March 21st. Triceps.
Double cardio update 20/23.
So Victor was at the gym tonight. Victor is an old friend, and he totally cracks me up, plus he seems to know alot about lifting, so I enjoy talking to him when he is at the gym. However, I always end up feeling really shitty about myself when he is there haha! This kid is like 23 years old, he lifts weights maybe once a week, never ever does cardio, and has the shittiest diet in history! All he eats is chips, soda, pizza, cheeseburgers….just junk food. And he doesn’t eat on a regular schedule, he might eat 5 shitty meals one day, and then only one or two shitty meals the next day. With that description, you would assume that he was in terrible shape, but this guy is insanely ripped and vascular! I was working my triceps tonight real hard, and he walked in, hasn’t warmed up or anything, and his tricep is bulging out, a full perfectly shaped horseshoe with deep striations. No joke, his tricep looks better than tons of pros in contest condition, its absurd. He hasn’t done chest in a while, and he only weighs 148 pounds himself (he’s pretty short), so he goes to the bench press and warms up with 245 pounds and then goes right to 305 for 8 reps like its nothing!!!! He benches more than double his body weight!! I don’t know if I can even bench my body weight since I haven’t done a regular bench press in years…but still. And his huge, shredded, ripped body has just been given to him by stellar genetics, its so frustrating to me! He only does one exercise per bodypart, once a week, and he looks incredible. His biceps are massive, and all he does is alternating dumbell curls. This guy is probably 8 inches shorter than me, and weighs 90 pounds less than me, but his arms are easily 2 inches bigger than mine. I keep telling him that if he ate better and did some ab work/cardio, that he could compete and probably easily win a bodybuilding competition. He already looks nearly contest ready. I want to take him over to Milos Sarcev’s Koloseum Gym up the street and explain to Milos this guy’s shitty habits because I know if Victor were working with someone knowledgeable to help him prepare, that he could compete in a contest and win his weigh class no problem. Ok, enough about my jealousy haha.
I did my triceps tonight, and I tried to abuse them. I did close grip bench presses on the smith machine, and it was the first time that I have ever done this exercise. I liked it, but I wasn’t sure it was as special as everyone makes it out to be. I guess only time will tell. I also did v-bar and rope pressdowns, one arm and 2 arm reverse pulldowns, dip machine, skullcrushers, and one arm dumbell overhead presses. I worked hard, and felt like my arms looked big and swollen, so hopefully it’s just a matter of time. I have all of these aspirations for my body, especially come summer time for the beach, but I am starting to be realistic and realize that although I will look much better this summer, it will take me until next summer to really put all the pieces together and make the changes that I want to make. So I just have to keep working hard and putting in the effort.
