Thoughts about life, crap, training, and stuff

One thing I did in my early years that worked well was to just train to failure, and when I could hit a certain number of reps with a certain weight, add more weight the next time.  I did this for years and I credit it for building most of the mass I built early on.  So for example if you are going to do incline press, you do your warm ups then do 1 top set of 6-8 reps. When you can get 8 with that weight, add enough weight to limit you to 5-6 reps again.  Stay with that until you can get 8.  It's progression in a very simple form but it does in fact work.

Baboons are big on kidnapping and often steal other mothers babies.  Just thought you'd like to know in case you're ever around baboons and happen to have a baby of your own with you.  Be careful.

will steal your shit!

The Thor movie is coming out and I was wondering how much weight that skinny actor would gain to play the part of Thor.  I found his response interesting........

"I put on a lot of weight — I put on about 20 pounds at one point. It was purely eating, eating, eating, working out and working out, trying to sleep as much as you can — that's the other third of the equation. The eating was the biggest thing"

Solid advice.  Something I have preached over and over again.  If you are a skinny guy and want to gain mass, eat and eat and eat and eat.  If you are not a skinny guy and you want to be a certain size, get in shape FIRST.  Then chase the lean mass and bodybuilder stuff.  There is a two fold problem with both of these people.  The fat guy doesn't want to lose any "size" or strength while his calories are low.  Tough shit.  It will happen eventually.  It really all depends on how much you have to lose, and how fat you are.  

The other person is the skinny guy with abs.  If you want more mass, quit worry about your freakin abs for the love of God.  It's the same bullshit as the fat guy, just on the opposite end.  Look at the big picture and what you are after long term.  

It's really that simple.

I know guys that love training philosophies more than training.  The more thought provoking the training methodology the more erect they get.  Doesn't matter if it's witchcraft or not or doesn't really work, they just like complicated programs.  The more jargon involved, the better it is. 

Look, squat and pull once a week or every other week consistently, press and pull once or twice a week, focus on simple progression and be patient.  

Back off sets have been king with me forever.  Work up to something in the 3-5 rep range that still moves at a solid pace, no straining.  Then take off a plate or a 25 or whatever, and rep it out.  That's your assistance work for your main lift.  If you want to get bigger or want to work a certain "muscle group" pick a second exercise and work the muscle.  Don't move the weight.  There is a difference.  Making the muscle work isn't the same as moving the weight.  Don't confuse the two.  One has to do with hypertrophy and the other has to do with strength, in layman terms.  So benching is about moving the weight.  If you want to have a bigger chest, go do some flyes or pec-deck or incline db.  But leave the ego out, pick a weight that lets you work the muscle.  In other words, FEEL the muscle group moving the weight.  Go look at the mass gains made by Shelby Starnes in the last year.  He did that with machines and focusing on the muscle doing the work.  Know your battles and how to win them.

I love the new As I Lay Dying CD.  Well, it's not really new, but the last one they made.  Solid work.

solid work on last album

Your training log is important.  I mean duh.  Check it before each training session and see what you need to hit.  Seems simple enough but lots of guys walk into the gym with no idea as to what they need to hit for that workout.

I am not anti-supplement, but I am not really pro-supplement either.  With that said, if you want a simple fat loss diet that works well, drink 4 MRP's a day and eat two solid meals.  I usually go with breakfast and dinner, then have 4 MRP's with two tablespoons of peanut butter with each.  This WORKS.  Buy 80 packs, don't cheat, and run it for 20 days.  You will be leaner.

I hate the snow.  It snowed all night and will snow 5 inches over the next day.  Snow serves no purpose other than to drive a virtual javelin into my taint.  That's how much I hate it.

You know why this Snow Leopard is pissed off?  Yeah, because of the snow!

If you sustain an injury, after the pain subsides enough for you to train again use THAT movement to rehab it. If it's an overuse injury DO NOT use that movement.  Simple enough, right?

I love people who do shit like say "don't drink milk, we aren't meant to drink it" then inject test and GH and all sorts of other things into their body in LARGE amounts.  Quite comical.

Drink this.  It's fine.  Unless you're lactose intolerant that is.

Ok let's just get this out there right now.  The Incredible Hulk is the strongest super hero in either Marvel or DC.  Yes I know Red Hulk beat him, however Hulk smartened up and beat him later.

Hulk is strongest!  

Even with all of the injuries and shit right now, I'm very motivated.  I think pushing too hard all year trying to get ready for meets and top single eventually took a toll on me physically and mentally.  Feels good to get back to doing some reps and worrying about how sexy I look, i.e. eating better and doing more conditioning.

Quick movie reviews........

The Hurt Locker - Solid, however it lost some momentum at about the 3/4 of the way spot.

Alpha Dog - Solid as well, and Timberlake was actually really good in it like a lot of people told me.  Sad fucking story, and retarded what people will resort to to make a point or make people "respect" them.

Swingers - I know this was supposed to be a good movie but I couldn't even finish it.  Lame and boring.

Coming up..........The Road and Whiteout.

Hot Babe of the Week!

Bernadett Matassa!

Got nothing left but to pull for the Packers and Pats.  Enjoy your week bitches.