FireMike

Akron, Ohio…. 10pm, temperature 32degrees… I’ve been battling it out with my car all day, trying to get it to cooperate with me but it has just refused. I pace thru my apartment, my mind is racing, can I have it fixed and back to 100% by next Tuesday when I move? Am I gonna get down there and then have it die on me? Oh hell, now im just getting pissed. I grab a redline and slam it down, followed by a orange, why? Because I need to go unleash hell on some weight. 1040pm. I walk thru the doors, there are a few odd looking people in there, nobody i’ve seen before and no one I care to see again fore they are nothing more than space fillers. Space fillers, thats what I call them, you know the people who walk all around the weight room, but you never see them lift a damm weight, yeah that was these peeps. Its a cold night, so I figure I better get good and warm before the battle begins. 3 sets of 100 pushups, that will get the chest good and warm, so I do them. When I finished the last set, the cross striations of my upper chest began to show like battle scars… thats what these are to me, they show the dedication and commitment I have put into achieving my idea of the perfect body. I grab a bench, then the 80lb DB’s, slam back and rep out for 15 before the thundering sound of the weight hitting floor echoed thru the gym, yes those damm space fillers all looked at me like I was breaking some damm rule that "tho shall not let the weight slam on the floor", well hello Einstein, this isn’t the 70’s anymore the DB’s aren’t made of steel, they are rubber coated so they won’t break, ass’s. Next the 90’s, with each rep I think about what im leaving behind here in Ohio, my parents, my siblings, my few true friends, but most of all my children. Then I think about how this move will positively effect their futures, this single thought motivated me to a new height. I lost count of how many reps I did but I think it was around 20. Last set, the 100’s, and then 12 reps later I was done. I felt like it was my job tonight to completely dominate, as the next chest day will be in Gold’s Gym of Shallotte, NC. I move immediately to incline DB’s no break other than set up between the last flat set and first incline set. I knock the 80’s around for a set 12, then the 90’s and finish with the 100’s for 8 solid controled reps. Note the word controled… and then practice it, I hate sloppy ass form. (sorry just had to say that) Next flat BB press, I haven’t done this movement in a long time, but I was curious how my power was so I had to see. 225×12, 265×10, 295×8… not bad but way weaker than I have been in years, im gonna have to fix that soon, I don’t ever wanna be useless muscle. Next I did a hardcore incline superset, Incline BB press, with incline hammer strength press. 3 sets 8-12 reps each move, first set 155lbs/180lbs, second 175lbs/180lbs, last 195lbs/200lbs. At this point I considered calling it a day, but then I thought what seperates me from the next joe, the fact that even tho I was exhausted and my pecs felt as tho they were gonna rip thru my skin at any given moment, I kept going. Decline Cable press, 3 sets 100lbs per side 12 - 15reps superset with Pec Dec 150lbs x15 reps. 2 sets of BB pullovers 90lbs x 15reps and stick the fork in me cause im done. Drank my protein shake, walked around for a few mins then off to cardio. Ran 1 mile in 6 mins, walk at 13 incline for 1/2 mile at 4 mph, then seated biked for 3 miles at level 15 - 20. Then I walked out in the same fashion that I walked in, focused on the tasks at hand and not given a dam about anything else. STRENGTH & HONOR

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