Food, food and more food in Texas
Friday, July 24th, 2009My wife and I arrived at Branch Warrens house yesterday and its been great to catch up with he and his wife Trish again.
They have both began dieting for the Olympia but you wouldnt know looking at the amount of food Branch is putting away.
I havent seen Branch stripped off as its not normally something I ask upon greeting him - "get your pants off mate, lets take a look at ya!" Lets say he is just looking massive.
It feels good to unwind here an get away from the office for a few days but as you can see, its hard for me to put down the computer (how can I when I have a job at Bodybuilding.com).
Last night went to a steakhouse - I had steak soup, 12oz steak and potato, and a chicken sandwich. Marika and Trish then went the fat free/sugar free yogurt route. Branch and I watched.
Today I am going to hit Metroflex Gym with much less intensity than I would like. I am still in pain and discomfort in my shoulder joints and neck so I will go through the motions needed to maintain muscle.
I have loads of meatballs packed - (ground turkey and rice) for the day. Marika cooked a cooler bag full of them before leaving Boise. Some were defrosted so we wouldnt miss a meal on the flights here. The rest were frozen to eat today. Later I will hit the supermarket and cook food to last for the next two days.







The rehab is still moving forward but I am beginning to get just a little frustrated now. I still cant lift much more than 10Ib DB’s on chest press and this week confirmed why. I still had bruising for 5 weeks on my left pec so another MRI confirmed I had torn my pec minor. I am straaped with Kinesiology tape at present to help drain inflammation. I havent lost much mucle though as I have been very good with my diet - 7 clean meals and 4 protein shakes per day to stay anticabolic. Tonight I am going to stay with my Yoga teacher in her cabin, have yoga in the morning and then drive to Stanly for breakfast. From there we are going to drive to Red Fish lake and camp before going for a hike the following day. Next Thursday I go to stay with Branch Warren for several days. He laughed last night as we made room arrangments for his smaller dog (I have a phobia of little dogs). I could hear his wife shouting in the background "get over it" We will get to train legs together but thats it for fear that a bodypart might fall off me.
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