caseymoe’s BodyBlog

Tonight’s workout was rough.  I was a little rushed so I may have cut my rest periods a little short.  I have been eating better and drinking a lot of fluids so I thought it would be a good workout.  I guess I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see how effective it really was.  I implemented some changes which should help my PT test.  I am way overdue and I need one to get promoted. 

It all starts tomorrow.  Everything is in place and I am ready to rock.  I still don’t have the sled I ordered but I’m hoping to have it within the week.  The weather is about to get crappy so it will take a littel bit of discipline to beat the streets and get in shape.   It will be rough but I was in the best shape of my life in the winter a few years ago.  I was running my a$$ off.  I ran my first and best 5k just a few days before Christmas that year.  I think I can do it again.  My ultimate goal is to be in the best shape of my life before I haed back overeas.  The last time I was over there I was jacked so I am excited to see what I can become if I already have a good foundation built.  Time is running out so I have to get crackin. 

My gym is geting way too crowded.  I used to be able to go there right after week and beat the rush.  If something came up I would head there right before they closed.  But now it’s packed pretty much all evening. I can;t imagine what it will be liek after the new year when the newbies flood the place.  I hear the mornings are pretty dead but I can’t drag my lazy tail out of bed.  My new plan is to head there during lunch.  I would have to get to work a littel earlier and stay a littel later but I think it would work out for the best.  When I am eating right I bring my lunch and eat at my desk so it would also force me to stay away from the junk.  We have a locker room and shower at work so I lucked out there.  It will tkae some getting used to but after a while I probably won’t be able to live without it.  My girlfriend is starting a new job with regular hours soon so it will be nice to have my evenings back and not have to stay up so late. 

I got off work early Monday, but procrastinated and didn’t make it to the gym until the evening when it is crowded.  I am glad that I at least made it but I was forced to switch up my routine a little  bit.  I was upset at first but I did something right because I am still feeling sore as hell.  The workout didn’t feel too great but my pecs are torched and my uper back is pretty sore too.  I hope I can accomplish the same thing when I hit my lower body tonight. 

I know what I need to do.  For the first time ever I have a real good idea of what I need to do and an even better idea of what I need to avoid.  I just need to put the pieces together.  The missing piece right now is my eating.  I was doing pretty well for a long time.  I am gettign a lot of calories but I am eating garbage.  Garbage in means garbage out.  I have a great plan ready to go I just need to be more disciplined.  Right now I am not eating right and I am feeling beat down before my workout is even started.  I am just cheating myself.  If I ever want to reach my goals I gotta get my sh#t together. 

It wasn’t my wordst work out by a long shot but it definitely wasn’t my best either.  Today just drained me.  4 hours in gridlock traffic is draining.  i don’t know how truck drivers do it.  I felt pretty dehydrated too which has been a trend as of late.  Becasue I had to wok extra today I get to go in late tomorrwo so I should b eplenty rested for lower body.  My mian lift is the deadlift so I will need all the energy I can get. 

I have been using a new workout program for a couple of weeks now. It is different but really works. I have my diet in hand and I’m heading to the greocery store directly from work.  That means the big bulk starts tomorrow.  I’m going all out for the next 12 weeks.  No holding back and no more excuses.  Eat big, lift big, get HUGE!  In January I am getting a team together for the 911 Fitness Challenge.  It’s a challenge for police, firefighters, military, etc. The overall goal is improved body composition.  It should give me just a little extra motivation.  It’s a team competition so I will not only be answering to myself but my teammates too.  I’m hoping it will awaken my competitive juices. 

I was stalled for a while in my lifting.  A lot of it had to do with my nutrition but I was also overtraining.  I switched up my program, allowing for more rest.  After just a week I am seeing progress in all of my lifts.  I am most prouud of my deadlift.  While my personal best is not a lot (324) it is a big step in the right direction.  I think I may have been able to go up a littel but I didn’t want to overdo it.  I am confident I will go up antoher 10 pounds or so the next go round. 

I have been eating like crazy.  I have tried to eat a lot in the past to put on mass but after a few days I give up.  I have been sticking to it for a while now and I think my body is adjusting to the new intake.  I am hungry pretty much all the time now.  I am most proud of the fact the I am eating pretty clean.  It’s easy to get a lot of calories by eating junk, but getting them from healthy food is a different story all together.

They are slowly making the internet filter tighter.  Now I cannot even get into the Bodybuilding.com forums.  The wierdest part though is how they categorized the website.  For some reason they have the site categorized as "Intimate/swimsuit".  I guess I could do something productive rather than BS on here all day.  Another example of the man holding me down!