warriorelite’s BodyBlog

Today was the first day of training back from my injury. Its the one that sucks the most. Not being able to workout has been terrible for me. Especially since I was already on week nine of my 12week program. But all of the fuss is over. Today the ICE has been broken, and Im back and ready for action. I am starting over on my workout program and turning it now to a six week program. We will see where I go from there. This is day one, and all systems GO!

Once again, i have been bitten by yet another spider. I was in the middle of moving to another house when I decided to go into an old storage shed where I kept all of my tools etc. In the midst of it, I was bitten twice. When I went inside and started moving things around, a lot of debris had fallen all over me, dust, etc. I didnt think anything of it, I just kept working. About ten to fifteen minutes later, I noticed that there were spiders in there above my head, and that my abdomin and right thigh had started to itch, but nothing serious or even alarming. It was an itch less than that of a mosquito. it was nothing. A few days past and I notice a small red bump where I had been itching that was’nt there before. One on my leg and one on my abdomin. I was trying to figure out where they came from, because I never felt anything bite me and it had been a couple of days since I had been itching and there was no bump. Now its gotten worse, and my mobility and walking is limited, very limited. I have to take a few weeks off from training, BUMMER! I was making great progress. I did’nt want to stop now, but health and safety first. I will post my latest progress photos later today sometime. Coming soon. Look out for them. On my way to a speedy recovery. Spider-man, over and out.

I dont have too much intersting to post, except fot the fact that I am still at it. I am continuing with my training to manage and maintain my weight of 200 pounds while maximizing my physique. All is going well. Today starts week nine of the twelve weeks that I am training. Some times are harder than others, but I manage to make it through. I cant wait, I am starting to see more definate and precise changes in my physique. All are small, nothing out of this world. Those (out of this world) results will be saved for the training that I do in the eight weeks after my two week layoff from this twelve that I am currently rounding off. Stay tuned. It (I) only gets better.

Man oh man oh man! Things couldnt be any better. I have been on a roll as of late. I like the way my transformation has been going lately. The routine sucks, as usual, but I look and feel great! The last five and a half to six weeks have been very beneficial to me. I never have anything to write or post other than anything dealing with my training. (Im not the diary or journal writing type) I actually have to make myself post when I do make a post. Training is all that concerns me and that I think of. I have been training to cut the bodyfat while keeping my weight at the 200 pound weight limit. I am doing a great job. Its very prcise, the things that I do, and everything about it gets redundant. But its all part of the process. This is just an update on the progress that I am making. I have two more weeks until my eight week marker and then its on to finishing my twelve week plan. I will see you soon with updates and progress photos. Thanks for staying with me in this.

A friend of mine (JamerJay) has posted a blog about "More is more". That is something that everyone needs to hear (or read). Before reading it, I have recently applied this to my workout because I have once made the same mistake that "Klaus" did. I got cozy with the low volume workout and eventually hit a plateau. It took me a while to see where I went wrong but eventually by assesing my routines from past and present I figured it out, eventually. I found where I went wrong. I had become dependant solely on the low volume training and completely neglected the high volume training that got me here. Now since I have gotten things into perspective my body is responding like an animal. The post by "JamerJay", "more is more" is a post that I recommend everyone to read. It made me see things a lot clearer and made me understand my needs and situation a lot clearer now than before. I am seriously looking forward to what the next three or four weeks will yield.

I have been going up and down with my progress. I have finally got to the point to where my body would adhere to gaining weight. Now I have to deal with the tricky part of it. The part where I gain muscle instead of extra bodyfat. My metabolism used to be so high that no matter what I’d eat or how heavy I would go up in weight training, nor how powerful that I’d get, I would only improve in performance instead of gaining muscular tissue. It took me a while to lower it, but I finally got it. At first I had a problem with it, I didnt want to change all of my activites that I love to do so much. Now that I  am at the point to where gaining mass is easier. It has also gotten more challenging for me. I have to workout a lot more than I did before, and eating has consumed a great deal of my life. Right now, my biggest problem is all of the hollidays that are approaching. I have a weakness for baked good, pies, cakes, cookies, brownies,  and the list goes on. I am more focused than I have ever been before. I will make it through, its just that when I am finished, there will be one day that the indulgence will begin (but only for one day). I sure that there are a lot of people out there that feel the same way that I do. When the cravings for the sweet temptations rival your passion for being the best. For now, I will keep doing what it takes to become the best that I can become in the world of bodybuilding. To everyone else, dont stop working towards your goal, rewards will come and will be much sweeter than the cravings. To all that read this, train hard.

Im feeling great! Seriously I have lost a few pounds but I have’nt felt this excited and charged in a long time. I have been training to get myself back into shape just for bodybuilding alone. Now I am at the point to where I am ready to start hard-hitting. As I look at it now, my time off did for me some great justice. I am actually training like never before. Its like Im a mad man. Keeping my diet on the lean side while building muscle makes you feel a little worn at times, but that feeling is short lived. I have found that building lean muscle at this rate requires me to eat considerably more than I did before, but this time without the excess bodyfat. I am determined to go big, and I will, too. Keep pumping.

I am moving around well but it is still frustrating. This week I started to test my body to see where I am as far as training is concerned and I was shocked to see just how far off that I am. First off, I tried running a mile. This is something that I do did daily before injury and I could do it and barely even break a sweat. This time I got out there and started off pacing myself because I new that I am still not at 100%. I started running and half way through it I began to feel like my bodyweight had doubled and that my heart was about to explode. A couple of days later, I got on the weight bench to see if could start back pumping iron again. I was sadly disappointed. I put 245 pounds of weight (including the bar) on the bench press, I began to lift. I was only able to do four sets of six reps, and I had to force out number six. This was depressing, not really, it just pissed me off a little. Just a month ago I would at least workout with 255 pounds on the bench press with four sets of eight to ten reps easy. Now I have to start over. The only thing is, this is going to make me far better than I was before. Just wait and see. You’ll be suprised. Just one more week to go, and the training begins.

I am pleased to say that I am up and mobile again. I am currently feeling alot better, as the swelling has subsided, the pain has lessened and it doesnt hurt to move, and most of the infection has left my body. Things are really starting to look up. I still am currently unable to lift at the moment, but the fact that I am making a full recovery is what I am most concerned with at this current time. Its been so long since I have been injured or ill to this degree. It was more depressing to me than painful. My spirit had been broken for the most part. I am a person that does nothing less than "keep going, and going, and going…", and to be sidelined like that is really hard for me. Most of the time pain is not a factor for me, I understand it but its usually not enough to stop me. I fight through anything. I have great patience for anything (but myself). It was very hard to force myself to NOT do anything. To have to do the smart thing and actually rest to recover, (I mean actually doing nothing!) thats impossible. Being responsible sometimes sucks. It means that you have to do what IS right, instead of what FEELS right. The right thing is for me to get through this so that I can come back to pass where I left off. I dont want anything to get in my way (except life’s obstacles, no one can stop that). So I must control myself in order to get back to the mission at hand. The good thing is that I am almost there and when that time comes, they wont have to open the crate marked -WARRIORELITE-, cause Im breaking out with an explosion. See you guys soon.