Ranting……..
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.
