Red_Cobra’s BodyBlog

I’ve been doing laps for the past couple of weeks on my off days and I’m just wondering if this is going to help or hamper any of my gains?

Today I’m proud to say that in 1 year’s time that I’ve been working out I’ve gained 26 pounds, and in the past six months that I’ve been training and dieting seriously I’ve gained 16 pounds of mostly lean muscle mass.  I’ve still got 8% body fat so I’m happy with it!  My goal is to hit 175 by the next year which means I’ll have to gain 11 pounds by years end! It’s going to be tough, but I’m ready for it so wish me luck!

had a great chest workout today!  Everything went according to plan and I pushed myself really hard, but in the end, I ended up with a blood blister!  No big deal, but I accidentally pinched my finger between a dumbbell and the bench.  I thought I was gonna bleed on everything, but luckily it didn’t!

I am physically and mentally exhausted.  I did my back and tris yesterday and that went great, and added to that I’m a team leader at my church camp, which is more tiring than you might expect.  I gotta hand it to the women, carrying those kids everywhere is murder on your back, especially if you’re sore from the day before!  I’ve got chest and biceps tomorrow so I’m super excited for that!

Well I read some of this book, and I have to say this thing is crap.  Luckily I didn’t have to pay for it or else I would’ve been pissed as hell right about now.  He basically believes that you should be performing 15 minute workouts every other day doing only two exercises for 24 sets.  I couldn’t imagine holding down two pieces of equipment in my gym for 15 minutes let alone looking like a raving lunatic going back and forth between the two every ten seconds.  Weird book….

Well my leg workout was yesterday and everything went great.  Had fun and got a lot accomplished.  My leg press was a killer and so were my lunges, but I made it out alive!  ONe thing that I found very interesting was that I was alone in the gym except for one other guy.  He looked like a beginner because he was curling about 15 pounds and was obviously having a hard time with it.  The one thing I didn’t get was he then grabbed 55 pound dumbbells for his bench press.  Now, I thought it was a little strange that someone who can barely curl 15 pounds should be bench pressing that much.  Needless to say I was right, and the guy only pushed out three reps and they were some of the worst I’ve ever seen.  However, he kept doing it!  I didn’t get, because he obviously wasn’t happy with his workout, yet he continued with it.  At one point I was asking if the guy needed help because it was looking so bad!  It’s sad because he was a nice guy and I wanted to tell him he was doing everything wrong, but he had his headphones on, so he couldn’t exactly hear me.  Oh well.

Just got this book called Muscle logic and was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on it or have tried it and would be willing to share any experience about it.  It is written by Charles Staley and emphasizes the EDT system.  I got it on a free trial and was just wondering if it’s worth my time or not.  Thanks!

Today’s my off day which I love!  I’m still excited to go for legs and abs tomorrow, but my right calf is in pain, so I hope it’ll be better by tomorrow.  Surprisingly, my chest is till sore which means I must’ve had a damn good chest workout Wednesday!  

Well I had an amazing chest and arms workout yesterday.  Was able to make a lot of progress and had fun doing it.  Then, I woke up this morning and felt the pain.  My chest is really sore, which is good, but it still sucks! Tomorrow is my day off and I might go swimming tonight because my diet was piss poor today.  I’ll be working on legs and abs Saturday.

Started things off with a 30 minute walk/jog/run.  Then, followed it up with deadlifts, rows, lat pulldowns, etc. Back feels great as well as tris.  I’m exhausted and can’t wait for Wednesday which is Chest day!!