NorthernBuilder’s BodyBlog

If you dont understand what I mean, I’ll fill you in.I noticed it the other day and I noticed it again tonight. Tonight was leg night. Everything went well, i got a good pump and I know I worked hard. But I could have worked harder, alot harder. During my squats and leg presses I could feel that I needed more weight. I can do more. Lots more. But it feels like my muscles cant take it yet. I know what Im feeling. More weight would mean pulled muscles. I have the strength to push more and thats whats pissin me off. Same thing with my deadlifts. I could easily pack on another 50 or 75 lbs to my deadlifts but I can tell that my muscles wont accept it… yet. Extremely frustrating. Seems like my strength is climbing faster than my muscles can actually handle. I know it’ll all work out, but I want it and I want it NOW! I know getting greedy with the plates isnt the way to go about it. I’ll just have to give things a few more workouts. I’ll wait till it all catches up. Just thought I’d let you know how much it pisses me off! 

Well, Friday just wasn’t my day. Couldn’t get my sorry ass in gear after work. You see, I’m a latenight person and I hate the mornings. Mornings suck. Friday was one of those days that I should have stayed in bed, that would have been more productive than getting up, lol. But bottom line is… I missed my chest/arm workout. Piss on it, I’ll go Saturday morning. So Saturday was another shitty, rainy day here, great motivation spike. I made it to the gym, reluctantly but I made it. After a warmup I hit the bench. Felt like I was running on empty. By the time my chest workout was over I started getting my second wind. Great, just in time for my arm workout. Pissed off again. Why? Cuz my arms dont need to be worked hard. I look at them and they grow. NOT what I want. My chest NEEDS the energy. But I can feel the energy before it’s over so I kick it up a notch and push real hard. Hey, that worked. Im pumped. I’ll accept that as a quality workout. Weighed myself too. Well, well… back down to 141. Great. All in all it was a good day once I got rollin’.  Of course the day went fast so I headed out to the halloween bash. No one knew when I was coming so when I showed up they didnt know who was under the creepy mask. Worked out good till I started gropin the girls, that ruined my disguise, killed the hidden identity right away. Good party tho. Then some dude shows up at about 1AM with a whole bunch of boxes. It was…. pizza. Someone passed me a slice. I refused it and said "I dont want none of that shit" Then the peer pressure started. No one really pressured me but all my peers were eating this shitty, greasy pizza right in front of me. Hey wait a minute, I haven’t had a cheat day this week. OK, I’ll have some! Was it good? Actually it was shitty pizza but it was still pizza and to be honest, yes , it was great. I refused a second piece. Just like a Big Mac, first few bites are great, the rest will make you puke!  And just for the record I’d like to add…. Zambuca jelly shooters are GROSS!!!

So yesterday I was up 4 lbs and today Im down 3 lbs, cool. Im gonna take advice I got from someone on here (you know who you are!) and Im not going to worry about it. If it goes up and down, no big deal as lung as it’s now too far out of wack. OK, back to my steak 

4 lbs, wtf? A week ago I was 4 lbs less. Cant tell me that 2 beer, cake, natchos and cheezies did that to me, can you? I’ll take another weight this Friday and see where I’m at. Doesnt look like I gained 4 lbs. Thats it though, where did I gain it?

And since I havent had a cheat day this week, I indulged. Couldnt say no to the birthday cake, love the icing. You know, the icing thats screaming "sugar/fat" as you’re swallowing it. Not that it concerns me, I rarely cheat because I dont get the urge to. But between the cake, natchos. cheesies and a few Corona… I feel like sh*t this morning. Actually by the time I got home last nite I felt like I was going to toss it all. I didnt tho. Junk food doesnt taste as good as it used to. Id rather have a steak or some shrimp, hey wait a second… Im getting hungry. Gatta go, later……. thx for readin!

OK, this seems to be workin good. Made the switch to freeweights recently and it feels good. Hard to explain but it’s much better pump compared to workin the machines. Squeezing in dumbells where I can. My form’s good and my balance with the dumbells isnt a problem for me at all. Im doin alot better than I thought I’d be at this time. Havent takin my weight or anything else since the last time i posted it on the graph. Update comin up soon. Stay tuned

Man they kill me, the rubber feeling you get when you work them hard. I love it though. Are we all suckers for punishment? I’d have to think so. Thats kinda twisted but in a good way. It’s keepin me out of trouble. For once I found something thats fun AND healthy, Imagine that!

Im down another pound… 141 as of yesterday

Wow I feel awesome today. I used body parts yesterday I never knew I had. Im sore but it’s the ‘right’ kinda sore. Goin in a few hours to indulge in a good, energy sucking leg workout.  Im so amazed at how my strength has increased since i started conditioning 10 weeks ago. Ive trippled all my weight in most exercises. And thats without cheating. Im paying alot of attention to proper form. Utilizing my timing, really hitting on the contractions, makin sure im not too long in between sets. As I said, my Ipod is a big help. People know I have my tunes cranked so aside from a friendly ‘wave’ they dont expect chit chat out of me till im done. I better get off this damn puter and go get some creatine like I had planned. Haha… I love it. Get outta my way, I got work to do !

Later People