UNLEASH THE BEAST WITHIN

Hello Everyone! I hope you all are doing well. So i decided to copy over my log from another forum to keep track on here as well. Although this is probably a poor time to be starting one, I’ll do it anyway and try and keep it up to date. My workouts have suffered lately because of serious problems going on with my dad, I will post my myspace blog below just to let you all know, as well as a few injuries I’ve suffered, one to my right shoulder and one to my knee so the weight has been dramatically decreased until I’m back to health.

A few things I’d like to let you know about my workouts. I workout at home, alone because my workout buddies gave up on me, I also have a decent amount of equipment to use, however I put my purchase of a leg sled on hold until I move, one less heavy ass thing to be luggin around ? All of my exercises are done with free weights, even if I’m using the pulley system on my machines it’s all free weight, no selectorized stacks. I also improvise a lot when doing certain exercises, for example, I don’t have specific calf machines, but I use the smith machine for a lot of my calf exercises, built specific boards to put my feet on. I also have a treadmill and a recumbent bike for cardio although it’s not one of my favorite past times…bleh 

Okay so recently because I’ve missed some time and with my injuries I’ve gone back to a 4 day split routine. I tend to add supplemental exercises to help work on parts that I see lagging behind.

My Schedule:
Day 1- Chest/Traps/Calves
Day 2- Back/Shoulders/Abs
Day 3-Quads/Hams/Calves
Day 4- Bicep/Tricep/Abs

Before & Close to what i look like now

Below is the blog about my Dad I have on my myspace page.

Hey Everyone. I just wanted to let some people know what’s been going on with my Dad and why i’m all over the place lately.

Now you may or may not know that some years ago my Dad was diagnosed with Diabetes, and has been struggling with it and other complications/problems that stemmed from it, some of which includes arrhythmia, sleep apnea, higher blood pressure, very bad leg wounds amongst other things. So as you can see, it’s not all that great.

He’s been in and out of the hospital since he was diagnosed but this year it seems things have taken a turn for the worse. He’s been in the hospital 3 or 4 times for extended periods of time. A new symptom showed up this year about 6 months ago. He had dementia, wasn’t making any sense, so he was put into the hospital. It turned out to be high levels of CO2 in his system and was brought back to normal levels over time, however it intensified other problems. He had to have a catheter put during which he flat lined a total of 3 times. Now moving forward from then to the most recent time he went in, he displayed the same symptoms in the beginning with the dementia. Those somewhat died out while he was there, however his wounds on his legs had to be seriously treated, almost to the point where gangrene set in, but luckily was caught before that stage. He also had to have a pacemaker put in because of heartbeat irregularities, and was given anti-despressants on top of everything.

Now about 2 1/2 weeks ago he was released, was home for a total of 4 days, fell twice and had to be brought back to the hospital because he had no strength in his entire left side of his body. He still remains there. Unfortunatly we have no updates as to why the left side is weak and the Dementia has come back full force. I learned that they wanted to shift him to the psychiatric floor for observation but last night he had some sort of seizure and the rapid response team had to be sent in to work on him.

As of today i have no information as to what is going on and/or why.

So there you have it, what’s been going on with me and mine. Now i don’t know what to think or believe any more, i lost my faith almost 10 years ago and really don’t know where i stand with it, i don’t have the time to think about that now or find the belief, it’s just too much all at once ya know. But i ask you a favor, if you can keep my Dad in your thoughts, and if it is in your beliefs to pray, could you or would you do that for me, for my Dad? He’s very religious and believes strongly so i know it would mean a lot to him.
Thanks for taking the time out to read this. I wish you and yours the very best over the Holidays. Be Safe, be Happy, and Enjoy the life you have with everyone close to you!
-Joe

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