Ponyboy's Competition Journal

[Rocco32]

Originally posted by ponyboy
Hey Ris..they are somewhere in the very first competition thread. I'm going to have to take some updated ones soon (actually probably in a couple of weeks) to check my progress.

I'm getting worried that I'm adding too much BF during this bulk, but I know that's also something I have to get over. I think my halfway pics are still going to look like crap.

I doubt they'll look like "crap", your just not used to it. But it also sounds you and i are in the same boat. Last night my wife asked me if I realised I was putting on quite a bit of weight again.

 

[Rissole]

Originally posted by ponyboy
Hey Ris..they are somewhere in the very first competition thread. I'm going to have to take some updated ones soon (actually probably in a couple of weeks) to check my progress.

I'm getting worried that I'm adding too much BF during this bulk, but I know that's also something I have to get over. I think my halfway pics are still going to look like crap.

Dont worry boys, it wont be long and you can start your cut.
BF = good, it keeps you warm....

 

[Rocco32]

Originally posted by Rissole
Dont worry boys, it wont be long and you can start your cut.
BF = good, it keeps you warm....

Your still bulking with us right?

 

[Rissole]

Originally posted by rock4832
Your still bulking with us right?

wait till ya see my gut

 

[Rocco32]

Originally posted by Rissole
wait till ya see my gut

I don't think it will compare to mine!! Maybe we should change the competition to however gets the largest gut wins! It'd be no contest for me.

 

[tucker01]

Hey now! I want to play

Just started bulking and already had some chunk on.

Now this is something I could do good at

 

[ponyboy]

Looks like I should change the name of my thread to the Fat Boys Club 'cause it looks like we're all getting a little larger! This is good because now we can all motivate each other....my original goal was 190 but now I think I'm going to up it to 195, which would be the heaviest I have been since starting to work out and losing all the fat I had before (peak weight of 217).

As long as I'm getting stronger, I'm happy and that is still going on every week. Let's keep at it, fellow fatties!

 

[Rocco32]

Originally posted by ponyboy
Looks like I should change the name of my thread to the Fat Boys Club 'cause it looks like we're all getting a little larger! This is good because now we can all motivate each other....my original goal was 190 but now I think I'm going to up it to 195, which would be the heaviest I have been since starting to work out and losing all the fat I had before (peak weight of 217).

As long as I'm getting stronger, I'm happy and that is still going on every week. Let's keep at it, fellow fatties!

That's right, keep your eyes on the goal PB!

 

[Rissole]

Originally posted by rock4832
That's right, keep your eyes on the goal PB!

PB= Peanut butter

 

[Rocco32]

Originally posted by Rissole
PB= Peanut butter

Best thing to keep your eyes on! Creamy, Mmmm...

 

[ponyboy]

Yeah, I can't eat PB because of allergies...I often buy the soy variety, but it's hard to find in a lot of places. Same with tuna.

Shoulders today:

Psyched myself up to get a better result than last week.

Dumbbell Press:

Warmup
45 x 9
45 x 7F
45 x 5
Then psyched myself up more for final set and got 45 x 7F. Feels freaking awesome. :hardcore: Two weeks I'm giving myself and then I'm going to 50's whether my body likes it or not.

Upright Rows:

My sets last week were apparantly only at 65 lbs, not 95. Whoops. Anyhow, this week I was determined to go heavier so went up to 75.

75 x 10
75 x 10
75 x 10

Then I got interrupted and had to stop my workout. Craptastic. I'm still happy with what I accomplished though. Time to eat.

Weight today: 186.5! Still slowly climbing.

 

[naturaltan]

I wish I could put on weight like that

I'm not willing to sacrifice the 6 pack though ... so it's not going to happen anytime soon.

 

[ponyboy]

Yeah, it's a good thing I'm not posting what I eat on the weekends (or drink)

Hmm...how many calories in 5 beers?

 

[Rocco32]

Originally posted by ponyboy
Yeah, it's a good thing I'm not posting what I eat on the weekends (or drink)

Hmm...how many calories in 5 beers?

The killer is the sugar, not calories!

 

[naturaltan]

I drink 2/3 every Wednesday ... that's not helping.

it took a week in Vegas drinking 23.5 hours a day to actually have my metabolism say "I give ... I can't keep up to that abuse." Soon though I'm sure it's going to slow down ... and then it won't be near as funny as it is now.

 

[ponyboy]

Just put together my tentative triathlon schedule for next season and I wanted to post it just in case I lose what I have it written down on...

May 2004: A 10k running race (as a warmup to the season)
June 6th: Sprint Distance Tri or Short Tri (Try-a-Tri)
June 26th: Duathlon
July 11th: Duathlon or Sprint Distance Tri
August 22nd: Sprint Distance Tri
September 12th: Olympic Distance Tri
September 25th: Duathlon
October 15th: 1/2 Marathon

Gives me a race about every three weeks. My main goals are the Olympic distance Tri (1.5 km swim, 40km bike, 10k run) and the half marathon.

Talk about good cutting workouts!

 

[Rocco32]

Not to burst your bubble PB. Do what you like and what you enjoy above all else, but doing marathons and training like that will burn quite a bit of muscle. Do you want to sacrifice that after working this hard?

 

[ponyboy]

I'm of the mind that you can make your body adapt to whatever you want it to do. I decided a while ago that I was not interested in being a competitive bodybuilder, it was a hobby for me. However, after my 1st season of triathlon, (which I really enjoyed) I decided to set the goal for myself of completing an Ironman in three years. This year is the first step towards that, which is why I have such a packed schedule. Next year (2005 season) my goals are to do a 1/2 Ironman and a full marathon. Then a full Ironman in 2006 (4km swim, 180km bike and a 42km run-takes most people 12 hours at least).

I know that some of my hard earned muscle will disappear, but I also know that through careful application of the principles we all know I can preserve most of it, and like I said before...as long as I'm getting stronger, I'm happy. My plan is to bodybuild and train for endurance sports. I think I can do both....might be a bit of a crossed signal for my body, but I'm confident that it will adapt. And make me stronger and incredibly healthy to boot!

 

[Rocco32]

Hey, if doing an Ironman is where your interests lie- more power to you. I certainly understand that! Actually, that's how I started out, training for a triathalon and got mixed up in Bodybuilding. We're just swapping!

 

[ponyboy]

Here was my day today: Up at 5AM to snow on the bloody ground, leave for work at 5:45...work until 2:30 and then home to eat and check out deals at my local bike shop quickly. Back to train clients at 5 and 6pm and then did chest and then took a 45 minute spin class. Home to eat again and go to bed. Nice full day. :tired:

Chest Workout: Quick workout (25 mins).

Felt wicked and another improvement from last time. All through my dumbbell work I kept thinking to myself "light weight". I'm progressing up almost too quickly at this point but I'm not complaining.

Flat Dumbbell Press:

Warmup
50 x 10 (could have done 12 probably)
50 x 8 F
50 x 7 F
50 x 6 F I think next workout I'm going to try the 55's. This reverse pyramid stuff is going fairly well.

Cable Crossovers:

10th setting x 10
10th setting x 9

45 minute spin class...kept my HR around 150-160 for most of the class. Felt fantastic afterwards!

 

[tucker01]

You got snow on the ground. Nothing accumulated down here. Still damn cold though, BTW I hate the friggin' winter.

 

[ponyboy]

Yeah I hate it too...especially since I'm buying a new road bike soon and I'm probably going to have to wait five months to ride it.

Just taught a kickboxing class...too much frigging cardio for me so I made it a circuit training class so I didn't have to actually do anything except stand there and yell at them! Yee ha!

Plus one of the women I'm interested in here came to the class for the first time...

Legs tomorrow.

 

[ponyboy]

Okay, weekend report - didn't do much, but here it is:

Saw Simon and Garfunkel last night totally off topic - they were amazing live and I'm really glad I got a chance to see them because they may never tour again.

Did a light arm workout on Saturday and then a spin class. I was mildly hung over so I took a different approach to arms and went for balance instead of strength.

Anyone ever used a BOSU trainer? I was doing my barbell curls and tricep extensions balanced on one of those. It severely cut down on my poundages.

Barbell Curls:

Warmup
1 heavy set 70x8
BOSU balanced 45 x 10
BOSU balanced 45 x 10
BOSU balanced 45 x 10

Overhead Tricep Extensions (again, balanced on BOSU)

20 x 10
25 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10

Tricep Pressdowns (balanced again):

12th setting x 10
13th setting x 10
13th setting x 10

Then a 50 minute spin class.

 

[Rocco32]

Never heard of a BOSU trainer.

 

[ponyboy]

It's a cool way to throw some balance into your work. It's basically half a stability ball attached to a flat surface. So you can either put the ball side down and stand on the flat surface for balance work (like a wobble board) or put in flat side down and stand on the ball (like a stationary stability ball for ankle/kee stability).

 

[Rocco32]

So you stand on it and do curls?

 

[ponyboy]

Yup...the barbell made it a little tricky but the 1 armed stuff was even harder because you're forced to stabilize one side at a time.

 

[Rocco32]

Huh, I wonder why my gym doesn't have one. I'll have to look in to that, sounds interesting.

 

[Rissole]

Them Bosu's suck!! In a good way....

 

[ponyboy]

Did a 35 minute spin class last night - I have been actually busy at work this week and haven't had a lot of time to lift. Big presentation tomorrow for about 50 people here so I'm a little nervous. Plus...

My fuqqing car got broken into last night! Some jerk smashed my window and stole my father's XMas present out of my trunk that I had just bought. Now I'm out about $250 for the window and another $150 for the gift because some asshole decided to steal from me. I hope he gets what is coming to him.