ShreddedOne’s Blog.

It’s been almost one month since I set up my profile on bodyspace.  I’m trying to decide if I should take and post progress pictures or if I should wait.  I’m trying to decide if I should do progress photos every month, 3 months, or 6 months.  OR not at all?  I want there to be noticeable differences between progress pics and I don’t know if 1 month has made that much of a visible difference.

I also made a a couple short term goals who’s due dates are coming up.  By August 1st, I wanted to get my bench to 200 lbs and my bodyfat down to 9%.  I’ve made progress, but I don’t think I’ll reach either of those goals.  That doesn’t really bother me because I never set due dates BEFORE I was on body space.  I set intermediate goals and I reached them when I reached them.  I don’t care WHEN I reach them as long as it doesn’t take FOREVER.

That is all.

You’re right on, thanks for the comment.  "blah" is exactly how I would describe the last two days .. . just blahhhhh.  However, I DID manage to get in a good workout today.  Like I said, I was p*ssed off!  I was sick of underperforming, because I know I’m better than that.  So I got in 40 sets.  DB Curls, EZ Bar curls, Bench Dips, DB Kickbacks, DB Overhead Extensions, Wide Grip Pullups, BB Bentover Row, BB Shrugs.  [That’s 2 exercises for biceps, 3 for triceps, and 3 for back (I count traps as back; I know SOME consider traps to be shoulders)]  It’s no PRO bodybuilder’s workout.  I know there are a million guys on here who do more sets than me, but I feel pretty good about it.  SOME DAY, I WILL do 80 sets in a day .. . . that’s probably about a year off . . . or more, but I DO expect to be doing that eventually as my strength and endurance increase.  That will be a great day indeed.

Anyway, 40 sets today so I’ll be taking tomorrow off.  AH!  I get to eat Fuddrucker’s tomorrow.
Hope everybody is doing well.

Alright, after writing that last blog entry, I’m p*ssed off.  I’m ticked.  I’m gonna workout today, and I’m gonna kick *ss.  There’s no way I’m gonna wimp out of another workout for the third day in a row.  I don’t care how tired or weak I feel.  I’m gonna workout, and I’m gonna kick *ss whether my body likes it or not.  I’m tired of this.  Enough.

I’ve tried working out the last couple days, Sunday and Monday, but I’ve felt drained each time.  I start lifting and I’m just WEAK!  So in the last couple days, I’ve only managed to do a few sets of curls and pullups.  I’m hoping I’ll feel better today so I can get in a decent workout.  I suppose it’s possible I’ve overtrained and my body needs a little time to rest and rebuild. Or I’m just a weak pathetic girrrrrly man.  I’ll try again today and see how it goes.

Peace out!

Didn’t work out yesterday.  Spent the first half of the day with my girlfriend, then went to work.  Went to bed at 2 am for the second night in a row!  Not good.  Oh well.
Worked out today, early afternoon.  Benchpress, Pullups, EZ Bar Curls close grip, Dips, DB Curls.  Good pump and burn.  When I get back from work tonight, I’ll do Shrugs, Bentover Rows, DB Flys, and Squats (because I NEVER work my legs!).  Feeling pretty good.

Hope everyone’s doing well and having a good day.

Got in a workout last night.  I didn’t have much time and had to cut it short, but it was still pretty good.  I got a good pump and burn.  I expect that means I’ll get results.  Biceps and Triceps.  18 Sets.

I finally got below 10% a few days ago. . ..  Now, I need to get down to 9%.

I set a short term goal and the deadline is coming up soon.  The goal is to increase my benchpress one rep max to 200.  I’ve made gains since I set the goal, but I dunno if I’ll meet the deadline.  We shall see.

I REALLY feel like I should be in class.  Good grief, I’m jonesing for some school!!!  Gimme some school!!!  What the hell is wrong with me?!  LOL.  I wish this retarded summer would just end, so I can get back into class.  (I’ve been out of SMU for the last few years . . . did some growing up . . . SO READY to get BACK into school!)  AAHAHAHHAAHAAAAAAAAAHH!!!!! B.S.F.A. baby!!!!  Go Mustangs!!!  Ahhhhhhh!!!!

Alright, I’m freaking out.  Time to step away from the keyboard for awhile.

Ah it hurts.  I worked out the chest and back yesterday, and I’m feeling it now.  My lats and my pecs are SORE.  I’ll make sure I get protein and glutamine . .. give them time to rest and grow.

What else what else???  Well I must admit I goofed a little.  I mean it’s not THAT bad, but I’d be better off if I hadn’t done it.  I ate some godiva chocolates.  That’s a few hundred calories of fat and sugar that I didn’t need.  If I hadn’t had the chocolates, then I could have had healthy protein instead.  Oh well.  I’ve had chocolates like, what, twice, in the last, 4 months?  Anyway, I don’t like doing that.  .. . I believe in trying to eat right ALL THE TIME, every time.  You are what you eat. I don’t believe in scheduled cheat meals or cheat days.  I hate that idea actually.  I know it’s popular with many people, but I don’t like it.  It’s okay to cheat every now and then. . . . but to schedule it???  What if the cheat day comes and I don’t WANT to cheat???  Should I?  Heck no.  So I cheat sometimes .. .  but it’s less often than once a week.  It may be twice a week or once a month. . .. blah blah blah
What else?  I’m dying to get back into school.  I mean what the heck?  I don’t like pissing away all this time when I could be accomplishing something.  I’m taking summer classes from now on.  There’s NO reason to sit around for 3 months while my brain rots.  I could be making progress toward my degree instead of sitting here on my *ss in neutral WAITING for something to happen.  Good grief.  SOME people may like to go out and party, but this is almost torture for me.  I’m in purgatory.  I NEED to be making progress!   Weird.  I wasn’t like this before .. . I guess this is the new me.  The old me didn’t mind sitting around .. . doing nothing.  The new me is freaking out.  I NEED to accomplish things.  I NEED to make progress.  IN EVERYTHING.  Mind and body .. .

Alright .. rambling again.  .time to go.

I’ve been trying to upload old weight and bodyfat data to the website, but it’s frozen my computer at least 10 times now.  That can’t be good for my computer.  This upsets me.  Now, to top it off, the weight graph looks like !#@$ because the weight range (the y axis) goes from like 180 all the way down to zero.  I don’t know WHY it changed.  At first it was something like 180 to 140 and the graph looked pretty cool.  NOW, because it’s such a huge range, the line looks almost flat.  I don’t know WHY the y axis changed.  I don’t think I have the ability to change it.  And ALSO, NOW when I click on the graph to enlarge it, instead of opening up in that little window, it just opens up  . .. . in a regular window.  Anybody know what I’m talking about?

Fix it!  I’m not adding anymore of my old data until it stops crashing my computer.  That’s gotta be F&^%ing up my computer.  No other websites are freezing my computer. . . .  the rest of bodyspace is okay. . .  it’s just that page when I’m trying to upload data to the calender.  Fix it so it stops freezing my computer!  Fix the weight range on my graph!  Fix it Fix it Fix it!  (Seriously, if YOUR computer crashed over 10 times, then you’d be a little ticked off too.)

Other than that. . . ..  .. .  I’m gonna try to get in a GOOD workout tomorrow.  I’ll split it up.  Morning and evening.  I’ll try to do around 50 sets when all is said and done.  . .. . .  I know I’m going to work my chest and back .  . . . . dunno what else. .

FIX IT YOU $#%$@$%$%@$%@#$%@$#%@#%$s! My graph looks like #@$Q and you’re killing my computer!

I checked my bodyfat last night, and saw that I’ve gotten down to 9.7%.  That’s great, but I lost weight.  I don’t WANT to lose weight.  I WANT to gain muscle mass, but after a year of dieting and losing weight, after being so fat, I guess it’s hard to get myself to eat EXTRA calories.  I KNOW I need a caloric surplus to gain muscle, but I have trouble eating extra calories regularly because I’m afraid those extra calories will turn into FAT and not muscle. . . am I making any sense?

I’m in a fat/weight loss mode.  And I need to get into a muscle/weight GAINING mode.  But I KNOW there’s no way to gain a lot of muscle mass without gaining fat TOO.  The idea of GAINING fat  . . .  . . . nu uh  . .I can’t do it.   I’m just gonna work out hard, eat healthy, and try to make sure I get a reasonable amount of calories each day, and see what happens.

I’ve been keeping records of my body weight and fat for over a year, way before I knew about bodyspace.  So, I’m going back through my records and putting them on here.  I’ve made it all the way back to October of 2006 when I was 153 pounds and 13.9% body fat.  But when I started out over a year ago, I was about 186 pounds and 25.6% bodyfat.   I lost most of my fat by eating healthier and living better, and I started lifting semi-seriously a couple months ago to try and get this last bit of fat off and to gain some solid mass, bring out more definition, cuts, get shredded.  (I weigh less than a lot of the girls on here and that’s just sad.)  At first, just getting rid of all the fat and getting lean was good enough for me, but THEN I realized that, yeah I might be lean, but I was a lean WEAK person.

blah blah blah I’m rambling.

Rock on.

Went grocery shopping today.  Got Olives, Sun Dried Tomatoes, Spinach, Green Beans, Hearts of Artichoke, Organic no-stir Peanut Butter, Nature’s Own Double Fiber Wheat Bread, Grapefruits, Bananas, Blueberries, Salmon, and Tuna.  THIS is why I’m lean and healthy.  lol.  I need to buy some more muscle milk and some Syntha 6.

While I was working out yesterday, I mixed up some protein powder to drink during and after my workout.  I mixed one serving (two scoops) of muscle milk chocolate and HALF a serving (half a scoop) of Syntha6 together.  It tasted GREAT!!!!!  Mixed very well.

One serving of muscle milk (350 calories) + half a serving of Syntha6 (100) calories = 450 calories.  21 grams of fat (9 of it saturated), 13.5 grams carbs (7 of it sugar), and 43 grams of Protein.  Maybe a little higher in fat and sugar than many would prefer.  Tasted great, that’s all I’m sayin’.

I started the morning with CytoGainer, then had a banana and peanut butter, I just had muscle milk ..  I’m going to do some curls and dips and yada yada yada before I go to work.

I’m on page 300 of (okay 298) of Arnold’s book (new encyclopedia. . . . ) 500 pages to go!  I NEED to read Atlas Shrugged . . . AFTER Arnold’s Book.

Gotta go or I won’t have time to workout.