It's the new style...

[Oso]

hey bro, the invitation still stands to come visit...AVL has it's ups and downs but is overall pretty cool.

[Pork Chop]

back to the east coast?

Actually, yeah...
either the east coast, san antonio, or japan.
slight outside chance of cali or hawaii if i find the job.
Wherever I go I really need to start having fun again.

Just gotta wait on my clearance re-up if i wanna go back to baltimore- think i could probably find something that paid better this time around.
I know i didn't think too much of baltimore/dc before, but Khun Kao's throwing events all the time these days and Suntzu's team is going strong- a nice situation to jump back into.
Plus, with more money, it'd definitely be more live-able.
Most importantly, it would be starting something new.

In a lot of ways it's been hard dealing with being out here 'cause I'm still chasing the same goals i was chasing before, just with nobody around to pursue them with. That's kinda why I put so much pressure on the female situation- coz marriage, kids, and a house was the whole goal.

In the meantime, supplements are making a huge difference.
I finally feel like I'm starting to become my old self again.
Who knew that all it would take would be half my friends out here cheesed!cking out on me....

[Pork Chop]

hey bro, the invitation still stands to come visit...AVL has it's ups and downs but is overall pretty cool.

Thanks!
First trip's to El Paso at the end of the month; and I should be goin again regularly.
Then I'm gonna try to go see Masterkiller.
My buddy in Kansas wants me there too.
Lemme see when I can get to AVL.
In early December I want to take this test and may go to Balt/DC for it, wanna meet there?

Moving-wise probably won't be for a year though.
As much as I hate clearance jobs, passing up a free renewal would be dumb.
Plus that means there's a good chance I'll still be here for Taiji Legacy.
If I am still here, anybody who wants to come to town for the tourney can crash at my pad.

[Oso]

Let me know. Things are in chaos for me now...just quit my newest job and so I'm on the job hunt right now.

What's your job field again?

[Pork Chop]

i'm a computer security guy with a government clearance.
but hey, if you need a place to crash for a bit, i've always got a room down here.


Workout

Just got back from the kickboxing gym.
Spent an hour down there.
We work out on a rough carpet.
Almost all the skin on the bottom of my feet is gone or completely raw.
Don't think I can rush back into it- my feets won't let me. hehe
Plan is to rest up for a few hours and then hit the gym, maybe even take a nap.

[Pork Chop]

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just got back from workout #2

Warm Up
Just stuck the elliptical crosstrainer on 19 and went easy for 10 minutes.
Last 3 minutes left it at 15.
Kept up a good clip, just wanted to work up a sweat.
Boy did i.
My heart rate topped out at just over 180.

Workout
Today's protocol:
3 sets, 8 reps
90 seconds rest after squats, 60s rest everything else
goal weight 72% 1RM

Barbell Squat
185, 185, 185
Felt pretty good, my form got better as the sets went on
didn't rest after first set

Reverse Crunch
swiss ball, incline bench
three sets went pretty easy- did it more knees bent this time, felt a lil different.

Dumbell Deadlift
95lbs, 95lbs, 95lbs
Easier than last time. My heart wasn't about to explode. First set or 2 legs were kinda narrow. Tried to widen the stance a little bit for the last one. Could probly do more next time.

Swissball crunch
25lb plate, 25lb plate, 25lb plate
kinda had to play with the exercise a little bit to keep it burning. Next time i think i want to do the twisting chair instead.

Standing calf raise
135, 155, 175
175 felt pretty solid. Definitely feel stronger.

Took some Armageddon (one of those Nitric Oxide supplements) before the workout. Felt stronger eventhough I really hadn't eaten much. Sweat like crazy.

Didn't finish with any cardio, figured the muay thai earlier was enough. Might do some tomorrow. Saturday will be 3+ hours of cardio; so not that huge a deal.

Maybe it was the Armageddon or the other supplements I been takin, but I felt friggin swole after the gym.

Tonight i get to sleep as much as I want

[stricker]

LOL i know the feeling about the blisters on the feet its the worst bit of coming back from time off hahaha

i've spent enough time doing padwork on rough carpet too, sucks kicking if your feet aint toughened up...

[Pork Chop]

Yeah, I couldn't turn into any punches or get my hips over on any kicks.
We were throwing lead horizontal elbows and eventhough the lead hook's my specialty punch, it was hurting to much to get the pivot... either i could pivot and my upper would fall apart, or the upper would be okay and i wouldn't be pivoting. hurt too much to do both. need to wear socks next time. hehe

[SevenStar]

i'm a computer security guy with a government clearance.

I never knew that. I am a web guy, but my original intent was to get into security. Still thinkin about transferring to our security group eventually. What do you do?

[Pork Chop]

I never knew that. I am a web guy, but my original intent was to get into security. Still thinkin about transferring to our security group eventually. What do you do?

I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you.

used to work for the government on fort meade, now i work in fort worth on the f35.

[Pork Chop]

Today was a laaaazy day.
It's the closest I could get to an actual rest day, because i was behind on my schedule. It's my 4th day straight, I already pulled 2 two-a-days this week, and saturday is going to be a huge day as well (may do 3 workouts: weights, kickboxing, eisa).

See I'm leaving for El Paso thursday evening so I'd like to finish up Big Boy Basics before I go and come back to a fresh start on Anti-BodyBuilding Hypertrophy.

Also, I kinda over did it yesterday on the supplements so i wanted to go a bit easier today too- had a bit of a cheat day with Arby's corned beef reuben and a couple pepperjack roast beef sandwiches (not all in 1 sitting of course).

No warm up to speak of.
Like I said, kinda taking it easy today.

Workout
Today's goal was 72% 1RM.
3 sets of 8 reps
90seconds rest between sets

Incline dumbell press
65s, 65s, 65s
pretty easy peasy, last set a lil tough, not bad.

dumbell row
65 each arm, 65 each arm, 65 each arm
No rest between arms. Again, pretty easy

barbell curl
EZ curl + 50 (25ea side), EZ +50, EZ + 50
Easier than last week, only the final rep was hard at the end of the third set.

tricep pressdown
12 plates, 13 plates, 14 plates
Super easy. Switched to the v-shaped grip (from a slanted wide bar) and it felt a little harder. I don't feel this exercise doin much. May have to switch to skull crushers or something.

Afterwards I dropped by Walmart to pick up some new headphones. On Thursday I broke my gym headphones - the ear was acting funky so i tried to readjust it and it snapped in the middle of the headband, it was weird. I go through a lot of headphones.

Came home and just missed a call from my okinawan friend kazu.
She wants to go karaoke tomorrow.
She made a big deal of only inviting 3 of my other good okinawan friends, eventhough she also knows the folks that screwed me over.
Have a feeling it's a setup, coz I made a comment on my Japanese blog about droppin some fake friends and she read it.
If it is, I'll just leave some money with someone, and excuse myself to go "to the restroom"- then take off.

Otherwise, a nice lazy day, watched Apokalypto- killer movie.
Also found out I lucked out on Netflix and 300 is on it's way!
Should hit the hay early so I can hit the gym early.
Goin back on the diet pills & noxplod tomorrow.

[Pork Chop]

arrrrrggghhhh

just when things were goin good

last night i couldn't sleep
laid down at 11 and by 2:30 i was driving myself nuts
called an old friend
around 4 i finally started gettin tired
still took me till at least 5 to conk out
i dunno what happened, my caffeine stopped before 6pm.
shoulda pushed it harder in the gym yesterday.

woke up this morning at 12:15.
Have to be somewhere by 2 and it takes almost an hour to get there.
gym is about 30 min round trip.
even if i was on the road from the second i regained consciousness i couldn't a made it.
just frustrating.
i wish my 24 hour fitness was actually, you know 24 hours...

gonna finish up my lunch here in a few, grab a shower and head out to eisa.
if i have any sort of time afterwards i hope i can slip into the gym.

[Oso]

dude, sounds like you might need a sleep aid, short term, to get back in cycle.

after my shoulder surgery, I was having a hard time sleeping regularly because I'd been on heavy meds for a week and had slept for like 4 hour intervals for 5 days.

the doc gave me some ambien and it worked but then I rebounded off of that.

i still have problems sometimes and used to take Tylenol PM but stopped because I didn't want to load up on the acetominophen. So, I will sometimes take 2 of the sleep aid w/o pain reliever...which is the same thing as taking two benadryl.

works fairly well and I can usually stop after 2-3 days and get back into a regular sort of sleep pattern.

[Pork Chop]

That's the thing though, I loaded up on melatonin and ZMA and still had a hard time.
I think it was the soda I had around 5.
I bought a case of simpson's buzz cola from one of the quickee mart 7-11s a while back and i just didn't feel like having more water with dinner.
bad move.

anyway, i managed to make it to the gym after 3 hours of eisa!
WOOT!

Didn't need a warm up- 3 hours of eisa was good enough.

Workout
3 reps 8 sets
55seconds rest
80% 1RM goal weight

lunges
185, 185, 185, 185, 185, 185, 185, 185
that's each leg, no rests between legs
pretty darn easy but my hiney got sore.

leg curls
170, 170, 170, 170, 170, 170, 170, 170
each set was pretty tough, felt about right.

reverse crunch
used 10lb rubber medball for all 8 sets
little harder to hold onto but definitely felt like it was working my abs real good

seated calf raise
135, 135, 135, 135, 145, 145, 160, 160
135 felt too easy, tried to jump to 170 and couldn't move it, dropped back down to 145 - which was still pretty easy, went back up to 160 - which was pretty hard.

didn't need no cardio after 3 hours of eisa either.

Used armageddon pre-workout, one of those nitric oxide supps, and it worked real well. I was literally dancing half my first exercise.

Tomorrow i want to do some swimming and clean my apartment.
Going to try out the karaoke with the friends tonight.
If it gets ugly i'll just leave.

upgraded my 24hr fitness membership today so now i can just workout whenever. The gym i was registered to isn't actually 24hours, so now i can just go to one that is.

[Pork Chop]

Saturday night was out at karaoke and bars till 5 in the morning.
Wasn't drinking though.

Sunday i chilled in bed all day.
Watched 300 and ordered food (coz i'm a lazy bum).

Monday
hit the gym

Warmup
elliptical crosstrainer
45s - seconds relaxed
9m15s - sprint 15s, active rest 90s
3m - cool down
Heart rate got real high even if calories didn't.
due to bad food and limited suppz was really feeling it afterward.

Workout
80% 1RM Goal weight
8 sets 3 reps
50s rest between sets

BBell Bench Press
185, 185, 185, 175, 175, 175, 175, 175
My left shoulder really started bugging me. I didn't want to get stuck at the bottom.

Seated Row
170, 170, 170, 170, 180, 180, 180, 180
180 was heavy, but pretty decent.

Pull Up
7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8
By this point I was absolutely exhausted. No energy whatsoever, felt weak.

Dumbell Military Press
50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50
My shoulder was bugging me and I was burnt so I tried not to push it too hard

Cardio
20 min on the treadmill.
I was tired on the cardio, but it seemed just as hard to walk as it did to jog, so I jogged over half of it. I don't know if that makes any sense. Got almost a mile and a half and burned almost 150cal.

Not my best workout, but not every workout can be huge gains.
I'm just hoping my shoulder's not something serious- eventhough it's been going on over a week now. Food and suppz can make a difference. EDIT: I think it may have also been the 50s rest- it just wasn't enough time. I was stumbling like a zombie into each set, able to perform but not getting stronger like I usually do as sets progress in an exercise.