I have seen it said that mind control and muscle control are a 50/50 split... I would say that's off by about 40%. I have found out in my years of bodybuilding and training that mind control is about 90% of the battle. I have always trained without a partner..just because of that reason. I find training with a partner is like using a crutch. If you know you have someone there to help you... in your mind you will think about it and think if I can't get the Iron up they will help me.  To me... Go to BodyBlog

Well I must say .... I liked it!  I worked last night and for some reason I just could not wake up today. I kept telling myself I was going to hit the gym and kept dozing back off to sleep. Now in my mind I knew where I needed to be (in the Gym) but some part of me had different ideas. So when it came down to it... I told myself just do 20 minutes. So I went down into my Gym and decided I was going 20 minutes... heavy as hell and unless I was getting a sip of water I better have some... Go to BodyBlog

Well here it is Friday and I have a night off.... this was also the first day of summer break for my boys..(oh great..lol) Game plan is this... going to work chest today and hope something gives with this jacked up neck. I know if I beat it up long enough it will surrender and stop hurting...lol    Well I really have nothing to exciting to tell.... just plan on getting the best workout in I can to help relieve some stress. My Wife ask me to take her to see Snow white at the movies... Go to BodyBlog

OUCH!!  Wow I wish she would just say what's on her mind...lol I was at work last night and one of the Nurses asked if I was in the gym again? I told her I was. Then another Nurse standing there asked for what? I asked her what do you mean for what? She said why do you workout? I told her I just enjoy bodybuilding and it makes me feel better. Then she nailed me with a right hook of a comment...lol  Yeah but at your age bodybuilding is creepy... she said old guys look sick in those... Go to BodyBlog

Yes this is a rant... so reader beware.   Things that make you go Grrrr!  I will get right to the point... CRACKHEADS!!!   I am so sick of all the Crackheads and the Heroin heads in my city. Now my city of Mansfield has a population of around 72,000 people... not a large city.. but not surely not a one stop light town either. The thing here is as the city has lost all it's business base and jobs... drugs and crimes have gone crazy and so have the people.  I grew up... Go to BodyBlog

Well I am well on track to getting back to me. I guess if I am not in the gym eating Iron... I'm not really me. It seems most of the people I know automatically associate me with weight lifting and the gym. I guess that's what made it a little harder for me when I was out for over that year.... it's like I had lost a very large part of who and what I am.    Well my shipment from Bodybuilding.com came a couple days ago and as usual I am very pleased. I decided to go back to what I knew... Go to BodyBlog

Ok I surrender! I have been eating right.. working out hard and things are going great. My strength is climbing faster than I thought it would... but something is missing. Ok it's not missing .. I have been avoiding it at all cost. Yeah the dreaded cardio... man I hate cardio with my every fiber.   I know though if I don't start doing it I will never loose this stomach... or gut I should say. I hate running and I don't have my pool open yet so I started thinking. When I was in the Military... Go to BodyBlog

Well here it is Friday ... and I have the night off work. Now usally if I get a day off I feel the need to do something... but tonight I am just going to relax. I just got done in the gym and I am spent. I worked shoulders and I worked them hard! I have decided I am going to get my a** in gear and make things happen. Now I do not want to over train I know that... but I am not going to under train that's for sure. My shoulders are sore and not hurt...so I feel I hit them just about right.  ... Go to BodyBlog

Well I can't help but be a little ticked off today! Everyday I am reminded of 6/13/10 by my crackling and sore knees. They hurt when I walk , sit and stand...yeah they hurt pretty much all the time. I have managed to drag myself back into the gym despite them.. and I am starting to feel good about my return and progress. Now I don't see myself squating 650 lbs plus anytime soon again... but I will be benching over 320 lbs before July come Hell or High water!   For those of you that... Go to BodyBlog

Well another day down and I am feeling great!  I set a goal for myself to get back up to pushing 250 lbs on my bench by the end of the month. Well today I pushed 235 lbs for 3 reps...so I feel I am real close to doing it. It makes me feel good some of my strength is coming back. I have also started training my buddy again. He trained under me for over 2 years and only quit when I got injured. As soon as I was back at it he was ready to roll... good to see him making changes.  As a... Go to BodyBlog

Ok this blog is more of a personal release than anything else. Lifting Iron and blogging are both part of my personal therapy and sorry folks you get to come along.   Now I have always been a person that I would could the public service type. I get a great sense of satisfaction from helping others.. being able to protect them from bad things drives me. The job I do allows me to feed that inner desire almost daily and to be honest things are not getting any better in society. I have been... Go to BodyBlog