Do you really want it...?

I apologize for the delay in entries. My training has been intense and let's be honest until your body adjusts...you do two things after a workout. EAT and then subsequently catch a food coma...or what everyone calls the ITIS!!

Let's just say the Itis hits me like Rampage Jackson in the UFC. I'm down for the count...



My schedule has been hectic with work and then balancing the trainings.

Mondays and Thursdays are generally designed for developing my arms and shoulders.
Tuesdays and Fridays are my leg workouts. Which are always ohhh so fun after you run your heart and legs into submission... Literally I think I love to torture myself and push myself until I know I can't give anymore.

Wednesdays, I try to save my body and do some cross-training by running in the pool. The water is soothing because it doesn't put as much wear and tear on the joints as the treadmill but provides just as much or more resistance. I feel exhausted without the pain in the joints. The training is helping to get my cardio back. Cardio is so important especially making the jump from the 200 to the 8. I want to be able to have a final kick and that umph blow by everybody in the homestretch.

Living in Fargo, whoops I mean Philly, although it seems like Fargo with all the snow that has been accumulating over the past two weeks. It has made it impossible to run outdoors where I can time myself on the track. Without a standard to gauge myself...I'm just building stamina and muscle.

Incredibly through my workouts and increased appetite I have gained 5 pounds of muscle and will probably gain more. I have been asking myself because my body doesn't recover as fast as it did when I was in my early 20's and late teens....(I need that Barry Bonds, that BALCO) Do you really want it? Is it really worth the soreness and pain. Ironically, when I had doubts, Ricky Martin's La Copa de Vida played in my Ipod.

Do you really want it?
Go, go, go, allez allez allez
Go, go, go,
here we go, yeah

[1] - The cup of life, this is the one.
Now is the
time, don't ever stop
Push it along, gotta be strong.
Push it along,
right to the top

[2] - Como Cain y Abel, es un partido cruel.
Tienes
que pelear, por una estrella
Consigue con honor, la copa del amor
Para
sobrevivir y luchar por ella
Luchar por ella (YEAH)
Do you really want
it... (YEAH)

[3] - Here we go! Allez, Allez Allez! Go, go, go! Allez,
Allez Allez!
Arriba va! El mundo esta de pie. Go, Go, Gol!! Allez, Allez,
Allez

La vida es, competicion. Hay que sonar, ser campeon
La copa
es, la bendicion. La ganaras, Go, Go, Go!

And when you feel the heat.
The world is at your feet
No one can hold you down. If you really want it
Just steal your destiny. Right from the hands of fate
Reach for the cup
of life. 'Cause your name is on it
Do you really want it...(YEAH)
Do you
really want it...(YEAH)

Tu y yo! Allez, Allez Allez. Go, go ,gol! Allez,
Allez, Allez
Tonight's the night, we're gonna celebrate
The cup of
life!!! Allez, Allez, Allez.
Un, dos, tres, allez allez allez. Un, deux,
trois, allez allez allez..

Those lyrics inspired me to get through my workout. So I guess I do really want it...
Arms:

• Seated Lat Pull Down 3x 10
• Seated Low Row 3 x 10 (Core)
• Triceps Extension 3x10
• Flat Dumbell Press 3x10
• Torso Extension 2 x10
• Pectoral Flys (for the B cups) Gotta have them B's 3x10
• Seated High Row (Core) 3x10 Alternating Arms

Legs

• 15 Minute Bike after run (Fullout Sprint RPMs over 100)
• Reverse Lat Pull Down
• Leg Press 3x10
• Squat 3X 10
• Standing Calf Raises 3 x10
• Twisting Knee Ups (Core) as many as you can 2 sets

Clearly, I was 'bout it on my routine. I feel more refreshed and more energized than previously before. My body and food intake has definitely made me more sculpted. But we still got a ways to go...Maybe I'll post a pic and let you see how the progress is coming... Until next time.

Song of the Day - "I Get It In" - Omarion feat. Gucci Mane (Brrrrrr!)