Joe’s BodyBlog

It is more than a milestone because It’s a place in my life where I never thought I would get to again especially after my back injury.  The thought of the injury still haunts me sometimes because I had lost the feeling and mobility in both of my legs and it was terrifying.

 
But that was then and this is now! I went to the doctors for a physical and blood work. My blood pressure was perfect, my cholesterol was 60 and my tryglyceride level was 61. No more back pain. How cool is that?

 
A year ago today I had a 34 waist but got down to a 30.  A year ago today my body fat was at 23% and I got it down to 12.5% so things are going good!

Today I killed it at the gym.  I started off working biceps and triceps.  I love doing concentration curls with a 60 lb dumb bell because that was something that I never thought I could do.  Now it is second nature. I have veins popping out all over my forearms, shoulders and biceps. Then I did 600 ab crunches while holding a 45-pound weight and I could feel the burn.  Then I did 45 minutes of HIT cycling cardio followed by a 30-minute swim and then a good soak in the hot tub. 

 
Diet is going well and I am staying strong and focused with it.  I am so far ahead with my meal preparation that I wont have to cook again for at least 3 weeks!

 
I re- thought things and tweaked my program and since June, have been taking L- Argenine, L Ornathine and glutamine before and after my workouts.  Started using creatine again and am drinking plenty of water.  I take a zero carb isopure protein shake a couple of times each day and that along with the food intake brings up my daily protein intake to over 200 grams each day.  I have kept fat and carb intake extremely low and get my fat from Omega 3 fish oil.

 
I can say with a good degree of certainty that I am making the lean gains in muscle mass that I am after. My size small shirts are now getting too tight in the chest, arms and shoulders. This is an interesting paradox for me because I was used to going DOWN in my shirts so this tells me that what I am doing is working.  I’m glad that I held onto a few medium Tees and tank shirts.

 
We are in for a heat wave here in Pa all week and it is supposed to go to the high 90’s to 100 degrees with a heat index of 110!

 
I got used to my work routine with my job and everything with it has leveled off. I’m ready to kill this week with my diet and at the gym.