Eagleanchors’s BodyBlog

So here are some random thoughts on the self shot progress pics I took today:

#1- OUCH!  Sometimes it’s easier to just go with the mental picture.  The mirror doesn’t lie….nor does she exaggerate.  There’s only brutal honesty in her.  I really thought I was farther along then the pictures would say.  Just means I need to focus and put emphasis on my areas of weakness.

#2- Better Going, Then Coming! - So my Back is considerably better shaped than my Chest…and my calves are much sharper than my quads.  Totally unintentional, but something I definitely need to focus on.  Think it’s too late to just learn to walk backwards?

#3- It’s All In the Show! - Posing is hard!  And I know nothing about it!  Looks like it’s time to add a skill set!  Ditto with actually taking a picture of yourself.  Should be simple with a decent camera and a timer, but I usually end up looking constipated, or slightly afflicted!

#4- It’s All Out There, Baby! - Putting yourself out there is hard!  And scary!  I THINK I’m ready for honest critisicm.  But all in all, it’d be a whole lot easier to just stay in the little fantasy world I’ve created where my flaws are a lot more minor than in reality!  I have a new found respect for those of you out there who have posted frequently and freely!  Thanks, and I’m going to be paying a whole lot more attention! 

So in desperate need of taking some new update pics, and have been both impressed and inspired by many of yours out there.  Anyone have any recommendations on the tactful way to ask folks in the Gym to take some shots of me without sounding either (a) overly conceited or (b)weird!  Any advice from those of you out there without a workout partner or resident photographer? 

Have been absent from here for a while, but glad to be back!  Have arrived, and settled in my new "home" in Afghanistan, and am pleasently surprised by the Gym.  Not only does it have all the equipment I need, but for reasons I can’t quite put my finger on, it has a feel like the "Old School" Gym in Rocky II!  Great extra motivation!  Hope to post some new pics soon, and excited I just ordered some new supps from BB.Com (Nitrix, Axis-HT, and Creakic!)  Planning on hitting it hard, and using my "vacation" here to get HUGE!!

Have been absent from here for a while, but glad to be back!  Have arrived, and settled in my new "home" in Afghanistan, and am pleasently surprised by the Gym.  Not only does it have all the equipment I need, but for reasons I can’t quite put my finger on, it has a feel like the "Old School" Gym in Rocky II!  Great extra motivation!  Hope to post some new pics soon, and excited I just ordered some new supps from BB.Com (Nitrix, Axis-HT, and Creakic!)  Planning on hitting it hard, and using my "vacation" here to get HUGE!!