Red lights

Fucking red lights everywhere this week.

Anyways this week was kinda shitty, not too shitty, some things went well but kinda shitty. So I really got to get on top of my studying, I am getting somewhat distracted by facebook and other shit, but I can fix that. My youtube is going well, I am at 17 k + hits, and almost all my more recent videos are hitting 1 k + views within a week or so.

I'm losing some motivation with things like school and shit, I feel like I am studying real hard for nothing, I know for a fact that I am most likely not going into sciences yet grade 12 chemistry is one of those courses that I work the most hard in. Also shit like physics is so unnecessary, yes its nice for me to have some common knowledge on how the earth works or whatever but I put so much time into studying to do well, when I can learn other shit like economics and marketing, or simply putting more time into things I enjoy like my youtube or blog.

My diet has been shitty since my week has been shitty, I've been so busy also. I had rugby practice in the morning 3x this week, a basketball practice and game, as well as a full week of classes. I have to wake up before 6:00 A.M. some days, and I am sleeping at 12-1 every night. I'm not complaining, but I always feel so fucking lethargic during the middle of the day at times, I wish I was always so pumped up and hype so that I can always be 100%.

Training has been alright, things are getting much heavier and I am starting to feel it, its good though, here is where I really make the progression. I think its a good thing maybe that my diet is a little shitty, I mean I am really able to get the calories in, I am trying to reach a goal weight of 180 without getting slower or less "athletic". At the weight I will be real good for rugby and I will start to look like I actually lift weights.

But that is enough for now, thanks for reading my rant.

I am uploading a 3 part series in regards to stretching and mobilizing the lower body for those interested.

I will also post up my training from the past week in a bit. Thanks for reading guys,


Good night! :)

Seven Litres

I drank seven and a half litres today.

Drank 500 mls when I woke up today. Woke up at 7:30, got up at 7:36, got in bed at 11:02 yesterday, put my iPod away at 11:26. I have all these times written down. Ate my breakfast/lunch at around 10:30, had 5 bacon strips, 4 eggs, a mango, and 2 large celery sticks. Drank 500 mls of water afterwards. Went to do my daily paper route, it is like 1 hour of moderate walking and carrying a shit ton of newspapers, I drank 1 L after that. Ate two sirloin burgers, some leftover chicken wings from the night before (see previous post), a bagel with butter, and 500 mls of milk. Drank about 500 ml of water after. Did some further studying, after a few hours, ate dinner. Had 4 chicken drumsticks, lots of vegetables (bai chai, peas, broccoli). Forced 1 L of water down before basketball practice. Drank 2.5 L during basketball ( 2 hours of sprinting and hyper-fucking-hidrosis). Had 500 mls on the way home. Then took 2 scoops of whey with 500 mls of water. Drinking 500 mls of milk currently. 11:22 P.M.

Water intoxication? Nah.

I also had a caffeine pill before practice so I don't fall asleep, been up for 16 hours now so yeah, long ass time. Helps me push through the pain, and keeps my intensity up. Going to try and drink atleast 500 mls before I go to sleep so I don't wake up with a cramp tomorrow. Oh, I also have two basketball games tomorrow. Its not that I dislike it, I actually really enjoy it, but it is hard sometimes and real tiring. On the bright side it keeps me conditioned so I can what? Recover faster between sets and between workouts.

Anyways today is Friday. End of the week, school is starting once again for me next Monday, I might make it a weekly thing to post some motivation or inspiration on Fridays, just cause, its Friday. So anyways, for today:



So, guy goes by the name of YanYan Xu, Dracoy, whatever. Few years ago, get his angus peppered by a 185 squat. He starts a log which is called "Dracoy's Struggle Against Genetics", after a 2 years or so, he achieves a 495 deadlift at a bodyweight of 150 fucking lbs. That's right.

A 495 lb deadlift at 150 lbs. That is 3.333x his bodyweight.

And just a few years ago he failed a 185 squat, really shows you what hard work and dedication can do for you. Here is the video by the way:



He's also hit a 365 squat to parallel which is good.



That's some inspiration for y'all.

If you have any questions or comments let me know, if you don't have a blogger account and can't comment you can email me at helloitsparachooter@hotmail.com

Good night.

Gave bus fare to some kid today..

3 days until school starts. I have physics, world issues, and some chem to catch up on.

So on my way back from my training session, some kid was asking me if I had a change for a 20, I didn't but he told me in shitty English that he needed a ticket for a bus. So I gave him a bus ticket for free. He looked real fobby, was wearing a Kobe shirt with soccer shorts, he also had a fitted on and was listening to his nano which he also used as a watch. I tried to talk to him after and he just told me he couldn't speak English well, yeah.

Redoing the arithmetic sheets again and again. I've done the normal sheets at least 4-5 times each. There are still some questions that I am not sure about, I need to remember to ask my teacher about them. I know we have a test within a week once school starts which is the last real test of the year, then we have a couple of small quizzes and the exam.

Got up at 9:43 this morning, shitty start to my goals. 

Slept late too, but I didn't use my iPod much which is good, also not using the computer AS much, still quite a bit though. I'll be sure to monitor that but since I have this blog which I want to update it'll be hard to, guess I wont count the time, when I am doing my blogging and shit.

So anyway, to the training.

Yesterday's sprints were fucking awesome. Felt like a gazelle, my hips are flexible from all the damn mobility shit I do for them, and I am getting stronger too. Core felt nice and strong, lower back was a little sore but meh, I've gained 15 lbs in the last 2 months so its expected. Did some stretching later and went to sleep.

My right elbow has been bothering me a bit lately, going to do some foam rolling and stretching specifically for that. They didn't bother me too much during my pressing today though which is good.

So today I did:

back squat-250 for 3x3,225x5
strict press-120 for 2x3,1x4, 95x10
row-195x2x5,185x5,165x10,155x15
delt work, core work

Here's the video from today's workout.

 

Everything felt fine. The last two sets of the strict press are personal bests, rowing wise, first time using decently strict form, touching my chest/stomache for every rep. Squats depth was good, I am going real low, but the weight feels light as fuck, feels like a warm up set to be honest.

Feeling a bit hungry towards the end of the workout, had a PB and jelly sandwich before hand with a bit of whey, post workout had a nice dinner and 1 L of milk with 2 scoops of whey. 

Part of my fine ass dinner:

I had veggies and everything of course, but this was the highlight.

Feeling sore, gonna do some work before I sleep. Been a good day.