I Know, I know, I know…. I’ve been slacking! The good news is that I have at least half a dozen things that I will write about soon, but I just have to make myself sit down and do it. Life has been a little bit crazy with the job hunting quest and I’m having to make a real effort to keep my spirits up.
The guy at GNC talked me into trying some vitamins to help with my “well being”. I’ve never really taken vitamins, but thought I’d give them a try. HOLLY CRAP. Well, Holly piss is probably more accurate. I’m pretty sure that this stuff is radio active. I took a leak yesterday and it was like I was pissing a glow stick. That stuff was the brightest chartreuse, neon, crazy looking pee of all time. I’m going to wear my sunglasses the next time I use the restroom so that I don’t damage my retinas with the bright light and radio active glow. I’m pretty sure that it glows in the dark. If I got trapped in a dark cave I could just pee on the walls and I’d be able to see for a few weeks. Maybe that is why so many people take vitamins…. for the entertainment factor of neon pee.
Blake, Keni, John and I are all going to Mexico at the end of May for a nice beach vacation. This is my motivation to take my fitness stuff to the next level. You know, I want to be all sexy like while I’m on the beach. I guess this is a good time for a fitness journal update then huh?
For the most part I achieved my goal from the beginning of the year. I’ve kept all of my muscle mass but lost most of my body fat. Well, at least I’m lean by traditional standards. I can tuck my shirt in tight, have a flat belly and no love handles. All of my clothes fit and wear the way they are supposed to. But for the beach I don’t want to be lean, I want to be ripped!!!! I want a 6pack again! I’m not sure if I can pull it off in time but I’m trying. We’ll see how it goes.
***Fitness Myth: If one has a big belly, doing 9 million sit-ups will make their belly go away or will give them a 6-pack.
It always cracks me up at the gym (particularly around the first of the year) when you have all of the really heavy folks that come in and work out for 45 mins, and spend 30 of those min’s on the ab-machines at the gym. When your body burns fat, but burns it all over your body, not in the specific area that you are working out. So doing abdominal workouts will not target the fat around your belly any more than it will target fat on the rest of your body. It’s great to work your abdominals! Strong abs will help your back and make you feel better for sure. But it will not magically make your belly go away. If you want to spend a lot of time doing something to burn your belly off, I recommend doing cardo. You will burn a hell of a lot more calories (thus fat) on a bike or treadmill than you will on a crunch machine for the same amount of time. About the 6 pack. Everybody wants a 6 pack. They are always seen as the true test of how fit someone is and is thought to be uber sexy. The thing you need to know about a 6 pack: Having a six pack is more about being lean than it is about having strong abs. You can do a million crunches and have abs of steel, but if you have even half an inch of fat covering them….you wont have a visible 6 pack. To get a six pack you need strong abs, and to be lean enough that there isn’t anything other than skin covering them up.