Loving the volume and the split
Had another great workout yesterday, arms and shoulders. Did overhead BB preses, lateral raises, and external cable rotations for the delts. I was pretty hesitant about the overhead presses, thinking they were going to harm the back but I kept the abs tight and all was well. Then I crushed some bis and tris with EZ bar curls supersetted with skullcrushers and some reverse cable curls supersetted with pressdowns. I can’t tell you how fun it is for me, even just to write about it, just using the old language. It’s been so long since I did. It’s so easy to get stuck in a line of thinking, dogma, or a rut, if you will, and breaking free is a wonderfully liberating feeling. I’m real sore though, real sore all over. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to keep this up for long, but I do think I’ll incorporate it a bit more often than I have been doing. I really think it’s fun to just relax a bit and pump iron like I did in the old days instead of absolutely demolish and destroy the iron like I’ve been doing the last few years….although, that’s definitely fun too when I’m in the mood.
I’m spending this morning going over the things that are really important in my life, the ones I don’t want to live without and the ones that I can do without. This morning we’re just talking about physical things and their costs. My nutrition costs are through the roof, but I’m not willing to give them up or even skimp really. My physical therapy costs are also quite high. Especially high considering I’m living in a semi-socialist country where this stuff is all supposed to be free and yet I pay for it out of pocket anyway given that the government hasn’t accepted my various forms of therapy as such and refuses to cover them. That’s alright, I can take care of it just fine. I think I’m being well looked after and have faith that everything’s gonna be alright. I’m running low on money now, but I’ve come to a pretty good understanding that if I keep spending liberally on the things that I need to spend on and converservatively on the things that I don’t need to spend on, that life will take care of the rest. I’ve already put it out there that I’m going to need some help, so I feel good about that.
I’m happy to report that my single surviving sequoia tree has now been accompanied by another in a pot section on the other side of planter. This guy is quite a bit taller but not nearly as bushy. We’ll see if they live. I’m just going by the ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it principle’-basically not doing anything at all to them except watering when dry.
Today is going to be a high calorie day. Actually I started the day with my 2 parasite cleansing pills that I got from humaworm.com, then I made a 8 egg fat shake, which I, as I write this, am just now remembering that I didn’t put any butter in!!! I knew that thing felt unfilling. That really aggrivates me! Anyway, about to have some sailors beef in a couple of minutes; then I’ll go to the gym and hit up some hams and do some core work.
The back is about as usual. Not real bad and hasn’t really been on the verge of majorly bulging for a while now, but it’s still uncomfortable almost all the time. I got a massage last night and this morning it feels great. I’m going to keep that up for sure. I’m also going to see if I can get an MRI done; that would hopefully shed some more light on this situation and if it comes down to it that I need to have surgery, then I’ll do it. I really don’t want to though. Anyway, gonna get a move on now. Hope all is well with you, feel free to drop me a line whenever you want.
