zoman68’s BodyBlog

I had an injury in November playing flag football and have finally got back into the groove.  Anyone else coming back from and injury?  What kind of injury did you have, and did you have to overcome any obstacles to get back in shape?

Anyone know what the latest is in this bizarre case?  Apparently they are still yet to go to trial…for those of you who don’t know about this they are charged with murdering their personal assistant Melissa James, putting her in the trunk of Kelly’s jaguar and setting the car on fire. 

This is crazy…anyone know where the case is so far?

Ah, it feels so good to get up and go to the gym in the morning…it’s peaceful, quiet, and you can actually breathe some fresh air. This morning it was kind of hard…it rained all last night and we’re in IL so at times we have tornado warnings and last night was one of those times.  I work in a busy sales office..i sell electronic message centers…i know, you have no idea what i’m talking about do you?  They are the signs that light up and messages tell you to check their website, or it plays a list of the current events, etc from that business.  I handle the southern states and give quotes to sign companies in: FL, GA, AL, MS, WV…i get to travel a little bit and am looking forward to Orlando in April 2008 for our national convention.

For this morning’s workout i changed up my routine a little and did chest, abs, and cardio.  Started off early with a vanilla protein shake…did my light stretching to get my arms and body warmed up and went right to flat bench.  I did 5 sets of 10 and also added inclines, declines, flyes, and dumbbell presses.  My chest is starting to look really good, I can actually see some rips and striations…yay! Not sure why but i always seem to focus on my upper body much more than everthing else.  Does having a large chest or arms give you more confidence?  Sure it does! )  The ab workout is killing me right now…I did some of my old military exercises that we like to call "flutter kicks" you lay with your back on the floor, feet up about 6 inches and you move your legs back and forth like you would if you were swimming.  These things just about kill me, but they are so worth it.  I didn’t have much time left for cardio so i ran on the treadmill for about 20 mins.

My chest is pretty sore because it was my heavy day, but i think i did well.  I went up to 305 on flat bench and that’s pretty good for me considering i’m only around 195lbs.  The pushups have been helping and i try to work hard on my tri’s and shoulders.  Now i’m at work super pumped, feeling good, ready to eat!!!  The problem is that I forgot my lunch in the fridge.  Now what?  Guess i’ll have to go find something at lunch…people brought food into work…doesn’t that just mess with your diet when you’re trying to eat right?  It smells good to…maybe i’ll just go and take a peek!  Maybe? )

Today is friday and i have to drive about an hour to do a security event on the campus of IL State University in Bloomington, IL.  Not much is going on there, big party, a couple of bands and lots of people drinking and partying. I’m so glad the weekend is here but it’s cold today so i wore long sleeves. I thik the temp is around 61 degrees so that’s a big change from yesterday.  Guess this week i’ll have to also figure out what my plans are for Halloween…What’s everybody else up to?

I woke up early to hear this news report about a pregnant lady in Missouri who was killed and had her fetus cut out of her!!  WTF!!  That upsets me so much…what is it with people these days that someone could do that to a person?  I mean do you really think you’re going to just walk into a hospital and get care for this fetus or do neither of them deserve to live.  Anyway a 39yr old woman is on trial and has pleaded not guilty.  Here is a link to the story.

 http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/18/tragic.skidmore.ap/index.html

Yesterday was a pretty good day…about 84 degrees outside in Champaign, IL. College town where the University of Illinois is located.  I was born and raised here other than the 2 yrs when i went on active duty in the army.  Champaign-Urbana are towns connected and the total population is only just over 100,000…pretty nice people though.  We are just down the road from Chicago about 2 1/2 hours south.  You may have heard of our cool basketball team that we had with Dee Brown, Luther Head, and Daron Williams from a couple of years ago…they’re all in the NBA now.  Anyway our football team is not too bad this year, and it’s been years since we have had a winning season, but we’re tied for 1st in the Big 10.

I know we have some fellow fans out there…then again there are always the haters!  Dallas is doing well and playing much better than in recent years.  They might finally have the winning combination with Tony Romo and their great offense, pretty much leading the league in all categories.  The best games of the year will be week 6 (Oct 14th) vs. Tom Brady and the Patriots and the day Brett Favre comes to Texas Stadium with the Packers in week (Nov 29th).  Those are both home games so we should have a definite advantage.  Plus we already beat Da Bears!!! 

Any other Cowboy fans out there??  What do you think our record will be at the end of the season?

Ok, so the training has really gotten crazy…my softball season is finally over and now i can train hard, but the pain is crazy right now.  Going on almost two full weeks back into my workout plan, but i cheated so bad on my workouts over the weekend that i had to combine some workouts together.  Anyone else out there like that?  I did get my workouts in and trained really hard, but had to switch some things up so i didn’t miss any bodyparts.  I am like super sore now, but it’s all worth it!  I think i drank too much over the weekend too.  I haven’t totally read up enough on the perfect fitness/diet plan so if you have any suggestions please let me know.  Right now i combine taking the Hydroxycut Advanced tabs with my cardio work, which is mainly running on the treadmill so far.  I do like to run and it comes easy for me since i ran track for so many years in high school, college and also while i was in the Army.  I do like the elliptical, but sometimes it seems like i’m just moving so slow that i just prefer to run.  What do you guys do to cut fat off your gutt?

Did security for a big college party on Friday night that wasn’t too bad…just about 200+ people were there.  This was for one of the few fraternity houses that we actually do security for in their house.  It’s basically 3 stories with a dance floor and built-in DJ booth in the basement…these are the rich guys who i first thought were really uptight, but they are actually pretty cool.  We normally work this one with either 4 or 5 guys posted up at the main entrances and then we have a couple of roamers.  I had to throw a couple of guys out who started arguing over a girl who didn’t want either of them…what fun!  There are also the occasional loud mouths who don’t want to stand in line or are not invited but still think they’re going to bumrush the door.  YEAH RIGHT!! Apparently these guys think we’re just there for looks and don’t have any real training.  All of our guys have no less than 5 yrs experience in a large club enviornment and many are either former police or military.  We also have a couple of surgical techs on our staff who can handle things if anyone gets seriously injured.  Most of the time we give everyone the benefit of the doubt and let them party…but don’t you guys dare put your hands on one of these ladies…that WILL NOT be tolerated!  Our women are not to be used for intimidation or as punching bags and to be honest I would get arrested helping a woman get away from some jerk like that!  My mom was used like that when i was too young to help her and i vowed i would never be that man who would put his hands on a woman or stand by and watch as it happened.  In fact, i don’t even hang out with any guys who are like that.  See, I got myself all worked up talking about that….ok, where was I?  Oh yeah, so i cheated on my workouts, but i’m back on track and ready for this week? 

If you could take your firm, fit body to any beach in the world and show it off where would it be?

No matter what happens at the gym I always seem to be steered towards chest exercises…although my chest development is far from where i would like for it to be I have found lots of fun in developing each area of my chest. Hopefully, i can start taking some pics this week so there are progress pictures to compare.  Let me know if you have any ideas to help me.

Ok, it’s summer and i’m officially starting my serious workout plan.  My goal is to gain about 15lbs of solid muscle and i’m hoping you all out there can give some tips and ideas as to how to get there…oh yeah, I’m very motivated I just like to have fun at times so I might slip.  Today is 7/14/07, and we all made it through our second friday the 13th of the year.  Not that i’m superstitious or anything but you know there are some crazy people out there.

Not a whole lot going on for a friday night…last night I did security at a club I work for and the crowd was actually pretty calm until two girls decided they wanted to start a fight out front in the middle of the street at 2am…just what we all wanted to break up.  Anyways, IHOP was soon calling my name and before too long i was fat and happy.  Today starts training camp and i’m on my way to the gym in about 30 mins.  I’m thinking that my workout schedule will change so i’ll update that later.  Hit me up if you have any ideas or comments about my goals…i’ll be posting progress pics and other good stuff.