SkweRLy’s BodyBlog

Apparently there is a such thing as over training. I have fallen into loving running so much, and the random looks i get from being completely drenched in sweat after 30 minutes on the treadmill that i was burning more muscle than i was putting on. I have been on XNickEdgeX’s ab routine for almost 2 weeks now, which calls for less running, and i have built muscle in my lower abs that i havent been able to get for the past 2 months of my routine. Its awesome. I’m still loving the day to day transformations i see in the mirror. Just the look I am going to get from my girlfriend when i get back home from iraq is a huge motivator.

 also on top of the lower run time, i increased my lifting routine. I was doing the standard 10 reps X 3 sets. Now i am doing a little lighter weight but 15 reps X 4 sets. By that 14-15th rep, holy crap am i feeling the burn. When i leave i can just feel my arms, chest, whatever ready to explode. I highly reccommend it. Not only that I have started a better eating habit. The granola bar rigt when I wake up really boosts my metabolism, and then i try to keep it at small meals the rest of the day. Lost f juice, but mainly water, and I cheat with a coupl sodas here and there.

 But all in all, im feeling better than i ever have, even tho ive ben in good shape most of the time, im just really hitting the tops. I can definately tell my stamina has shot through the roof since my running habits have increased. just a hair over 2 months left to really get my abs ripped before i go home.

I felt like such a pig the other day. My shop’s Warrant Officer and SNCOs bought us pizza for dinner. Well it’s been a while since I had anything that nasty and rather than practice some sefl control I decided to devour a whole pizza. Not only that, but 2 days went by before I decided to get off of my fat slab and hit the gym. Man I felt horrible. That’s cool tho I got it out of my system in the gym today, and I havent gained 30 pounds or anything.

My new shoes still aren’t here and am in dire need of new PT shoes. Mine are falling apart. They have quie a few miles on them here in Iraq alone. I’ve probably put on a couple hundred miles on them just since being here. But hey it happens.

Personal note, shit has just beein hitting the fan lately. All of the small stuff at once and its just snowballing. I would like to go to the gym and work it off, but that just reminds me about my shoes not being here. My computer shot crap so I have to wait till I get to work to use this one. The hard drive is in middle of a sector regenerator, and it has been 4 days now and there still 15 gigs to fix. Its running at about a gig a day. At lease the first 140 gigs were good.

So I’m trying to control my eating and work on portion control and such, but I get so hungry all day after hitting the gym first thing in the morning. I’ll get there. I currently have the least body fat in my shop. The caliper says I’m sitting about about 9% but the tape and online calculator say 10.9%. I feel like im a little over both of those, but then again I don’t know. I am mainly judging that off of how much my abs show, but ome people just don’t have the genetics to completely show abs like others. Speaking of, thanks a lot to XNickEdgeX for a kick ass ab routine. Check out his second blog for eating guidelines and ab routine. It seriously kicks my ass but I love it. We’ll see where I am in a couple months of doing that. I can feel it already.

That should be about it for now. Sorry there won’t be any progress pics updated for a while until I get my computer back up and running. Which may be a week or 2 depending on if the regenerator works or if I need a new hard drive. I’m going back to Xp, screw Vista.

Train or Pain.
-SkweRLy

Wow, I did something today I never thought would happen. I got one hell of a high PFT (Physical Fittness Test) score. Out of a possible 300 I got 290. Basically the only thing i lost out on was the run time. I got the max points for 20 pullups, max points for 100 crunches in less than 2 minutes, and a score of 90/100 for a run time of 19:40. A perfect run time is 18:00, you subtract one point for ever 10 seconds over that. Until now, my highest PFT score ever was a 276, and I got that back in boot camp 4 years ago. I guess all of the work I am doing is paying off. I was pretty excited. I jsut can’t wait for my new shoes to get here. I ordered them over a month ago, and the shoes I am running in now I am suprised the soles are still attached to. If I run just right, I can feel the heel slap the bottom of the shoe. It pretty much sucks. But it was about 40 degress this morning when we started our run and my throat was burning from breathing the cold.

On another note, tomorrow is my day off. I am going to spend forever in the gym. I just like the atmosphere there and I feel like I am accomplishing something. Plus I have found a new love for running so I will be spending a while on the treadmill. Well, in 30 minute intervals at least. Damn those rules. So what if someone else wants to use it, they should have gotten there as early as I did right? I’m still trying to focus on my lower abs and get some excess skin outta there so that my lower abs will show more. The 4 higher ones are lookin nice.

 Well since I made my goal of 175 Lbs, its time to set something new I guess. So I think I am looking at 170 Lbs and under 10% BF. That’s still healthy right? Good. I was watching some UFC and I saw the guys the same height as me, but weighed 10 lbs less. Hell if they can do it why can’t I? After the gym, I am going to do a weigh in, some progress pics, and then just relax. Iraq takes a lot out of ya. There are a couple of movies calling my name. Word.

I think I did pretty well for myself seeing as I just started my self improvment mid September. I was about 205 lbs with a 34.5 in. waist. On final weigh and tape I was 179 with a 31.5 in waist. So I dropped pretty well. Not to mention some of my abs are starting to show. According to the handy little B/F calculator I found online I finished off the year at 11.53% B/F. I would have liked it to be a little lower, but hey, it’s a huge improvment from were I was. I’m not sure wat this new year will bring for me, but we will see. I am starting with the lifting slowly until my shoulder gets better, but today I hit the gym, ran 3 miles and worked legs. I hate running on the treadmill, have i reiterated that lately? But you gotta do what you gotta do. Oh and I got a new workout partner. The new 80gig Zune. I love it. I recommend it. Thats about all I’ve got for now.