jencan's Muscleaneous Blog

JenCan version 2.0 progress

jencan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:39:57 +0000

"if you do everything you’re supposed to, everything will work out" A very special man said this to me this summer,it’s stuck in me for life. It applies to everything. We all know when things start slipping through the cracks, and next thing you know, you’ve lost your cruise control. And is it worth it? Heck no! From missing out on sleep, going out when you should be sleeping, that’s the worst. I’m happy to say ,I’m on track like a box of pumas for this next show. I got my supps in the mail this morning, felt like gold. Like I’m being taken care off (maybe it was the 10 hours of sleep I had on my off day The point is, do what you’re supposed to do and you will feel and look good. By "supposed" to I mean , progress forward. These past few days, my workouts have taken on a new meaning of pain. I’ve pushed to lifting new weights, oblivious to any facial expressions as I’m too busy trying to hold up any vomit! I love the intensity of a good workout. Everything else feels wonderful next to that. You can’t enjoy pleasure to the FULLEST without feeling pain. I am on the quest to see what my body can do , and it’s so refreshing. I can, JenCan. As I start cutting down, I can’t wait to unveil all my equipment, and this time, I’m polishing ’til it gleams white and blinds ya! Happy sculpting everyone, let’s make it count. Stay blessed,JenCan

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, BUILD A DOOR”

jencan — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:07:53 +0000

Good morning gorgeous, figure athletes & iron statues:

These past few weeks post first show have been a roller coaster of highs and lows. Nevertheless, God is still speaking to me. I’ve had the wonderful pleasure of meeting some phenomenal, extraordinary individuals. Met someone who is taking my fitness capabilities to the next level, and most importantly, developing my mind. I am relentless, keeping a laser sharp focus on what I MUST have. But damn sometimes, the logical side of my brain works against me. I must remember that I need to feed my imagination, let it run wild and amuse this machine inside my head with dreams bigger than they have ever entertained! I believe God wants me to do some extraordinary things while I’m here, but I keep trying to get in His way by pushing my stubborn ways in the path. So, today it BEGINS. I am going to be more positive and write down every idea that forms in my head. I shut down my own dreams so quick, they don’t even get a chance to entertain me long enough to smile. I’ve proven that I can build up an excellent body , ballsy enough to get up on stage in a teeny tiny two piece under bright stage lights. Now, I have to train this mind of mine to conceive, believe and achieve. Whew! That’s a tough one but I am addicted to challenges. So here I go again! I hope everyone is blessed and all smiles, keep chiseling gorgeous people! xoxoJenCan

Growing pains

jencan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:35:24 +0000

Hey all my beautiful,sculpted figure athletes! I hope everyone is blessed and all smiles. I’m updating the muscleaneous diaries again b/c I’m itching in my chair. I feel so lost now that the show is over. It was such a euphoric experience to be on stage, I never experienced anything like that. I want to be up there again but I know I must take these next 18 weeks to grow, build, eat right and rest. I am at work , my full time job right now and I’m brainstorming. Trying to think of the various other projects I could be doing to make a living , literally, feeling like LIVING. I know I’m meant to help others achieve their goals.I am not content anymore doing the "normal" 9-5 and playing the rat race. There is more out there for me, and God has been sending me signals. I’ve been through emotional cycles , but he’s always talking to me. I found a necklace with a pendant that has the Hail Mary in spanish, a prayer I’d recite every nite as a little girl. Two weeks later, I found a sterling silver ring that read "BELIEVE" on it. AMAZING! Is God giving me signals or what?! I’m putting in my part too, I’m talking to web developers, my friend who is thinking of some ideas with me. And I’m researching to see what appeals to me so I can venture off into the fitness world. Honestly, I worked very hard the first 21 years of my life, I was the nerd and I was so studious. For what? To be confined in a cubicle? There’s more to life than this… I know there is. I’ve given life so much, where is the reciprocity? I want to help people, especially my fellow Latino community. I need to show them that you don’t have to be rich/celebrity/etc. to have a great body and lead a healthy lifestyle. It’s all at our fingertips! They just need a little push, a little education, and I’m here for them. I will give that to them. I will be the great equalizer! I’m getting chills down my spine to think of what I will do within the next year. I have been very selfish so far( figure competing is a very selfish industry) and now it’s time to give some JenCan to the world! Stay tuned my fellow sisters/brothers in iron! For now, train hard, eat well and stay blessed.

xoxo

JenCan

Back to the drawing board…

jencan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:09:54 +0000

I finally got a chance to post and talk about my first competition experience! By far, hands down, the best and happiest day of my life. I was so "high you couldn’t touch me with a ****en antenna!" As I waited backstage for presentor to call my name, DJ played "miss independant" by Ne-Yo. How appropriate?

Miami’s Figure Universe was everything I expected but much, much more. The ladies were so supportive with one another. It was impressive b/c I’ve been to other shows(NPC for example) and the figure athlete I went to support had troubles in the ladies room. I was not looking forward to that. But at my show, all the ladies were helping each other , smiling, and cracking peanut butter jokes all day! One girl suggested a peanut butter cheese pizza. I don’t like pizza but I’ll take it with peanut butter on it! Also, some other girl who was only 5 feet tall just came from behind and started fixing my suit. I had problems with it all day moving around and she just pulled me and fixed it! Lol, it was so nice of her considering we were all running around like chickens w/ no head. She was 5 feet tall but she was RIPPED and super pumped. Another great perk was I got to meet Ava Cowan in person! I was delirious! She was so chill and friendly. The woman is gorgeous, in and out! I took pics w/ her but I lost the camera but I know I will meet her again

I didn’t place in this show but I’m very confident that my next appearance will be a success. I have the tiger’s eye and my laser sharp ambition will get me where I need to be. The intention was for this show , to bring a very lean JenCan package. I did that just fine b/c I only have a very small amount of "baby" muscle to begin with. I’d say I executed that very well

The plan for the next few weeks is to eat and lift heavy. I need to push myself to new extremes. I’ve gotten a lot of "not so good" feedback from people about what I can accomplish in this short amount of time (18 weeks). But I am determined to find out , on my own, how much I can build. I dare them to stop me! I wish they would So for the next 18 weeks (until Nov), JenCan will build, lift heavy, eat and mentally focus on Musclemania Latino and the natural show in Dekalb, Il. I thank God everyday that he has me in a good position to train even if it’s not for a living. God is GREAT and he will hear my prayers. Stay blessed all you gorgeous , fit figure athletes! XoxoJenCan

Finer things in life…

jencan — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:40:20 +0000

I just got back from a nice,relaxing weekend w/ my family. I usually don’t go home because of the busy weekend workout schedule I have AND mostly b/c a mexican household has a PLETHORA of seriously FATTENING , carb INFESTED foods. So delish, yet so evil and tempting. Plus, mexican families will take it personally if you reject their food, my mom will bow down her head w/ sadness when I pass up her spanish rice! Anyway, as every week passes, she notices what I’m working for and the major changes that my body is taking. She’s slowly coming into terms and accepting , which is very important to me. It’s extremely challenging to go into this alone. Anyway, the weekend was incredibly relaxing… pj’s , manicures, long hot showers and long runs (my parents live across Midway airport! perfect running path!). The Memorial Day weekend was exactly everything it should have been. Oh and as far as eating goes, Sunday nite was my carb meal (instead of cheats , I have carb cycles). That said, I was with my folks this weekend and that carb meal was more like a carb FIESTA! I’m not beating myself over it, I had some substitutions…instead of 4 oz sweet potato , I had an extra half cup of old fashioned oatmeal and instead of two tbsp of pbutter, I had a ….JAR. I know, really effn bad, lol. But I deserved it and really, I look more fuller, my muscles needed that sugar. My veins were so POPPIN’ today, my back workout today was a bit OVER vascular! lol

Anway, this weekend was memorable. I will attempt to visit my family more often and practice that will power, I am, after all , a world class athlete. I DO possess thy qualities, so for the next four weeks, watch me GROW and transform, once again. JenCan just filled her emotional tank with lots of love this weekend(and peanut butter). Hope everyone here has a great,fit,healthy and blessed week!

xoxox
JenCan

p.s. Has anyone researched why us fitness aficionados/as love the peanut butter sooooo much?!?!?!? Really creepy obsession.

Falling

jencan — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:23:03 +0000

It’s been too long since my last entry. I miss this. Now, just a warning, there is going to be a lot of randomness going on so , brace yourself. I need this as therapy. Lately, I’ve been really on a funk. Chicago winters are absolutely painful, harsh winds, hail, and snow so thick , it sticks to concrete and turns to ice in no time. Aside from that, I get really depressed. The winter blues take over and I find myself in a very "unresourceful" state. Luckily, I still use fitness as a method to release the inner stress. Nothing feels as good as fitness, even if it’s just for the post workout pump. The past couple of days, I’ve steered away from my clean eating , which is very disappointing. Nevertheless, I’m going back on it , not too pre occupied with falling off b/c I know I can get back on at the drop of a hat. I have an obligation to everyone who knows me that in 2009, I WILL appear in a fitness magazine. Even if it’s just a tiny,little pic of my before and after progress. I want to represent fitness in Chicago! I will make it happen.

Speaking of falling off, Chicago is going through some adverse times. The governor RodBlog just was accused of trying to sell off Obama’s seat for personal gain(financial , of course). Everyone is experiencing tough times with this economy, but when the public sees how elected officials are handling their hardship, what hope does this leave for the average John and Sally? I just hope that people won’t use this as a lazy excuse to take the path of least resistance and forget about consequences. It’s easy to put your ethics aside when you are surrounded by so much corruptness and the economy pressures are leaving no room for hope.

Things that frustrate me part 2: laziness. I’ve encountered some major problems with my family members lack of mobility and attention to healthy nutrition. Besides being the biggest proponent of clean eating and exercising, my family has decided to not take into consideration my fitness lifestyle. I went home for Christmas, and being from a Mexican background, the party theme was food, liquor and LOTS OF FAT/CARB infested foods. I was surrounded by so many varieties of cookies, cakes, cupcakes, candies , it was like I was in a baking contest with all the chefs in the Chicago area. All the kids of course were stuffing their mouths with these pastries b/c their parents were too busy to feed them all day , so as soon as they saw these colorful killer "appetizers" , they went bananas! I tried to distract them by taking out the Jenga and connect four. Then we did some body competitions,,, knowing me. I battled with my cousins to see who can last longer in the plank position. lol. It was fun. Then my cousin wanted to arm wrestle me, that’s when I knew I had accomplished something positive! Well, that only lasted so long b/c before long , it was "dinner time". Lots of spanish rice, enchiladas, tamales, ugh, need I say more? Don’t get me wrong,I love Mexican food but I don’t appreciate the way the tradition calls to eat it. Like there is no tomorrow.

I’m well on my way to changing things though. I’m going to continue to give my family crap for eating crap. I need and love my family, I want them to lead long healthy lives. I’m also going to continue training and pushing my friends. I have a neighbor who wants to get in shape and another friend who I train with. We motivate each other. He pushes me to lift heavy! I push him to , well, lift! It’s a great relationship. I wish I knew more ppl that were so willing to work out. Unfortunately, most of my "friends" these days just want to hang out at bars and drink away their pain. I can’t get myself to do that, needless to say, I’ve lost touch with a lot of them.

On a happier note, I’m excited for what’s to come in 2009. Even if I have to get there on my own, I will work hard to achieve my goals. I have lots to do, and JenCan won’t let anything/anyone get in her way. With that said, thanks for taking the time to read and I wish all of you perseverant and gorgeous peers the best , stay blessed and healthy!

xoxo
JenCan

Hardbody plan

jencan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:36:24 +0000

Alright, the Ava Cowan pics are on the fridge, the salmon, chicken and greens are packed for the week. The protein is in the baggies. I’m ready to take on this week, with a new direction. LIFT HEAVY or GO HOME JenCan! Honestly, I’m so bored of using the baby dumb bells. From here on, I’m using heavier IRON and work until I reach failure. I started Saturday w/ shoulders , ahh, felt sooo #*$&@( great. It was like a tease…lol

I can fill my brain with all the routines, workouts and exercises ever thought of , but NO ONE can get me to put forth effort of intensity and failure but myself. I’ve got the laser sharp ambition, I just need to externalize it , regardless of all the looks I get at the gym. Gosh! Can’t everyone just mind their own !? Lol, I must put up one good show b/c damn do they stare! Next time, I’m going to just smile and move on. I tend to stop, but like my buddy said "F-em, all of them!" lol

So watch out for me, I’m going to get some tight, lean body mass on me. I’ll be posting pics so look out! Have a great week everyone!

xoxo

JenCan

New home

jencan — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:15:49 +0000

Today was my first day at my new home…a new gym. My old gym closed its location, which wasn’t that convenient anyway. My 2 a days were really 3 a days if you were to count all that walking to get to the gym! Now, Fitness Formula Club is on my way to the 9-5. I got up at 5 am and much to my surprise …it was packed! I loved it, my old gym didn’t have that many ppl so early. I love seeing ppl sweat, I feel part of a GREAT force! Anyway, the club is clean, and it’s huge! I’m really happy I made the switch! I just might start working out 3xs a day…

Hunger!

jencan — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:21:51 +0000

Hunger, eating low carb and watching the fat makes you do crazy things. I just threw out a precious 1/2 c of oatmeal and one good scoop of Isopure b/c I got a craving for something pudding and mixed them together. Whoa! Bad idea. Protein is hard to mix as it is, without a shaker cup, forget it! Needless to say, the result was a globby mess of uncooked oats, chunks of protein powder and water floating to the top. A big YUK for that recipe. This is what happens when I try to eat healthy carbs, I feel like it’s a sign to stay away from them, even if they are the "good"ones. Today is leg day so I better go make another protein shake. Thank goodness for RTD shakes. I might just treat myself to a muscle milk (banana is my fave). Thanks a lot Big C, now you have me addicted to the stuff. I’ll just have to squat double time. : )

My first visit to a BB competition

jencan — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:52:14 +0000

This is a very exciting time in my life. I’ve been learning so much information about a healthy lifestyle. I never knew I had the will power to change the way I feel and body composition. With all the resources available, I’ve dropped 5 pant sizes since February! I’ve become relentless and will achieve a new goal: low teen body fat. I will conquer this barrier that women can’t/shouldn’t have muscles. I will get the triceps I so very badly long for. I will walk tall with fierce shoulders. I will step up to any fitness challenge, I WILL BE STRONG.

So, I bought tickets to the Jr. National fitness competition in Illinois on June. I am very excited. I want to see all these gorgeous, determined, passionate and strong women present themselves. I can’t wait! (I’m even going to start a new program to lean up and build more muscle for a battle against my #1 competitor: MYSELF). Whew! It’s all work from here folks! I’m looking forward to sharing all my thoughts and experiences (and progress pics).