Cruiser’s Current Thoughts

250lbs on the Squat for 10 reps. BY ACCIDENT. I was trying to go for 240, and I thought I was putting 5lb plates on each side…haha, nope. Accidently put 10’s on each side, and I realized this right before I lifted the bar, but I said f–k it. I’ll try for it and see what happens. Boy that bar felt heavy on my back, and I was taking baby steps to get to position and fetus steps to put it back on the rack. HAHA, but I nailed it. So YAY, thats my new PR by accident.

Didnt feel too good at the gym today and left kinda early. I guess because yesterday’s workout was so amazing, it was followed by a ‘blah’ day. BUT BUT BUT! I will be feeling it tomorrow. Damnit, if I didnt feel like being there and kept thinking of other things, I’ll be lifting as heavy as f–kin possible. So yeah, legs, ass, CALVES are all gonna be sore.

Good thing I’ll be sitting down al weekend, right? HAHA

Jitterbug.

Lots to do today, and driving to kansas and back tomorrow n sunday. So heres the jokes.

*Funny warning labes*

In case you needed further proof that the human race is doomed through stupidity, here are some actual label instructions on consumer goods

On Tesco’s Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom) –
‘Do not turn upside down.’
(well…duh, a bit late, huh!)

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On Sainsbury’s peanuts –
‘Warning: contains nuts.’
(talk about a news flash)

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On Boot’s Children Cough

‘Love my new wrist straps!’ ‘All new PR’s!’ ‘Back day like no other before!’ ‘Jumproping like Im on crack!’ ‘I LOVE WOMEN!’ ‘New experiment with nutrition!’ ‘My thumb is numb. No rhyme intended’ ‘All around awesome, TRULY AWESOME day at the gym!’

All of these, and i might be missing some that I was thinking of using. Just that so many things happened today, I dont know where to begin. So I’ll follow the possible blog titles…

I found some wrist straps (the all cloth kind, or whatever they’re made of) and bought them cause the iron wrist straps work, but only for barbell moves. DB, yeah, it gets wobbly. And I dont even try them when I do pullups. But man, I love them. I used them for ALL of my exercises today except one. Deadlifts, chin ups, DB shrugs, DB rows, behind the neck lat pulldowns. All of these, and I was lifting more weight than ever before. All new PR’s since Im no longer sacrificing my back for my grip strength. So, for once in a LONG time, my back is gonna be SORE tomorrow. And Im gonna love it.

I felt such a great pump in my biceps too the whole time that I didnt even bother to work it out like I normally do. And I figured I’d throw in a forearm workout since I didnt work it out so much today. So to combat this, I did reverse EZ bar curls. *Quick question*: how much does the EZ bar weigh? I’ve heard 20lbs and I’ve heard 25lbs. I automatically assume the ones I use are 20. Oh well. Anyway, awesome pump today. The wrist straps work. Although my right thumb is feeling kinda numb. Oviously from the straps, but I learned really early on to LOOSEN THE DAMN STRAPS AFTER EVERY SET! Well, I say early on but it was halfway through my workout. No biggie. It was a GREAT workout and my Back is feeling it right now. I can see me getting a bigger back now in using the wrist straps literally for EVERY pulling exercise from now on. Great things are COMING!

Then, I still want to get my 25 minutes of cardio in, and I haven’t jumproped in a while. So I began the sequence. [skip skip skip] I start feeling my forearms tiring already. So I said, F–k it. I’ll take the 5lb weights inside of them and just jumprope normally. MAN! I felt like I was floating! I was skipping away like crazy! Im glad I’ve been using the weighted jumprope cause it built strength in my forearms to keep going, and also my calves to keep jumping. I removed the weights, and BAM! Im off. I made my time of 25 minutes with little struggle and only because I forced myself to struggle by jumping as fast as I could for as long as I could at different intervals. Plus, I like to kinda ‘dance’ to whatever music is playing. Jump to the rhythem, so I like to pick songs with a fast beat. Oh man, I was drenched afterwards. OH YEAH!

Got home, and im gonna try chicken broth in my brown rice. I dont know how much to use, so Im experimenting right now. 1/4 brown rice, 1 1/2 water, 1/4 chicken broth. Let it cook for an hour. Yeah, brown rice takes some time. And I like my rice to come out a bit more moist so I add more water. A LOT more water. We’ll see what happens.

I LOVE WOMEN. OH MY GOD! I LOVE THEM! I love y’all, seriously. There were just so many beautifully fit women at the gym today, gorgeous, and working out. I had a really hard time concentrating at times cause they were just so distracting. Not purposly, but I still can’t help it. I admire a toned woman, and there were a couple running around, and many others not so toned but are making the effort which is just as good. Love y’all, oh my god. I am one that truly appreciates women, and tonight, I was REALLY appreciating what was set before me. I almost didn’t want to leave the gym. HAHA! Women make me smile
And on that note, Im also SAD! Im gonna be moving gyms here soon cause I just found another one WAY closer to my house. Literally walking distance. And I will be walking. Bigger, and more spacious, so I wont feel like Im in the way when Im jumproping like today. But this is more like for older folks. Not one thing agaisnt them, but Im leaving the beautiful women behind. Oh well, better for my concentration right?   But it has a punching bag and I can see my cardio and arm strength sky rocketing if I start punching the hell outta that bag. Plus get rid of all this anger and aggression.

Okay, the timer is beeping. That means its time to start cooking the chicken so the rice and chicken finish cooking around the same time.

I LOVE WOMEN!

Yeah. Not much to blog today. No gym, just work. Keeping with the clean eating and tryin my best.

I have been noticing this week that my right pec is noticably bigger than my left. Okay, now what the f–k. Im pushing the same weight with both arms. Im squeezing at the top at every rep from both sides. And still, pop, one is bigger. This is so frustrating and Im just gonna eventually drop to uni-training to get my left side as big as my right. Grrr.

I think I felt it too on sunday when I was doing dips. I was probably pushing harder with my right arm without noticing. I felt a better burn on my right side all night and next couple days. Guess I’ll just have to do better next time, right?

symmetry, that is gonna come after this muscletech competition. Myo-shock, I am REALLY considering buying and using this unless I can get so good accurate feedback that it is overratted. But I need to hear it from someone thats actually TIRED it. Im also hearing that the gov. is going to start regulating all supps sometime in 2010? Finally find out if what we’re so quick to buying is even worth buying.

No more thoughts. Just going to bed. Well, in about 20 min or so.

Blah.

HELL YEAH THEY ARE! I was all sorts of psyched when I saw them creeping out as my shorts rose. I was doing BB shoulder presses and as I was getting to position, I saw this cut above my knee. I figured, yeah, thats where the teardrop is SUPPOSED to be, I’ve had that cut for the longest.

…but no. That cut has matured and theres a nice little teardrop that thought it should just poke out and say ‘hello’. I got this goofy smile going as I pressed. Its awesome. Im lovin it. Shoot, i’ve only been training for a YEAR…

This is a message to all those that want quick results. It takes time. But stick with it, cause when you do see the results, you go   WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! And the teardrops ain’t even something Im striving for. Its just one of those, ‘eh, if it comes, it comes…’ Now I want to see the small quad that appears between the teardrop and the outter quad. Maybe if I start leaning out. But thats in the future.

HARD WORK PAYS OFF. I also had a PR. I have been with 35lb DB when I do shoulder presses for as long as I can remember. Then when I try to go higher, I end up dropping the weights, or sometimes I can barely get 8 reps with 30lbs. Well, I figured I’d give the seemingly impossible 40lb DB’s a try, just to see if I can. Well, mentally, I told myself Im getting at least 5 reps with these badboys. 1..2…3…4..5…6?…7?…  OH YEAH, 12 freakin reps! I felt great. After that I only got 7 reps on the last 2 sets, but I pushed out what I could, and Im happy now. I rock. haha!

I got to ride my motorcycle today, and that boosted my mood. I got ton of things to take care of this week, but I have so much energy I feel they wont be much bother to me. Plus, those badges I wrote about last month that were stolen, well, I found someone that has a similar badge and is willing to sell it so Im all sorts of happy! Good things are coming!

And this morning I definitely had a ‘case of the monday’s’…ON A TUESDAY! But everything went up hill from then so Im good. And yes, y’all can kick my ass for saying ‘case of the monday’s’.

Ride on!

not bad for my very first time EVER cooking this. I was impressed, especially cause I just threw in a random seasoning that just sounded good. Lemon & herbs. Then, my steak came out AWESOME, now that I went from whatever cut I was using to round cut beef. With onions. I love my iron cast. Good dinner today.

Gym was CRAZY busy today. Upon entering the parking lot, i thought they were having some sort of cup cake sale or something! (haha, yeah I know, Im a dick) But no, I’ll give everyone in there props. Everyone was there doing something. The ones that were chatting the most were the ones that were pretty fit already. I hope to some day join these studs and babes (well, okay, not so much the babes) as the ‘D-AMN!’ s  at the gym. In time, Mike, in time.

Im thinkin next week I am taking it off. I got another trip to kansas and back this weekend, then wednseday Im getting my wisdom teeth pulled, so MAYBE I’ll do some cardio on monday or tuesday, but I really think I should suck up the ‘(in a whinney voice) but I WANNA go to the gymmm!!!’ and just take a week of and kick right back into it the following sunday. Eh, we’ll see what happens.

Oh, and I made some beans yesterday. Oh yeah, they rock too. Not bad for random seasoning!

….I really should write down what works and what doesnt.

Keep it goofy!

You sick mother ****er.

So I go to the bathroom to do my buisness, and theres another guy there. And just for the record, hes one of those weird ones that pulls his pants ALL the way down while standing to take a piss. Anyway, I finish, and start washing my hands. Next thing I hear, the bathroom door opens, and he walks out. You sick mother ****er.

If any of you out there do this practice, WASH YOUR FREAKIN HANDS! I dont want to touch the weights or benches or whatever it is you touch from then on! Im just glad that dude just went to a cycle machine and nothing else. I was really grossed out.

Then, there was Mr. ScreamingPants. This guy aint obese, but hes not anywhere close to being fit. I’ll give him props for going to the gym to ‘improve’ his health, but damn, change clothes now. A tight shirt and tight pants that were screaming for a swift death. This was also gross.

Now Mr. ScreamingPants had a wife, or girlfriend, or mate, whatever. Anyway, Im facing a wall performing an abs exercise similar to bicycling. Im laying down, my legs are moving, my shorts fall naturally when Im moving. I have no problem performing this. I dont get embarresed when my thighs get exposed. What I do have a problem with is when Mr. ScreamingPants and Mrs. Pink (she had a lot of pink on, and was much bigger than the hubby) stand on the other side and only one is working out while the other one is right in plain view of whatever she could get a glimps of. This REALLY bothered me. Now, if they were there, and I was the one that came over afterwards and did this exercise, I’d be in the wrong. But no, they were in the creepy. I think I cut that set short and moved away and completely faced the wall were my feet were maybe 2 inches from the wall.

I think Im okay, when Mrs. Pink comes over and stands on one side, and ScreamingPants does heavily momentum leg lifts on the OTHER side. Im thinking, ‘Really?!’ And they stay there, even while Im doing lying leg lifts. I was getting really annoyed. Bothered went out the window.

Then you got the badass teenagers. Come in, do a couple of lifts (and I mean maybe 2) and then spend who knows how long in the steam room. All I know is that when they came out, they were walking through the gym with their shirts off. Now they COULD have put those shirts on in the steam room or just outside, but no, they waited till they were halfway in the gym to put them on. They wanted to show off their…bones? This made me laugh. And it was in the middle of the creepy couple annoying me.

Other than that, great workout today. Got some cardio in, and felt great. No matter how much I try to limit myself, I still was in there for an hour and a half. Oh well, I feel good.

Night night people.

1 year mark. Its been roughly 1 year since I started going to the gym and been extremely consistent with it. Im happy. Im sure my body is too. WAY more knowledgeable since in lifting, overtraining, and especially nutrition. Am I where I want to be? Not even close. Am I an expert? I’ll consider myself a knowledgeable beginner. I still have much to learn, and much to grow.

I dont care to be huge, I just want to be muscular. I figured 160lbs of mass would look alright on me. 15 lbs to go, as always. And I cant seem to get to that weight with muscle. But also, I at least know why and who to blame. I know why, and I accept it. Its who I am, and how I am. I will not change, but I can adjust.

-I accept that I enjoy alcohol. This will keep me from my goals. It will kick me back a few steps that I work so hard to achieve throughout the week, so I will only drink once a week. Twice is pushing this. I realize the consiquences, and I accept this.

-I accept that I am mexican and enjoy many traditional foods that are considered unhealthy. I will continue to eat these, but less frequent. I will opt to find the same foods, but with less fat, carbs, sodium, etc. Some foods I will drop all together because they contain lard. ….and lots of it. But I’ll keep eating my tortas, flautas, carne asadas, enchiladas (made the REAL way), corizo and I accept this.

-I accept that I have a TON of energy usually and can easily spend 3 hours at the gym 7 days a week. I will try for an hour and a halfs work at the gym and I still come out 2 hours later. I can’t help it, I love working out. I will try my best to not overtrain, since I know this has played a huge role in why I havent grown and in some cases gotten weaker. But if it happens, it happens and I accept this.

-I accept that I dont have the best tasting food out there. Many times I have thrown out the food that I make and just make myself a sandwich and call it a day. I will continue to explore this world of nutrition and learning the ways of seasonings. But one thing I do know is that even the shitty tasting food I make is good for me. If I can’t eat clean, I’ll at least try to eat good, and I accept this.
-I accept that I am trying to live and eat better because I know that it will be benificial in the long run. I get A LOT of shit from people when I come in to work with my cooler full of clean foods. A lot of people make fun cause Im not big and I go to the gym. I get made fun of, but me being me just smile back and go with it. These people cannot bring me down, but they are out there and they try, and I accept this.

-I accept my genes. My family has the hair loss gene, and the round tummy gene. I understand that I cannot change the gene inside me, but I will continue the fight against it. The gene is there, and I accept the damn thing.

-I accept that I dont get much sleep and this too is a draw back. Work, partying, or just staying up late. I can function rather efficiently on just 5 hours of sleep for weeks at a time if I needed to. I know this one has also played a roll on recovery. I will try to get better sleep, but if I dont, I dont and I accept this.

-I accept that I do not refuse free anything, even food. I get goodies, cakes, jell-os and get invited to dinners and its no where near my clean eating route. But I will not say no. This is why I gain weight when I go on a vacation. But oh well, I enjoy not having to cook for myself and these meals are DELICIOUS, and I accept this.
-I accept that I like to travel a lot and I dont get much gym time or even do any sort of working out. This also will prevent me from getting to how I want to look/feel/be. Its something that occurs, and I accept it.

-And finally, I accept that this takes time. And everything listed above is pushing back that time. I will no look for any more quick fixes and just keep at it strong. If it take 5 years to reach my goals, it takes 5 years and I accept this.
So with all of this, I know these are the things that will hold me back, make it take longer, or even never let me get to my goals. But this is me, and I wont change. I will adjust as best that I can. I accept this.
Now here are the things that I can and will change. No more excuses, no more whinning.

-I WILL NOT whine anymore. No more ‘ugh, its been ___ months and I still have my gut…’ or any sort of things. I know why, and I am the only one to blame. From now on, its just going out there and doing what I can.

-I WILL NOT let my ipod dying make me want to quit or lag at the gym. This was always an issue in the past and I am learning and improving on getting a workout without my music. Music helps, but I will not make it a requirement.

-I WILL NOT let negativity bring me down. Family and friends or whoever, I will continue down this road and if I ever have kids, I will try to bring them up with clean eating. but thats another story for the future.

-I WILL NOT let supplement ads make me go ‘WOW’ and completely stay from fatburners. So far, multivitimens and protein has done good for me.

-I WILL NOT let lagging body parts discourage me. I am still a beginner, and I dont know how much it will take me to get to where I want to get. But my small arms and small chest will no longer make me want to quit.

-I WILL continue to go to the gym, to eat right, to better myself everyday and work hard to show others that it IS possible. I have been consistant for a year and this has been (with its ups and HUGE downs) a great year. I know I have a huge advantage being single and living alone with no kids. So in having that ADVANTAGE, I will take ADVANTAGE.

-I WILL continue to laugh every possible moment that I can. I will continue to spread the jokes and laughs when I can. This is the best medicine out there, and I love it. Imagine when your laughing really really hard and your stomach starts to hurt. Ab workout? love it. I dont know why I threw this one in there but I did.

If I think of anymore I will post them downt the road. The big ones are just that I will drink, but I wont whine. And in the end, when I dont feel like going to the gym, or I feel discouraged, or something just makes me want to give up…I will stick to my motto that has worked since I adopted it in october.

JUST GO!

Or should I say OLD progress pics. I just found some more old photos of me. I posted them up just to show the ups and downs and ups and downs….

Right now Im at an UP. I dont plan going down anytime soon.

Pretty interesting. I happen to be a virgo, and I think this link takes you to the virgo definition. But the others are there. haha, leos.

…just kidding. dont hate me.
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/how-the-sun-signs-like-to-sweat-381624/;_ylt=As9jlBuVodQWGamEbOa3WxBrbqU5#photoView
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