quote of our era

Fritz Perls said “I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine”, which is both fairly poignant and important in a modern era wherein nearly everyone on Earth constantly seeks approval from others on their dumbass social networking sites.

progress...

Some time passedand its time to look at one rep maxes again. The numbers are:

• squat 88kg -> 88kg (but I changed from smith to regular backsquat)
• bb row -> 101kg
• dead 95kg -> 120kg
• incline bench 71 -> 71kg

It seems like I could set a goal or 2, so let's put them down:

1. have fun
2. deadlift 160kg in 2011

this goal is SMART - Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound so it should do :)

I found a nice blog the other day - ChAoS & PAIN It is not my new religion but it is good (or at least fun).

Progress pix - before and after situation

It has been a while since last post - I was ill. I am better now and I actually went to the gym today. But I will not write about that. I will post some before - after pix instead.

Before shot taken in August 2010

After shot taken in January 2011

 Some progress was made. I was on a diet only last 5 weeks of 2010; the rest is from working out and low intensity cardio (around 1 hour total per week). The weight remained pretty much the same - 93kgs (205lbs).

1st workout in 2011

Since I didnt feel too good I skipped the 1st planned workout on Monday 2011-01-03. That means that I will shift all suqat exercises for one week (if you look at the last december post you will see the chart).

So I hit the gym on 2010-01-05. I was not in optimal condition but the workout was not a bad one:

• pullup -30/8,8,RP(9,5,4,4)
• bent bb row 45/8,8,8,8,8,8 25/20,20,20
• abs - legraises 0/12,9,12
• abs crunches 0/20,20
• lat pulldown 55/8,8,8,8,8,8
• triceps cable extensions 15/12,12,12,RP(5,5,5,5,5,5)

The pullups were assisted, that is why the -30.

On this workout I used three new supplements:

• PEAK Detonator Plutonium (pre workout formula)
• PEAK IntraVeNOus (workout formula)
• PEAK Tri-Anabol (pot workout formula)

I used 50% of what they specify as perscribed dose. The effect was noticable and I would not recomend you the full dose in the beginning as it is quite strong. If you believe that will not give you enough protein (amions, BCAAs) or carbs simply enhance the drink with that. Note that I had the workout at 15:00, last meal (chicken breasts) at 13:00 and hellburner (1 pill) at 10:00. Next time (on Friday) I will nto use the Hellburner that day. The fact that I was not in optimal condition (my health that is) might have had some effect on that as well. I will not use Hellburner next time and we will see how things will turn out.

sick

On 2010-12-30 I wasn't feeling all that well but I decided to hit the gym and get that 90% incline bench press in. I did it and I was not dissapointed (nor was I too happy about ti, but...).

The following night and the next few days were not so cool. I didnt feel so good, I had a cold along with all the nasty thing it brings along.

Luckley today (4 days after) everything seems to be in order and I will hit the gmy if the recovery will continue. Hopefully the consequences will not be the same...