gym membership, I have a cool guy, I am ready to bust my ass.  I have started working out more regularly again.  Hopefully I will meet some people, especially fellow girls, in the area that maybe want to work out together.  I’ll update all my data, but I am afraid I’m not as fit as I was a few months ago, good thing the body has a great memory.

I’ve been saying it for a couple of weeks now, but it still says the same.  I am in a slump.  I don’t know if its all the stress from my love life, or what, but the fact remains, I can’t seem to get my immaculate eating back on track.  I used to be so clean, and regimented.  Now I find myself eating french fries and garbage of that nature.  I have never had a problem with food, so I don’t really know what’s going on.  I still go to the gym, but cardio has 0 appeal.  I work, but just not as hard as I know I could.  I am planning a move to Ohio right now, I am trying to lock down a job, started a new relationship that already hasn’t worked out, I am STRESSED!  I always thought that I would be stronger than what life dealt me, but I can’t find the focus that I once had.  It amazes me.  I know how quickly my body responds, how the fat falls off, how the weights pile on to that bar, but I am a lost BB soul.  Can anyone help?

This Saturday I attended my first local BB show.  I went to the NPC Palmetto Cup in Columbia, SC.  It was interesting.  I wish I could have been there all day and watched all the pre-judging and such, but we just watched the finals.  I feel like I could have entered.  I know that I hadn’t done any serious prep, but to be honest some of the competitors didn’t really look like they had either.  There were a handful of figure competitors at the show, far more men, and very few for the women’s open.  The winners were pretty apparent.  It was easy to tell who had won before they were announced.  I just had a hard time understanding why people with such flab, and sometimes even cellulite were on stage competing.  I thought the idea was to not have any flab at all.  My friend that was with me seemed to agree that I could have placed with no contest prep, weird.  So I am looking forward to setting a date for a show in the next season.  I think I will do a great job.  I have faith that I can achieve the physique I want, I am not one to let anything stop me.

I have decided, no more slacking, no more eating garbage, no more stressing myself out over things I cannot control (the cortisol is un-necessary.)  I have had a week of slack, and its over.  I feel better already.  I’m going to finish my oatmeal and get ready to go to the gym.  I will lift and put some hurt on my chest and tris, I will do 45 minutes of Cardio, and I will stretch extremely well after.  I may even do some sun salutations, we’ll see how frisky I feel.  Ok, all have a good one!

T=-7 days

This morning was a change of pace for me.  I like to do 2 workouts a day, if I can.  Today I got up, took my Lipo-6 and rushed to the gym to get in some pre-breakfast cardio, in the hopes of burning a bit more fat.  I usually sit on an elliptical for about 20 minutes before my stomach starts to growl and I start getting irrate.  I like to eat, afterall.  Today, though, I managed to get through 30 min., I had shot for 45 min., but I got bored.  Then I went into the weight room to stretch my warm muscles, when the strangest thing happened.  I felt PUMPED.  I mean nothing could stop me.  I went right into a grueling bicep workout, filled with hammer curls, cable curls, negative resistance curls, and preacher curls.  I practiced kneeling on a stability ball, then tried to stand on the ball.  I did weighted hanging leg raises, weighted crunches on the ball, and oblique crunches-weighted (never would have guessed would ya?) Then I managed to get home and down protein before my body got pissed and started burning muscle.  It felt great.  Yesterday I went in and tried to work, but think I had overdone the caffeine and my stomach was a wreck….could also have been the marshmallows I ate at a bonfire the night before.  So onward and upward, glad to have gotten it all in.  I have to make sure I work super hard these days, I forsee a lot of cheating happening Memorial day weekend, so I need to make it worth it.  Its all in the interest of pre-emptive punishment.  I think I will still be able to get in plenty of cardio and calisthenics, but weight lifting will be put on hold.  So, have a great day all!