jmborr's BodyBlog

a small victory

jmborr — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:06:03 +0000

My office happens to be next to this place where they set up lunches and snacks, and many times there are leftovers. Today I was offered some food. As I got close I looked at the usual suspects: donuts, rolls, pies and the like. Not even a lame sandwich or some fruit. I took one piece of pie, not come across as rude. Once in my office I looked at it and I did not see a piece of pie. I saw a bunch of sugar, butter, yolk and flour all mixed together in this smelly paste. An ‘uaaagggh’ came to my mind and I dumped it.

A change of mind. It’s all it takes.

The !$%@^ carb cravings

jmborr — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:43:47 +0000

Back to my rants against these stuuuupid carb cravings. I don’t feel hungry, I feel bored, ergo I ‘need’ Cheetos…sucks!!! What am I doing here at work? I’m bored, I want to go home, it’s almost thanksgiving and everybody has already left !!!

I scored a small victory. I was already zombieing to the vending machine, then sanity struck me. I beat you, mother@#$@# machine!!!

To all my brothers and sisters who are battling the cravings…wait till tomorow!

-eat turkey, it’s lean.

my one-day gym adventure

jmborr — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:25:42 +0000

This is how long my membership has lasted LOL. I went back to the gym asking for a better price. They wouldn’t yield, neither would I, so we parted and I’ll continue to workout home. I felt I was being ripped of when a friend told me of this other person who got a much better deal. I didn’t mention this particular person when bargaining, maybe I should have. Anyway, they lost a customer and it’s not like their gym is crowded.

Bargaining for a gym membership

jmborr — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:39:56 +0000

Gym membership costs are anything but written in stone. I know people that with the same gym benefits pay half what others pay. I signed up yesterday at the local gym, but I think I got a lame deal, so I am canceling today because I’m in the trial period. I have to admit these guys are good at selling, and I am a hothead.
Today I did my first squats with the bar. Damm they’re not easy, the bar tends to swing everywhere!! Next time I’ll swallow up my ego and load a smaller weight. Well, assuming I keep my membership

Dit a great leg workout, I’m sore!

I love/hate HIIT

jmborr — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:33:26 +0000

HIIT is the real deal, no bullsh**, no fooling around. Nothing gives me a sweat like this grinder. I loooove the resting periods and by the end of the workout I fear the incoming torments of the next high-intensity period. Once finished, I feel I have accomplished something.

I went to the gym with a somewhat lazy attitude. That prevented me from burning the targeted calories, but I learned something valuable. I was on the verge of stopping after 30min. I was spilling my guts, and I considered two compromising options: (1) Stop, take a rest, and come back for the next 15min (2) take it down a notch and finish the 15min. I went with option (2) and this was the wise choice. I ended up doing 95% of my targeted calories, but more importantly, next time I won’t be as tempted to stop. If I stop after 30min, next workout I will stop after 30min because I know myself. And who knows if I will come back once I cool down?
Eliptical machine: 2min @ 185 heart-beats/min followed by 2min @ 145 hb/m, for 45min = 525Cal ( )
I cool down at the recumbent bike: 2min @ 165watt followed by 2min @ 105wat, for 20min = 210Cal

I aim for a minimum of 750Cal total.

my shampoo bottle showed up…3 days later

jmborr — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:17:11 +0000

Can you believe one or more bastar** in the gym are helping themselves to my shampoo bottle? I don’t have a locker so I leave my stuff in the open. Not like I’m leaving golden necklaces, but a lowly $3.00 shampoo bottle that some cheap assho** won’t buy for himself. I could fill the bottle with some sh** and have a laugh, I’m reaaaally tempted to do it

I’m baaaack, greeeat!!!

jmborr — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:15:18 +0000

Feels good to recover from an injury, my adductor has recovered 90%. Still afraid of doing cardio and leg workout, but in the meantime I can go on with the rest. I’ve learned the lesson and I won’t play hero again. My gains will advance slower, but so be it. I won’t risk another injury just for trying to push myself too hard.

You can injure yourself without noticing!

jmborr — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:43:54 +0000

So this is what happened to me. I overdid some hip adductions and now I’m screwed up for a few days. What bothers me is that I never noticed I was going overboard with the exercise. It was tough, yes, but that is how it is supposed to be. I usually get cues from my body when I feel a sudden and sharp pain, that’s the signal to immediately stop.

I’ll be more careful now, but it really bothers me that I don’t have a measure of what is reasonable effort and what is not.

Today I felt like the weirdo one at the gym

jmborr — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:12:31 +0000

I’m blessed with a pretty decent gym at my workplace. 90% of the people go there to claim a discount in their insurance premiums, so their motivation is not like a 100%. All you hear are the TV mumblings and the amicable conversations at the treadmill (if you can do cardio and small-talk at the same time, I say something’s wrong with your workout). I really felt out of place today, grunting and punching the leg-press machine. And I put these faces, oh my God, like I am in pain! Everybody else is cruising through their workout and here I am struggling…I am weird!!

cardio was really good today

jmborr — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:35:43 +0000

It had been more than one month since my last cardio session. That migh be the reason why it felt so good

1hour of moderate elliptical machine; Average heart rate: 150; Calories burnt: 837

Still struggling to gain lean mass, I’m stuck at 124lb. The good thing is I lift heavier than one month ago, so I may be trading muscle for fat. I’m going to give it a try and do the static curls (16 of them) with the 25lb dumbbells, see how many I kill. No fear of pain!!!