Im_Ready’s BodyBlog

Hello hello my fitness friends! Its been a while but Im back. Gotta get my mind back in the game. Watching the clock right now waiting to get off work so I can go work legs…. tick, tick, tick, COME ON!!!!! lol
I hope youve all been well. Im gonna keep this short but Ill be sure to hit you all up again soon.

Work just held a luncheon for all the employees. I couldnt help it. A roastbeef sandwich with lettuce tomatoe and onions, Pasta salad, chicken salad, 4 pickles, 4 cookies and a brownie later…. Im in guilt city!

… the horror… the horror…

Thank goodness for PB and Js I really think thats what I needed in the morning. Some good fat, some good carbs, and a little insulin spike to get my protein shake into my system. I had another intense workout today! Last two days Ive been going balls to the wall (can ladies go “balls to the wall”?) Anyway, Today was supposed to be my second leg day. However, I still have some soreness in my hams and didnt want to push them before they were 100%. I ended up doing back and bis. Saw MAJOR vascularity today! I had veins popping in my shoulders, all down my arms, ooooo I was sooo pumped! Literally!!

Assisted Pull-ups: 75# 2×5, 60# 2×5
Wide Grip Pull-downs: 60# 4×10
Seated Rows: 60# 3×10
Bent DB rows: 15# 3×10
Bent BB rows: 45# x10, 55# 3×10
Hammer Curls: 15# 3×10
BB Curls: 45# x5×4 30# 2×10
Cable Curls: 60# x5 40# 2×5

On the down side, Im a bit bloated today. Im not sure why. Ive been eating clean all week, drinking my water. I was tight yesterday morning. Maybe its the jelly. Its the only “un-clean” thing Ive consumed… eh… we’ll see. Hopefully I cant get the bloat down by Saturday. Me and Ryan got out Boating/PWC licence yesterday! Were gonna be taking our roommates jet ski out SOON! Gotta look good on that thing. Time to rally!!!!

So I found a solution to the light headed feeling I was having (at least I think I have)… More carbs. I dont think I was getting enough. My typical breakfast is a few eggs and egg whites on a piece of wheat toast with hot sauce (gotta have hot sauce!). It just wasnt cutting it. This morning I switched it up. I had a PB and J on wheat and a protein shake. I have to say it did the trick. I still felt a little bit light headed at the end but nothing like it was last time I tried to do chest and tris.

On that note. I had a killer 5am workout!

DB Press: 25# 3×10
Flat Bench: 95# 3×6, 5, 4
Incline Benc:h 45# 3×10
Cable Flys (Top Position): 30# 2×10
Cable Flys (Middle position): 30# 2×6
Skull Crushers: 20# 3×10
DB Kick Backs: 10# 3×10
Cable Tri Extensions: 50# x10 40# 2×10
Superset with Push ups: 10, 8, 7
Hanging leg Raises: 5×7

I had a surprisingly good pump! Saw a little more vascularity today. Slowly but surely those veins are poking through! So Excited. Managed to get the bloat from the weekend off too. Abs look right again and scale is back where I like it. Gotta drink that water. Anyone who tries to skip that aspect of body building is cheating themselves.
Well tomorrow is the weeks second leg day. Good thing the doms from Monday are going away. Taking a week off really upset my gluts… well we’ll fix them! They’ll meet their maker tomorrow. 5am sharp!

Im getting board with cooking the same old stuff every week. I need some new clean eating recipies. The Crab started a blog for recicpies. If you wanna put them on there… go ahead. Or stick them here and Ill copy them over for you. Either way we should collect them. I need new ideas.
Thanks everyone!

Starting the day off with a bang. Hit the gym at 5am… Shoulder day.

Arnold press 15# 3×10
Overhead BB Press 45# 3×10
Leaning Lateral Raises 10# 3×10
Bent Low Pulley Laterals 10# 3×10

Not a very intense workout. Didn’t feel very strong, but I felt good. I had a great pump which surprised me. I lost a bit of my strength from that week I took off. I also feel like Ive lost strength since I stopped taking Kre-a-fem. I wasnt too sure at first how I felt about that stuff… Now I know it made a bit of a difference. Still taking CLA and Whey, but that’s about it as far as sups go for now. I want to look into some arginine. I see my veins peeking through and would maybe like to find a good pre-workout sup to help them pop. I have to be cautious tho do to this light-headedness Ive been having. Not like I have any money right now for sups anyway Just had to get the hell hound.. er… I mean Roxy, fixed. That was a blow to the bank book… Start of July Ill do some looking around for some goodies to try out.

Wondering if anybody else has had this problem. Ive been getting very light headed lately during workouts. Especially leg days. I see stars, get chills. the whole nine. I have to sit down after every set…. I just dont get it. I breath properly and I make sure I eat plenty before the gym… Its cutting into my workouts because now Im getting anxious about working out.

Anyone else ever have this problem. Im getting tempted to go talk to my DR about it…. I doubt she’ll find anything tho

Its begun. The beach I live at has opened up. Along with all the bars. THIS is what Ive been training for! Ive been down there a few times already. What a shit show it has been!

I feel good. I feel tight. Oh but those bars get me. You CAN NOT go to this beach without haveing a Mojito or two. I have completely excpected the battle before me. Drinking at the bars means simply that I will have to bust my butt during the week to maintain what I have built! The diet is still on point. Its those drinks! Argh!!! lol
This is one of the bars…. CRAZY!

Packed full!

Ive been training hard. 5AM, 5 days a week! It feels really good. I just got my order of creatine yesterday. Started it today. I decided to go with ON’s Creatine. I hope the bloating isnt too bad. Swelling of the muscles I can live with. Loseing defanition… dont want that. I think Im just going to take it until the end of June. Then Ill cycle off of it for a month. We’ll see….

Haters-
You know youve made it when youve earned peoples envy. You know youve earned their envy when you have them hating on you. There are many different types of “Haters”. One type is the dirty look hater. This person watches you from the corner of the gym. You see them in the mirror giving you the look of death. You know the look. The look that could cut you in two. Good frickin thing your made of iron! Bring it! I feed of your anger. I love the fact that I can see the envy steaming out of you! It rises up into thick clouds of misery that linger over your head. Thats how I know who you are. Thats how I know that Im killing you inside. You watch me train. Forcing out every painful rep. You watch me flex. You cringe at the sweat shining on my lean mass. You are sheep, and I and the wolf (Pheonixrise) and I will tare you apart! Thats why you just sit and stare… cuz NO sheep, will EVER challenge a wolf. To these haters I say Thank you. Thank you for feeding my fire!

The Crap Pusher Battle-

“Crap Pushers” coined by ChickenTuna, these are the people in our everyday lives. They are a more subtle type of hater. They are our friends, our family, our co-workers. These people dont have the least bit of clue as to what it takes to live the life we live. They cant grasp the way we train, and DEFINITELY cannot understand the way we eat. These people are wolves in sheeps clothign! They approach, no red flags go up, they circle us… we still do not feel the eminent danger… then they pounce, “Would you like a piece of pizza?”

There it is. Right for the throat! We stagger, stumble, but shake it off like the beasts we are.

“No thank you” is our counter punch. We add to the combo with the biggest smile we can muster.

Now they disarmed momentarily, but they are a steely opponent. They simply regroup and come back with the whinny, almost condescending “Aaawww cumon… its gooood”

They give you a sly smile cuz they know they wounded you. You sit there bleeding your lust. You know you want that pizza. You can almost taste its cheesy goodness. DAMN these crap pushers!

But your iron will holds fast, your desire for the god/goddess body you’ve been training for is all you feel in your veins. You set your teeth, widen your stance… you tense every muscle in your body… then, you go in for the kill… “No no, Im sorry” you say in the nicest tone possible. “I dont eat that stuff”.

You walk away with your head held high and you diet intact. You leave them in awe… you shear power and will has destroyed them… this time. But they will be back. They ALWAYS come back.

… damn crap pushers…