February 22nd. Biceps. Laura. Workout intensity and cardio. Poker.
Okie dokie. Tonight I did my biceps, and I blasted my guns lol. When I was young and lean, it seemed like my biceps popped out and had really nice definition naturally, and I didn’t work them that hard at all!! It was probably largely a result of lifting books all day long for work. These days, they definitely feel bigger than in the past, but they dont have the shape and definition that I want yet. So I really need to work on my mind to muscle connection when it comes to biceps, so that I am not just doing the exercises, but really concentrating on working the muscle. I did a few new exercises tonight, just like I did during last nights chest work, so that was good. I did 7 exercises, 4 sets of each, supersetting some of them, and included a drop set as well. So I feel great about the workout, and my arms are certainly exhausted!
So really quick, I was reading MD and they had some really good articles regarding workout intensity and cardio. Workout intensity is something that I feel I have in strides compared to most of the other guys in the gym. I work hard, fast, and intensely. I see a lot of guys do a few sets of the same crap, always with the same weight, and always taking 4 or 5 minutes between sets so they can try and use tons of weight with really shitty form. It cracks me up. These guys are lifting for 2 hours and get in 10 or 12 total sets because they take so damn long between sets to rest. Me on the other hand, I superset everything, and never rest more than 60-90 seconds from one superset to the next. So I can do 7 or 8 exercises and around 30 sets in 45-60 minutes, while these clowns take twice as long, but do less than half the work. Seems like a huge waste of time if u ask me. And they never even break a sweat!!! Isn’t that the whole point of going to the gym? To get sweaty, tired, and pumped up? As far as cardio goes, I have been going every morning without fail, and doing 45 minutes of intervals on the elliptical machine. While I am very happy with my consistency and work ethic, I still have tons of fat to lose around my midsection, and feel like I should be doing at least another 20 minutes of cardio at night following my workout. I keep intending to do this, but just haven’t started doing it yet. I was reading a Dennis Wolf article in which he discussed his cardio needs. I would LOVE to be shredded like Dennis Wolf!!! And he doesn’t flake on his cardio ever, he does it twice a day, just like I intend to. He clearly has a much better metabolism than I do, so I need to step it up if I am going to start seeing my abs by my birthday. Twice a day, everyday from now on till I’m where I want to be. Once I have my bodyfat down where I want it to be, I can start cutting back on the cardio and just use it for maintainence and do 30 minutes a day or something. Anyway, NO SLACKING!!!
So poker…..very frustrating this past week. I have lacked the necessary focus, and I really need to get it back. Otherwise, I’m just wasting my time and money when I play. Even if it’s just a two dollar tournament online, why do I want to waste the 2 bucks? I don’t!!! So if I can’t and don’t have 100% focus and effort, I need to just not play that day. I played really well yesterday in a pretty big tournament, then got busted 4 spots before the money because I lost concentration. I made a snap decision because I thought that I probably had the best hand without even taking a few seconds to think about the big picture!! I couldve easily layed down the hand and found a better spot, especially since I was about 30 seconds from cashing!! It was a ridiculously retarded move on my part, and I have no way of justifying my mistake. I need to start taking a few seconds to make decisions and calculate odds and put my opponents on a hand instead of just insta-calling or whatever. A few weeks ago when I went really deep and almost won 20K, I was making huge laydowns and really thinking clearly. I layed down QQ twice late in that tourney in an effort to find a better spot and I was already in the money! But yesterday I couldn’t even lay down 99 four spots from the money?! What an idiot! Even if I did have the best hand, I couldn’t hope for too much better than a race for all my chips right on the bubble!!! No more nonsense like that. There’s a time and place to gamble or race for a big pot, and on the bubble with my tourney at stake is not that time and place!
Soooo I made a new friend this week. Her name is Laura, and she is HILARIOUS!! She cracks me up, which I have been needing lately. She wants me to hang out with her when we have time this week, but I dunno how my schedule is gonna be, and we both have school, etc. She’s a big Deal or No Deal fan, just like me, so we may try to go to a taping on Friday afternoon, but who knows. I met her sort of randomly, she’s a friend of a friend, but it’s cool. One of my new years resolutions was to make at least 2 new friends this year. I love all of my existing close friends, but everyone has so much going on, and Reid moved away, Art is always out of town for work, etc., etc., so I don’t get to see everyone as much as I want. So making new friends is a good thing. Anyway, she seems fun, and her sense of humor is great. I don’t look at her in a romantic way, she’s not my type, but I think that’s probably better anyway. I’m not looking to hook up or start a relationship or anything, just looking to have fun, make new friends, and heal my wounded heart. She trained some guy to do a triathalon before, and that is one of my long term goals for the future, so maybe if I ever actually take a shot at it, she can help me out.
Last thing. I skipped abs tonight. Not out of laziness or anything, my arms were just so beat up, I had exhausted myself, so I would’ve had a tough time holding myself up for leg raises or anything else. So tomorrow night I will do triceps, but that should take a lot less out of me, and I will definitely get my abs done.
