c_hopper’s BodyBlog

YOU KNOW IT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE.  ITS MORE COMMON THAN YOU THINK.  ITS OKAY I STILL LOVE YOU!  NO THIS ISN’T WHAT YOU THINK, ITS NOT MY WIFE SAYING THIS IT IS ME TELLING MYSELF.  BECAUSE I SIMPLY DID NOT WAKE UP THIS MORNING.  I OPENED MY EYES TO MY DAUGHTER SAYING DADDY WORK!  LOOK AT THE CLOCK AND WHERE THE 4:30? USUALLY RESIDES WAS A 6:57!!!  SO I GUESS I WILL KEEP TELLING MYSELF IT IS OKAY AND THAT I WILL JUST HAVE TO MAKE UP FOR IT TOMORROW

NOW THAT THIS PAST WEEK IS OVER I CAN FINALLY TAKE TWO DAYS OFF AND RECOOP!  I FOUND WAYS TO GET A SEMI-OKAY WORKOUT IN EACH DAY THOUGH I WAS GOING FOR A STARTING POINT IN 1 REP MAX.  NEXT WEEK I AM GOING TO CHANGE UP MY ROUTINE.  NO MORE CHEST, BACK, SHOULDER, LEGS, ARMS - I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE PUSH/PULL 5×5 - WHO KNOWS?  I GUESS I WILL FIGURE IT OUT BY 5AM ON MONDAY SO I HAVE AT LEAST A PLAN GOING IN TO THE GYM!  ANY RECOMMENDATIONS?

THAT IS RIGHT!  I CURRENTLY HAVE A HOME IN WYOMING AND FLORIDA, WELL THE FLORIDA ONE HAD A/C LAST WEEK BUT NOT THIS WEEK.  I GOT A CALL FROM MY BUDDY WHO WENT OVER TO CHECK THE LAWN AND HE SAID PARTS WERE LAYING ALL OVER THE YARD…FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND MINE.  I GUESS ALL THE COPPER IN THE PIPES, WIRING, AND OTHER METALS IN THE UNIT ITSELF WERE WORTH SOMETHING TO SOMEONE.  ANYWAY IF YOU HAVE EVERY TRIED TO FILE A POLICE REPORT AND GET INSURANCE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING FROM BASICALLY ANOTHER COUNTRY….IT IS TOUGH.  REGARDLESS WHO STEALS SOMEONES A/C?

TODAY I ATTEMPTED TO CHECK MY 1RPM FOR BENCH.  IT JUST ISN’T THE SAME IN THE SQUAT RACK FOR A SPOTTER.  WHEN I SHOWED UP TO THE GYM THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE ROOM, SO I FIGURED NO BIG DEAL.  WELL 225 WAS EASY SO I WENT UP.  BUT IN TRYING 275 THE BAR HIT THE SPOTTER BAR, AND WRECKED MY SHOULDER.  I GUESS MY RIGHT SIDE DROPPED TO QUICK, ANYWAY OF COURSE FROM THERE 255 GOT STUCK MID WAY THROUGH.  I GUESS I NEED TO FIND A TRAINING PARTNER!  OH WELL FOR NOW I GUESS I WILL JUST SAY 225 AND GET TRY FOR AN ACCURATE INCLINE ON WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS NO ROOM FOR POLITICS IN THE WEIGHT ROOM…IS THERE?  I MEAN-THE TOPIC IS SPILLING OVER FROM THE NEWS AND INTO MY SAFE HAVENS.  WELL THEY USED TO BE SAFE.  NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE GETTING INTO AT THE GAS PUMP, THE SQUAT RACK, AND ON TV.  I MEAN WE ALL HAVE OUR OPINION, AND IT IS CALLED SUCH FOR A REASON.  IT IS OURS AND NOBODY ELSES!  SOMEDAY I HOPE TO LOOK BACK AND LAUGH AT THE TWO LADIES ARGUING OVER WHO SHOULD BE PRESIDENT WHILE TRYING TO "WORK IN" ON SQUATS BUT TODAY IT IS JUST IRRITATING.  SHUT UP AND PUSH SOME IRON OR GET OUT!  NO POLITICS HERE!

IS THERE REALLY ANY TRUTH TO THIS STAT?  I GUESS WHAT I MEAN IS WHAT IF ONE DAY I CAN BENCH 265 AND THE NEXT TIME IT IS 255 EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW THAT EVERY OTHER PRESS HAS GONE UP…WELL ANYWAY I AM GOING TO ACTUALLY GET MY 1RM NEXT WEEK JUST TO SEE WHERE I AM AT.  I FEEL STRONGER AND KNOW THAT I AM BUT I HATE TESTS AND THAT IS ALL IT WILL BE.  JUST ANOTHER TEST.  OH WELL ALL I CAN DO IS LAUGH ABOUT IT AND GET BACK TO WORK

This weekend was crazy.  I only get one off a month so we have to make the most of them.  Well we had to fly to Wisconsin so my wife could be in her friends wedding.  They flew out Wed. and I left early Fri morning.  From the moment I got out of the plane it was rush, rush, rush…I had scheduled an appointment to get "Inked" by Hoss and it of course was 30 minutes after I landed.  Sorry, the point is that my eating habits are bad enough, I really don’t need to spend a weekend not eating breakfast, drinking lunch, and dinner with no workouts.  Didn’t look at the scale this morning for fear of that 205 number popping up after so many weeks of staying at 201-202 while adding muscle.  Oh well I will have to in the morning to keep up my tracking.

The only saving grace from the weekend was the time spent away with my wife and daughter.  They make it all worth while.  Oh and my daughter saw the tattoo and said "awe so pretty"!!!