So, I took a few weeks off to focus on school, but this week starts the beginning of my winter bulk. Plus, I’ll be with my cousin from here on out; depending on how my schedule is I may or may not be hitting the gym at 5am Mon-Fri. My first day back looked like this:

• flatbench - 2x12x135/2x10x155
• decline - 3x10x135
• incline - 3x10x135
• upper-chest press (superset with chest flys) - 3x15x100 (3x10x70)

I’m pleased with these stats having not seen iron for awhile. I’ll be taking it easy for the first week/week and a half with not very many exercises, and then increasing exponentially.

• Gourmet Protein (50g)
• Wheybolic (60g)
• Oxy Elite
• Vitamins, etc.
• Con-Cret
• Neurocore

I tweaked my supps a little. Nothing too drastic, but I wanted to feel the effects more than I was, so instead of my typical fatburner (Arson, which I used as an energy boost, anyway) I stepped it up to Oxy Elite Pro in August. I haven’t taken it since then, so my body’s responding with a lot that I’m not used to. I’m able to take one a day and feel it all day, so the bottle should last 2 to 3 months. I, also, added some joint health and such because of my summer incident.

With a little hard work and a locked-in diet, I’d like to be well over 200 in all of my PRs like I was before.

“Sitting in an office all day cranking out daily work for a paycheck. Eight to ten hours a day given to someone else for money. Time in my life that I will never get back. Watching the clock, pushing my self five. The gym is where I get that time back, one set at a time. Pushing myself beyond what I thought my limits were. Twenty second sets one after the other that’s time given back to me. This time spent is not for my family or my rich ass boss or the girl on her cell phone next to me. These minutes are mine. Only I can use this time not to make money to pay the mortgage, this time is spent paying the dues owed when you push that last forced rep. A minute at a time, each plate, each rep gives me back my life that I give away to others everyday. The sounds of the gym blot out everything from the hours past. The fatigue sickness in my stomach keeps me moving, rep after rep, set after set, minute after minute telling me I am alive and this is my time. When the sets are done and I can give nothing more, its time for me to return to the life given to others. I will return the next day to claim the minutes that are mine….This is Animal and it lives inside me every minute of everyday.”

Back to the gym!

I can only assume you’re referring to a post I just wrote to my girlfriend, which is clearly a joke. I hope you feel retarded for writing this. Good inspiration for others, though.

Mind the face in the older picture (black shirt). It was the only one I could find. Not too shabby for 2 years, going on 3.

I got addicted to the heavy ass weight, guys… I may or may not need to start building it up again. If you think cutting is fun, god bless you. It’s nice being back down to my starting weight with heavier maxes and leaner, but meh. I’ll be on the drawing board to come up with a cycle for winter.

It’s been a week since I’ve done any weight training, and I gotta say… it sucks. As I’ve said before, I supplemented with creatine for the summer and when the cycle was over I tried keeping up with the weight. The strength gains I saw on Con Cret were crazy, and now that I’m not taking it any more I kind of miss it. I’ll rep that stuff til the end, for sure, though.

For the past week I stuck with cardio. I have no idea how I made it 6 days, but I did. Granted, it was every other day. I went old school, though, and wore a garbage bag for the first few sessions and lost some of that water weight that I now miss, but the last day of cardio was intense. My cousin pushed me a little harder than I normally would have went on the fitness bike (wearing a garbage bag, t-shirt, and a plastic-waterproof raincoat that only helped retain more body heat). Mix all of that with a few fat burners and the sweat was pouring off of me. It was quite the successful mini-cut that week. I walked into the gym at 172 and walked out and 166. You tell me if that’s healthy or not. Now I’m at a solid 169. The next few weeks are going to be back to the usual 50-60g’s of protein and hitting relatively light weight. Consider it a transitional period. I have class from 9-4 on Monday, but Wednesday/Friday I’m done at 2 and off on Tuesday/Thursdays. Add a job into the mix and that leaves me down to 4, maybe 5, days a week of gym time. That should be plenty, but I’d like to hit another bulking cycle come the end of September. This should get interesting.

Since I’ve started weightlifting, I’ve accomplished everything I’ve set out to do. When I first began, I never thought I’d make it to 200lb bench presses or 800lbs on the leg press. Some people might say I “cheated” with creatine, but that’s their opinion. I’m thoroughly pleased with the work ethic that I’ve had and making it to the gym. I know a ton of guys that start and give up because they don’t have the discipline.

It says a lot about a person who can change their entire lifestyle to accomplish something they want. To the few followers I have who have done this, you know how it feels. If you can do that, you’re capable of damn near anything.

can suck a fat one. There’s no way I can do it. Doc gave me a high-end anti-inflammatory medicine that works like a charm. I know the right thing to do is relax for a few weeks and let it fully heal, but I don’t think the strain was THAT bad. After I applied moist heat and take the medicine the swelling was 100% gone. I gave my arm 4 days off and it seems as if it’s healed. I’ll be working my way back up to straight sets in a week or so. I’ll do light weight until I feel completely comfortable. My only downfall is going to be music. The music at the gym gets me so fired up and I just want to throw 300lbs on the press and push like hell. Three cheers for being an adrenaline junkie, eh? Chest day (today) looked like this after 4 days off:

Inclined Chest Press: 10x40lbs, 10x45lbs

Chest Flys: 10x45lbs, 10x45lbs, 10x45lbs

Bench Press: 10x135lbs, 10x135lbs, 10x205lbs, 10x205lbs, 5x215lbs

Plus 10 minutes of HIIT

I shouldn’t have went anywhere near 200lbs, but I did. Shame on me. Feels good, though. Tomorrow will start out slow, then proceed into a heavy lift, too, I think.

Maybe.

So, I was stupid at the gym tonight. Went to work bi’s and tri’s. Got 2 exercises at 4 sets a piece done. Preacher curling lighter weight put my tendon into overdrive and I almost dropped the bar.

Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to doc’s I go…

See ya in 4-6 weeks, gym. I’ll miss you.

I’ve been thinking. I don’t do that a lot.

• Someone give me one good reason NOT to do steroids. 

Logical, thought-out responses. I’m just curious about what other people think. I’m sure with my whopping 15 followers this won’t get too much attention, but it’s worth a shot.

I accidentally clicked unfollow when I tried to go back to my dashboard.

…these are my nuts. GET OFF’EM.