workoutSD’s BodyBlog

I was thinking about trying something called MHP-Probolic SR.  This is a sustained release protein that I think will help me burn calories all the time and prevent getting catabolic especially at night.  This is what I was thinking about for post W/O:

Immediatley after: creatine

20/30 Minutes later:  1 1/2 scoops of whey shake with milk

30 minutes later: The probolic stuff for overnight.

I was also considering taking the probolic for pre-workout so I didn’t get catabolic during  my workouts, what do you think?  I want to know!

thanks…

yesterday, as I already said, I took the day off and to be honest I was sort of bored.  The positive thing is that I wasn’t all amped up from working out and pre-w/o nitric oxide supplements, hence… I got a great nights sleep.  I even woke up before my alarm clock! I feel really well rested today because not only did I take the day off from lifting, but I got a full night’s sleep as well.  Now I feel 100% ready for the new day to work out either my back and triceps or shoulders, I can’t remember at the moment which muscle group is up-to-bat.
I am thinking working shoulders is a better idea because I have been getting a lot of tendonitis in my elbow when I have been working my triceps lately.  I usually just push through the pain but resting is probably a better idea.

Anyway, looking forward to a good workout tonight.

Lift heavy, live strong!

Alright, today is Monday– a.k.a. the day I’m really tired and the gym is really crowded, what a great day for a rest day.  I’ve been hitting it hard so I feel a rest day is deserved and required to let my body rest.  On Friday, I got a terrible lift of my back and Triceps and I think it can be attributed to the fact that I wasn’t fully recovered. To be honest, I don’t think I’ve had a rest day for about 10 days, so this is probably a good thing!

Anyway, I hope I’ll be able to come back tomorrow and write something more interesting.

Keep lifting…

Hey everyone, went to the gym today and worked out the chest and Bi’s then I sprinkled in some abdominals.  I did supersets of the following exercises

• Incline Bench/Hammer Curls
• Flat Bench/ 21’s/Pulse-ups
• Cable Cross Fly’s/Cable Cross Curls
• 30 minutes of cycling

It was a great workout, really pumped super sweaty and intense!  grrr…

Everything is going great with respect to lifting, unfortunately I’ve been quite lax on the cardio, but have maintained due to intense weight training with supersets and a healthy diet.  I’ve been really enjoying focusing on weight training, I really do love it.  I have decided and purchased the BSN stack of NO Xplode and Cell mass for pre and post w/o, respectively.  I have some more Superpump 250 that I want to use up.  I think it works fine, but I really do not like the taste of it.  In my opinion, BSN makes superior supplements.  I also include Optimum Whey in my stack for protein servings throughout the day.  It tastes very good, and it is very low carb, low fat, and also low priced.

I’ve been having a serving of whey as part of the pre-workout regimen as it was recommended in a magazine I read to increase your workout intensity and pumps.  At first I was reluctant because I thought the dairy products mixed with the N.O. products would give me a stomach ache, but there was no discomfort.

This has been my routine for pre/post workout

• Pre-workout, mix 1 scoop of superpump with 1 full glass of water, 2 times.  Then also mix and consume 2-4 ounces of milk, 8-10 ounces of water, and 1 scoop of whey (24g protein) . The superpump tastes really bad so it needs to be diluted quite a bit and it also has to sit in the water for about 5 minutes before it’s all the way dissolved otherwise it tastes like eating medicine.
• Drive over to the gym and do weight training, starting with cardio as a warm-up for 10-20 minutes.
• Do the following supersets, rotating each day between the 4 cycles.
• Shoulders/Abs
• Chest/Bi’s
• Legs/Abs
• Back/Tri’s
• I no longer do the abs everyday, I do them every other day but I to them weighted, instead of just my own body weight.
• Anyway, when I’m finished I bring my empty, dry shaker bottle with a scoop of CellMass in it and I add water to it and drink immediately post w/o
• Then I go home, I don’t rush, but i don’t dawdle either, and about thirty minutes after the creatine, I have a post w/o protein shake with 8 oz of milk and 1 1/2 to 2 scoops of whey to continue my recovery by converting my body back into an anabolic state.

Anyway, that’s what I’ve been doing for my workouts and it seems to be working well, this week I have been moving up almost all my weights to make sure I’m not stuck at 1 place and I continue to see progress in strength which will equate to an awesome body! LOL

Keep Lifting!

-Jeff

I’m starting to slip back into cardio as I finish recovering from the race on the 30th (last sunday).  I lifted my legs on Friday and it felt really good to put them through the range of motion and get all the blood flowing to them again.  The remainder of the weekend was pretty anti-climatic with respect to workouts.

I got up early and got some AM cardio done, 30 minutes on the bike.  However, I’m not sure whether or not I will continue with the AM cardio anymore for the following reasons:

1. I am finding I’m much hungrier all day long, which is good because my metabolism is nice and high, but bad if I keep grazing all day when I am at a sedentary job for 8+ hours.
2. As we move into winter it’s still dark out if I get up for the AM cardio.  I’m not sure about everyone but for me, it’s real hard to get up when it’s still dark!

Anyway, this is what my routine has been, but I don’t usually post specific numbers about it.

• Friday: Legs/Abs
• Saturday: Chest/Bi’s
• Sunday: shoulders/abs

Today, I will be working on the back and tri’s.

live strong, lift strong…

OK, like I said in prior posts/comments/goals.  I have finished the triathlon, which was a huge deal for me, fortunatley for all my friends and acquaintances I will soon be able to stop talking about it constantly.

This has been my workout schedule this week:

• Monday: off to continue rest from the race
• Tuesday: Chest/Bi’s
• Wednesday: Shoulders/Abs
• Thursday: Back/Tri’s

It felt really great to get back into lifting and not doing cardio.  I’m planning on picking it up again very soon, however I am still trying to rest my feet and legs because they got pretty beat up during the tri.  Today I plan on starting back up at either cardio or lifting my legs, I will go very light to try and feel out how well my legs have recovered.  I’m hoping it will help get them loosened up again and remove any leftover lactic acid that is still left over in the muscled (if any).

Anyway, like I said, I’m looking forward to not having to train with so much intense cardio for awhile.  I plan on doing some moderate stuff pretty soon, but not every day like I was.  Another plus is my diet has been fantastic this week!  That’s always a plus when I can do that and I feel great too!

Keep lifting, and thanks for reading!

-Jeff

In this order…

• Swim 500 Meters: 16:03
• Bike 15 K (9.3 miles) 51:08 - this also includes all transition time
• Run 5K  (3.12 miles) 25:58

Total Time 1:33:09 - This was my first triathlon, thank you to everyone for your support!

I don’t have the official time, but that’s what my friend got and I started a couple minutes after him and finished a few minutes after him.  I’m not even too sore today, of course the legs are a little bit tender and I’ll lay off cardio for a couple days, but really the only body parts that are sore are my right and left heels and my calves a little bit.  The left heel is sore mostly because I stepped on a really sharp rock while walking to the swimming start.

I’ll post up the official times and some pictures when I find them out.  They post them online after a few days.  I know that my biking and running were amazing, however, the swimming was REALLY ugly.  For those of you who don’t know, triathlons go in this order: Swim - Bike - Run

• The swimming was a 500 meter swim in Mission Bay - like I said this was ugly at one point one of the life guards asked me if I was alright because I was “drinking a lot of water” (yuck!).  I swim great in pools, but the ocean is WAY different!  It was like I stepped in the water and forgot how to swim, I don’t know why but I just couldn’t breathe for swimming the normal freestyle.
• The biking was great, a 15K ride (9.3 miles) I was one of the only people on a mountain bike in the race, and my bike could have definitely used some adjustments or a tune-up.  But whatever, I excelled anyway, I was passed by those who had clearly spent upwards of $5,000 on racing bikes, clothes, etc.  but…whatever, they are in their own league, I feel like they weren’t really competing with the regular people.
• All I have to say about the running is I am so grateful I spent the $100 on high quality, good fitting running shoes.  Worth every penny!  I ran fast, and I kept my endurance full throttle the whole time, I must have finished the 5K (3.1miles) run in about 25 minutes.  I can’t wait to see my official time, because I passed almost everyone, I had no idea I could be that fast.  I know I can attribute this to one factor… stretching the F*#K out of my hamstrings for two months, I have very long legs, having long, flexible hammies allows me to use my legs to my advantage instead of toting around these big heavy dead weights, LOL

Anyway, I’m pretty sure I didn’t place, and I hope I’m not writing to fish for compliments, but I just wanted to share my experience.  If I can do this, anyone can.  I just wore my normal gym shorts and a tank top with my mountain bike, you don’t have to spend a lot of money, all you need is a drive to succeed which is your heart and mind! (I know corny)

Anyway, looking forward to start lifting again… Keep lifting out there!

-Jeff