ShreddedOne’s Blog.

Purple Wraath.  Dripping with sweat.  37 Sets.  About an hour.  Good pump and vascularity.  Biceps Triceps Chest Back.  Feeling good.

Hope all of you are doing well.  That is all.

I took some purple wraaaaath yesterday, but I was too tired to work out.

Took some purple wraath today.  Worked out.  Wasn’t impressed.  I did 12 sets of curls, 12 sets dips, 5 sets machine flys, 3 sets wrist curls.  32 total sets.  Kinda swollen, kinda vascular, but not that great.  I’ve had better pumps with no Xplode, NO shotgun, and Trac Extreme NO, AND with a combo of redline and pump rtd.  While I was dealing with A1nutrition’s BS and then waiting for my Bodybuilding.com order, I combined Redline RTD and Pump RTD.  Worked pretty well.

Alright that’s all.  Bubye.

I got my order today.  Delivered around 1 pm.  5 lbs tub of ON Gold Standard Whey.  2.39 lbs tub of purple WRAAAAAATH.  I’m looking forward to the purple wrath.  I’m going to take some in a little while and get in a work out.

Bodybuilding.com’s store was awesome.  Good quick service.  Great experience and I will definitely be shopping there again.

I wanna be BIG!

So apparently my arms are small, and I’m p*ssed.  I’m going to focus on my biceps and triceps (and traps because I think they could also use a little work) for the next few weeks and see if I can’t make some progress.

Tonight I did about 35 total sets, 12 various curls, 8 dips,6 shrugs, 3 front press, 6 rows.

rested last night.

night before, did about 37 total sets bunch of stuff.  Ah fine I’ll list it.  3 sets chest fly, 3 shrugs, 12 curls, 8 dips, 3 sets triceps pull down or whatever, 8 sets pull ups.  that should add up to 37 unless I missed something.

night before THAT I rested.

worked out 3 nights in a row before THAT.

blah blah blah . ..  focusing on arms.

Purple wrath should arrive tomorrow.  It feels like christmas.  I’m jonesing to try this purple wrath.

Need to correct my last post.  The order did NOT ship on Sunday.  It shipped Monday.  Expected delivery on Wednesday.

I measured my arms.  12.75"  Depressing.  It looks like almost everybody has bigger arms than me.  That sucks.  I wanna be big.  I dunno if people are being dishonest or if they’re measuring when they’re flexed or if they really are bigger than me.  This sucks.  I’ll work on it.  Maybe I’m a hard gainer, maybe it’s just because I’m not eating enough to gain.

All for now.  Hope everyone is doing well.

I placed an order on the website for the first time.  I gotta say I am VERY impressed so far.  I got a shipment confirmation in less than 24 hours (I think it was something like 12 hours) from the time I ordered.  I wasn’t thinking my order would ship on a Sunday, but it did.  I used to shop at A1Nutrition.com, until recently when I learned that they SUCK balls.  I got burned TWICE by them.  I warned them after the first time I’d never shop there again if they screwed me over again, and they burned me again.  A1Nutrition’s loss (thousands of dollars) is bodybuilding.com’s gain.

Anyway, compared to A1Nutrition.com, bodybuilding.com’s prices are competitive.  The shipping is less expensive.  And the shipping is MUCH faster.   Bodybuilding.com’s website actually says if something is in stock or not.  And it would appear that, if an item is on backorder, it’s only for a couple days.  On A1Nutrition.com, it could take weeks or a month (I know from experience) and they don’t communicate with you!  AND they charge you before they’ve even shipped the order!

So anyway, I ordered from Bodybuilding.com for the first time, purple wrath, shaker cup, 5 lbs Optimum Nutrition Whey, and I gotta say so far I am very impressed.  Now, let’s see if I actually get the order in 2-3 days like the website says.  (A1Nutrition ALWAYS took at least a week, and THAT’S if they had the order in stock.)

So far,

Communication:  MUCH better.

Shipping:  Much faster and costs LESS.  Faster shipping for less money!

Prices:  Competitive.

Bonus:  They throw in a free gift with the order.  ( I chose a second shaker cup)

Way cool, guys.

I hope everybody’s doing well.

I guess it’s just one of those times when a lot of things aren’t going so well.  I won’t get into all the details of my personal life, but let’s just say . . . things are a little rough.  I’ll work through it.  It’s okay.
ANYWAY, here’s a review!  Read it!
CytoSport, the maker of Muscle Milk, Cyto Gainer, and Fast Twitch, has a relatively new product out called CytoSport PROtein.  It’s a "fruit flavored" whey protein drink.  Think, gatorade, but WITH protein and WITHOUT the carbs.  I’ve had this at least 10 times now, long enough to notice patterns.  It would seem that everytime I drink the stuff it upsets my stomach.  It makes me feel nauseous.  On at least two occasions, including tonight, I have burped up in my mouth during my workout.  The Watermelon flavor is much too sweet.  It’s unpleasant to drink.  All three flavors I’ve tried are too sweet, but the Watermelon is easily the worst, extremely syrupy, leaving a nasty film in my mouth when I drink it.  The Tropical flavor, green in color, actually tastes alright, but still upsets my stomach.  I think all CytoSport would need to do to remedy this is cut down on the artificial sweetener.  Then it wouldn’t be so syrupy, and, I suspect, it wouldn’t hurt my stomach anymore.  In addition, CytoSport may actually cut the cost of production a little by using less sweetener per unit, potentially increasing their profit margin.  Hear that CytoSport?  Improve your product AND increase profits.  Think about it.
Pros:  It’s 40 grams of whey protein isolate, 160 calories.  Good during or post workout.

Cons:  Nasty.  Hurts Stomach.  Way Too Sweet.

Verdict:  I don’t care how much protein it has and how low in calories it is.  If it tastes nasty, HURTS my stomach, makes me burp up, and hampers my workout, then I’m not drinking it.  That’s right people.  I’m not drinking the stuff ever again, unless I hear that CytoSport has made some changes.

All for now.

I was going through old photos a few days ago and found one of me when I was fat.  Sad.  There was a time in my life when I would allow myself to look like that.  =(

The pic was from February of 2006.  Not That long ago.  A year and a half ago.  Anyway, I posted it so now I have a before pic up.

Now, I’m off to Vitamin Shoppe and the weight room.  Then I have to STUDY.

Hope you’re all doing well.

Checked my body comp tonight.  I took three readings.  They ranged from 10.1% to 9.9% bodyfat.  Much better.  Still up from my previous low and my goal of 8%, but pretty good and I have things back under control.  I have more lean mass than I’ve had in a long time (about 120 lbs) and I weigh about 139lbs total. Pretty good.  I think I’d like to be around 140 lbs and 8%.  We’ll see.  I may want to up my weight to 145 and lower bodyfat to 5 or 6%, but first things first.
I ordered some PURPLE WRATH tonight.  I’m psyched about that.  I’ve read good things.
Last night was 8 sets of pull ups, 10 sets dips, 4 sets DB curls, 4 sets Preacher curls, 7 sets EZ Bar Curls, 5 sets wrist/forearm curls.   33 sets total.  In an hour and 15.  oorah.