Raashid’s BodyBlog

Not tha I’m the only one who ever took up bodybuilding, in fact judging by Nasser El Sonbaty it’s no hindrance as such.
I’m talking about the hassle of the specs themselves.  In my haste to get out of work and straight to the gym I forgot to put my contact lenses in and didn’t have any in my bag.  So I get a workout with the annoying frames jerking and slipping down my nose over each rep.  On top of that, colleagues are saying my specs make me look like Gok Wan (disgusting!) or better, Dean Cain (Superman yaaay!).  Nerds just get it in the neck whether they have a great body or not!

Yes I know, makes me sound like a right scrooge bah humbug and all that.  ANy normal person loves the Xmas holiday period.  But there’s the rub - bodybuilders are no normal people.  If we were we’d be happy to be stuffing ourselves with chocolate cake all week and add an extra inch to our midriffs and then make a resolution to get fit in the new year, which would last all of a week!
Actually, I liked the time off work of course, in the UK we get 3 extra days off (my last job gave us the entire week!) but as any bodybuilder knows, the workouts are all important and of course the gym’s opening hours are erratic over that period.  You’d think working in the fitness business they’d understand how we feel and stay open as normal!
Anyway, I’m glad that from tomorrow I can stick to my proper training regime, I have 2 months to get ripped before I head to Brazil and it’s sunny beaches!