Cuyler's Body Building Journa

Update Update!!!

Cowlifter — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:01:00 +0000

It’s been a while since I wrote. Basically, I’ve been going pretty good with exercise. I’m excersising regularuly, but not consistently as off like switching between muscle and cardio. As of right now I’m up at 4 or 5 every morning and doing at least 45 mins of cardio. My next goal is to start implementing the muscle building, buy getting back into the weight lifting. I want to start working on strength training, so basically high weight low reps. and after that, my meals are really healthy, but i’m eating to much.

i figure if I can continue the cardio, start on the strength training, and manage how much I eat, I should be able to be ripped by august,

wish me luck guys

cuyler callahan.

wow, been a long time since I last wrote.

Cowlifter — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:08:19 +0000

well heres an update. the Jaw is healed up real well now, only three more months then I’m fully healed. I’m working for the army again. My gains in weight on the barbell is increasing a lot, just check out my profile to see. I’m slowly losing the fat as well. I’ve been boxing for my cardio, but just recently bought a treadmill and want to start using that. my goal is to run 10 k, cause in august I have Basic Infantry Qualification course for the army, and I guess I’ve heard they take guys on 10 k runs in that one, so I want to be ready for it. Usually I just do a short and sweet high paced 20 mins, but I guess I’ll have to stick to an hour or so until august is over lol, well, I’ll keep you all updated.

Workouts are alot better, except now i’v caught a cold. This sucks.

Cowlifter — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:52:03 +0000

Well i’m back up to my normal training. Lifting tell failure, and running 20 mins at 80% heart rate. and I’m making some progress so I can be back at where i was before surgery.

But I got a cold, and I learnt the hard way before that if you lift while sick, you’ll get sicker and delay progress longer. So I’m taking today off and hopefully tommorrow I’ll be back into my routine. But ya this sucks, if it isn’t one thing it’s another.

Been working out now.

Cowlifter — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:03:19 +0000

The Doctor said I could start working out lightly. So I tried jogging, and I have like no energy left. I only made it 10 mins, then I had this pain in my chest, and I couldn’t run any longer. I can usually run 20 mins no problem, but I couldn’t even do 10 mins. I also worked out with weights. The Doctor said lightly, but of course I didn’t listen. I tried working out as I normally do. Before surgery I was lifting 200 lbs so I tried warming up and working up to 200 lbs, but I tried 180 lbs and couldn’t even do it once. I usually could do 4 chin-ups, I couldn’t even do one.

I have become so weak. I guess I’ll have to build it back up. I am super sore though from working out. The Doctor did say take it easy with the workouts, so I think I’ll stick with the bodyweight exercises. I have to remember I’m still healing and that takes a lot of energy.

Tonight I did boxing, push-ups, bench dips, and assisted chin-ups. I also did some light squats. Hopefully this will keep the lactic acid from building up and keep the soreness down.

Well I should get some sleep

I have the new Powertec Powerrack

Cowlifter — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:52:36 +0000

I bought the Powertec Power Rack from Go Mango Fitness. I also ordered the Body Solid Decline/Flat/Incline bench from a guy off ebay. Now I need to sale my old bench, and I’ll take apart my squat rack and turn it into a slant board for abs. I also bought a punching bag. I’ll probably start boxing as an art form fighting skill, and street fighting as a defensive fighting skill.

I still can’t workout yet, but thursday I go for another checkup and hopefully the doctor will say I can start working out.

Well gota go.

About a month after surgery

Cowlifter — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:24:09 +0000

Well, It’s been a month, and the doctor still won’t let me lift weights. Well, I’m getting prepared to go full out as soon as the doctor lets me. I ordered a Powertec Power Rack- can hold 1500 lbs, and I bought a body solid decline, flat, incline bench, can hold 1000 lbs. My current bench only can hold 200 lbs on the rack, and 500 lbs on the bench, so I’m already over it’s safety limit. The new bench and power rack will be a lot better. I also bougth a punching bag, I want to start taking up boxing. The doctor said no boxing or that either, but I tried it out anyways, and learned how to wrap my hands.

Well gota go.

Been out for a while.

Cowlifter — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:34:04 +0000

I had Jaw surgery about two weeks ago. It sucks so bad, I can’t workout or run or anything, cause it could start bleeding. All I can eat is liquid through a syringe. I want to use my supplement drink, but cash is a little low, so Iwant to save it for building muscle once i can start lifting weights again. I have lost tons of weight, and I thought because of the way I would have to eat I’d be losing muscle, but lucky for me I have nutrition knowledge because of my interest in fitness, so I am able to eat enough liquid to give me a good calorie deficit that will burn fat, but not a lot of my muscle, so I’ve came down from 230 to 213, and my body fat percentage dropped for 22 to 18, so I am losing fat and not muscle. I have lost some muscle of course, but not a whole lot. Anyways, I can’t to start building muscle, and I’ll make sure that I don’t gain all this fat back that i’ve lost.

Anyways, gota go,

Back from the army!

Cowlifter — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:33:49 +0000

Wow it feels good to be back. Well the army really didn’t make me more physically fit. Actually, I say it made me less physically fit. I mean we had lots of activity, and we had physical training in the morning, but when I came home, my body fat percentage went up, and I gained 6 pounds, though now I’m back to were I was, which is weird, sense I’ve only been home 5 days and haven’t done anything, but that could be because I haven’t been eating as much. They feed you lots of food in the army. Anyways, today I start my workout program again. It’s going to be great. Talk to you all later, I gota go jog.

I’m leaving today!

Cowlifter — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:14:07 +0000

After talking to the guys at the army, and getting sworn in, they told me a start on Monday actually. That is what the instruction sheet says, and they were a little confused thinking it was on Tuesday as well, but they called up some guys and confirmed it as Monday, so today I am leaving at 1:00, it is 10:12 now. I am pretty nervous. I don’t even know if they have secure parking cause I’m suppose to leave my vehicle to sit for two months. I don’t want nobody messing with it. But I guess I’ll go and see what happens. Maybe there is a mistake and it does start Tuesday, but oh well, we’ll see when I get there. If it does start on Tuesday, it gives me another anxious day to weight…. Dang I’m so nervous. Well talk to everyone later, in two months.

I’m in the Army guys!!!

Cowlifter — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:55:38 +0000

So I talked to the army today. Tommorrow I get sworn in, and then on tuesday I start basic training. I’ll be a super fit guy by the time I’m done, maybe burn all the fat off, then hopefully I still get a chance to work with weights to get the muscle up, or at least maintain it, but if after basic training, all that happens is my fat is gone, then I’ll still be able to bulk when I get back, and keep running to maintain my fat loss. Well wish me luck guys, I probably won’t be able to post for a while, unless they let me have access to some computers while there.