hotshot1’s BodyBlog

well here we go again?? torn frigging hamstring..same one i tore back last summer mowing the stupid yard and tripped backwards over these damn rocks i had put around newly planted popus grass?? as i sit there on my ass in the dirt the very first thing i thought of was?? i am not going to be able to do squats?? or leg press?? i thought?? what the hell am i going to be able to do? it took me months to recover. dont get me wrong..i worked my legs, i just done what i could which was still alot. now i am back at that point again around 12 weeks out from my competition?? this sux..i dont remember when i was 100% heathy without working around some kind of injury?every injury has been on my left side for some reason? it must be my weak side. wrist..ankle..shoulder..elbow..now hamstring twice over. this tear is right where my leg meets my ass cheek..lets just say sitting on the toilet is a challenge* i have worked through so many injuries i dont even freakout on it anymore. stupid dumbell thunges got me this time? hell i havent even been doing them at all until latetly. i am a squat/leg press guy. i was just trying to get some seperation in my quad area by doing them?? yeah right..i got seperation all right..seperation of my ass muscles**i quess any kind of mass building is over before my show in aug?? i have no choice but to do what i can to my legs and take what i have to the stage and hope my diet will bring out what hard work i have already put into them..

hey all* just wanted to thank bb.com for choosing me as there over 40 amatuer bodybuilder of the week for the week for may 5th.. as i sit here and write this blog i realize all the years in the gym, all the pain and suffering through injuries is starting to pay off? no i didnt win the lottery or get a big multi million dollar endorsment deal. but i am getting reconized and noticed for all the hard work and yrs in the gym. to me that is a big deal. i use to be cautious about telling people how old i was because i didnt like the thought of getting older?? but actually now i am very pround to be middle aged and look the way i do* it proves to the world that you can slow down the aging process and take back or add years to your life..if i had a way to bottle my passion for bodybuilding i would be that millionare. but this is something money could never buy!! its my determination and strength of mind that has put me where i am today. yeah all my co-workers and people in my gym know of me and how i train..but i want more?? i want to be a spokes person for a supplement company so i can show all the world that your never to old to look good and with the right tools and the right resources you can achieve your loftiest fitness goals? yeah i want that trophy in aug and again in sep..but most of all?? i want to represent what bodybuilding has done for me and can do for people!! talking about bodybuilding gets me all geared up and excited?? thats passion..thats motivation..thats desire..thats whats pours out of me on the gym floor..people see it in me..they cant help but feel it when they get near me..they want to know?? but are afraid to ask out of respect for my training style? being a spokes person for a supplement company would give me that chance to teach people and show them how bodybuilding can chage there life forever in such a positive way..i have paid my dues under the iron..now i would love to give back????