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Alright so my wife goes to American Idol last night and basically makes out with Taylor hicks. Maybe not that close but she gets a couple of autographs from him. I just wanted Kelly pickles..er whatever's bra. That was a no-go. My mother-n-law watches the kids and I get a couple hours of free time. I don't really know what to do. I hate going to the movies by myself unless it's raining and I'm sneaking off of work.

Anyway I go to Max Muscle and do my own window shopping. I start talking to the guy about all the latest new supplements and we start talking about energy pills. Y'know the kind that get you through very strenuous workouts. I talk about Hot Rox Extreme and Spike blaa blaa. I like Biotest's products and whore them out as much as possible. He brings up Venom by A.L.R.I. He says a couple of bodybuilders and M.M.A. fighters come in and eat this crap up. The guy at the counter says that they say it kicks ephedrine to the curb. I'm thinkin' yea right. They didn't have any on stock but had it ordered. He gives me a two pill sample. He says"do not take both of them. I'm warning ya, just start off with one." So (you know where this is going don't ya?) this morning at around 9:00 am I take two. Then I start getting this Oh crap what have I done thing in my head. Like a guy that finally take LSD and realizes the mistake he's made. Well nothing was happening around 11:00, well I could feel some adrenaline pumping but that was about it. About noon I was off my freakin rocker. It is 4:00 pm and I'm still off my rocker. DO NOT TAKE TWO!!! It is also a food deterrent. I have'nt eaten since 9:00 o clock this morning and I'm not hungry. Unfortunately this doesn't work for me cause I had an amazing workout. I mean amazing. Well it was until I missed a power clean and nearly decapitated little Greg.

I also actually talked to someone in the gym. There is an older woman in my gym and she works out about 6 days a week. She used to be pretty heavy and now looks great. I didn't know how to approach her but just you look great and you are really getting into shape. I didn't want to say "Wow you aren't fat anymore" She said I hope so this 6 days a week stuff is paying off. Than she said thank you and its great to have someone acknowledge my progress.

Then a young man around 19 or so approaches me and says God you do a lot of pull-ups. I said well I'm only doing a curcuit of 6 of 20 pull-ups..4 at a time. So I talk to him for awhile and help him give him some advice. (Funny I'm giving advice)

Anyway the moral of this story is JUST TAKE TWO of these

New Workout

I’ve put together a new workout. This will be a combination of leg and arm development.  I’m calling the Brotherhood of Iron workout.  It should be pretty tough. I still have to fit in back and shoulders. Where? I have no idea.

A long overdue Update.

I'm really not sure what week this is. I'm one week away from finishing The Waterbury Summer Project. After this I'm going hard core. Apparently this next workout is hard enough to make you puke or go tunnel vision. Sounds like fun and I can't wait! I'm sorry for the poor quality. It's a 1000 dollar camera and I can't take a decent pic for beans. I really need to show my legs. I've made the greatest gains there I think.

"18th Floor Balcony"

I close my eyes and I smile
Knowing that everything is all right
To the core
Close that door
Is this happening?
My breathe is on your hair
I'm unaware
That you opened the blinds and let the city in
God, you held my hand
As we stand
Taking in everything.

And I knew it from the start
So my arms are open wide
Your head is on my stomach
And we're trying so hard not to fall asleep

But Here we are
On this 18th floor balcony...
We're both flying away.

We talked about moms and dads
About family's pasts
Getting to know where we came from
Our hearts were on display
For all to see
I can't believe this is happening.
I raised my hand as if to show you I was yours
That I was so yours for the taking
I'm still so your for the taking
That’s when I felt the wind pick up
I grabbed the rail while choking up
These words to say and then you kissed me...
I knew from the start
So my arms are open wide
And your head is on my stomach
And we're trying so hard not to fall asleep

But here we are
On this 18th floor balcony...

I knew from the start
So my arms are open wide
Your head is on my stomach
And we're trying so hard not to fall asleep

Here we are
On this 18th floor balcony...
We're both flying away.

And I'll try to sleep
To keep you in my dreams
So I can bring you home with me
And I'll try to sleep
And when I do I'll keep you in my...dreams

I knew it from the start
My arms are open wide
Your head is on my stomach
We're not going to sleep
But here we are
On this 18th floor balcony...we're both..
Flying away

18th Floor Balcony by Blue October

Black Wednesday

Yesterday was by far the hardest workout I've done since I started working out. I’ve been under a lot of stress lately because of work; I’m on the board of a national art show. This means I do secretarial duties. I have to take artist’s submissions from all over the country and organize them in Excel. Final submissions were to be received by Wednesday and judging starts Saturday. Go figure. I wasn’t really ready for what laid ahead of me on Wednesday’s workout but I should have been. This is what it was.

Remember: all reps are to go to failure. This means the weight is as high as you can stand it and the final rep is near undoable.

Circuits: 4 (This means all these exercises, in their entirety are to be done 4 times)

Good Mornings                              1 X 10: 10 second rest

Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift        1 X 10: 10 second rest

Reverse Lunges (repeated 3x)        1 X 10: 90 second rest

Incline Barbell Bench Press            1 X 10: 10 second rest

Standing Military Press                   1 X 10: 10 second rest

Dumbbell side raises (repeated 3x) 1 X 10: 90 second rest

Chin-Ups                                         1 X 10: 10 second rest

Bent over Barbell rows (palms up) 1 X 10: 10 second rest

Barbell Upright Rows (repeat 3x) (I used a 45# plate)
                                                        1 X 10: 10 second rest

After: 10 minutes of jumping jacks




        

My little girl is five months

She is my world. I am blessed