THOUGHTS OF A FITNESS FREAK

I got a form to do the Jay Cutler NPC in Boston May 5th.  It says Lynn Mass, but I did my FAME show there and it was right near downtown, so it’s still Boston,right?  Anywhoooooooo, Victor Martinez is guest posing!!  Woo Hooo! I think I am just going to do masters this time rather than cross over.  Going on stage over and over is draining.  By the time you do open and go off stage, it’s time to do masters, so you have to go back on, toes pinching, sore back and quads from flexing, etc..its a bitch. Then I will probably get my ass whupped by a 22 year old who doesnt know a delt from hole in the wall………BUT on the other hand, you never know who is going to show up and if you don’t cross over, you think “maybe I should have?” Obviously, I overthink things a bit, but this show will probably have a good draw because of Jay and Victor.  I wish I was bodybuilding ready because at my last show there was only one woman and I think I may have kicked her ass because I was leaner than her, even though she was a bigger person than me I had more definition.

Anyway, I did back and bis tonight.  I wasn’t going to go at all because of Fred.  Who is Fred you ask?  well Fred is my new zit.  Not just any old zit, but one that is huge and smack dab on the bridge of my nose.  friggin thing has its own solar system its so big. It looks like I got smacked with a baseball bat by Papi (did I spell that right?).  BUT I went, sucked it up and prayed no one would come up to me to chat for once.  It was late and there were about 4 people in the gym, so at one point I had the whole place to myself!!  I was flexing, posing..then people came in…..young guys, like 18. If they stared a little harder at me in the mirror, the glass might have cracked.

Back and bi’s………I rowed like a madwoman, probably grunted or made whimpering noises cus I was alone.  I added 25 lbs to my bent over smith rows. Someone told me the bar was 35 lbs, so with 2 25’s, 2 10’s and 2 5’s, thats a total of 115 now.  I can get 6 or 7 nice reps now.  Seated cable rows 110, delt flies only at 50, but for 4 sets of 10.  I also did some supersetting.   For example (try this) bicep curls with the dumbells for 10 reps, drop down and do romanian deadlifts with them til you want to vomit or pass out, stand up straight, do some lateral raises with a bent elbow, deadlift again, then more bicep curls.  You will be sweating and so beat.  If I can pick 2 things that I dont need to change machines on (like with the dumbells and rotate repeatedly those 2 exercises of which hit 2 seperate bodyparts) then I can keep going and get a great burn because one part is resting while the other is working. Don’t get me wrong, I am still doing my super heavy sets in between, but I still want to throw in the supersets for a cardio burn to stay relatively lean.)  I also got up to 50 lb single arm curls on the cables.  I do them in reverse, not facing the rack.  We have one with handles and I hold it with my other hand behind my back for leverage.   I didnt do as much as I usually do because I went so late, but it was still great.  I felt really strong actually and got a great pump.  I added in some lat press downs (killed at 110 lbs), some single arm db rows, barbell curls (50 lbs) single arm pull downs on the high cables, upright rows, leg extensions and curls for a pump and hammer curls to wake up my forearms.  I will to to get in there tomorrow , but if not, Friday night.

Oh.  I got some info on what Gaspari is giving away in the booth at the Arnold and its going to be great!  Be sure to stop by. You will be able to meet Marzia Prince, Flex Lewis, Nicole Costa, Cathy Lefrancois , Deserusan from Bodyspace and of course, Rich Gaspari himself. I will more than likely be the blond chick with the “holy shit did you see that dude’s arms?” look on my face…………heheeeee. Im a people watcher.

I was going to tell you something else, but I forgot what it is. I think Fred is leeching into my brain………..

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