Nic Brunicardi

Went to see "The Dark Knight" earlier today at the movies. What an awesome movie that was! I’ve always enjoyed Batman, but the last couple of films (Batman Begins and The Dark Knight) are really, really good IMO.

Training yesterday and today was painful but good. I’ve tweaked the GVT program a little to my liking - calling it "NVT" (Nic’s Volume Training) LOL

Just got home from vacation yesterday, and man let me tells ya it was sooo good to get out of town for a while! The weather could have been better but I did manage to get a little tan going Time was just spent on doing absolutely zip! Well, besides going to the beach and swim in the wonderful ocean. I love the ocean. I also spent some time on reading the book "Cosa Nostra" by John Dickie - that’s one helluva book! Very exciting indeed, and being semi-Italian that stuff really turns me on.

Getting back from vacation also meant getting my butt back in the gym! Today I started on the program called GVT (German Volume Training) which very basically consists of a few basic movements done for 10 sets of 10 reps. Being used to low volume workouts this is a killer!

I hope everyone in here are doing great and I’ll be checking in on ya during the next couple of days. I still have one week off from work so I guess that means plenty of time to kill in front of the computer

Like I wrote in my previous Blog I’m feeling ever so tired these days, probably due to a stressful time at work and maybe some slight overtraining.

The next couple of weeks it’s vacation time for this ol’ buckaroo! During the first week of vacation training is BANNED! Once I return to the gym, I’ll begin a cycle of GVT. If you don’t know what the heck that is, then here’s an excellent link: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/luis13.htm

Tomorrow I’ll do some light chest+shoulder+tricep workout and then I think I’m done until the new cycle begins.

Still not getting my workouts in the darn workout tracker. Don’t exactly know why … I’m just not that into right now. But what is more important, I get my workouts done … and I’m loving it! Usually I’m not that big on going to the gym during the summer. Mostly because it’s too hot and I’m too much of an outdoor critter to really enjoy spending time inside a gym. But this year it’s different. Maybe it’s the BodySpace bug that has gotten to me!?

I’ve switched my training style to a 3-split system using some of the DC principles but not religiously. My body is responding well to the new groove of things. However, I do feel that I need to take a small break from the gym pretty soon. I’m VERY tired at night even though I get my full 8-9 hours of sleep. Next week I’m taking a week off from the gym to recharge the batteries.

I’ve gotten some "new" DVD’s as well. I got the brand new vid from Mitsuru Okabe starring David Henry. He’s really into the DC training style, so I’m pretty excited about that one. Then I got 2 more vids with Lee Priest, my old hero. The vids are pretty old - it’s "The Blond Myth" and "Another Blond Myth" .. love the titles! It must have taken them years to come up with material like that! My collection of BB vids is getting bigger each month. I even got a special offer from Mitsuru, where I get one vid for free. Some people raise children and help the world keep spinning - I buy BB vids! LOL

I hope everybody is good and enjoying the summer…