Rocking the gym on blast

Sub Focus pretty much is killing it in the gym. Being jamming to this song for years and it still picks me up when it shuffles on.

Boom

Counting down to Beach Body - End of Week 1

Saturday was the end of the first week of what I'm affectionately calling my Beach Body work out. Its def not one of the workouts you see at 3am in the morning, although I wouldn't mind trying the MMA workout craze. This 3 month workout is actually something I tried once before but lost focus in years ago. My buddy Doug found it in Men's Fitness back in 2005 and I've had it laying around since then. Figured I'd go ahead, give it a shot, and use Blogger to keep track of the results (and keep me from giving up ha). You can see a copy of the work out at the end of this blog.

Now I have to say that I'm not doing the full workout. Since I'm still healing from a stress fracture, I've had to re-arrange some exercises since the only leg workouts I can do is light weight, high rep leg presses, stationary bike, and the elliptical. You'll see that i only do two different days of work instead of three... which lets me hit most of my muscle group three times a week instead of two. I *hope* that I get cleared to do heavier exercises soon like squats or else I'll have a great time wearing shorts this summer (not really).

So to set the tone... I took some pics before I started on January 30, 2013. Not too bad of shape but def am looking at gaining more muscle strength and toning up. This was also the day the doc cleared me to do some cardio and lower leg work so figured it was a great day to start tracking. So starting at about 185lbs...

Now for the workout... Its broken up into two days:

• Workout A: Chest, Shoulders, and Tri's
• Workout B: Back, modified leg, and biceps/arm

Cause its only two days, I get the joy of doing each work out three times a week with Sunday to rest. The schedule goes something like this:

• Weeks 1-3: Heavy weight to do 3-5 reps for 3 sets
• Weeks 5-7: Medium weight to do 6-8 reps for 3 sets
• Weeks 9-11: light weight to do 9-12 reps for 4 sets

Weeks 4, 8, and 12 are pump weeks that I'm not exactly looking forward to. I'll post about em when it gets to those weeks.

I'm also using Nitro Tech Whey Isolate for protein with No Xplode for energy and Cell Mass for recovery. 

How'd I'd do the first week? Take a look at my log:

Workout A

Workout B

Again... I really cant do legs so i alternate days of cardio (elliptical or bike) and light weight, heavy rep leg presses. Soon... soon I'll be back up.

Anyway, Saturday February 9th came about and I measured my results, sorta. Haven't done the tape measure along body parts but I figured photos would do justice. I actually dropped two pounds and came in at 183. I also realized that my waist line was dropping... nice eh? So now for the photos...

It may not look like much but I think there are some definite improvements so far. I'm excited to see what the end of the three months will look like. 

Why am I blogging about this? I'd like to not only use this to track my progress but y'all will help me stay motivated and dedicated. In 11 weeks I hope to have a final blog about my experience with this workout. Its been awhile since I've stuck to a workout program this long before, although usually I'm thrown off cause of an injury.

I'm depending on y'all to hold me accountable! Lets go!

- B

Oh.. and I did promise the full unedited workout didn't I?

Blah...

Arrived at work: 8am
Closed laptop: 8:30pm
Got to my car finally: 9pm

Blah.

Reference: Blah photo and Dark Work Area

At least my old scrubs from the hospital are comfy... Even if I may or may not have used them when prepping chemotherapy.

Will this song...

... Ever get old?? This is about as 'mo like as I get.

Sing it Beyonce.

Waking up to this tweet...

Totally confirms my post last night about being a kid. Thank you universe!

Also it doubles as Photo #7 for now since I missed yesterday. I'm real good at this project, can't you tell?

The kid in me...

really wants to play Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn... take a look at the trailer:

Yes, it is part of the geek in me. The Final Fantasy series has always been one of my passions growing up. Stories of adventures, magic, friendships, family... worlds far away and unique but filled with themes of love and humanity, like our own. Playing the games always filled me with awe, not only because they were so well written and produced but because the level of creativity and imagination it took to create the characters and stories was mind boggling. I literally could get lost for hours, which of course prompted one of my exs to exclaim "The new Final Fantasy came out, I'm not going to see my bf for a month!"

So why would a 32 year old still want to play this game when there is still a whole world called Earth to explore you may ask?

The answer is really quite simple. You can never stop being a kid, pretending to travel to new places, meet new faces, and complete new adventures. Yes there are many adventures to take, hell I still want to go camping at some point in my life. I'm very much aware of how magical our reality is and the draw that far away places have. Sometimes though, you just need to get away and let your imagination take you to places you may never see in this world.

Some of you already know this feeling... you go through it every time you pick up a new book. The stories take you on adventures that may not necessarily be filled with elves or magic or the like but you see new people, face danger, crawl through dark allies, or travel the stars. A video game is another way of experiencing great story telling...

So anyway, I ramble but you get my drift. I hope that I never lose my curiosity and imagination... I'm proud to be always 12 yo inside.

How about you? What is your inner child screaming at you to do?

Photo Project Day 5 and 6

Human nature to make mistakes... God knows I've made my mistakes. I didn't post photos from yesterday so already messed up my first attempt.

Still, it's my project so I say I can make it up.

Here you'll see the first three photos from yesterday...
1. Deciding if I like my glasses
2. My geek side coming out with Resident Evil
3. Chips, salsa, and a margarita from Sol Y Luna

The fourth photo is from today... A shot from inside Coffee Bean. I've been waiting all do for it to rain since the weather ap on my iPhone says it will. Oh iPhone... Very misleading.

One day my project will have some story... Can't say what these photos say but maybe they speak to you.

Cheers!