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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