edible_eye’s BodyBlog

So, I set about to rearrange my workouts a bit and the one I plowed through yesterday, 9.07.07, set the stage for a decent back and tri day.

Someone who posts here has a signature that reads something to the effect of - Failure is not living.  Failure is death.  Therefore, work every set and work every rep.  Failure is not an option.

That went through my head the entire time and I yanked and pulled and pumped every rep ’til I couldn’t move the weight another centimeter.  I’m sore as **** today and that’s just awesome.

Today, later, I will be hitting the gym with a new work-out plan.

 I will destroy myself.

 I will feel good.

First day back into the gym after about a week off and it definitely feels good.  I bombed the hell out of my delts, belly and forearms.  Quality.  Today, I need to revamp my entire work out schedule and I guess I’ll get that started when I’m, finished with this blog-thing.

Anyway, I believe my primary goal at this point is to cut body fat percentage.  I have no idea what it is at present but it’s too high.  My wife grabbed my sides over the holiday weekend and I could feel her fingers sinking into fat around my hips.  Love handles.  They’re not huge, just present.  She made a off hand comment about how they’re not noticeable - but they are.  To me, anyway.

So, that will be the primary focus in terms of a goal. 

This morning I was on my way out the door, heading to work and I cut a slice of pizza in half before gobbling it down.  It occurred to me then that episodes like that will have to go.  Overall, it’s not that big of a deal but periodic minor binges like that are cumulative.   I guess that’s the point.  I need to pay more attention and curb quick urges.

As of this week, I’ve avoided Mc Donald’s on the way home.  I really enjoy an Oreo Mc Flurry after work and that little splurge has been tossed. 

Finally, after a week of being away from the gym, I’ll have roughly one hour to hit the weights tonight after I get out of work.

I’m going to hit my Delts.

Only thing I have to do before i leave is put together a new program.  My old one is worn out and quite tired. 

I think that’s it today.  I’m still not sure what I should include within the text area here, so for the moment it’s gonna be all this ridiculous bullshit, coupled with some information.  I figure at the very least, it’ll be tuff I can reflect upon and maybe learn from.

I’ve been trying to determine whether or not a blog reated to my training / life sitauation will be helpful, ultimately, in motivating me further.  The answer ‘ve come up with is - it can’t hurt.

I work 60 hours per week, give or take and on top of that, I’m a husband, a father, a writer and a drinker.  That’s a lot of stuff to cram inside of each week. 

I’ve been working out since I was in 8th grade.  That translates to roughly 25 years of training.  There have been a few lapses, of course.  Anyone who trains and considers him or herself serious about it understands that.  It’s both impossible and detrimental to go steady across the board but I’m getting away from myself.

Bottom line and perhaps a goal or two - I need to make more time to get my workouts aligned on a more regular basis.  I need to cut some fat out of my diet and work to reduce my obliques (love handles).  I need to increase the amount of protein I take in on a daily basis and refine my supplement use.  Pretty much a total revamp of where I’m at presently.

 Today’s a 16 hour work day so there won’t be any gym time.  Tomorrow’s a 12 hour day, so I should be able to work delts. 

Anyway, this entry is rather boring and pointedly banal, however I hope that as I learn to refine what it is I’m striving to achieve, I’ll be able to bring a bit more life into my posts.

 - e_e