red meat and muscle

for those who want to be heavy and lift heavy, those who love muscle, love meat, love their pump, and say hello to jesus every time they squat
This week was a good week, albeit I rested more than usual, but I’ve been making gains and getting closer to the goals I’ve set for myself.  A week of rest for me usually is more like a week of study, to think of new ways of approaching the gym, and new ways to approach my old motions.   Also a week of rest is a time in which I can reflect on how I look, and ask myself if I’m changing, look at what hasn’t/isn’t changing, and come up with ideas for how I will bring about change. Starting monday I’ll be updating the blog with my actual workouts, and in these updates I’ll break down why I do what I do every day, for me, and for you.

This week was a good week, albeit I rested more than usual, but I’ve been making gains and getting closer to the goals I’ve set for myself.  A week of rest for me usually is more like a week of study, to think of new ways of approaching the gym, and new ways to approach my old motions.  

Also a week of rest is a time in which I can reflect on how I look, and ask myself if I’m changing, look at what hasn’t/isn’t changing, and come up with ideas for how I will bring about change.

Starting monday I’ll be updating the blog with my actual workouts, and in these updates I’ll break down why I do what I do every day, for me, and for you.

The cephalic vein is what runs up and down your bicep, instant status symbol.

The cephalic vein is what runs up and down your bicep, instant status symbol.

A little on red meat: Red meat is delicious, and perfect, an eight-ounce cut of steak has around 50 grams of protein, and only 6 grams of fat. Red meat has niacin in it, which is also known as B3, which helps blood vessels expand, and increased HDL levels. Red meat has zinc, which helps your ding dong stay healthy, and keeps that sperm count high. Red meat has iron, which helps with oxygen delivery. Red meat also has selenium, which will help your immune system’s overall strength. For the life of me, I don’t understand why people give red meat a bad rap, and I definitely don’t understand the people who don’t eat it, I’m still having steak tonight, and probably tomorrow, for the rest of my life.

A little on red meat:

Red meat is delicious, and perfect, an eight-ounce cut of steak has around 50 grams of protein, and only 6 grams of fat.

Red meat has niacin in it, which is also known as B3, which helps blood vessels expand, and increased HDL levels.

Red meat has zinc, which helps your ding dong stay healthy, and keeps that sperm count high.

Red meat has iron, which helps with oxygen delivery.

Red meat also has selenium, which will help your immune system’s overall strength.

For the life of me, I don’t understand why people give red meat a bad rap, and I definitely don’t understand the people who don’t eat it, I’m still having steak tonight, and probably tomorrow, for the rest of my life.

This past week I’ve been on the cape with family, and without a gym.  Well, here’s proof that you really don’t need a gym regardless of where you are, you just need something heavy.  Looked around in grandparents house and found cinderblocks, logs, tree stumps, rope, and was set for the week (also kayaked 6 miles).

Here’s what I could put together:

Wood through cinderblocks - curls, forearms, presses, triceps, deads, squats, and the wood was pretty wide so it worked my grip.  Cinderblocks weren’t really secure, and moved around a lot, so it also tested/worked my balance pretty well.

Cinderblocks on the ground - incline and decline pushups, a stump ahead of the cinderblocks for dips.

Tree stumps/firewood/logs - I threw logs and stumps ahead and behind myself, and split logs.  Worked on how explosive I could be.

Just goes to show, if you have something heavy, you can make the most of it, a gym is a luxury and a privilege, not a necessity.

Everyone wants results, but no one wants to put in the time.   Here’s how I look at time in the gym: The sooner you accept that no gain is fast, all gains are hard, and nothing is easy, the better.  Getting strong takes some time, getting big takes more time, and you will never be done making gains until you choose to, or give up.  In the beginning I wanted gains fast, in size and in the weight I was lifting, but over time I found a great respect for the fact that no gain is fast, and no gain is easy, and when I found that respect, I was humbled.  I went back into the gym with a newfound appreciation of what I was doing, and a better outlook. I see a lot of people in the gym that just loiter, they look like they are taping an episode of the view when they should be pushing themselves.  They take 5 minutes between sets, and decide to leave when they aren’t ‘feeling it’ anymore.  We’ve all been there, it’s hard to lift heavy stuff sometimes, but if you treat the say 45 minutes you have in the gym like it was the last time you would ever be alive every time you’re there, you will get work done every time.  Before heavy sets I get myself psyched by doing just that, thinking that if this was my last, would I be proud to walk away from it? A friend once told me ‘if you dont see jesus when you’re squatting, it’s not heavy enough.’ Well, I say hello to jesus on a daily basis now, and despite having my body tell me ‘no more, please god no more’ I push through, knowing I will not be magically bigger tomorrow, but hell, I finished what I started. The message I’m making today is that lifting for me has always been half patience, and half perseverance.  You have to want to keep working, regardless of how you feel.  You also have to be willing to wait, and keep putting yourself through hell to see yourself make gains.  Without that kind of outlook you end up with the rest of the hooligans taping an episode of the view while you drink your water.

Everyone wants results, but no one wants to put in the time.  

Here’s how I look at time in the gym:

The sooner you accept that no gain is fast, all gains are hard, and nothing is easy, the better.  Getting strong takes some time, getting big takes more time, and you will never be done making gains until you choose to, or give up.  In the beginning I wanted gains fast, in size and in the weight I was lifting, but over time I found a great respect for the fact that no gain is fast, and no gain is easy, and when I found that respect, I was humbled.  I went back into the gym with a newfound appreciation of what I was doing, and a better outlook.

I see a lot of people in the gym that just loiter, they look like they are taping an episode of the view when they should be pushing themselves.  They take 5 minutes between sets, and decide to leave when they aren’t ‘feeling it’ anymore.  We’ve all been there, it’s hard to lift heavy stuff sometimes, but if you treat the say 45 minutes you have in the gym like it was the last time you would ever be alive every time you’re there, you will get work done every time.  Before heavy sets I get myself psyched by doing just that, thinking that if this was my last, would I be proud to walk away from it?

A friend once told me ‘if you dont see jesus when you’re squatting, it’s not heavy enough.’ Well, I say hello to jesus on a daily basis now, and despite having my body tell me ‘no more, please god no more’ I push through, knowing I will not be magically bigger tomorrow, but hell, I finished what I started.

The message I’m making today is that lifting for me has always been half patience, and half perseverance.  You have to want to keep working, regardless of how you feel.  You also have to be willing to wait, and keep putting yourself through hell to see yourself make gains.  Without that kind of outlook you end up with the rest of the hooligans taping an episode of the view while you drink your water.

first order of business, this is franco columbu and he is lifting a car, men should be able to do this, and if they cannot, they should work towards it over the course of their lives.

first order of business, this is franco columbu and he is lifting a car, men should be able to do this, and if they cannot, they should work towards it over the course of their lives.

this marks the beginning of a journal for people who have more testosterone than the average joe, guys (and girls) who want to see big guns, and muscles that look like they are prone to burst out of the skin that hardly contains them.  this is for everyone that wishes they were back in the 70s, on muscle beach, getting pumped, and for everyone that wants to lift a car just because you can.  this is especially for everyone that wants to crush their enemies, see them driven before them, and hear the lamentations of their women, because that is definitely what’s best in life.

this marks the beginning of a journal for people who have more testosterone than the average joe, guys (and girls) who want to see big guns, and muscles that look like they are prone to burst out of the skin that hardly contains them.  this is for everyone that wishes they were back in the 70s, on muscle beach, getting pumped, and for everyone that wants to lift a car just because you can.  this is especially for everyone that wants to crush their enemies, see them driven before them, and hear the lamentations of their women, because that is definitely what’s best in life.