Another Bad Week

It's been a while since I last wrote. The last couple of columns I have started just didn't end up being anything I wanted on here, so away they went. Thanks to somebody (I may not know who they are, but they do), I will likely be narrowing my scope of articles to fitness, long distance precision shooting and whatever random subject I can think of enough to say anything about. So here goes with the fitness.

I was WAY too impressed with myself this past weekend in regards to my progress, although admittedly, I have felt too wide to fit in the seat of my car. I have a feeling that with the addition of the Phosphagen HP and the Isopure, I am going to see some fairly intense results, at least for a while. I was going on nothing more than that other protein, the Syntrax Nectar and was making OK gains, but something tells me that the results will come much more quickly now. I got in and worked arms this past Monday and noticed that my elbows are starting to give me a little bit of trouble when I go to start the preacher curls. Granted the machine I am using is telling me that I'm working with 170-175 pounds, but something tells me that I wouldn't be moving anything like that on a regular curling bar. I'm also having to go from sitting on the seat provided on the contraption to supporting myself with a standing/leaning stance while working on that machine. I've long since fallen into the mind of not believing the numbers a machine tells you that you're working with. Getting back to the relevant, I have been having trouble with pain in my elbows to the point where after working arms and chest over the span of 2 days, I almost feel like the pain is too much to continue through the week. I manage to push through, though. I have also noticed that since cutting 20-30 minutes off of my cardio, at the end of 10-15 minutes, I don't feel like I could handle much more than that. I haven't ramped up the intensity so I'm a little shocked at this happening so quickly, more so than had I not run for a week or two. Strange.

I haven't managed to get in the gym Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday night. Here it is Friday and I'm debating... I still have to keep up the creatine intake twice a day unless I want to go back to 4 times a day for 5 days so that won't change. What I'm seeing is the fat deposits sticking around my waist and lower stomach which has been pissing me off. If I get to a point of looking great (to my standards) everywhere else on my body, then I will likely go to a specialist and have the fat 'zapped' or broken up with lasers. It's pointless to me to do all this work to have some stubborn problem areas that won't go anywhere regardless of diet or exercise take away from my overall shape. I did measure my biceps the other day........ 15 inches........ugh. I guess I should be a little prouder of that as my neck is only another 2 inches in diameter. I guess I should quit bitching and be happy with the progress made thus far.