coachfalcon’s BodyBlog

 I don’t know if it is just me, but there a certain things that have to be done in order for me to be successful when I am lifting.

The first thing is there has to be music on, it must be moderately loud, and it has to be anything other than country, classical, religious, etc. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy some country music but to have a person singing about their dog/wife/cheating/drinking does nothing for me when I am trying to blast through my last set of deadlift. One of my friends was in the weight room and turned on the Cubs game when I was midway throuhg a set of bench press.  I nearly dropped the weight on my neck straining to see what was going on and screaming at him to change the freaking station. What an inconsiderate jerk.

Another quirk, I must have all of the weights facing in on the bar, meaning the smooth part must be on the outside. I have no idea why this is and have had people ask me why.  I cannot answer that question. If someone is lifting with me and puts the weights on the wrong way, I will not lift until it is changed. It’s almost as if I am stronger when the weights are the way I like them.  I feel awkward if they are not the way I want them.

Lastly, I hate the posers. The ones that stand in front of the mirror and flex for way to long.  I admit that flexing in front of the mirror is something that I have done a lot in my life. However, while I’m at the gym I try to refrain from having a pose off with myself for longer than 4 seconds.  Anything more and you are officially playing with it. (At least I think that I have heard that somewhere) Use the mirror to check form, not to see how many times you have to flex your biceps before a vein begins to show.

Just a couple of weird quirks…

After 2 weeks off because of an elbow problem, I am back today.  I am excited and nervous, I don’t want to have the problem come back because I am pushing my self to hard to early. I think that for the first couple of days I am going to go a little lighter than normal and test the waters.  When I am at full strength, I am going to push my self harder than ever before since now my lifting stats are plummeting.

I have woke the past couple of mornings and noticed that my elbow is a little sore.  I talked to our schools trainer and he said that he might be tendonitis, it might just be I am sore from doing skull crushers. I have done a lot of skull crushers in my days and I have never felt this type of soreness.

Does anyone have any home remedies or methods for relieving the soreness.  I am not one to got to the doctors for anything and I figure that there are a lot of weight lifters out there that have had this problem.

 Thanks for any advise.

You know what I hate? Meetings.  I hate them more than anything on this earth.  I hate them more than the last 100 yards of a long run.  I hate them more than pickles.  I hate everything about meetings.  I am convinced that the reason mankind has not reached its fullest potential is because of, you guessed it, MEETINGS.

 I had to sit through a meeting yesterday after work for an hour to come to the realization that we just got absolutely nothing done.  To further prolong the pain, the boss shows up 15 minutes late and doesn’t even offer an apology.  I guess that my time is not important, just his.

After 10 minutes of listening to him complain about how time consuming his job is and how far behind he is, the meeting finally got underway.  Now when I say underway I mean that people started talking.  I truly cannot tell you what they were saying because when the meeting started late I tuned out.  All I heard was wahwahwahwahwah, like I was sitting in Charley Browns classroom.

I don’t think that I would have been quite so pissed if it wasn’t for the fact that I was going to be late for my work out.  I am about as anal as anyone could be when it comes to schedules and when he put me behind mine I was instantly fired up. Once again, no respect for someone else’s time. Just because he is a fat lard that leads a pretty sedintary lifestyle and tells me that I am going to look just like him some day pushes me to go to the weight room every day that I can.

The only good thing that came out of the meeting was that I was so pissed off that my work out rocked.  I was jacked to be in there and got one of the best work outs I have ever done.

Still, I hate F*#$ing meetings!!!

Well, our football season ended on Friday with a disappointing loss.  We should have beaten those turkeys but a couple of bad breaks and all of a sudden it feels as though someone had died.

Anyway, time to switch gears and get ready for basketball.  Sometimes a change is exactly what we need to see improvements.  My desire to lift and become fit are at the highest level that they have ever been.  I can’t wait to see my goals achieved.

Being a history teacher in a small school, I get to see kids everyday.  Being a coach I get to push the kids to levels that they did not believe they could reach.  It is the latter of the two that truly motivates me to come to my job.  I know that it is my job to educate the future leaders of this country, but looking at most of them, I feel that we are all in trouble.

The apathy that is consuming our world is a catastrophy.  The unwillingness to do something for themselves is overwhelming.  I look at all of them and see so much potential to better themselves that it almost makes me want to scream every minute of everyday.

Which brings me to my observations.  The posts, the pictures, and the inspiration on this site is contagious.  It has made me increase the intensity of my work outs.  It has inspired me to get my brother into working out.  It has pushed me to do more than I have ever thought possible. Because of all of this, I am pushing my students and my players harder than ever before.  I am beginning to see a few changes in attitudes and ability because of this.

I am not saying that I am changing the world.  All I am saying is that I am changing a few pieces of the world.  If those few pieces go out and change a few more pieces, and so on and so forth, the world will truly change/

So, I would like to thank all of you that have inspired me to change with your posts, progress pictures, and any other inspiring methods that you have put on here.

GO FALCONS!!!

Started my new workout routine last night.  Have to say it was a really great workout.  I am trying to cut fat so I am complimenting my workout with a low fat/low carb diet.  Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I will see a change in my abs and other trouble areas.

Till then…

Has any tried BSN’s product Atro-Phex?  I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts, good/bad experiences with it.