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 The day began with another brutal lifting workout. I have more in the workout log below, but this was another one of those where I felt like throwing up the entire time. I got out of town around Noon today. Upon arriving at my destination I got some nice down time to do some more reading. I am reading Anabolic Solution and it has alot of scientific terms that I need to be sure I totally grasp, so the reading can be slow at times. He also repeats his main points an awful lot and that is always challenging when reading because you instantly lose interest. I had an awesome email exchange with Carlos DeJesus (Quad Blaster inventor) earlier today. Carlos is a really nice man with a passion for fitness. He gave me some great advice on pain and sacrifice. In fact, Carlos shared a personal journal entry on the subject and even commented the entry so I'd understand what he was thinking. After asking permission, today's Burning Thought of the Day comes from that journal entry. I can see a nice friendship starting up between Carlos and myself. He gets where I'm coming from and offers encouragement. It is refreshing to see how observant he is because I feel most people today are not that observant. Most people are so self-absorbed that they fail to see what's going on with other people. Carlos picked up on a few things in some of my emails that were spot on and he commented on them to me. It has been a very enriching discussion so far. It really got me thinking about the sacrifice required to reach my goals. I could easily cruise through my workouts and not work hard, but what would be the point? |
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 IThe third brutal workout of the week commenced with deadlifts, but with 15 rep sets done at 60% of my 1RM. That equates to 295 pounds. The tempo is 2010 (2 seconds up, 0 seconds at the top, 1 second down, 0 seconds at the bottom) which means it is a constant movement during the set. With that kind of weight and that sort of pace, my heart was pounding in no time flat. This was supersetted with chin ups at the same tempo. I inserted the Quad Blaster as the second exercise of this workout, immediately after my deadlifts. I managed to go to failure on all 3 sets. It was an amazing group of 3 sets. I even had a man ask me why I would want to do that to my body. He doesn't get it obviously. I have been extremely focused this week. I was ready for this bulk phase and I want to get the most out of it. I purposely kept this phase down to 8 weeks because I am unsure of how my body will respond. Depending upon what happens and some of the nutritional reading I'm doing, I may see M4 as a total bulking mission from start to finish. At the end of my workout I worked my abs so hard again that they were cramping up as I was walking out of the gym. I spent the next 2 hours fighting that nauseous feeling. How crazy am I that I actually look forward to that feeling after a workout now? |
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 To go where no one else has ever gone, to accomplish what no one else has ever accomplished- is to sacrifice more than anyone else has ever sacrificed. (Carlos De Jesus) |
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 Are you willing to sacrifice more than anyone else has ever sacrificed to reach your goals? Comment this blog post to answer the question. |
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Until tomorrow…GET BACK TO LIFTING! |
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