Transformer in training

Not to be on the might high horse. But, compared to many and definetly not everyone I use very little supplements to assist me in this quest called bodybuilding. There are some people who do not use any supplements….like no protein or nothing….which is great. Then there are some who use tons of supplements…..like cabinets full.

I personally believe that there should be a very delicate balance between the use of supplements. But, in order to do that one must understand what a supplement is. Take a look and see what the definition is for your self and reflect on that for a minute to see if you are using your supplements appropriately.

I say all that to say some folks think it’s pretty cool to take a picture with a room full of supplements….I think that’s dum. Also, don’t let supplements consume your life the same way illegal drugs do.

If this madness doesn’t since all natural will be almost extinct. Instead we will be hosting…or should we do it now? Mr.Supplement contest!!!!

Until next time folks. stay focused.stay spirited. stay strong.

So, as some of you may know I am back in school for the 3rd and final degree. Because of this, I have decided to use the school gym since it is free. The gym at the school has changed somewhat over the years since I was an undergrad mainly the people….or maybe it’s just me. Right now, I go in the afternoon’s after work and there are tons of youngs there with like a string of cloth on for a shirt and only enough muscle on their body to support their bones! Then there are just other strange random people walking around the gym…hopping on your machine and soon as you take a 30 second rest., sitting on the maching talking on their cell phone for about 20 minutes..just a lot of craziness that I didn’t see at the gym I paid a membership for.

 I guess the biggest difference is me….I will need sometime to adjust to the new enviroment of people working out. Until then? I will keep the Ipod going and the pumps flowing!!!!! What a difference a gym makes!

First I would like to say that I went to church yesterday and out of nowhere comes Tavis Smiley, Dick Gregory, Dr. Cornell West, and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson….Man the Lord’s blessings and miracles are indeed treasures!!!!

In other news, does anyone else get just a little upset about people, on the site, who wish to show like too much pub hair. I am not just talking about "I accidentally got a little in the photo shoot". I am talking about like BUSHES!!!!!! This is a hot mess!!! Okay, that’s enough…i’m off my box.

In other news..what’s the big idea with 16 inch biceps cold? I personally do not find that to be an achievement but maybe it really is. Please let me know folks, I am in total bewilderment. Like what are some "average" sizes of people on the site?

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?p=198180111#post198180111

Holla back if ya hear me.

Well, I am still holding in….hitting the gym almost every other day. I haven’t really tried to mark my progress as of lately. Really just trying to stay in the gym consistently. However, my new workout regime does include doing burner sets and the end of my workout. What are burner sets? Some may ask….well it’s when you take a lighter way and just go kind of until it hurts. I read somewhere this is good for increasing the blood flow in the muscles after a hard workout.

 Let me tell you….IT WORKS!!!! Because my body is aching!!!!! Besides that…keep me motivated people….keep the pictures posted, the blogs updated and the perverts away!!!

Over the past few weeks, I have been doing pretty well. The definition of that is I am still staying in the gym working it out. Today was back day…that’s right busting out that back. Hopefully, I can get a back like some of you out there. But, I know that is all in time. So until then I will continue to take my back from tiny to titan!!! Peace out folks!

Well, as my usual forte goes…I have been missing out on being on bodyspace, cataloging my workouts. But, friends do not dismay because I have consistently been in the gym! Over the last few weeks I have really been working on my wheels…doing deep squats and lunges. Now, everyday I seem to have sore legs and calves….as soon as it stops I hit ‘em again!!!! As for now, I am really enjoying the progress that I am making with this type of workout. Where are the progress pics you ask? They won’t be up for a while. But, I promise to have some up soon. Ohhh by the way, for people who have not tried using BCAA’s..you need to get on it. It seems as if I can do more in the gym with less fatigue…it’s pretty awesome and I don’t have to take 8000 supplements to get a boost of energy in the gym and work up a good sweat during every  workout!!!!

So, until next time folks…happy lifitng!

Receently, I have been really tripping about hitting the gym like I am suppose to. I figure this would happen as I have taken on some extra loads of things to do. But anyhow, after getting back to bodyspace I saw that I had some new friends and asked me how did I get my abs to look that way. Well, after just a few years of asking the same questions to others and doing some of my own trial an error here is what I have concluded:

1. Gotta eat smaller, more healthier meals throughout the day.

2. Suck up good amounts of protein.

3. When exercising keep your stomach held in a bit and use it to control your body while exercising other body parts.

4. Do burn out sets of ab exercises and it sometimes better to do them at the beginning of your workout, when you have more energy. A suggested format is Upper,Lower and the side abdominal workouts.

5. Lastly, one trick I have just  realized (taken from bodybuilders and the armed forces) is that you should stand, at all times, when you shoulders back. This will automically make your chest pop more and you will also see your abdominals a lot better. At least I do. I hope this helps some folks….happy bodybuilding.

The other day, like Tuesday, I did a leg workout where I pre-exhausted my legs by doing some leg extensions. Then I went over to do some deeeeeeepppp leg squats. I then went on to do some calf exercises too. Well, that was Tuesday and today is Friday and I can barely walk…In a way it’s good and in another way…I am really wishing I had a wheelchair and this is no joke!!!

Well, actually I can..but it hurts. For a while now, I have been doing shoulder exercises and the side raises,at first hurts a muscle that feels as if it is deep into my shoulder. Then after a few warm-up sets…it stops…But then, when I am not even working out my shoulders it hurts again.Somebody please tell me what I should be doing. i have layed off of doing shoulder exercises for some weeks now. Of course, I still do the other exercises, swimming is included in that…and it has not stopped. Does anyone have some direct solutions? Thanks for the help!!!

Yesterday, I made my way to the gym and did about 30 minutes of cardio. I did various speeds of running at different inclines at a medium (6.0 mph / 0 incline) - slow (3.0 mph / 11 incline) - Fast (9.5 mph / 4 incline); each of these were done at .5 mile increments.

Afterwards, I went over and did a shoulder workout that was pretty good. I am currently trying to work on breaking plateus that I have by doing heavier weights and smaller sets. Additionally, I am now decreasining the rest time in between sets. It seems to be working well because throughout my workouts I am now sweating like crazy!!!! So, hopefully I will see some results soon!

 Bodybuidlers!!!! I got questions!!!

1.Has anyone taken Haladrol? What does it do exactly and do you recommend it for strength gains?

2. A few days ago i wrote about this bodybuilder in the gym who performed minimal activity, but seemed to be huge. Well, he is huge but not like larger than life huge. Truthfully, I misundestood his vascurality for size. But, vascularity is an impressive thing. Do you increase vascularity through cardio? Or is it a mix of weights and cardio?

3. Lastly….I have been seeing things about diuretics….are these safe?

Thanks folks….peace out!!!

So, yesterday…I did not make it to the gym gym but the home gym….during my lunch break. So, I took advantage of the time and did a quick chest workout that went something like this…

These were all drop sets

Decline Bench - 3 sets

Incline Bench - 3 sets

Bench - 3 sets

* Diamond push-ups were done after each set until failure.

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I should have ran yesterday….but I didn’t….today I will have to most definetly make up for it.

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So, once again folks I need some help on this whole bodybuilding thing. For some time now, when I do dumbell presses or deltoid exercises, I have felt this annoying pain in the middle of my shoulder mid-way through the movement.Most recently, I have begain to notice it just a little bit more. I think that it may be a rotator cuff injury? But I am only guessing. If anyone knows what this might be and what I can do to help it…I would love the comments.

In other news, I am really trying to make sure these wheels are together for the summer. Recntly, I have just gotten kind of bothered by these guys at the gym who are huge on top and small at the bottom. I think that I somehow get a phobia that I look the same way. So, anyway I have started this workout that I hope to kill my legs. One of the biggest parts is the calf muscle exercises where after each main set I do a burn out set of calf raises. Additionally I have started doing some deep squats which, by the way, are kiiilllliiinnnnnn!!!!!!!!!

 So that’s it for me….I’m still hitting the gym every once in a while….still upset about gas prices making me stay at home more…..still using my little gym set to supplement my missed workouts at the gym.

Peace out people!!!!

Well, that is not completly true. I have been hitting the gym at very sporadic times. Just not as much as usual. The gas prices are killing me!!! I, fortunately and unfortunately, have an SUV that I try not to drive as much as possible. So, for now it has been mostly the home gym that I have been using.

On the other hand, the few times at the gym have been some tough times. While at the gym, I try to make the most of the time that I have since I don’t ever know when I will be back. So, I have been making some personal records as you may see from my progress charts.

But, I will say that one of the most inspirational things for me…even if I don’t make it to the gym is to see other people progression; especially those that I have known for a while here on bodyspace.

So, friends and hopefully even new friends keep up the good work. Lord knows I will really need it this fall as I balance work, try to have a normal life, workout and being a doctoral student. My gosh…just writing that get’s me to thinking "What have I gotten myself into?"

Anyhow, peace out people! Stay fit and stay well!!!!

So, over the past few weeks I have gotten back on the H.I.T. program. Now, my routines include cardio before every workout. THat is then followed by some heavy weight lifiting at low reps (10 -12). Addtionally, I have finally been able to buy me some protein this week. So…I’m good. My weight has jumped some up to 212.

In other news,

Let me talk about how jealous I am. First, about 2 or 3 years ago. I was in the gym and there was this huge giuy, like almost Ronnie Coleman size, who would do like 5 at the most of anyhting in the gym. He had on this tanktop and some jeans in the gym!!!! Yes I did say jeans. Anyhow, this guy was absolutely ripped. So, I asked dude what kind of training are you doing and how long have you been doing it? He replied for years and I just kinda do a little here and a little there! I’m like okay…thanks!!!

This morning, I see another huge guy who comes in the gym, I mean not like Ronnie Coleman or nothing but he was pretty brolic. Again, he only did like a few curl with some 60lb dumbells, a few sit ups and he was out. Am I crazy or does this less means more really true? Help me out folks

So, I did my workout today. Biceps and Triceps. It was good…I was acting like a little girl though because my traps are still huritng from like two days ago!!!!

 Anyhow, I think I am having a complex. Some people are in the gym gauking at me, or at least it seems. My first instinct says to question their motives, then think of other things. I’m not exactly sure how I look to most….but I think I have a lot of work to do…you know to get that look!

 Some may say, "What is "that look"?". The look is like some of the people that compete in competitions that you would see on musculardevelopment, that’s "The look". So,am I gaining a complex or just super dertermined?

(11:00AM) First I want to say "GO TIGERS GO!!!", that the University of Memphis Tigers that is, my alma mater. Secondly, I went to the gym this past weekend and achieved the sorenesse that I have been desiring! Man, my leg workout was good…it was actuall about three days ago and my legs are still sore! Yesterday, I did my shoulders and traps and they are killing me right now! So, all is well in that neighborhood.

Now, on to this Mr.Supplement contest. There really should be such because it seems as if most of the people who have an awesome physique has or uses a list of supplements that mimics the length of requirements to create the H-bomb. Now, don’t get me wrong…I don’t think there is anything wrong with supplements. But, I just can muster myself up to take all of that. Lastly, I saw this guy who went from scrawny to huge in a 4 year time. First, I thought that it was amazing. Then I checked out more info on his page and saw that he is using some form of powder and steroids. Then has the nerve to say that natural is the way to go!!! What a hypocrite!!!!!

 So, in a few years, let’s just cut out the Mr.Olympia contest and have a Mr.Supplement contest. I am sure that we would have many more participants!

So, my goal is to get to a "medium" size weight and be defined in my physique. Currently, at 205 at 6′0. I am not exactly where I want to be.

I was reading this article that said something to the effect that you won’t really get big unless your body is proportioned. The article was saying that you need to have a big base (legs) in order for your top to grow.

But then I thought about those people who are big on top and small at the bottom. So, how does this happen?

I need some help bodybuilders…what’s your opinon this? Thanks in advance!

So, I took a photo of myself today and realized that either I am vain, or I really don’t feel as if I  was at about this time a couple of years ago. What is the difference? H.I.T.! When I was doing the program, it seemed as if my gains were much healthier than now. Then to, it may be that my lifestyle is totally different now. Any recommendations, does anyone do an H.I.T. program with a "Higher than usual" lifestyle? Any suggestions will help.

Well, I guess I should say me and my city. So, as some of you know. It is hard for me to "eat clean" and have "no sugar" and suck down supplement after supplement. First of all, i really don’t like supplements and my biggest problem (YES IT IS A PROBLEM) is that I love soul food!!!!

I mean the other day I was eating Pinto beans with a little sugar, some baked chicken, greens and cornbread for dinner. Now, that is a Memphis meal!!! And that is also my problem…I am begging help help help me!!!!!

So, I plan on making it to the gym today. At least, that is the plan. I’m going because I feel, strangely enough, compelled to do something so that I can write it on my blog. Today, I felt like writing something again about the "Top Profiles" spot. But, it seems as if people like to see the same people, all the time, change their profile pics. I guess it’s a form of amusement and motivation for them. So, as many things in life, I’ll leave that one alone.

So, back to me. Yea, I plan on hitting the gym today. On saturday I went and did some lifting. However, I am now getting to the point where I want to leave the gym sore. You know like the kind of soreness and pain to tell yourself….I have really worked out today! But, I can’t do that by myself. My partner has slacked off some because of his working all the time trying to get ready for his upcoming wedding. So, for now I am alone again. Whatever, I’ll still be in the gym…no doubt.