Reemy’s BodyBlog

Another weekend is gone! Things are looking up lately. My rear delt/rhomboid strain is gone, and my elbow tendinitis is much better. I give it 2 more weeks. It’ll be nice to get back to pounding the biceps , weighted pull-ups, and bent over rows. I had to sacrifice all those things because of those injuries. Luckily, it wasn’t too serious and hopefully I’ve learned my lesson.

  I started playing in a basketball league on Sunday.   We beat this team 105 to 35. I didn’t have to do too much since their guard play was horrible. I did see some faces from the past on other teams, and it’s going to get more difficult very soon. Watching the other teams got me motivated to start doing cardio and pull out the plyometrics. I want to be able to bring my game out on a high level, and lock some dudes up on D.  We have some strong, quick dudes out there. Got to see some folks get dunked on too, and I am not trying to be one of them.

I was off work today, so I got up and ran 5 miles.  I chugged a 40g protein shake with Barleans greens and hit the road.  I haven’t jogged in so long, and this added weight does not help.  I’m no where near my normal pace, but I wasn’t as bad as I thought I would be. A few more times and I’ll be golden. I never get to out of shape to where it’s extremely difficult to get back.  Usually, I’m back up to par with two weeks of running.

I have to definintely get my carbs up now, because I will mess around and lose weight easily. After my little 40 minute escapade, I ate my 4 servings of Oatmeal and 3 yolks and 9 whites scrambled. Three Hours later, I had a 60 g protein shake and 4 more servings of oats. At 6:30, I’ll eat some fish and 2 medium sized sweet potatoes, string beans, and a salad. At 8pm, I’ll drink another shake, and eat 2 rice cakes. At 10pm,  I may eat some chicken, string beans and a salad depending on how hungry I feel, and then maybe I’ll drink another shake at 12:30am. Did I tell you how much I hate eating! Shoot, I have to eat all this just to keep up with my damn strong ass workout partners.

Hopefully, all this added eating well translate over to intensity when I hit the gym tonight. I’m going to quit being lazy and hit abs and core first. Gotta get them back popping, plus I want to increase my deads and squat very soon. Oh..my food is done heating up. See  you later…………………..

Hard to believe that it is already July 11th.  Summer is flying!!!  I’m still on the fence about competing at Monster Mash in October. I admit it!  I have been really lazy on calves and abs lately. I haven’t done cardio in like a month and a half.  I was hitting the stair stepper hard to see if I can get the striations in the booty. LOL. 

I just got invited to play in a basketball league soon, so I’ll get back on the horse next week.  This weekend, I’m going to relax and maybe pull out the pencils and draw. I had been burnt out lately and had to scale things back.  For 3 months straight, I had been eating 4 servings of oatmeal,  2 yolks and 10 whites scrambled with 5 oz of turkey for breakfast.  3 hours later, I came back and ate another 4 servings of oatmeal and a 60 gram protein shake mixed with Barlean’s Greens and cod liver oil. I had 3 other meals of either tilapia, meatloaf, or steak with sweet potato,green beans, and a small salad.  I also managed to sqeeze a 60g protein shake again with two rice cakes inbetween those 3 somewhere. I didn’t eat any starchy carbs after 7pm, where as before I did the show,  I would carbs all the way up to 11pm.    My strength went up tremendously, and I was still able to keep my bodyfat low. This is the heaviest I’ve ever been without using creatine. I can’t see how you guys can get over 200lbs.

Eating that much damn Oatmeal was starting to wear on me!  I’m only 182lbs, and probably a natural 160lber. It probably does’t help that I make it with distilled water and no seasoning or preservatives, huh? Unfortunately, my candiases has flared up a little because of the excess carbs and protein. I kinda fell off with the supplements that I should be taking though, and my water intake could be better. I’ll make those tweaks shortly.   I started changing  a few things around. I’m definitely going to have to get more carbs at my fourth  and fifth meal if I want to continue to grow. Sometimes I think "is it really worth it?"  Then I look on Bodyspace and see all the great physiques, and start eating.

I went to watch a powerlifting meet last week, and got there just in time to catch the deadlift.  Learned a lot cool things on form and technique from being nosey. It was cool because I got to see first-hand how important form is in moving as much weight as you can.  Obviously, the people that didn’t sit back enough had problems with the heavier weight, because they would use more lower back than legs. You could easilly point out if they would get a certain weight up or not.  This one guy who weighed about 290 was the best.  He had really good hip flexibility and sat back in it well.  That allowed him to get good drive through his legs. I noticed how aggresive the guys with successful lifts were.  In contrast, I saw a guy totally sike himself out of a lift. Overall it was great to see people smash state and personal bests.  Fun times. Fun times.

Up until this point, I’ve been working out at a Health club, and I’d like to think that I’ve done a fairly good job.  I’ve been able to overcome the lack of bodybuilding equipment for some time. The scowls that you get from old people if  you drop a weight  or deadlift, are never very welcoming either.   I work out with a group of guys now, and they convinced me to join World’s Gym.  I love this place!  It’s a no non-sense weightlifter/powerlifter type place. It just screams motivation!   There are posters of Arnold and other bodybuilders everywhere, and there are more people with the same kind of goals that I am  trying to  achieve. It’s nice to be around other Brothers of Iron.

For years, I haven’t had a military press bench, and feel that my shoulder developement has suffered because of that. There are actually 3 power racks, 3 military benches, and a chest flye/rear delt machine that is my new favorite.  There is also a donkey calve raise, standing calve raise, and seated raise.  I might get a decent pair of calves out of this just yet. This is also the first time I’ve ever had a hack squat machine! I’m like a little kid in there. My energy level has risen tremendously just from the change in atmosphere.