DIESELPOLO’s BodyBlog

It was a fantastic time. I met some really great people and what a small world, a lot of people were from philly (shout out to philly as a whole!) and everyone was supportive and nice. Camraderie was ever-present between the athletes and even tho i was confused as to the whole thing, i felt confident (and it was other people’s first time too so i wasn’t alone at all!). Would recommend this competition for next year to anyone. This could really turn into a top tier event, especially with how professionally it was ran. and it was very inspirational what Mike Kocsis told all the athletes for a pre-show pep talk "90% of people will never step on stage in front of a large audience in their lives, much less half-naked; so no matter what shape you’re in, you’ve already won…" <<something along those lines. Seriously, that made my day and immediately was so proud of the accomplishments i achieved through the help of supportive family, friends, God, and myself.

ok, i’m done.

so i’ve decided to cont. with the three day carb cycling and have a gram of carb per bodyweight (so roughly 210g), then half that the next day, then a no carb day. then repeat. i’ve switched over to isopure protein. it tastes very bland, but bland doesn’t mean disgusting which is a good thing. it also doesn’t have carbs so it only contributes to my protein total which is good. i’m working out every other day. mon weds friday. monday, heavy, 3-5 reps. weds, normal, 8-12 reps, and friday is high reps 20-30. and the carb days (because they are constantly cycled) may fall on any day! so u never know if ur working out on a no carb day. ah. that can be a killer sometimes. but i’m making gains. had a slip up this weekend with the diet (the lemon bar and the doughnut looked too good), but i know if i’m going to be ready for oct. 13th, i have to calm myself down and control myself better. keep wishing me luck (….for those that are, haha)

its been two weeks with this carb cycling. i’m actually following "twin peaks" carb cycling from bodybuilding.com. its high, low, and then no carb days cycling. no carb day can be a little difficult, but this is the first time with my diet that i’m truly sticking with it and i think (i think) i’m seeing some results. and being in college, i’ve gone to parties and had 1-2 beers and then water for the rest of the night, so quite frankly, i’m friggin’ happy about that. still trying to push myself in the gym. really am making sure i am no longer going through the motions and that my last rep is impossible to get. well, for those of you who care, that’s whats going on. i don’t have a digital camera so the picture updates are going to be few unfortunately. but i, myself, would like to document my progress so i feel ur pain too, haha. well, wish me luck. holla

so i’m not happy with the progress i’ve made so far. i feel like i’ve seen myself like this before and really have to commit to taking it to the next level. if someone says "do u want to go out to eat" i really (unless its warranted) have to stick to my guns and say no. in my defense i had finals, at which point studying and passing are the goals of the week. but i will be starting with carb cycling this time around. high, med, and then no carb days, cycling them throughout the week. workouts will return to the tried-and-true, altho sometimes stale, splits of one-two bodyparts per day. i’ll be pushing myself with the workouts and the eating plan if i want some semblance of results (shout out to mdhaney, what up mike!). so, encourage me, i know i can do it. just gotta work. holla.

amazing chest workout this morning:

incline bench 2sets, 12reps

incline dumbell 3sets, 10,8,6

decline bench    4sets, 10,8,8,6 (sets 1,3 normal grip, sets 2,4 wide grip)

machine chest press 3sets 8reps (after 8 reps, reduce weight by 1/3rd and go to failure)

pec-deck fly 3sets, 10+8 (after 10, do 8 partial reps only allowing machine to part hands by about 10in before squeezing them back together)

supersetted with push-ups (do right after flys and go to failure)

then the negative dip (lower for 6-10 secs then walk urself back up) 3 sets, only got to 6 reps each.

Can’t wait to be sore!

ps-casein protein is horrible. currently i’m on ON chocolate. is there a better flavor anywhere in the world?

i needed to put up some body shots and i have to say that i usually see myself as big when i look in the mirror at home or in the gym, but after seeing some guys on here that have similar stats as me i definitely feel behind. no matter, that’s why i’m working out. it also might be my lack of good lighting and a good camera (although my phone took better shots than i expected).

So I’m doing the ubiquitous Rippetoe’s program and I have to say that I was apprehensive in that I’ve been lifting for a few years now and I wasn’t sure if it was going to do much for me. But if you’re doing it right you’ll be feeling sore. In any case, friday I was doing the bench press portion of the workout and I wanted to take some precaution and get a spot, and since I workout alone I picked the nearest body. He helped me out, not before his sweat dripped onto my face while I’m laying on the bench. And I have to mention that although I asked him for a spot I did not expect the over-exhuberant "C’mon man! You got this! It’s all you baby!". Mind you I was not struggling that much. It might have just been funnier to me because I was thinking to myself, why is this man yelling? In any case, it was a great workout, I’m sore now, and I think I’ve been eating well. I’m also doing one fish oil and multi vitamin in the morning and two protein shakes during the day.

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