shawn2000’s BodyBlog

 as i get further and further into this bodybuilding thing i find my goals starting to change.when i first start this i just wanted to look good. as i workout alil more every week (up to 5 full days) and i start to see the results and the intensity of my workouts picking up i start to wonder were could this go. before the goals and acheivements that i set for myself were small compared to were i am thinking i would like to go with this. so i ask myself is it possible to compete. i am not sure what it will take for this to happen but i have decided that my workouts are gonna have to be more specific and even more intense.every day i go to the gym i find myself wanting this alil more so the hell with it if your gonna have goals whats the point of setting them if you know you can acheive them aim high or dont aim at all.

     music is always good motivator for me. if the right tunes are going it just gives me that pumped feeling. so today when i went into the i layed there trying to get pumped to get out that 1st set and realized that 1980’s jazz was playing (not a motivator)so i asked them to change and they said sure thing. so next thing i realized is they had turned it to some 1980’s soft rock (still not a motivator) i like a good uptempo beat. so just wondering what tunes do you like to hear while you are trying to pump out those reps?

   the up and down of the bodybuilding world. with me it seems for every positive gain i make there is negative loss. my goal of gaining pds. of muscle is up and down, my bodyfat % goal is holding, and my strength goal is going forward.

   with all of these goals i am also trying to gain mass and size. it seems every time i acheive something my weight cannot maintain. i will gain 7 pds. this week and lose 8 next week. no matter what i do i cannot accumulate any weight. maybe its just me trying to hurry everthing along and get everything at once.(i know thats not possible but it would be nice).

 wed. has become my normal day to do a chest workout.todays workout consisted of:

bench press:

10 reps    185       8 reps 205    6 reps    225     4 reps  235    1   rep   255

incline bench:

4 sets of 10       40 lbs   50 lbs   60 lbs   70 lbs

cable cross over:

4 sets of 10       50 lbs   60 lbs   70 lbs   80 lbs

decline bench press:

4 sets of 10         80 lbs

and as an extra

bicep curl:

4 sets of 10      40lbs

thats my normal wed. workout , 2 more weeks of this and it should be time to start something new. time to change it up

 mondays are great. theres nothing like getting up on monday and hitting the gym. by friday my body is normally tired and starting to break down, telling me it needs a break.when that happens i know i have earned a weekend break to recover.its my my prize to myself for putting in an exhausting week at the gym.

  then theres MONDAY the day my body and mind thrive for. after a weekend of rest im fully prepared for a full out body assault to start out the week. my normal monday workout plus a few extra sets for body parts that lack and need more attention. its great i wish i could convince my mind and my ailing muscles on thursday and friday that it was just another MONDAY.

  also today i took some new measurements. it was nice and very gratifying to get to really see some results. sometimes you feel the growth is there but its always better when you can see it in a picture or even as numbers on a peice of paper.

you know those days that you just do NOT want to do that work out. for me today was one of those days for me. i work nights so i tend to workout alone so if i cant motivate myself on any given day my workout is out the window.  well as i was saying today i was laying there in bed looking for my motivation and it was nowhere to be found. in about 10 mins. i had completely talked myself out of workingout. but then the phone rang and my buddy who i  always talk trash to about his workout habits(never going) wants to go to the gym. i was telling him how i wasnt going to go so he repaid the favor of trash talking me. thats all it took and there i was in the gym, alil extra motivation is all i needed. it always helps anyway you can get it………

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