Pov-Rev’s BodyBlog

Had physical today, officially weighed in at 327lbs, down 33lbs from 360lbs 5 months ago.  Real excited about that. Talked to DR about my episode two weeks ago when I got dizzy and was having chest pain during my workout.  He said that my blood sugar probably just dropped too much during my workout, which is pretty much what I was thinking from what others have told me and the fact that I didn’t eat as much as I should have that day, was just too busy at work.  Real excited to get into the gym today, getting real distracting and don’t wanna be at work right now. LOL.

Worked out last night for the first time since having the problems after my workout last time.  It went really well. I didn’t have any of the problems like from my last workout.  Been a week an a half since and all I have been doing is riding the recumbent and was really nice to get back to the weights.  Last episode really freaked me out.  I have a scheduled physical on the 30th, sucks that it takes so long to get one though.  I wonder if I should have gone in to the DR when it first happened….

I was tired and stressed out yesterday and didn’t want to work out but I forced myself to since I wasn’t able to on monday.  It started fine and didn’t push myself because it had been a little while since I worked out last.  I did my squats, leg ext, leg curls and then started my sholders but only ended up doing db flys and presses, by the time I was done with my last set of flys I was started having some chest pain and was getting really dizzy and was having trouble walking straight. I went over to a bench and sat down for a minute to try and rest but it didn’t seem to help and decided I was done.  So I stumbled into the locker room and had a hell of a time focusing on getting the damn combo into my combo lock, finally got the dang thing off grabbed my S*** and did my best to walk straight  and not stumble to much out to my car.  When I got to my car I sat down and about passed out, all the sounds around me started to sound really far away.

Luckly I didn’t, and after a moment I felt like I could drive so I drove home.  I got home and started walking into the house and as I came in the door I got so shaky and dizy that I would have fallen if I didn’t grab the door handle.  Finally made it to the couch with the help of my wife and little girl and stayed there till I was stable enough to walk to the shower with the help of my wife.  After that I just laid in bed till almost 9pm.  Now a day later most of it has passed except the shakes and a slight feeling of unsteadyness.  Freaked me out enough to where I am going in for a physical.  I havn’t had one for a long time.  UGGGGGGGGGG……….

I am 5lbs lighter even after camping and missing workouts for 4 days. I kept my diet very clean but am a little worried that some of it was muscle…. Needed to get progress pics and my workouts posted just haven’t had time, work, family time, and working out have pretty much taken up most of my time. Will get stuff on this weekend since we are not going camping again.

I missed my morning workout on Wednesday morning because I was up late working on some new code for a customer, was unable to make it up last night because I was packing for our next camping trip to southern Utah.  Will be leaving today and will miss working out for the rest of the week, but will do my best keep my diet clean(No marshmallows for me!) and come back Monday ready to rock and roll!

This post isn’t so much about me it is about my wife. Today my wife let me know today that she has reached a weight loss total of 20lb and she is really excited. I am really excited for her and I am so proud of her.  If not for her I probably would have never started working out again and be on the road to being able to live life and not just exist. I love her so much and am so proud of her.

Did good today, squats went up and was very happy with how well I did them, kept good form until the last 2 reps on my last set. I think I found the weight that I am going to work with for a few weeks before I try to go up again. I get an awesome pump in this weight range for my squats and it is just enough weight to have me have to push hard on my last few reps. DAMN I LOVE IT! SQUATS ROCK!

Now just off topic for a sec, what in the hell is wrong with kids today…I walk into the locker room just after working out and there were about 8 kids ranging from probably 15-11 making the most damn noise I have ever heard. Well I just walk up to my locker doing my best to ignore them and started changing to go shower and then to the pool when I look up and one of the bigger kids walks up to one of the smaller kids and said, "What you like the Steelers?" and then slugs the poor little kid in the gut hard enough to knock the wind out of the poor kid, make him fall down and cry. I was F***ing pissed off, I think mostly because I have my own son and think I automatically put him in the kids spot and my temp rose to a boil. I stood up and walked over to the kid as said, "What the hell is your problem?", kid looking freaked out doesn’t say anything. I said, "Do you like picking on kids smaller than you?", kid says "No". I said, "Then why did you just hit him?", "Does it make you feel big and strong?", kid says, "No", now getting tears in his eyes. "Do you realize that you just assaulted him?", "You do know what assault is right, or does your brain not understand that it is wrong and illegal?", kid now about ready to cry, "I didn’t mean to….", I said, "Did they not teach you in school what bullying is?", "Do you realize that I am a witness now and could call the cops and get your ass in trouble, is that what you want, to be a criminal?", kid now starts to cry saying, "No please don’t do that I promise not to do it again", I said, "Then leave the smaller kids alone, don’t bully or pick on other kids and you won’t have problems like this, do you understand?", "Otherwise I am turning your ass in and you can tell your parents what happened when the cops call them and tell them to come get you.", kid crying says "Yes, I promise."

I turned around to the other kid and asked him if he was going to be alright and he said ,"Yeah". I said "OK". and he said "Thanks".
I just don’t understand why another person would treat someone else that way just freaking pissed me off. GRRRRRRRRRRRR.
Went and swam a little to cool down……

Here is my workout.
Barbell Squat
#1 115×15
#2 175×12
#3 205×12
#4 225×12

Leg Extensions
#1 100×12
#2 120×10
#3 140×8

Lying Leg Curls
#1 100×12
#2 120×10
#3 140×8

Seated Barbell Military Press
#1 65×15
#2 85×12
#3 95×12
#4 115×9

Dumbbell Shoulder Press
#1 25×12
#2 35×10
#3 40×8

Side Lateral Raise
#1 15×12
#2 17.5×10
#3 20×8

Upright Barbell Row
#1 65×12
#2 85×10
#3 95×8

Seated Calf Raise
#1 90×15
#2 140×12
#3 160×12
#4 180×12

Today was great I hit a new high of 225lbs on my dead lift and it was without straps and I was totally stoked! I noticed that my forearms are getting stronger because I didn’t have a problem trying to hold on to the bar. Just really excited because I should be able to go even heavier! Probably hit 250-275 by the end of next month! I want to get back up to 300lbs for at least 3 sets of 8 like I was able to do when I was 20 and then possibly see where I can go beyond that!  Also wrote down and looked up the brand and model of tricep press down machine(Life Fitness Fit Series Tricep/Curl Station) that was just showing numbering from 1-21 that was giving me a headache because I wanted to know how much weight I was working with, and found that it’s max weight is 210lbs and since it has only 21 plates I think I am safe in assuming that each plate is 10lbs. Which was pretty cool because I can do all 21 of them with no problem but never knew what the weight was…..though I am pretty surprised because it isn’t that hard….though 210lbs would be harder than it is…. oh well NOW I KNOW YAY!  Also I am noticing something weird, the fat on my stomach used to be pretty stiff like it was pushing out on my skin pretty hard but now has softened way up… and is getting….. well….Kinda Jiggly….weird….

Here is my workout:

Bent Over Barbell Row
#1 85×15
#2 105×12
#3 135×10
#4 135×10

One-Arm Dumbbell Row
#1 35×12
#2 40×10
#3 50×8

Triceps Pushdown
#1 100×12
#2 150×10
#3 210×8

Incline Barbell Triceps Extension
#1 85×15
#2 105×12
#3 105×12

Stiff-Legged Barbell Deadlift
#1 105×15
#2 175×12
#3 195×12
#4 225×12

Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown
#1 80×12
#2 120×10
#3 130×8

Next week will be the first week of my 2nd month of working out and I am going to try something interesting that I just came up with for my off / cardio days. It is a new HIIT idea that I might like, will have to see though. I will try it all next month starting on Tuesday of next week and see if I get good results. Seems like it could be fun or a killer on recovery LOL just have to see.

This was a forced, at home workout, man I was tired and didn’t have the intensity that I usually have.  I didn’t get as good of a workout as I do at the gym on my chest because I don’t have dumbbells so I had to use the barbell on both exercises.  It just felt kinda crappy, didn’t feel the pump I usually feel in the gym on my chest.  Bleh…………….Hate workouts like this, just had to push it out because if I didn’t I just don’t have any other time to do it this week.

Barbell Bench Press - Medium Grip
#1 95×15
#2 135×12
#3 155×12
#4 165×12

Barbell Incline Bench Press - Medium Grip
#1 60×12
#2 95×10
#3 105×8

Barbell Curl
#1 55×15
#2 75×12
#3 95×12

EZ-Bar Curl
#1 85×10
#2 85×10
#3 85×8

Crunches
#1 20
#2 20

Oblique Crunches
#1 20
#2 20

Reverse Crunch
#1 20
#2 20