Back from the Arnold & I got to see him up close and personal!
"Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity” or should I say belly bloat, but you know what it was so worth it! Its been let me see like 6 years since I stayed overnight with some girlfriends and just kicked back and had fun. Last time I did I went to Indiana to gamble on the riverboat with my girlfriends and my son was a baby, I think I was due.
I drove up Friday and stayed in my friends hotel room, slept on some cushions on the floor. Nothing like sharing one bathroom with 4 other women. I think I got maybe 3 hours of sleep, not because we were rowdy all night, the big thing that evening after eating at Max & Ermas was having some beer, yes I said beer back in the hotel room, but I’m a feather weight had only 2, now the other guests in the hotel had alot more judging by the noise they were making in the hallways.
Up bright and early to hit the Arnold. Had one friend competing, she looked great. I got tons of free stuff, even got a shirt where they were telling everyone to take their shirts off, no I did not take my shirt off, though my friend and I offered to, but they were afraid of what would happen since we had bras on underneath and not sports bras. Then I got 3 more, one of which my friend and I cut in line and she sweet talked the guy at the booth, it was the bodybuilding.com booth!
Then I got the pleasure of being less than a foot away from the ARnold himself as he walked around. He’s a lot shorter than what he appears in the movies, not that he’s short, just not as tall as I thought he was. Then more beer on Saturday, woohoo lived it up I had 3! Ate dinner with my friends and ate some chocolate cake(mainly the icing, I really don’t like cake, but I love, love, love icing) with a friend then headed home.
Sunday headed back up with my family but we got there very late in the day(hey I needed sleep after my rowdy girls weekend) stopped at Gameworks on the way home where we played this game strapped in these chairs that shoot up in the air, you’re steering your balloon around on screen and trying to pop your competitors balloons. My goal, to pop my dh’s ballon as much as possible, my son tried to get me but I was so focused on getting dh’s balloon he had a hard time. Final score: my son: 7, my dh: 132, me: 202!
So today:Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity
20min fasted sprints on treadmill
Later: 6minutes pounding on Bob
circuits
upright rows
50×8x3
side lat raises
15×8x3
lunges
10×3
one arm db rows
33×8x3
front lat raises
15×10x3
lunges
10×3
facepulls
60×8x3
bent over lat raises
15×8x3
lunges
10×3
seated rows
100×8x3
lawnmowers
15×8x3
lunges
10×3
5min stretching.
I’ve got to formulate a plot fore I end up in jail or shot
Success is my only omtherf***ing option, failure’s not
I like those lyrics, I used them to motivate myself today after my weekend off from workouts other than walking the Arnold, my feet hurt!
So when you take a couple days off and need motivation, just think:
You can do anything you set your mind to, man
Its all a mind game. The body is willing but sometimes the soul is week. So glad I made it thru today, figured if I didn’t workout today then my week would suck, now i’ve set a tone for the week and just need to follow thru.
March 9, 2009 at 11:58 am
Sounds like you had a blast Kermane!! lol… when I read your opening line… "Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity” or should I say belly bloat" I thought you were talking about Arnold, the big guy!! lmao. Whew… you were just talking about you! rotfl!
:-)
I think you should post a pic of you wearing one of your new shirts. You should put one on Bob too… he missed you while you were gone and is feeling very peevish!
March 9, 2009 at 12:08 pm
I did have fun. I got a really cool shirt from chemically engineered, I’ll have to post what it says after I get it washed & dryed. Maybe I’ll put my BSN shirt on Bob.
March 9, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Good for you Kermane, now The Terminator really seems appropo. And for a reality check, that’s a good w/o.
I’m so out of "training", that 3 beers would surely cause real silliness on my part.
March 9, 2009 at 12:18 pm
And I drank them slow because I was afraid they would make me trashed since it has been ages since I had any.
March 9, 2009 at 12:32 pm
When he came to visit, we were briefed that he is not as tall as people think, so don’t be surprised.
Glad you had a good time there.
March 9, 2009 at 12:39 pm
I’d always heard his boots in terminator had a heel in them, thus the illusion of being taller than what he is. It was very cool to meet him.
March 9, 2009 at 2:28 pm
I never used to drink beer until someone introduced me to Belgian beer. One is enough for me though… 2 would have me thinking I’m a PCD.
Sounds like it was a great weekend but more importantly you kept your focus… pounding on Bob.
March 9, 2009 at 2:41 pm
It sounds like you had a much needed AWESOME time!!!! It sounded like so much fun.
March 9, 2009 at 4:21 pm
It was a lot of fun. And veronique 3 had me feeling uber good for awhile there.
March 9, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Amen. Im jealous. I was blah all weekend.
BUT thats awesome that you had a great time. Now I would really like to make the effort for Mr. Olympia this year, or maybe the Arnold for next year. You make it sound great.
March 10, 2009 at 5:31 am
mmm beer and cake and Arny. What more could you want for a weekend away
March 10, 2009 at 6:50 am
Mr olympia would be cool to see.
Yes Ryan,t he perfect weekend.