Yeah, so, the title says it all. I think I went over all the crap I have going on in my life in my last post, so I won't review it (if I'm wrong, someone please tell me). I will go to work out in the morning (Lower-body day. woo!!) at about five, then I have class from eight to twelve-fifteen, then work from one to five, then class from six to about eight-thirty, probably. After that, I go BACK to the sleep lab to get tested again. Yippee. Oh, yeah, and then Wednesday I will stay all day at the sleep lab to do that nap study thing. Oh joy! What a way to spend my birthday. But hey, I will come home to celebrate and there will be homemade chicken enchiladas. Which makes me VERY happy. And who knows? Maybe something super-crazy will happen and my Manta Ray and Sting Ray squat bar attachments will be here!! Or maybe not.
Ooh! That is something cool to blog about! The Manta Ray is a device that snaps onto an Olympic-sized bar and goes over your shoulders and stuff to help with the comfort of doing heavy squats such as I do. I usually use at least 300 pounds, and that is quite uncomfortable when you have just the bar pushing in on your back, pinching all those nerves and pressing down on very little surface area. Oh, and the bar tends to slide down your back, affecting your technique as well as making you fear for your life. The Manta Ray holds the bar in the correct place and keeps you from having so much fear so that you can actually focus on the squats. We used these at my high school when we squatted during football workouts. They are quite awesome. Then there is the Sting Ray, which I have never used. It helps with front squats, the purpose of which is to really blast your quadriceps. I'm really looking forward to getting these. What a great birthday present!! Oh, and if you're into working out or know someone who is, here's the link: http://www.adfit.com .
So, yeah. Life is all right. I want to go to bed now, but I must get all of my shit together to spend the next day-point-five in complete and utter boredom/loseriness. Peace out, all.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
WOOO!! NEW BLOG! AT LONG LAST!!
I'm Baaaack!!!
That's right people. I'm back. And better than ever!! So, let me catch you up.
School is going AMAZINGLY well. Like, I'm actually doing well. Which is quite the change from my first two semesters. However, with good, there must always come bad.
As part of my efforts to become a better student/person, I have been trying to figure out why I stay tired all the time and can't focus. So, I had a sleep study done. Basically, they connect a bunch of wires to you and check out brain waves, muscle twitches, breathing patterns, snoring, etc., etc. It's pretty cool crap. Well, anyways, they discovered that I am having heart arrythmias at night. They also, due to the crazy brain waves they look at, have given me a preliminary diagnosis of narcolepsy. I don't feel like going into the little bit of detail that I know, so look it up on WebMD. So, this next couple of weeks is gonna be pretty wild. I'm going to the eye doctor Wednesday morning, as I keep getting more and more blind. Then, at 1:40 PM, I go to the cardiologist to get my ticker figured out. Then, next Tuesday night after I have class and work all day long until nine, I go back to the sleep lab and get hooked up again and sleep there. Then I will probably be staying there the next day for what they call a "nap study." I don't know what will go on then, but I will let you know afterwards!! And wouldn't you know that they will keep me there for that on my BIRTHDAY!! Oh well. It's not like I do anything super-amazing on my birthdays, anyways.
In other news, I am continuing to work out, now harder than I ever have before. I was working from one book called The New Rules of Lifting by Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove. Never once was I sore. And I wasn't seeing ANY gains. Don't buy this author's work!!! Anywho, to absolve for my sins, I picked up Arnold Schwarzenegger's New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding. It is the second edition of the encyclopedia that he put out in 1985, and is widely considered the "Bible of Bodybuilding." With a great champion like the Governator telling you what's up with your workouts, you know it's gonna be good. As we speak, I am feeling the soreness creep into my pecs and lower back. But man, does it feel good!!! I am really looking forward to my shoulders and arms workout tomorrow. Luckily, I already have a pretty solid base to build on from football in high school. I'm not quite where I was then, but have luckily maintained enough to make these workouts go well for me. I am hoping that, before too long, I can move up to the next "Basic" workout. These are basically to build up the mass that's there. Then, hopefully soon thereafter, I will be doing the REAL bodybuilding stuff. I don't know that I'll ever compete, but I do want the body. Hopefully after we get all the medical stuff figured out with me and "fixed," I will start having more effective workouts and seeing bigger gains.
Well, I guess that's all I have to say tonight. I have an early morning in about 5.5 hours, so I'm outta here! And if you aren't already following me on twitter, go to http://www.twitter.com/irishhitman67 and follow me!!
Peace, love, and pancakes.
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