beaten down

Well, I have completed the first week of the new 531 program. Im a tad under the weather today, which made for an interresting evening. I just felt completely outta gas before I even got outside to the barn. But I still went, which makes me awesome.

Monday 10/31
Millitary Press
5 x 110
5 x 120
5 x 125
Dips – 3 sets to failure bodyweight
3 x 30
BB curls – 5 x 5
45, 65, 65, 75, 75

Wednesday 11/2
Deadlift – 3 x 5
245 x 5
260 x 5
280 x 5
good mornings – 3 sets of 15 reps with bar weight
Sit-ups – 3 sets of 25 reps


Friday 11/4
Bench Press – 5,5,5
185 x 5
200 x 5
210 x 3 (I was completely outta gas here today)
DB Bench – 3 sets of 10-15 reps
40 - 15x2
50 - 10x1
Chin-ups – 3 sets of 6-12 reps
wide grip x 6
overhand close grip x 6
chins x 6

I feel very accomplished this evening. even though I feel like hammered poo. This is the first time I have completed a monday wednesday friday as scheduled. That is my goal this month, no matter how tired I am, to make it into the gym MWF no matter if its midnight. sooo, anyway... Im tired. Going to sleep.. duece

ab wheel stingy

moved on into the gym again tonight. did bench press. i was wondering how generous i was gonna be to myself, or maybe cavalier.. but all went well. i did the main lift and one set of ab wheel rollouts.. i forgot these suck

bench press
180 x 5
200 x 3
225 x 1 (its awesome the gut wrenching midevil battle crys that come outta ya)

ab wheel
15 x 1 it stung the second set, so i opted for movement tomorrow night rather than agony

Im still upset w myself, be lax and all.. but im very serious about keeping to my plan an staying solid. only one to rely on is me. hows yalls thurs eve pannin out?

makin up

so tues night i did half the overhead workout. i was plum pissed that im a giant sandbagger. so i got up wed morn at 6 and went and did the deadlift 531.. I got a jumprope and an ab wheel. only had time to do the main lift cause i had class at native air. i forgot how winded a freakin jump rope will make you!

245 x 5
270 x 3
315 x 1 i upped it to my 1 rm just cause i wanted to prove to myself im a sandbagger


So, im gonna up the max on all my lifts a tad. im talked to sandy and told her to get on my anus about stayin dedicated to the 3 times a week thing. too many times i've gotten home and just been plum wrecked from work. ive talked myself outta so many workouts its stupid. i wind up a week in between everything. i shoulda finished this last cycle about 1 1/2 weeks ago..

oh well, its trial and error i suppose. on a brighter note, alyssa is 9 months today!! amazing huh!!

king douche

so i went and worked out this am. Intended to do a quick 531 overhead..

OH press
95 x5
110 x3
120 x5
BB curls
75 x5 for 2

Now I haven't been in the gym consistently. I have just started week 4 of the 531 program. Im a slacker, and I just proved to myself that I have potential that I am wasting. I've known that for sure for years, but I just really proved that to myself today... I suck

Pulmocare

This last three days sucketh.. worked out fridays and took a 2 day weekend. Worked ICU 3 in a row. We worked 4 codes in the last three shifts. Good ol cancer.. I was physically exhausted this morning. Im still kinda wiped out and its 1:15. Really looking forward to my 2 off.

If I havent told you guys I love you lately, then cheers! Love you both and miss you too!!

Diprivan

Im gonna title my pist with whatever my current patient is on.. Hehe

Well, i had an easy enough day today. Minus the fact that alyssa woke up at 0700! Little buggar. At least shes sweet though. So i laid on the couch and played w her for a good hour before momma got up. Had a few cups of coffee, then finally laid back down for a nap around 11:30. I got up about 4 and went to the barn to lift. Bench press today:

Bench Press 3x3 190, 205, 215
They all went up nicely, but i had to work for the last one!

Bench press 5x10 with 50% max
115 for 5x10.... That got tiring, but all were successful

I called it a day after that cause i had to get food for this evening. I did talk to wifeypoo about the tough mudder in dallas in march 2012. She said that would give you 6 months to train for it. So... Game on

wooden

Worked out last night, being tues. Considered starting the program over, cause it had been 7 days since I'd worked out last. But i decided against it, and picked up where I left off. it went as follows

OH press
100 x3
110 x3
115 x3

BB Curls – 5 x 5
45, 65, 65, 70, 75 i impressed myself here
Upright Rows – 3 x 10
65 i think
Bent Over Row – 3 sets of 10-15 reps
full rom with 45

not a bad workout.
wed morning i just did deads.
3 of 3 w 260, 285, 295. all went up nicely...

baby cryin, gotta go!!!!!!

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Hi

Well, completed day two of the five 233k cycle. Im veeery sore. But its fine, I'll whimper under my breath.

Bench
145 1x5
160 1x5
180 1x5

DB Bench 40 12x3
plups 8, 6, 8

Not terrible. I feel like I kinda wasted my time with that starter program, because of how sore I am and not strong... but oh well. Hows you'uns week goin?

ok geez

So, its september the second... I have nothing to add that is exciting or interresting. I have received a vasectomy, and everyone in west texas now thinks Im a retard because I don't want to have more children.. go figure..

Im resuming workouts on monday. The pain in my testiculars was mild, but any strain was definately detectable. I got an ace on a paper I wrote for school! I was quite excited about that. Never done that before ever!!

On another note, I looked for jobs near evergreen... I found quite a few. I think a climate other than equator could very well be in our future, in the near future!!

pain

hola lads... tiz been a while since ive posted. To catch everyone up, Im in the 7th week of my bsn, Im working a lot, working out a lot (though I have missed a few workouts here and there) but I feel pretty good. Baby girl is sleeping a lot better now, she has 4 teeth in quite an odd pattern... think shi tzu...

umm... thats really about it. I have also stepped back to evaluate my booze habits. gonna hang it up for a while. I too have had to look at buying booze or saving for my daughter and family. It does get quite expensive.

well... I'll have something much more interresting tomorrow. till then!

dump

Hello-

im going to dallas for work tomorrow night. should be interresting. im not working out as often as Id like. I think having less to do is going to make it easier. I think i might go for a job in dallas or something tonight.

in other things, alyssa is saying momomom... or something to that effect... darnit all...

fried

morning... its noon actually.. im hungry

i worked out a g house yesterday..

sqwat 200 3x5
OH Press 110 3x5
deadlift 265 1x5
puulupps 14, 5 (i was thirsty)

So I feel as if the strength is coming back along nicely. I have a headache a lot, similar to when I first started working out. Nothing aneurysm like, just stress from the load placed on them.

blahhh, blahh, blahh.... nothing really to add... school sucks too...

tuesday.. yup

Hello my fellow friends. Tis tues, or humpday eve. Im studying for a research paper now, well really avoiding it rather. I've been in the gym all the prescribed days except one. I was a wee bit tired thanks to the alarm in my house now! hehe But all in all it has been a fine learning experience. I have learned that you lose strength exponentially when you don't workout regularly. I have had to drop my numbers to grade school prepubescent girl weights. On a positive note, at least I can work solely on form, because I've heard thats what prevents injury.

Last night

Squat
175 3x5
OH press
105 3x5
deadlift
255 1x5
plups
3 sets to failure
I definitely failed
10, 10, 10.5 I wont be arrogant enough to call the last one successful.

I do feel like I've been getting stronger. Oddly enough, after the workout and shower, I feel like im putting off like 25000 BTU. I feel as if Im glowing hot. Does any else experience this?

All that is Man Gym

First workout on the Muscle Enhancer 5000 is complete. Had some gnarly tuneage. I downloaded an album that g turned me onto. I am sad to say that I've lost quite a bit of strength since I've last worked out. But that just means more super hypertrophy right?!

Squats: 3x5 135
Overhead press: 3x5 95
Deadlift: 1x5 225
chinups: 3xfailure 8,8,8

Narry a sad showing, but nothing to be boastful of. I love the texas bar. I feel the paws are already starting their transformation.

So let the transformation begin!!! Day 1 down of 5,299... thats the day Alyssa turns 15, and the day she is also allowed to have a friend that is also a boy. God help him.....

Good Morrow!

Good morning brothers and ... well, brothers, cause I dont think any gals read this.
At any rate, im enroute to my new job. Yall prob already gnu that, but im teling ewe anyway. Over the past few weeks/months i've decided that i am serious about getting my masters. ICU is the only way to head that way.

On another thought, i received my "I AM ALL THAT IS MAN" package two days ago. On the eve of yesterday, with a bottle of Stone Brewery's finest in tow, g-man and myself assembled the glowing red transmogrifier. I must admit, it is pretty damn sexy. We did have one small flaw. Elitefts forgot to send a crucial crossbar/stabilizer, so no weights could be applied. As bittersweet as it was, eye'm still pretty damn stoked.

M'wee offspring is dewin quite well. Last night marked a week in her own bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, but im a little excited about that. Her ma, while loving and caring, haa a slight tendancy to be a tad overprotective. But all is well.

Sooooo.... when are we moving to CO?

no sleep

well, its 6:08 now.. I've been awake since 4ish tossing and turning. I vow never again to enter the sun's ultraviolet beams without adequate salve applied to m'epidermis as to deflect said damaging lazers.

I liken the experience to the feeling you get.. you remember rolling around in the grass, shirtless, as a child playing outdoors? Its kinda like that, except magnified by about 17.5. I came up with this number because its not quite painful, just irritating enough to occupy whatever conscious realm of thought needed to deny any kind of useful sleep.

Im so pissed at myself for not being more mindful. Oh well... whats everyone's plans for celebrating memorial day? I think we are going to eat ribs with the family over in colorado city.

Here's an interresting note.. did you know that Memorial day was officially proclaimed on May 5th, 1868?

5/28

Well this morning makes it 30 days till I go back to the ICU. Pray that this wasn't a bad decision for us. Its been really tough on the wifey poo with all the dirt and dirt blowing, and dirt all around us, and dirt in the house... Im trying my hardest to give her something to look forward to, so I unloaded 2 cu yds of topsoil the other day in record time mind you! But I did give m'self a wee bit of a scorch. Im a touch pink. and its sore... and I dont think the nomex flight suit is gonna be forgiving at all. And we will probably fly our arses off since its memorial day weekend!!

On a greater note, I got all the stuff I needed for the man gym ordered! I pieced it all together, but all in all I think I wound up saving like 500 bones. So, I wont complain! Im kinda giddy! Well, off for some bean water, then gonna fly the friendly skies. Yall be safe today! For real! If yall are gonna highway it, be on the lookout for jersey shore with a bottle of whiskey and a mean swerve behind the wheel!

change in plans

I have resigned my full time for part time in the flight position. I was getting bored of not doing anything all day. Since I have aspirations of going to CRNA school, I must get ICU experience. I have applied back to the very place the canned me over a year ago. I shall conquer and overcome! hehe

On a second note, I have decided to purchase my own workout station at my house. I too have grown tired of being stagnant. I very much like working out with G in his man gym, but I am married to a species that occaisionally makes statements without regard to rational thought. ;) So I think its going to make it easier to workout by walking 20 seconds to the barn vs an hour in drive time and an hour plus at glenns. So... that being said... Im proud of both yas that youve made a great effort in weight and school.

Well.. till next time fart smellers.

4/24

Hello-

I've decided to post at least one blog for the month of April.

Update.. Alyssa Wren is now almost 14 weeks or 3 and 1/2 months old. She is wolfing down about 6 oz per sitting. When she gets sleepy, Im glad she can't shoot lazers outta her eyes!! geez!! Its not really pleasant at all to be quite honest. Im still going in between like and dislike with the child thing.. props to you two! Im going to use you both as siblings, cause I ain't doin it again! ;)

The mrs and i are still waiting to hear about jobs in D-town.. I have a confirmed PRN job for a nursing agency. I have heard that we are moving to a 4-4 schedule here at omniflight. What that means is that we will staff 4 nurses and 4 medics, and work every 4th day, ie work sunday, off mon, tues, wed, work thurs. I think I can drive from dallas and keep that job for as little time we actually work and the amount I get paid. I've figured in around 600 a month for fuel for my toyota. Not terrible.

Mrs is getting apprehensive that she wont be able to find a job. I've tried telling her that there are plenty of openings, and we will find her one.. so keep her in your thoughts if ya will.

I guess that's about it. Im fat and lazy...

T-minus 4 days

So its now 6 am... I have officially been up since 4 am. I fed the wee one, and afterward thought to myself, whats the use in going back to sleep. About the time I got into REM sleep it would be time to wake up, right? Therefore making it more difficult to get out of bed. Even as tempting as my wife's warm ass is, I couldn't sacrifice being pissy.

Wren is sleeping more and more through the night. Which makes for a sound evening! Good grief its cold here...

Probably looking at moving soon.. 6 months is a very near possibility, but I can't say for certain. Oh well... I'd like to end up somewhere mountainous in the next 5 yrs.. chow

hmmm

....whatever

new toy

i did manage to purchase one outlet.. so subtract a little bit of piss and vinegar from the last post... hehe

withdrawing

well... seeing as how the stress levels are rising now, with colic and screaming and such.. and seeing as how I have zero outlet now, no gym time, no sleep, nothing with which to vent upon other than the inner side of my cranial vault.. I am dropping out of this semester at USC. (university of scurry county)

Lemme splain... I have zilch for a memory, which I have learned is a side effect of stress as well. I forgot completely about 3, count em THA-REE, tests until last night at 9:30. Each par time was 2 hours. needless to say, I didn't even attempt any of them. Im kinda pissed at my family, partly because I think its their fault. If they hadn't been up my ass about coming to a birthday party of some foster children, and seeing alyssa... I woulda been at m'abode with plenty of time to spare to fail these tests on my own ....whatever...

I even had an ok grade in chemistry, which I was proud of. I was doing all the reading and watching all the online videos. I had around an 87. Plenty of room to bring that up with a few good test grades. Minus the one ding for not posting the correct amount of responses on a discussion board! Beside that fact that all of my answers were correct, I didn't congradulate enough of my cohorts on reaching the same conclusion and therefore earned a 67/100 on each post. That dinged the grade a tad.

I've resigned to the fact that I can go back to school another time. On the upstroke, I did find a school in the metroplex that don't require nutrition or chemistry.. hehe.. I think I already meet all the prereqs, so all that's left is to call these people... "Hello. Could I give you some of my hard earned wampum in return for no education and a slip of pressed tree pulp that says Im smart, so's I can use said slip and gain acceptance into yet another institution of higher learning?"

man I feel quite skeptical this morning. polar opposite of my last post huh...

things looking up

the routine is getting more and more settled. Im gonna start taking nights, and mommy is gonna take days, since I can function further into the evening than she can. It has been working out pretty well. We actually got out of the house and into Abilene yesterday with the wee one. Mommy did well, although she did get rather stressed, which happens when she gets sleepy. So Im still unsure about outings in the near future just yet.

Im really getting pumped about our lives in the near future. All of ours.... I think we are all fixing to take a major turn for the awesome, because we're all so driven... hehe

Love yous guys

Feb 11

Heeeelllooooooo-
Its been many sleepless nights and double visioned days, but I am back! Actually things are starting to calm down a little and get into a pretty good schedule. But we're good. Sandy has learned that when the kid is sleeping, you don't do chores.. you sleep as well. Poor gal, she doesn't do well without the sleep like daddy does.

Well, Im not sure when I am going to set my workout time. It seems that it will have to be early in the morning, because there is not really enough time anywhere else. But, I don't guess thats terrible. We'll see how it works out.

Hows everyone else been? Anyone lose any appendages from the artic winter we've had? I've slipped by with 2 fingers, and toenail, and a part of my nose, but I'm not gonna complain. It coulda been waaaay worse!!

Say Hello!!

Well, we've survived the 6th day ok! I've put together that crying means 1 of 2 things so far.

1. My belly is empty, please put calories in liquid form into a bottle, heated to preferably around 90 degrees, place gently into my mouth as not to damage my delicate palate. Upon completion of me emptying said bottle of caloric intake, please gently pat me upon the back to bring up any air i might have swallowed, because this might cause some discomfort in my intestinal tract. I will then return to my peaceful slumber for an undisclosed amount of time, at which point this process need be repeated.

2. I have shit myself

Its been a great experience!! I am totally wrapped in this little girl stuff. I am carrying a MANtastic diaper bag, but its filled to the brim with every kind of pink accessory you can imagine!!!

See images below:

daddy + day 4

OK, I've officially been a pop for 4 and a half days now. The first night, I honestly wanted to find and fire station and leave her on the door step. Not because I didn't love her with every ounce of my soul, but because I felt so completely inadequate as a father. What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?

It was gut wrenching. I tried everything. Pacing, singing, breastfeeding by sandy, all this, and still nothing. We finally broke down and gave her formula. and Oh My God, it was like heroin. She was out. After that, we've been feeding her regularly, and its been relatively easy.

We had a father daughter day today to let mommy rest her weary head. She slept good. Sooooo, night 4 is about to be in the books. I actually feel, in a strange way, complete by this. I am now connected to a third person... An independant life that was completely dependant on my decision and my wife's decision to being someone into the world. It gives me a very good feeling. and I like it!!

Daddy

Ok, so I'm a daddy now... Its 2:49 am right now, and i just gave Alyssa a bottle. Sandy's milk isnt in yet, and she's feeling like the worst mom ever. So i took man charge and gave the kiddo some grub, she passed out and all is well now. We're going to keep trying the bald headed milk jug, because its so beneficial for the wee ones. But a bottle of formula for sleep seemed like a good trade to me!!

On a different note, thanks for all the positive feedback yall! I feel so supported in my new roll. Its so new to have something to share in this world that is actually yours! A blood relation to you. I really love this feeling!

Well im gonna sign out and see if i can join the wife in lala land for a few coveted minutes!! Lots of love!!!

Manday the 17th

Got out into the man cave yesterday and did a little work with power tools and wood. I have to say my spirits improved a little after that. Its amazing what loud noises and sawdust in your sinuses will do for the psyche...

Worked out again this morning at 5:30 am. I was gonna wait until tues, but that back to back is starting to get a little leery with the numbers going up. Today went like this..

Squat 3x5 con 255 lbs
overhead press 3x5 with 120 lbs
deadlift 1x5 with 290 lbs
chinups to failure x3 14, 15, 9(i didn't wait the full alotted 5 min)

I have progressed greatly in form as well as depth with my squat. I'm very pleased. I'm anxious to see whats gonna happen with I cross into the 350ish range. That was the area of my max. But with the eating and protein and not sandbagging on the lifts, I think 415 squat in april will fall!

1/15/2011

Oh my God, its been a year since I last posted! hehe I had to do that! So, update:

I'm waiting patiently for my spouse to go into labor. I had no idea that people actually carried to term these days. After working in the ER for so long, I was sure it was normal for everyone to be 16, addicted to some sort of illegal substance, and come in in labor at 30 wks... But it is a pleasant suprise to know that the kiddo will have a really good fighting chance of being healthy.

I have been on Chase's weight program for about 2 weeks now. When we started, I felt like a complete wuss, and almost checked in my man card. Then I scrolled down to the bottom of the worksheet, and while ambitious, I thought that maybe I wouldn't be squatting 510 pounds at the end of 3 months.

So after adjusting, Im on track to break into the 400s in squat. Im kinda stoked about that.

Well, good to see ya all again. I'll have pictures soon after when the baby girl gets here. Prayers are appreciated!!