thorra’s BodyBlog

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Pre Workout/Breakfast: Water, oats, yogurt, apple, whey, cinnamon, glutamine.

Workout: Water, whey, dextrose, creatine, cinnamon.

Post Workout: Burritos and greens. Snack 1: Pecans

Snack 2 (because snack 1 was so lame): Red Twizzlers*

Meal 4: Bagels**

Meal 5: Almonds***

Meal 6/Good Night Shake: Water, cottage cheese, peanut butter, whey.

*No problems finding all of the red Twizzlers in a bag full of- er- red Twizzlers.

**I was on my way over to the chicken and sweet potato, when those bagels viciously assaulted me and crammed themselves down my throat.  HONEST!!

*** Day 2 of The Great Boiled Egg Strike of 2007.

I truly believed that BOB had blessed me with the secret to eternal happiness this morning (or at least a spring and summer’s worth of happiness), when I awoke with the perfect excuse to once again get out of painting the interior of the house.

Sadly, my wife was under the impression that I had been blessed enough the last two spring and summers.

Side Laterals

10 (20)

*DROP SET*  *DROP SET*

20 (14,12,12)

10 (10,10,10)

*END DROP SET*  *END DROP SET*

10 (14,10,10,10)

Pause at the top and sloooooooow the negative portion down.

Arnonld Presses

40 (10)

45 (10)

50 (8,7)

Rear Delt Laterals (Leaning on Bench)

20 (12,12,12)

BARBELL SHRUGS

Wiiiiiiiiiiide Grip

255 (14,14,14)

275 (12)

Reverse Grip

275 (12,10,10)

A bit weak today.  Oh well.

Cardio today was 20 minutes of jump rope followed by an hour of so of prepping and washing the ceilings.  YIP YIP yay.

FIN

-Doing pulldowns first today instead of pullups was a nice shock to the system.  My back isn’t waiting until tomorrow to get sore. 

-"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."

Herm Albright

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-Shoulders and traps tomorrow.

A weak snacking day, indeed!  I promise tomorrow will be better. 

On a brighter note, I am hopped up on energy right now.

Pre Workout/Breakfast: Water, oats, yogurt, apple, whey, glutamine, cinnamon.

Workout: Water, whey, dextrose, cinnamon.

Post Workout: Burritos and greens of a collard variety.

Snack: Red Jelly Beans*

Meal 4: Water, cottage cheese, apple, flax, whey, cinnamon.

Meal 5: Almonds**

Meal 6/Good Night Shake: Water, cottage cheese, peanut butter, whey.

*Relax, Superfriends.  The amount of energy used to sort through the conflabbed bag, looking for the miniscule serving of red beans, before spilling the whole bag on the floor and having to drop down and pick them all up far and away exceeds the amount of sugar ingested.

**Day one of The Great Boiled Egg Strike of 2007

FUDGE!!

FUDGE! FUDGE!!  FUDGE!!!

I’m not sure if I’m cursing like a dork or wishing for a large chunk of the delightful confection first created in 1886 from a "fudged" batch of caramels (Thank you Good Eats!  Or was it my Fannie Farmer book?  Whatever!!)

MMMMM. Caramels!!

My energy levels have been bouncing around all morning.  I started pretty damn low after a long "Don’t Worry Be Happy" filled night, but bounced up for a decent workout, only to sink down again a little while after showering up. 

Right now, I’m waiting for the oolong to kick in and bring me back up. 

Wide Grip Pulldowns

45 (25)

115 (10)

160 (5)

195 (5,5)

175 (9,8)

160 (10,9)

Pull Ups (Hammer Grip)

(8,8,7)

Pull Ups (Reverse Close Grip)

(8,8,6)

One Arm Pull Downs

90 (5)

75 (10,10,9)

55 (10,10)

Stiff Legged Deadlifts

165 (10)

215 (10,10,10)

My forearms were on fire by the time I finished up today’s workout, especially holding the bar for stiff legged deadlifts, so I called it a day on forearm work.

Finished up the exercise portion with some weighted hangs, which had my forearms screaming even more.

Cardio was 20 minutes on the Elliptical of Joy.

FIN

-Today was a great day, and I’m not just saying that because I loaded up on bacon cheese fries.  I had buttloads of fun, even without the scarfing.

-By accident, I got Bobby McFerrin’s "Don’t Worry Be Happy" stuck in my head, and it won’t go away.

I think I’m in for a long night.

-"You can only be young once.  But you can always be immature."

Dave Barry

-Back and forearms tomorrow.

Surprisingly tame for an off day.  DAMN!!

Meal 1: Water, oats, yogurt, apple, whey, glutamine, cinnamon.

Meal 2: Dehydrated twigs in a water/whey/cinnamon mix.

Meal 3+4: Bacon cheese fries, Bacon cheeseburger, and french fries.

Meal 5: Boiled egg and almonds

Meal 6: Water, cottage cheese, peanut butter, whey.

-Lunch today was at Ruby Tuesdays.  The portions were large, so I ended up taking it home and finishing up for dinner.

I zonked out for six and a half hours of blissful, uninterrupted sleep last night.  It felt great.

Unfortunately, I had no idea what to do with myself so early in the morning without a scheduled workout to prepare for.  Since I couln’t find my book, I ended up outside, overseeding the lawn.

After that, it was a mall trip with Number 1 Daughter, who, though only 11, knows how to take forever getting ready, like a grown woman!

Not only that, she knows how to spend money like it’s going out of style (actually, she gets that from me!)

Oh well.  She had a great time and I survived yet another Build-A-Bear Workshop experience.

FIN

-I could not focus to save my life today.  Over and over, I kept spacing out- while reading, in the kitchen, when my wife was talking to me (No, wait.  That last one is normal.  It’s called a defense mechanism!)

Seems like a good idea to take tomorrow off and regroup, which works out well since I have plans with Number 1 Daughter anyhoo.

-"Yesterday’s the past and tomorrow’s the future. Today is a gift - which is why they call it the present"

Bill Keane

Was that truly motivational?

What the FUH?!? 

I really am out of it!!!

-Day off tomorrow. 

I’m half the snacking man I used to be. 

Pre Workout/Breakfast: Water, oats, yogurt, apple, whey, glutamine, cinnamon.

Workout: Water, whey, dextrose, cinnamon.

Post Workout: Burritos and greens

Snack: Grape licorice.

Meal 4: Water, oats, cottage cheese, apple, whey, flax, cinnamon.

Meal 5: Boiled eggs and almonds.

Meal 6: Water, cottage cheese, peanut butter, whey, cinnamon.

My only snack was just a couple pieces of grape licorice- and I could barely taste them.

I am truly having an off day!!

BLEH!!