"To have a best body ever on my birthday (November 23). In the mean time, my goal is to Squat heavier, Bench press a bit heavier then yesterday and continue to stay focus on eating foods that do not clogged my system."
I can feel the change in the weather, it is much cooler during the day then a few weeks ago. It’s my favorite season of the year, the Fall. Summer has passed, and yet I haven’t been to the beach at all, but in a way, I was not really looking forward to head out to the beach this Summer. But I do look forward to head out to the beach by next Summer 09.
At the moment, I have no idea how much I weight nor what is my body fat percentage. I thought of purchasing a scale, but then I know I would be obsessed all over it, and the last thing I need is to lose my focus. However, I did noticed I am start seeing more veins on my arms, and a bit of veins on my legs. I am still able to grab fat roll off my stomach, but I feel my abs is tighter then before. In term of strength, I was able to Squat much heavier weight, and I am beginning to get use to the form. I eat more then ever, I consume alot of carb in the morning, I also eat more nuts. My meal is still the same ingredients, chicken breast+rice+yam+veggie+eggs+oatmeal, lean turkey, 93/7 lean beef, whole grain bread. Nothing chane in using supplement, multivitamins, flax seed, vitamin C, N.O. In training, M+T+T+F= weight, W=Cardio, Sat=cardi or weight. Although because I don’t want my body to get adapt to one machine, I tend to switch up between treadmill, elliptical and now using the rowing machine. I am looking forward to my next picture to see a great physique.
Tony Robbins is right when he said the body is going to change whether we like it or not. I just saw a few recent pictures of my friends on their beach trip, and I must said they look much different then before, not fat, but just not as tone, a bit more flabby and a whole lot of guts. I am not comparing myself with my friends nor judging their bodies, but looking at these pictures of my friends give me an option to choose my path and so far I pick the path I am on right now.
As much as I love to have a great body in a short amount of time as possible, I think I’m going to have to take time to rest and recover. I feel as if I’m over train. I feel extremely exhausted after each workout, and have absolutely no energy to carry on the day. I was dead tired. I just want to sleep all the time. I’ve decided to take a few days off of training to recover; hopefull, these few days will boost my energy level up.
I have to learn that fitness is a long term process, and I just have to be patient with it. The body needs to recover. The last think I need is to have someone out of shape and have more energy then me…that would suck…blah!!!
After great consideration, I’ve decided to hangout with a few friends on Friday’s night and on Saturday’s night. It should be alright, I just have to be a bit conscious on choosing my foods wisely. At first, I thought of sending an "I’m not going e-mail" like other times, but I feel I need to balance out between my social life and my goal. I believe that I can still have fun, and still able to achieve my goal. I hope they’re going to an American Restaurant, I can really eat some good steak or sushi
I’ve decided to switch my training, I found a few new splits workout from M&F magazine, and I’m going to start training on that. Eating been good this whole week, I’ve been doing yam and chicken breast and rice. I also eat oatmeal, 1 egg, and 3 white, fruits such as apples and bananas. I’ve been eating about 7 meals a day, and I do noticed I’ve gain a bit mass, which is cool. I am also going to start doing cardio following each workout to drop bodyfat
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<style> </style>Today, I came to realize that my right leg is weaker then my left leg, but on the opposite side, my right arm is much stronger then my left. I thought if that is the way the body balances itself out. I pushed my right leg a bit more after I finished training with the hope that my right leg will get stronger.
I also realized that on my legs day, I tend to focus working on Quad rather than a combination of Quad and Calf. I’m obsessed with having great calf, because I noticed a lot of guys at the gym, they look big but they have chicken legs. I reviewed my leg day workout plan, and I did Squat, Dumbbell lunges, Barbell lunges, Front squat, Legs press, Legs curl all these focused on Quad. The only exercise that focused on Calf is the seated Calf raise. I need to find exercise that focused on Calf too.
I’m happy to report that my Squat form is getting much better than before, I am no longer leaping toward when doing Squat. I am able to put on weight when doing Squat, unlike before, just a bar itself, I was about to die. Which lead me to believe that the more Squat I do, the better and stronger I get.
As for my meal plan, I need to condition myself to eat lean without questioning why I’m eating lean. I should be able to eat lean without having to think twice, and eating lean should come naturally. It’s hard, but I think I can condition myself.
Overall, I did a good job today, and I’m one day closer to achieving the body that I deserve.
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<style> </style>Today, I came to realize that my right leg is weaker then my left leg, but on the opposite side, my right arm is much stronger then my left. I thought if that is the way the body balances itself out. I pushed my right leg a bit more after I finished training with the hope that my right leg will get stronger.
I also realized that on my legs day, I tend to focus working on Quad rather than a combination of Quad and Calf. I’m obsessed with having great calf, because I noticed a lot of guys at the gym, they look big but they have chicken legs. I reviewed my leg day workout plan, and I did Squat, Dumbbell lunges, Barbell lunges, Front squat, Legs press, Legs curl all these focused on Quad. The only exercise that focused on Calf is the seated Calf raise. I need to find exercise that focused on Calf too.
I’m happy to report that my Squat form is getting much better than before, I am no longer leaping toward when doing Squat. I am able to put on weight when doing Squat, unlike before, just a bar itself, I was about to die. Which lead me to believe that the more Squat I do, the better and stronger I get.
As for my meal plan, I need to condition myself to eat lean without questioning why I’m eating lean. I should be able to eat lean without having to think twice, and eating lean should come naturally. It’s hard, but I think I can condition myself.
Overall, I did a good job today, and I’m one day closer to achieving the body that I deserve.
Today, I noticed I’m a bit leaner on my abs, and I did put on a bit of mass, and my strength did increase a bit. I’m more confident and comfortable using free weights, and training with machines. I trained on Chest, Triceps and did 20 minutes on the treadmill. I haven’t been eating lean as I used to, and therefore I figured, I can do a bit of cardio to help.
I went to visit an old friend yesterday, and we haven’t seen each other for months, she compliments that she noticed I’m gaining muscels Wow, it’s awesome to hear something like that, because it would help me stay focus on my goal, knowing I’m doing comming along and doing the right thing.
I’m going to the beach this weekend, a part of me was happy, but the other part, I’m not sure, I want more definition on abs and I want more cut on chest. I could be happy, that at least I’m not overweight, and my stomatch doesn’t stick out like it used to. I could be happy that my arms and legs are toned and did have veins pop out a bit when I flexed…it’s awesome.
Going to start drinking more water, eat more veggies, and exercise…that would help keep me looking good for the beach…
These past few days, my training sessions wasn’t great, and my eating habit was on a roller coaster. There were days, I was eating lean, and there were days, I just don’t care. Why? I’ve been asking myself that question while driving to work everyday, and after the gym. What exactly is my motivation for being fit? What is the drive, the motivation in me when I was fat, compared to now? It’s until today, that I finally accept the fact that I’m working on the body that I deserve for myself, for my health, and not for bringing back a past relationship with someone. I see this person every Sundays at Mass. I workout daily just to be sure I’m in a good shape for Sunday. I want to hear "I want you back" from the person. But I did not get what I want to hear. It suck! Yesterday, I felt extremely lonely, and I just ate and ate. I started to beat myself up with internal conversations, "Why bother working out, no one is going to look at you", and "you’ll neverget the body you want, no matter how hard you work at it."
I’ve realized that if I don’t exercise and eat lean, then I will never attract a relationship that I want, I will never have the energy for things I want to do in my life. I will be fat and ugly, and sick. I’ll be one of those people you work with, that popped pills for high-blood pressure and other things, when they’re only 41 years old. I rather hear, "Wow, you look great" or, "Wow, you were born with a good looking body".
I am back on track working on the Body That I Deserve, God bless!
Although, I didn’t rock my workout today, but I did managed to stay away from those muffins, and cookies from the coffee shop. I did managed to complete a few back exercises and a few exercises for biceps. The gym is currently in renovation, and therefore, it is stuffy because the smell of glue or construction compounds. I did a few minutes on the treadmill but got off quickly, because I couldn’t stand the smell. I’ve noticed, I’m getting more veins on my arms, perhaps, because I’m getting leaner. I have also increased my food consumption, eating the same type of food, but a bit more and I try to eat on-time every three hours.
I can’t wait to snap a few pictures by the end of July 2008, to see the result and the different. I am a bit nervous not knowing how my body will turn out. I do fear of gaining all the fat, and not muscles.
I finished No. Explode today, and I think I’m done with BSN. No. Explode doesn’t seem to do it job for me as it did for others. I do like BSN commercial on No.Explode, it’s awesome, I wish I could be like those people in the video. I wish I get all of those energy, sweat, and pump like those in the ads wouldn’t that be awesome? I don’t know why I’m rambling…ok. going to stop
Just about heading over to the gym, I felt extremely hungry and exhausted. Why? I did managed to eat all my meals and I did managed to consume from fruits and drank the protein shapes mixed with BCAA about 1 and 1/2 hours before training. At the end, I decided to eat and see if I do feel better after. In fact, I did felt much better, I felt stronger, and had great energy then before. About 1 and 1/2 hours later, I consumed 2 scoops of No Explode and got a great workout. I noticed my strength improved a bit.
Today, I trained on Biceps, Traps and Shoulders. Then I decided to do Squat, I know, it wasn’t Squat day, but if I don’t do them then I will never get better at them and my form will never be right. I learned that from listening to Anthony Robbins speeches "If you can’t, then you must. If you must, then you can". I put on 25lbs on both side, and did about 10 reps, then I leave the same weight and did another 8, then another 10reps. Funny, it wasn’t hard at all, I can increase the weight the next time, said 45lbs from each side of the bar? if so, then I would meet my goal. My trainer was in today, he watched how I performed Squat then gave suggestion, and pin points thing that could help me do it better. He said, next time we will increase the weight. COOL, I’m ready! My trainer said that my Squat form was correct and perfect. I finished the workout with a 15 minutes on the Elliptical machine. I haven’t done it for awhile, and the one they have at my gym is much different then the one at the old gym. Then i did the stair climber machine, okay, I don’t like that thing, i was afraid i was going to fall down.
Lately, I haven’t seen the bodybuilder guy at the gym, I want to train with him and have him helps me with my forms and learn from him. I got to approach him and talk to him, but I feel like I’m taking away his training time.
It’s Friday, I did thought of making it a cheat day. I did thought of getting a low fat blueberry icing scone for breakfast at the coffee shop, but because I didn’t know how much calories in one of those sucker, I decided to walk away. Walking away from that item was a wise decision because, I just checked the calories from their website and realized it is 370 calories and that would equal about 30 minutes doing HITT on the Treadmill. NO THANKS! I also checked out a food item that my friend get every morning, it’s called Lemon Cake. The website lists Lemon Cake as having 470 calories.
ok, going to bed for a awesome chest workout tomorrow!
Why does it seem extremely easy for others to pull themselves up, compared to me? What muscles group am I suppose to train to be able to pull myself up without using the pull-up assistance machine? I wasn’t planning to do any pull-up at all today, because I hate it, hate it. After doing all these exercises, Lat, Dumbbell Row, and other back workout, my trainer came by to say hi, then asked "Did you do your pull up yet"? lol I answered "No, but I will". I have to constantly repeating this phrase in my head "Live Strong", "Live Strong", damn. I busted out about 10 reps with plate number 10 for support, then I rested, then back to do close grip pull up but was only able to pull 8, then I switched to plate 11 for support What I like about doing pull-up is after I was done, I can feel the pump in my arm ands feel a bit on my back. I did a couples more of both pullup and closed grip pull up and take a short cardio on the treadmill. My trainer was behind me, watching me, I know that the next session, I can’t make excuses for not doing pull-up.
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