Summer Begins…
FINALLY! Summer has arrived. I don’t love school. Yes, you heard me correctly: I don’t love school. In fact, I ****ing hate school. Why do I come here? Why am I not just working until I’m 65 then retiring? No idea… society tells you that if you go to school, you’re a social step higher than your manual laboring counterparts.
Having taken summer classes last year, I have been going to class for about 2 years straight. That’s a shit ton of school when you opt out of summer break! I never realized how much it would deter my motivation, but it really does. In the past month, I had to just forget about lifting completely. I had two hands-on labs where I would sit and work until midnight after having been on campus since 8am. I only go home to sleep. Towards the end of the semester, when I was desperately trying to cram in the final touches on the projects, there was no way I could sacrifice the energy I needed to stay awake just to go lift (this rationale pisses me off, I put lifting above everything… girls have broken up with me for blowing them off to lift 
).
But I had a good run this year. I went from about 175 to around 195 in the 9 months of school. Given my genetics, build, and schedule, I’d say that’s awesome for me. I hope to get to 215 with the next year, but if I play this summer right, I should be able to get a significant head start before the next year starts.
First and foremost, I plan to stop drinking. I’ve tried this time and time again with the same determination, but when you’re in college it’s hard to have friends that are very supportive in this field. My friends don’t understand my goals or my reasoning for the things that I do and they have even less comprehension of my diet. So when there’s a party, they attempt to put a drink in my hand without rest. I can fight this off for a good amount of time, but all it takes is a bad day and I just want to enjoy myself with my friends. Being in their company and not being able to share in the things they do requires a lot of patience, and being in a bad mood makes that almost impossible to fight.
But most of them have left for these next 3 months, which leaves me with an unhindered span of training.
I’ll be starting day 1 tonight after work. I work 9-5 Monday through Friday and I intend to work out from 5:30 to 7:30 Monday through Friday with the following split:
Monday- Legs (includes calves)
Tuesday- Arms
Wednesday- Shoulders, Calves, Abs, Traps
Thursday- Back
Friday- Chest
Sat & Sun- Rest
I will be posting thoughts, progress, etc here everyday (time permitting), so look forward to reading!
