Jacked my ankle up, what to do...

So I eff'ed my ankle up pretty bad at school today, I was being an idiot so I guess I kinda deserve it. I was jumping to grab a balloon for a friend and landed on my toes, they went back and inward, and my ankle went out, hit the ground and made a loud "POP". I wasted no time and immediately went to our resident athletic trainer on campus, had her check it out and by her suggestion I'm now sitting in the her waiting on X-ray results, it might be broken.

These injuries always come at the worse possible time, as if there ever was a perfect time for injury anyways, right? I just started a new phase of training, and depending on the results of the X-ray I'll either put the lower body on hold, or try and work around my injury. Either way I guess the silver lining would be that I'll get to put myself through some rehab on my leg, here's to hoping it'll just be 6 weeks instead of 12.

Like a phoenix rise from the ashes.

I'm still here and still in school thank God, last semester was a defining moment for me. I'm sure I posted about what happen in that 4 month time span but if not, the short version is murphy's law kicked into effect.  Anyways, faced with the dean and vice president of the school suggesting that I take a medical refund on my classes and attempt them again the following semester, I was able to bust my ass and get the grades I needed. Now I'm just over the hill at my current college, I'll either being graduating at the end of this semester then going to graduate school, or staying one more year before heading over there, still have decided yet, I need to hash the details out in full before I know what I'm doing.

Also in the time of my absence from here, I remained busy in the fitness world on my campus. You're reading the blog of the founder of the Gulfcoast Health and Fitness Club, cheesy title I know. I'm also starting to work on a web book of sorts about the different training methods that are less publicized, as well as more holistic diets and such.

Anyways keep posted, the cobwebs are being dusted off here for sure.

The forging process continues.

Sometimes you come to a point in your life when all attempts to rectify a given situation fails, you are then forced to make a choice; take the easy way out… Or persevere and pick up the pieces and parts of what’s left of your life after the change and continue to trudge on through the hardship to gain the level of success you’ve been struggling to achieve. The name of this blog speaks for itself, but it’s so easy to forget sometimes what really is important to you. Like it reads if it’s important to you, you’ll find a way… If not you’ll find an excuse.

    I’ve been contemplating that over the last few months as I’ve been put into situations where my life as it was, had been put on hold. Needless to say things have been rough, but I’m not going to bitch and whine about it. That’s not the point of this blog, and it disrespects my readers.
Anyways, I’ve been contemplating that statement, had I simply been making excuses not to keep this blog going simply because of my limited time, compounded by recent events? I had no choice but to give myself a proverbial gut check and reinforce my beliefs, not having a vehicle is no excuse. Life had handed me an opportunity to achieve a higher level of success, and I was just pissing it away.

So this is a statement to myself, I will not simply just give up and let life have its way with me. Despite the hardships I was succeed and, keep my training going, as well as my life.

Short term hiatus.

Give me about another week before I can be back in full swing with this. Over the last two weeks; My vehicle has broke down, and my mom was in the hospital with heart problems.

I have a few things in the works, some on basic nutrition for the average joe. Some other things are some new training ideas, and things I've been research.

Anyways use this as a training in the virtue of patience.

Peace out.

Temporary vacation

Hey guys, I'm still here, just some things came up in life that has put the gym from three days to twice a week for now. My vehicle broke down so while I work on getting that taken care off I'll only be able to work when I'm at school. but on a good note my pack is about 150lbs with all my books and stuff, I'll be doing a lot of bodyweight+ exercises while not in the gym. SCORE! for education!

BAMF! Finally dialed in.

Thursday's workout was horrible, I wasn't putting anything up for any length of time. It was one of those workouts that are so bad you just have to walk away and start over the following week. I decided to take friday sat and sun off from the gym do to some reflecting with myself. Every once in a while you just have to go inside yourself and motivate yourself to soldier on. I had come to the decision not emphasize on throwing up numbers, and reminded myself that this is about getting back to my foundation and rebuilding it.

Here's the numbers.

Leg Press 508x12 / 508 x 12
Chest press 105x12/ 105x12
shoulder press 60x12/ 62.5x6
lat pulldown 140x12 140x12
Bicep Curl 25x12 25x12
Skullcrusher 35x12 35x12
35 mins cardio after the weights.

I felt dialed in for sure with these numbers, The bench pres is lighter because I'm using free weights, and my stabilizers are a little weaker than they should be and I don't have a spotter right now, in time this number will grow. I'm ready to Rock & Roll now, this is officially day1:week1

BAMF! Time to start earning those new digs!

Yesterday was the first workout of the new routine, I ran it like a circuit little to no rest between sets, boom, boom, boom, get it done.

Leg Press 12 reps Set#1. 480x12 Set#2 528 x12
I'm pushing through the balls of my feet, and my toes, haven't figured out why though yet. I definitely feel these in my groin today, it sucks to put my legs together, but it hurts so good!

Chest press 12 reps Set#1. 130x12 Set#2 130x8
Disappointed that I gave up on the 8th rep, I probably could've pushed 1mrp out. However I did some light chest work the day before that so I definitely felt this anyways.

Lat pull down 12 reps Set#1. 140x12 Set#2. 140x12
These felt about right, I think I could've gone heavier though. next time for sure.

Shoulder Press 12 reps Set#1. 45x12 Set#2. 55x12
These were good, I'm really hoping to get some good definition here. We'll see in 6-12 weeks.

DB curl 12 reps Set#1. 25x12 Set #2. 25x12
Still not getting that nice pump and impact to my biceps like I want. I wind up using too light of weight, or too heavy, and one day my right is stronger than my left or vice versa. The bicep still remains a mystery that I must unlock. Sadness.

Skullcrusher 12 reps Set#1. 30x12 Set #2. 35x12
Eh... *shrug* these were alright, not my favorite move to do, I feel that I never get enough impact with these either. I have nice development on the outer lateral head, but my long head is still not as defined or strong as I want it to be.

30 Minutes of cardio: elliptical

I'm stiff today, so I need to incorporate some yoga into my mornings and before bed. I really don't like not being able to bend over at work, but all in all a decent workout, and now I have a few things to research and focus on: Biceps, Triceps, and Legs. I must admit though that I am a little bit disappointed in the effort this workout took, I didn't hit it as hard as I wanted, but at the same time it took a bit of effort. I'm kicking myself for taking a whole week off. I will fix this situation and hit it harder.

On the agenda tonight is a date with core work, and half an hour on the summit trainer... The beast of all cardio machines.


Just back from Core day... Summit Trainer, you win this round!