alaska21’s BodyBlog

I’m sitting 21 weeks out from my comp at 204 pounds and 11% bodyfat about. This will be the first show I’ve done since May of 2006…I’m really excited for it. I’ll be competing in the Juniors division…(20 years and younger). Judging from last years competition, I have enough mass to beat these guys…I just need to get shredded and keep as much mass as possible..

Current Routine-
1- Chest+Back
2- Legs
3- Arms/Delts/Traps
4- abs+ cardio

Some will say this is overtraining…but I response extremely well to it…much better than once a week training.

Supps/Diet
7 meals a day: 4500 calories, 600g carbs, 250g protein, 120g fat (mainly unsaturated)
-Substance WPI: I drink this during my workout, mixed with a few grams of leucine, I’ll also sip a serving during the day whenever I need to

-ADAM Multi: Just a cheap high quality multi, 1/2 serving upon waking, 1/2 serving post workout

-Nitrix+Noxplode: NOX preworkout, nitrix 3 pills x 3 times a day

I don’t know how many times I have tried my absolute best only to result in failure…well failure in my eyes. Is this a bad thing? No ****ing way fellas. Yeah…I’m a perfectionist..and yeah..it can be rough. But I stand and look at all I have achieved, realizing hard work and effort will pay off in the long run. No longer am I that skinny kid; I now dwarf those same kids who were the same skinny size as me back in highschool. This past week I busted my ass studying for a biology midterm…I was nervous, but confident I would come out and kill it due to my hard work. Well shit, I haven’t gotten it back but I doubt I got an higher then 70…a sickening grade in my eyes. Don’t get me wrong- there are those who are happy with pulling C’s, and there is NOTHING wrong with that- everyone has their OWN standards. I’m not arrogant, I don’t think I’m better than anyone, and I also don’t have the same standards as anyone. As friends comment on how big I’ve gotten these past few years I crack a smile, knowing deep inside I am no where close to my goals… Shit..if I lived up to other peoples standards I’d be no where near where I am right now..and if I was satisfied with my progress up to this point I would fail to keep up my rapid pace. Back to me messing up that exam…I have this ridiculous notion that if I go all out and outwork everyone I will ALWAYS succeed in what I do..the sad truth is that this is not true..but if we don’t bust our asses and work til we feel like we’re dead we will never ****ing know the glory that could have been.

I’ve always had good quads. Probably all the sprinting and basketball i used to do. Anyways I must confess I did not train them more than 3 times in the l ast 3 months, pathetic I know!! But Now I’m determined to fry them on a weekly basis. Here are a pic of my underworked wheels. Let me know how I could improve them. and yes I know I have small calves : )

After 5 hours of working on a biology report and having one of my shittier days yesteday, I was back in the gym for the first time in 3 days. It was a great feeling…I had forgot what it felt like to have a pump! haha. I started with flat bench for 5 sets…185 x 12, 225x 10, 250x 6, 225x 8, then 185×15 w/ drop set to 135. After that I headed to the incline…my strength had faded significantly from flat bench..so I stayed between 135-185 for incline. Next I was on to fly’s for trying to improve my inner chest. I finished on the cybex chest machine, adjusting it so I hit my upper/inner chest nice and hard. I walked into the locker room, ripped off my shirt, hit a most muscular, and suddenly forgot all the bad shit surrounding me. The gym is one of the few places that makes sense to me…once I step out the door that may all change…but I really can’t remember a time where I didn’t feel happy to be in the gym.

So I spent the last week doing nothing but study for my exam. Shit I didn’t even workout the last 3 days. I figured I was going to do great on this test…wrong. I get blasted with 2 questions worth 25% of the whole exam and I have no clue how to do them. Funny how we can think we are prepared when we’re really not. Sometimes we judge how prepared we our by appearance, or hours spent working, etc. The truth is fellas, none of these things really work 100%. I learned this hard lesson yesterday, as it one of the few times in my life I worked as hard as I possibly could and got a C. A mixture of feelings overcame me, "****..this isn’t real" I thought. Must be a dream…everything was going so well. Well wake up and smell the coffee..life is far from linear and will throw you curve balls every time. This is no different than getting ready for a show…as I prepare for my show next year, I remember my first ever contest. I trained, dieted, supp’d, did everything balls to the wall. What happened? shit I got 6th place out of 6 in my weight class..4 months down the drain right? hell no…learning that our best efforts will sometimes lead to failure is an extremely important lesson. Although times of failure may seem dark…they are huge turning points for us…a kick in the ass telling us we have to work even harder. The lesson here? You have not truely failed until you pack up all your things and go home. Keep busting your ass and coming back to do battle every day, even if you fail..

We all know the feeling…busting our ass and coming up short. There are many times I can recall trying my absolute best and ending up nowhere close to where I wanted to be…but this year I’ve realized our failures and dissapointments are the most powerful sources of motivation out there fella’s. Right now i’ve been real busy with college, taking a bunch of high stress classes while trying to keep my gpa near 4.0  all while busting my ass for my bodybuilding competition coming up october. It isn’t easy…somedays I want to slack off and skip the gym after a long day of class/labs…but then I realize while I’m sitting around in my room there are others out there working hard…busting their asses…surpassing me with each second I waste. Now- in reality I know I will never be the best at anything I do…and believe me people tell me this constantly because of my agressive work ethic. Countless kids have told me…man why do you study so hard, or  dude you’re already bigger than most kids you don’t need to get bigger.. all bullshit to me- I don’t care if I have bigger arms than the next guy or a better grade than a guy in my class…I set my own standards and I will always try my hardest to achieve them. Anyways here is my split. It’s been working really well.

Monday: Delts/Tri
Tuesday: Back Trap
Wed: Off…Usually stop in the gym for cardio and abs/calves
Thurs: Essentially off day, I do forearms, traps again, and run a bit
Friday: Legs
Sat: Chest
Sun: Off

The key to my split is intensity…I only have 1 chance a week to hit each muscle…so I better bring it hard when the time comes. I’ve been sticking to about 20 set’s per large body part…keeping it heavy. In terms of diet…I’m a huge believer in small meals…I try to take in a meal of 25g protein 8 times a day. For carbs I eat a lot early in the day and around my workout, while limiting them past 8pm. I make a point of getting plenty of essential fats while trying to keep trans fats at 0

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