Fit for Freedom

There are lots of nice but…

Working out-nice results but lots of hard work to get there.

Cheesecake picks on the site-nice but would like to see more "beef" on the girls not cake…you know breasts are nice but nicer with definition.

Supplements-nice but I have not found them to be all that helpful

Soreness-nice but I would love muscle growth without this pain in middle age.

Friends-nice but you can never have too many friends….

Well, lats have become a new hated thing.  Before legs which I did not think was possible.  There is this quivering in the core when I do wide grip lat pull downs that just makes me want to hurl.  Burn, pain, exhaustion no problem but that other crap…yuk.  I finally exhausted the lats though.  Fun, I notice getting older I can preceive a whole lot less pain, burn etc. and notice I just cannot move the weight anymore..whoa…hold on… is that like a stroke?!  Nah…just whining.  Shrugs are almost as bad but gotta do ‘em.  Man-up as they say.  Protein I think is a bunch of BS.  Yes, you need it but I think the supplement world is like every pharmaceutical gruop or salesperson.  Buy, buy, buy,  great, great, great….well, it isn’t.  Time is what is important and getting SOME protein but not 250-400 gms a day.  Now, granted, some people will have the results but as we have all seen in the promos…"these results are not typical…and individual results may vary…"  etc.  Or they didn’t tell you that the Bowflex person is also on the extreme diet, water starvation and does free weights to supplement his 20 min 3 times a day.  Get real.  I am not scynical and not pessimistic but I want an end to falsehood and 1/2 truths about what does and does not work. As for all-our genetics will vary so…well…just lift and see where it takes you!

Peace

Do I have BDD?  Well, from my college studies, experience and etc. there is no such thing except I just made it up.  I workout all the time and do cardio but after 15 minutes with a staple gun and the Christmas decorations-the next morning I feel like I was knifed in the back.  Very bizarre.  Cardio is weird too.  What is it with going up the stairs at home compared to 30 minutes on the stairmaster?  Maybe I am holding my breath and afraid to go to bed?  Monsters under the bed?  No, probably something worse, fat under the skin.  Although I am going to chill on the eating aspect of lifting.  EXCEPT for my GASPARI eyed friends-you know who you are-I am going to try some of their "stuff" and see what it does as well as the Tirbulus.Just eat simple and healthy and see where that goes.  Too much concern about things.  I should get the gym/bumper sticker-"Shut up and lift."  Lao Tzu says True Virtue is virtue not acting virtously.  Perhaps it is just time to;  true lifting is lifting not acting like lifting…

At the gym it is fittingly chest day. The pursuit of natural male enhancement. No this is not Smilin’ Bob and I do not use Enzyte. For real natural male enhancement it is sweat, effort , protein and steel. So in preparation for eating the breast of turkey I thought I would really tear up the chest to get some quality protein to assimilate there. The biceps have not lost their soreness from Monday but the triceps are ready for action. There is a bizarre relationship to gaining muscle. You just cannot gain weight unless you eat like a starved wild man. I get sick of eating so the protein shakes are good. I can slam them down without much thought except to drink plenty of water. So more "burning" today which will be good since I plan on eating the lion’s share of that Chocolate Amaretto cheesecake with sour cream frosting I made last night! Yum…

well ladies and gentleman-Happy Thanksgiving.  To all of you who continue to educate and motivate me I want to extend my Thanksgiving to you.  May we welcome and be thankful for our "family" here, opportunities, blessings and even hardships.  So a word of thanks for the motivation and education and loving kindness to all.

Greg

Holy Moly!  I forgot what muscle burn felt like.  In the 5×5 program I reach exhaustion well before any burn takes place.  The strength gains are consistent though.  I suspect the growth may be tissue swelling from the irritation caused by lactic acid build up as well as blood flow and myofibril growth.  But the true measure will be in the tape.  I am anxious about the results in a months time.  I am phasing in the 3×8-12 cycle for all reps at this point.

Well my strength is consistent and so are the gains.  But I am switching for 12 months to the 8-12 by 3 program for the arms.  I want to see if I can jump start their growth-more hypertrophy.  It may be that I will just get stronger.  Now I do not want to morph asymmetrically so if I hqave good results I plan on switching over other areas to do the same.  I still have not found the "Golden Elixir" as the Taoists call it to make the perfect alchemical change.  I am doing the guided imagery though to change my body image and self concept to accept the new larger template.  I will see what I can creat, naturally.  No drugs here please.  Although I have been tempted to run to my Doc and ask him to do it for a week for a quick start.  But at the same time I would rather not sacrifice my soul to the devil.  o telling how it would effect me. Perhaps a angry, raging sexaholic!  Well…on second thought….

At 6′1 171 ponnds in highschool I was not feared. Strong yes, aggressive, kinda. But if my coach could see me now at 6′1′ 215 I think he would be happy. I went back and talked with him last summer that I wished I would have listened and worked harder in the weight room. So now the next generation in my family has learned through my current example. My youngest is a straight A scholar and softball star. She hit 3 grand slams in her last 2 games. My oldest is now a sophomore at Maryland and running! I thought she was only going to run away from problems or run to the store! My only son has vicariously filed a dream already. The rest will be gravy. At 6′6" and 250lbs he is weight lifting like there is no tomorrow. He is a defensive/offensive tackle with a 3.5 grade point average AND he received a "Letter of Interest" to play football at the University of Illinois! Oh, all at the tender age of 16. Are the rays of pride flowing through your VDT? BUT, what I am most proud of is that they care about other people…volunteering for NAMI, involved in service organizations in college and just have tender hearts. After the divorce that tore their world apart they were able to "reboot" and rediscover their lives. Why…their parents love may have failed but the love that surrounds them from their mother, myself, family and friends has never faltered. Plus the belief they could be who they wanted to be. Adversity will always be part of life but they have changed that to opportunity. Tust and support without fear has given them the world…and they are taking it and better still they are returning to the creator the good fortune they have and are having.

After a grade 1 Hamstring pull the climb up the ladder is progressing well. I feel like I had implants placed in my chest though after a particularly difficult but productive chest day. Arms again yesterday, they are pumped and not sore…yet. I looked on-line and my Ultimate Mass powder is 20 miles away so I should get delivery of that. I cannot wait…funny to say that since I have no choice but to wait. Hopefully more carbs for energy and much more protein. I really don’t want to go over the 1 gm/kilo ratio though. Diet is tough for many to do since you can’t really sit down and eat while doing procedures, starting IVs and admitting patients. So, whatever I can drink down in a hurry works the best. I am hoping the cardio/fat burning will keep the carb level in the Ultimate Mass from dropping into the gut and creating Ultimate Girth…

Well, this is actually for guys this time. I want the all natural approach which is pushing plates up and down. I have a pitifull A cup at present and want to go to a “flattened” large B to C. After yesterdays session at the gym I can feel them begging for more protein. So, no saline or silicone just large amounts of protein-whey, casein and egg whites. Did you know they actually make implants for guys?! Scary. I think that would be worse than taking steroids. I have started guided imagery to augment the lifting too. Template restructing at the 4th level of the Aura. Bizarre huh? But, if it works why not try it. I have firmly believed that what holds us back is our current body image. We have to grow our body image too in order for there to be consistency in our view of ourselves. Like making a place mental for our body to grow into. Maybe that’s why weight gain/loss is so hard because we didn’t change the possibilty in our minds of what we could become. Food for thought…