Things are finally looking up and I am feeling a lot less stressed now that stuff has improved. I am back into the swing of things and have gotten a lot done in the past 2 days. I am feeling well rested and overall pretty positive. Somehow my windshield wipers still work so that is pretty good..and everything is sorted out with the puppy. Sometimes you just can not allow yourself to stress over things so minor that eventually work themselves out.
Anyways today was leg day at the gym so I am pretty sore right now already. I did about a 5 minute warm up alternating between sprinting and jogging. After that I went into weights doing some leg presses, barbell squats, stiff legged dead lifts, lunges and of course leg curl/extension to finish. In between sets I would jump rope, do jump squats/split squats or walking lunges. Lastly I did my cardio for only 25 minutes because of all the plyometrics and skipping I did.
On a different note tonight I want to get some packing done as well as some reading for school to make it a pretty productive day. Hopefully I can walk tomorrow!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
My Plan
Its been a little while since I wrote but that is because I have been wavering back n forth about the Nov.7th contest and been dealing with some personal problems. In regards to contest prep I have decided....I am NOT going to compete. I feel I am not ready and do not look good enough. I am going to do the spring show and by then I will have more muscle on me and look much leaner/fuller by the time contest day hits. I also plan to be ready earlier and not scramble the last few weeks. All that being said..this is my plan:
- Keep cutting until I hit 125lbs or until I am lean enough that I have abs which I hope to be for mid December around the 16th
- After that I plan to CLEAN bulk emphasis on the clean from the 16th until around February
- Finally...its contest prep time!
Sooo that is my plan..so right now I am cutting basically since I am not rushing like I was for contest prep my calories can go up a bit and now I can cut my long cardio sessions a bit and incorporate more HIIT.
As for the personal issues well...life is hard no one said it would be easy so I am just going to take it day by day and not worry more than i need too!
Trying to Stay Positive
I decided to start this blog today as a way of venting out some of my frustrations when it comes to my fitness life as well as my personal life. I have a blog on bodybuilding.com but this allows me to talk a little bit more outside the world of bodybuilding.
Yesterday I was having one of those bad days where it seems like everything is falling apart (myself included). The bad luck started on Sunday when my puppy broke the windshield wiper handle..so now it just kind of dangles there. Great! Of course that was not enough for him so yesterday he felt it necessary to jump outside our second story window to chaise a dog that was being walked by a kid probably around 6. The kid was scared obviously n ran...not good! Nothing happened but I went down and apologized-do not think it made a difference. I should mention I was not home for any of this so that was even worse! Plus I had a little bit of personal drama going on on top of the stupid puppy situation along with getting everything ready to move, school, finding a job and deciding to not do a competition. All of these things really disappointed me yesterday!
Today I am going to try and think positively: everything can be solved or it works itself out. Stressing and being negative only makes the situation worse. The car can be fixed, my puppy is okay n nothing happened and I plan to compete in the spring so I need to concentrate on being at my best now! Not just physically but emotionally as well. As for school, well all I have to do is try my best, work hard and I will reap the rewards.
I think I carry a lot of daily baggage I do not need too.. so today and every other day I am going to do my best to look at everything with the glass is half full approach.
-Smile
Yesterday I was having one of those bad days where it seems like everything is falling apart (myself included). The bad luck started on Sunday when my puppy broke the windshield wiper handle..so now it just kind of dangles there. Great! Of course that was not enough for him so yesterday he felt it necessary to jump outside our second story window to chaise a dog that was being walked by a kid probably around 6. The kid was scared obviously n ran...not good! Nothing happened but I went down and apologized-do not think it made a difference. I should mention I was not home for any of this so that was even worse! Plus I had a little bit of personal drama going on on top of the stupid puppy situation along with getting everything ready to move, school, finding a job and deciding to not do a competition. All of these things really disappointed me yesterday!
Today I am going to try and think positively: everything can be solved or it works itself out. Stressing and being negative only makes the situation worse. The car can be fixed, my puppy is okay n nothing happened and I plan to compete in the spring so I need to concentrate on being at my best now! Not just physically but emotionally as well. As for school, well all I have to do is try my best, work hard and I will reap the rewards.
I think I carry a lot of daily baggage I do not need too.. so today and every other day I am going to do my best to look at everything with the glass is half full approach.
-Smile
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