FireMike

I don’t know what happened today but somehow the former version of myself came out to play for a little while in the gym today and I liked it. My strength was compariable to what it was when I was weighing 230lbs. It was back day and it started right from the get go. Rev grip wide lat pulls, I started with the weight I have been for sometime now 150 and it was too easy… hmmmm what the hell is going on here? Bumped it up to 165 again easy 15 reps, so lets kick it up again 180 for 15, 200 for 12 and 220 for 10…. I don’t recall doing 220 ever before, ok someone pinch me I possessed or something. Well with the strength being good today I figured to do some T-Bars, its been months since I’ve really rocked them and to be honest I wanted to see if the increase in strength was just isolated to my lats or my entire back. I started it out light, 3 plates and after 30 reps still no burn. I jumped it up to 5 plates and rocked 15 reps, slow and concentrated good burn, followed by 6 plates for the same and finishing with 7 plates for 12. Next DB rows and this is when I decided that I truly was under the influence of the gods or something. 100×15, 110×15, 120×12, 130×10….again I don’t ever recall ever doing anything over 120 db’s on this movement. Well I decided at this point I better get into some defining movements, because if I didn’t break the cycle right that instant this workout was gonna become a old school powerlifting workout and I was fighting the urge to do some heavy deads… I really miss my deads, 2 weeks until I get to do them again, can’t wait for the shins to BLEED. Anyway, I finished the workout up with 1 arm seated cable rows superset with close grip pulldowns 4 sets and then weighted hanging back extensions. No ab work today, I really hit them hard yesterday with the chest, but I did the cardio up. 35 mins stairclimber pre lifting and 15mins seated bike post lifting. All around great training day, hopefully the next 11 days that follow will go every bit as well and I can finish this lean out period the right way. Strength & Honor

12 days until I go back to Ohio for a wedding and to see my children. 12 days until my friends and family see me for the first time in months. I have continued to diet, even after deciding not to compete bc I want my appearance to be shocking and motivational to those I cheerish. Im still not happy with the way I look, and once again I had a bad diet day today. This is a occurance that has become very common over the past week or so. Somehow i’ve deviated from plan and im not really sure why or how this has happened. Beginning tomorrow morning I will begin a big push to finish strong and make more dramatic changes over 12 days, then I have in the past 2 months. The diet plan is simple and doesn’t require much pre planning.

Meal 1: 1 grapefruit, 1 scoop whey protein

Meal 2: 50g whey

Meal 3: 6oz Chix breast

Meal 4: 50g whey

Meal 5: 6oz Chix Breast

Meal 6: 50g whey

I will be doing 2 cardio sessions daily. This will essentially be a long carb depletion and while I may appear flat by the time its done, I will be shredded for the first time ever.

I’ve really been struggling the last 2 weeks, haven’t dropped anymore weight or tightened up at all. The bright side is i haven’t gained anything either. I’ve been all over the place diet wise. It all began with the preparation of hurricane / tropical storm hannah. When we were on lock down I forgot my food at home and was stuck between a rock and hard place, I had to eat so I made the best choices that I could with what I had available to eat. Since then it has been way to easy to justify a cheat meal here, a cheat meal there and so on and so forth. I’ve also been having alot of desire to begin bulking up again as I am not happy with my current size, I never thought I would be under 200lbs and am very unsatisfied with this. Its great to be cut up and all but any jo shmoe can be cut up but it takes true dedication and commitment to be a certified FREAK that is cut up and over 215, this is what I want. Regardless im gonna make a big push over the next 17 days to finish this out strong and achieve a weight of 185 by the time I travel back to Ohio for a few days.

This blog has absolutely nothing to do with dieting or training, it has to do with my love of being a paramedic. I had a bad call two nights ago. It was 3am Sunday morning, there was a dense low laying fog over the coastline area, and the area is flooded with tourists for Labor Day weekend. The call was for a single vehicle roll over with individual entrapment. My partner and I were the first on scene, it was dark rural curvey road. A black full sized SUV laid on the passenger side of the vehicle, from the skid marks we were able to tell that the vehicle had begun to go off the road heading southbound, the driver locked the breaks up and over compensated causing the vehicle to do a 180 and roll. The SUV wasn’t stabilized and was on the edge of a 5 ft deep ditch. I looked in threw the windshield and found a female unconscious laying on what would be the passenger side front door. "Ma’am can you hear me?" no response but I can see the woman is breathing, "Ma’am can you hear me?"…. "OMG, what do you want?" the woman became responsive and frantic, a fowl smell of alcohol was lingering thru the vehicle. She began trying to move around inside the vehicle causing it to begin rocking, then as quickly as she regained consciousness, she went unconscious again. I climbed inside the vehicle just as the local fire department was arriving. C-Spine immobilization was my primary concern once inside the vehicle, I could tell the woman had a patent airway. Once inside I assessed compartment damage, as this can aid in anticipating injuries both visable and internal. It appeared the woman was not wearing her seatbelt. The windshield was busted up, but it did not appear that her head struck it as she had no visable markings on her. The fire department began cutting away the roof after getting the vehicle stabilized, when the patient regained consciousness and began fighting with me then again went unconscious. Once the roof was rolled back we were able to get the patient fully immobilized and on the cot. Again she regained consciousness and began fighting us. Now, as I said this was in a rural area, we were 45 mins away from the nearest trauma center by ground and over a hour and half away from the facility this patient really needed to go to. We called for airlink to fly the patient out. Enroute to the landing zone the patient was in and out of consciousness, fighting us when conscious. With the obvious presence of alcohol it made diagnosing what was causing her combativeness. I went ahead and treated for InterCranial Pressure. This is caused by a injury to the brain itself, causing hemmorhaging which begins to build pressure in the cranium depriving the unaffected brain of oxygen, this is a very serious life threat. Air Link had already arrived prior to our arrival at the landing zone, so immediately upon arrival airlink personel came aboard the ambulance for report. I gave report and it was decided to chemically paralyze the patient and intubate her prior to take off. Once the patient was intubated, she was moved to the chopper and lifted out. Earlier today I took a call into the facility this patient was sent to, so prior to clearing up I stopped by the AirLink office to see what further information they had on said patient. I was correct, and my treatment for the ICP based on my understanding of mechanism of injury saved her life. She had a emergent craniotomy shortly after arrival that morning. This is why I moved and took this job, to do what I love and am trained to do. It feels incredible to make a difference in someone’s life you don’t know and have never even seen before the moment they need you. As I said I love what I do for a living and just wanted to share this event. STRENGTH & HONOR