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I’m definitely feeling the effects of not hitting this iron for almost three months, but I’ll tell you what my body seems to be reacting so much faster than it previously has.  When you add up everything: 3 months out of the gym, going home on leave, and over the HOLIDAYS AT THAT, eating as much fried chicken as I could handle; I should look horrible and my muscle memory should be in a state of amnesia… but I don’t and I’m not.  I gained about 7 lbs from all of that… that’s all!!!  The small definition I did have is mostly gone but not completely, and my size is still pretty much the same.  I am truly blessed, I really have to stay on it and take advantage of the gift I have.

            Sidenote:  So there’s a guy in the gym who I started to see there regularly not too long before I backslid.  His body was much like mine, pretty good size, could use a little more muscle density and maturity, and just enough fat so that you wouldn’t call him/me built or muscular.  Well, apparently he pressed through the holidays and he looks pretty damn great.  Arms to envy I tell ya!  I was so pissed at myself when I saw him, but that give me hope for two reasons: 1) He and I have the same body type (I assume) and it only took him about 4 months to carve out some impressive guns and overall physique…so that means that in 4 months I should be hella hot and 2) I have a better starting base than he did back than and better than I had the last time.

 Oh, well… off to the house of steel… SO MOTIVATED

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Soooo… I was doing P90x to start off the new year because my personal fitness goals had drastically changed.  I did P90x for about two and a half weeks, and honestly I was already feeling stronger, fitter, and more flexible…then I got really sick with this flu that’s going around.  (sidenote: is it just me or does it seem like EVERYBODY is getting the flu pretty bad this year?).  After about a month of coughing up mucus and not being able to do anything really physical without choking on my own flem, I finally went back to the gym.

Now, why didn’t I restart P90x?  The main reason it’s just a little embarrassing to work out at home when someone is laughing at you, mocking you, so I went back to something I really know and really, really love:  IRON!  I was really looking forward to being a P90x sucess story but I guess that’s not meant for me, so I’ve rededicated my energy in the gym and my new soreness is telling me I made the right choice.  My whole body is screaming and I love it!!!  Gotta go, must press toward these goals.

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