ShreddedOne’s Blog.

Everyday is a gift.  I’m happy to be alive.  I didn’t get home from work until 11 pm . . . .. holy cr*p! . ..  but that’s okay.  May day was pretty good.  And my life is great.

I got in a workout earlier today (rested yesterday) Just 23 sets.  I could have and would have done more but I was running short on time.  I still think I did enough to stimulate growth.  Benchpress, Pull ups, DB curls, EZ Bar Curls (close grip), Bentover Lateral Raises, Behind the neck Press (military press but behind the head).  So that was Pecs, Traps, Lats, Delts, Biceps, and some incidental Triceps work.  Feeling good seeing striations in my chest and delts, lots o’ veins. . . good times.  I’ll try to get in a better workout  . .. . tomorrow?  ARMS, CORE.

Hope everybody is doing very well.

Today was a pretty good day.  Ate clean (like I almost always do) and got in a pretty good workout.  39 sets today.  Upper Arms, Forearms, and Abs.  I could have gone longer . . . but it was getting late and I don’t want to OVERTRAIN.  I’ll get enough rest and make sure I eat plenty tomorrow.  Then I’ll get in another good Back, Chest, Shoulder workout.  Feelin’ good.

Yesterday . . . I was hungry as heck.  I think it was because of the workout the evening before.  That seems to be the pattern.  Ate a lot but it was pretty clean.  I DID have some mashed potatoes (with 5 ounces of GREAT steak and some green beans) .  I try to stay away from anything potato.  Watched the gay fireman movie . .. . don’t ask.  .. . okay okay okay it was pretty good.  There were some funny parts, but I just don’t like people’s agendas being pushed on me.  I don’t like being told that, if I think something is wrong, then I’m a "pooty head" or I’m "uptight".  Screw you.  You can’t TELL me what to accept or like.  Anyway, I won’t get into that.  This is a BODYBLOG after all.

Good day.  Feeling good.

Rock on.

I just checked my bodyfat and I reached a new low tonight.  10%.  I’ve never got a reading that low before.  I’m very happy.  Hooray for Henry.  Okay nobody cares.  I’ll just have a little party here all by myself  . . . paaartttaaaaay  paaarrrrrrrtaaahhhaaaaayyyyyyy.   Oh man I’m a dork.

10%!

I got in my workout earlier this evening, around 6pm.  32 sets total.  I worked on my chest, back, and shoulders, with a little work on my biceps and triceps.  I’ll do a bi, tri, core day tomorrow or the day after.  Anyway, pretty good workout.

According to bodybuilding.com’s one rep max calculator, I have improved a few pounds on my bench and my barbell curl, but I dunno if I believe it.  I’ll update my bodyspace.

I just wish I could get rid of this last bit of fat and get below 10%!!!  Freaking heck I’ve been trying to break this plateau for awhile now and it’s frustrating sometimes.  I’m not really that upset; I’m a patient guy, and I know persistence will get me there sooner or later.  Maybe I’ll run intervals tomorrow.  I haven’t run in awhile.  I don’t run nearly as often as I should. (I’m trying to build muscle mass.)
Alright, I’m rambling and that’s when I know it’s time to stop.  Have a good night people.

Alriiiiight!  Wooooooo!!!  IFL is on tonight.  I’m gonna watch guys beat up each other for two hours while I lift my weights.  I love Mondays.

It’s been a little while since my last post.  I was busy with work.  I ate alright over the weekend . ..  didn’t get in a good workout though.  Friday and Saturday, I didn’t do jack.  Last night, Sunday, I got in a light workout.  I didn’t have much energy Sunday.  Today should be better.

I had no idea it was Friday the 13th.  dunn dunnnn dunnnnnnnnn!!!!

Work today . . . ..  BLAH!  ‘nough said.  Tomorrow’s gonna be a bunch more BLAH!

Well .. .  it wasn’t that bad.  I’m looking forward to my next workout . .. If I do it tomorrow, then it will have to be kinda early in the day (which I don’t do) or LATE at night . .(which I DO do) . . . hmmm  Or, I could rest and wait until Sunday.   Eh . .we’ll see.

It’s late and I need to get some sleep.  Back later . . .

My stomach’s been kinda bothering me.  I’ve felt kinda hungry all day, like no matter how much I eat, I’m still hungry.  "Why could this be?"  I ask myself.  Could be the NO xplode that I took yesterday and today after being off it for a couple weeks.  It could be because my body is craving TONS of calories to build muscle after the 42 sets I did yesterday.  It could have something to do with the core exercises I did yesterday.  It could be a combination of these things.

At any rate, I tried to get in a workout today.  Didn’t do anywhere near what I had planned (only about a third of my planned workout).  I was a little sore and not feeling right like I already mentioned, but I didn’t want to do NOTHING.

4 sets of bench, 4 sets of pull ups, 4 sets lateral raises, 1 set chin ups.  13 sets total.  That’s all.   I got a good burn believe it or not, got my pulse up, got some pump.  I know I stimulated some growth . .so it’s better than nothing, but blah.  Only 1 exercise per muscle group so I did NOT hit the muscles from different angles to get the shape and definition and separation I’d like, but I may get a little mass from it.

Today, my order of CytoGainer and Muscle Milk Powder came in.  Thank goodness!  I’ve been out of my muscle milk for over a week now.  I’ve been using my Syntha6 instead.  I was about to run out of CytoGainer too.  So I was really hurting for this stuff.

I STILL haven’t found a flavor of CytoGainer that’s really GOOD.   The Rocky Road was okay.  The Chocolate Mint was okay.  Now, I’m having the Strawberries and Cream and guess what?  It’s okay.  But if the stuff helps me gain LEAN mass, then it can taste like dooooooky for all I care.  Of course the Muscle Milk powder is pretty dang good.  I’m thinking about switching to Syntha6 and ON for a little while though just for the heck of it.  I’d like to get on more of a pure straight protein powder without all the fat and carbs.

It LOOKS like that last bit of stubborn fat on my lower abdomen is starting to burn off. . . I may have broken through a plateau this week . . . . . fingers crossed.  Even if I get rid of the lower abdomen fat, I STILL have the lower back fat, my weakest point!!!!!  Persistence will pay off though.

I’m telling ya, I can’t wait to get into the SMU weight room again and start hitting the cables .. .  cable crossovers baby!  I wanna target my inner pecs.  I wanna punish them and make them scream.

My life is pretty good.  I live a relatively comfortable life.  I have a good girlfriend that loves me.  She ain’t to bad to look at either I tell you what.  (Sometimes I talk like a hillbilly . .I tell you what.)  I have everything I need.  A roof over my head, a bed to sleep in, transportation, clothes on my back, enough $ to buy a few fun things here and there, I’m finishing my degree, I have my health, the sun that warms my skin and the air that fills my lungs, I have the spirit inside of me, and I know that God loves me.  God doesn’t give me everything I WANT, but he gives me everything I need.  He knows what’s best for me even if I don’t.  He’s always been there for me even in the hardest times.  (And I’ve been through some hard times.)  (Believe me.)  I just wanted to take this opportunity to say "Thank you" publicly.  Thank you for loving me, and forgiving me, and taking care of me, even though I don’t deserve any of it.  Everything you give me, my body, each moment of my life, the roof over my head and the clothing on my back, is a gift I don’t deserve.
Rock on everyone.

Finally did my arms and core.

Broke it up into supersets.

Wide grip EZ Bar curls, Dips 4 times.

Close grip EZ Bar curls, DB Kickbacks 4 times.

DB Curls to the outside, DB overhead extensions 4 times.

Crunches and Hyper-extensions 4 times.

DB Wrist Curls and Reverse DB Wrist Curls 5 times.

Total sets, 42.  12 sets biceps, 12 sets triceps, 8 sets core, 10 sets forearms.  Good pump and burn.  Not sure exactly how long it took but it was pretty fast. . .hour and a half maybe?

What do coral snakes have to do with bodybuilding?  Nothing. I just thought it might get your attention.
I got up this morning at 4:45 am.  Left the house at 5 am.  (Read my last blog entry, I didn’t get to work out last night, didn’t get enough sleep . . .)  Anyway, I went out to the land to check everything after our record rainfall . . . The bridge I built over a little creek was intact, but covered in debris.  The pond was higher / fuller than I’ve ever seen it.  It was huge.  Saw the usual wildlife, deer and stuff. . .  came across a coral snake AGAIN.  Blew it in half with the shotgun.  Took some pictures.  blah blah blah  .  . .enough about all that.  I’ll get on topic.
I had CytoGainer when I woke up, a banana an hour later, a peanut butter sandwich two hours later, spinach and tuna a couple hours after that, and some blue berries and syntha 6 a couple hours after that . . . I’m at about 1650 calories so far today and I’ll eat a couple more times to bring my total to about 2300 - 2500 calories.
My Arm and Core workout is later today.  I read some more of Arnold’s New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding.  I’ve made it to page 206.   There’s some interesting stuff about Ballistic Training, The Flushing Method, Multi-Exercise Sets, The Isotension Principle, Shocking Principle, Forced Reps, Partial Reps, Negative Reps, Instinctive Training . . .a lot of it I already knew, but some of it is new to me.
I’m planning on doing some EZ Bar curls, wide grip and narrow grip, some DB curls, some DB kickbacks, DB overhead extensions, dips, wrist curls, reverse wrist curls, crunches, and "reverse crunches".  That should work right?

What are some more Bicep exercises I can do with free weights?  I know I could do chin ups, but those would work my back and I want to save that for my back day.  So, just curls huh?  Hammer Curls . . I’ll do some of those…. but that’s not REALLY a biceps exercise . .any ideas?

I was angry about 30 minutes ago.  Ya see it’s 11:30 pm.  I have to get up and be out the door by 5 am tomorrow.  So, I’m ALREADY not gonna get enough sleep.  I WANT to work out LIKE I HAD PLANNED, but I know my workout would last a couple hours.  Then, I’d have to wind down after the workout before I could get to sleep.  So, I’d probably get to sleep around 3 am.  I’d get less than 2 hours of sleep, and any muscles I worked out tonight wouldn’t get a chance to recover.  So?  So I have to wait until tomorrow.  If I don’t give my body time to recover, then my workouts aren’t good for anything.
What happened?  I had to wait in line for two hours to save a spot in line for my gf and her family to see a movie screening for a movie I didn’t even want to see.   So, I wait in line for 2 hours, then sit in the theater for another 30 minutes waiting for the movie to start, then watch the movie that lasted  . . . about 2 and a half hours . . . did I mention the 1 hour long drive in rush hour traffic to the theater and the 30 minute drive home??  And I didn’t really want to do ANY of it. That’s over 6 hours BLOWN why???  Because I have a girlfriend!
Sometimes, it’s just better to be single.  If I had been single, I would have stayed home, watched IFL, and worked out.   I would have accomplished something and made some progress.  Why don’t people understand that there are SOME of us that actually like to accomplish something with our time instead of wasting it on some mindless dribble.  I invested so much time tonight FOR NOTHING.  I gave up my workout.  That’s frustrating.  F***

Arms and Core on TUESDAY.

ETA:  And no, I don’t really want to be single.  I love my gf.  That’s the whole reason I blew 6 hours of my life and lost my opportunity to workout.  To make her happy.  I’ll rest now, and workout Tuesday.  STILL TICKS ME OFF THOUGH.