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By: Justin
Im back people, and going to walk you all through the next 14 weeks of training while I attempt to not only get back in the MLL but make it stick this time! I have brought in a personal trainer by the name of Mike Duquette, from Washington College and this guy is GREAT! Wish me luck!
Whats up ladies and Gentleman!
OK so it has been what seems like AGES since I posted a blog...mostly because my MLL season took a FAST downward spiral...Apparently I was right all alone . . .I tore my laberum (some crap in my shoulder) in my second game of the season against Denver...played the rest of the season with it like that and needless to say I was less than allstar material!...I did have a few great moments and had a blast playing in the league, but to add insult to injury I tore my groin in the first Philly game...I actually tried to play through that sucker and ended up completely tearing it...not the way I wanted to end my career in the MLL, especially since the last three games were going to be the ones where I boosted my F/O percentage (Philly and washington would have been much easier games)....
Anyway I really enjoyed this season, I was the starter until I got hurt at the end and I learned that I still had it in me...I think that it is a good lesson for any young player...that if a man puching 30yrs old can get back in to shape and play in the MLL than certainly ANY young person with the right drive and work ethic can achieve any goal!
I am officially signing off as a MLL player, and retiring for good this time...but please look forward to my blogs in the future...I plan on reporting on alot of the Towson and Washington College seasons as well as many of the other teams acrosse the nation!
I leave you all with a picture of the next Towson All American in my family, my nephew andrew...please do not tell him that he is holding a womens stick...
Good luck to all
JB
aka "AT30MYHANDSARESTILLFASTERTHANMOST"
Whats up ladies and gentleman?!...OK so some of you were probably thinking I killed myself, after getting dominated by Peter Vlahakis TWICE!...but I didnt. I spent most of the week trying to forget that those games ever even happened. In fact, WHO IS PETER VLAHAKIS?
anyway We played Philly this past week and I am happy to say I was MUCH better at the X. I was 11 of 21 and I have to say it should have been more like 13 or 14 of 21, I pulled like three of them off the X and he was able to stand up and hold me until one of his wings would come in and take my GB...I was begging for some hold calls but apparently the refs did not think it was the case. Anyway I was still real happy with my performance at the X. I did make two mental mistakes after picking up the GB, but what else is new?!
As far as the game was concerned we lost, and I am not usually one who likes to blame refs, and I will not start now but I think it was awefull interesting that Philly had 6 EMO oportunities and we had NONE, and according to the refs I held/tripped andy corno twice and when he literally would put his hands on my chest and grab me if I pulled the ball out it is not a hold...(by the way I dont falt corno, he did what he had to do to win face-offs, and it is only cheating if they call it)...either way at the end of the day just as Peter Jacobs said, "you have to make your own luck" and we did not on this day.
This week is Alex Smith again, and I presume I will be in the lineup, although it is inevitable that one of these weeks they will give this brennan kid another shot, I just dont think they will throw him to the wolf, named alex smith, I just dont see how that would benefit him. Assuming I am in the lineup I plan on getting off the X quickly as I did with Corno. If I let Smith tie it up at the X we are in trouble, his wings are too good and he is too crafty in a scrum, I must not let that happen.
So in the meantime I am going to do exactly what I did last week...I will watch no film of my upcoming opponent, I will not create some detailed scouting report and I will not overthink anything. It is all about me this week and how Alex Smith is going to need to change for ME.
Until next time
JB
A.K.A. "THE WILEY VETERAN" (as our GM says!)
Whats happening ladies and gentleman? Last time I wrote you I was telling you abouthow I did against alex smith and that I was gearing up for San Fran. As most of you know we won that game and I probably played the best I have yet. I must say howeer that Guerenlian from San Fran also gave me a few free ones, since he was almost incapable of NOT getting called for some sort of proceedure...either way I will take it!
now on to Long Island...just like every week I have been getting butchered in the media...lax United says that vlahakis will destroy me, major league lacrosse (website) says the same and I am actually getting used to it...even when I play well they seem to find something to talk about, but hey, i guess not everyone is always going to like you! Its cool though, its humbling, and I am feeding off of it. My goal is to win games, not have the best face-off percentage, and right now we are winning games...and if I might say so myself I am right there in the hunt with the rest of the face-off men, I have only had ONE bad game statistically and my coach was actually pretty happy with my performance even though the numbers were bad. If you look at the rest of the league I am far from the worste in the league (but for some reason I am the only one who seems to get called out every week) and there are really only two guys who's numbers stand out...SMITH and, well, VLAHAKIS.
I have watched more film on this kid that I did for most of my opponents in college, and I must say his wing play is realy good, but I actually think it is his wing play that comes through for him every week, it is really not him winning a tone of draws clean to himself. If we can contain Cocchi(my old college wing man) and this Orsen Character I think we can win alot of face-offs. Over the last couple of games I have noticed our team starting to "gell" , they are starting to understand how I play and what my tendencies are...it is a real shame that we had to play half a season to get used to eachother, but I guess you just cant hlep some things.
Anyway I feel good about this weekends game, I am not sure why or what exactly I feel good about (whether it be winning the game or the face-off battle) but I feel good. I will be taking SOFletes musical suggestions into consideration tonight when i make my playlist for pre game, although I already have some of those songs on my IPOD. Wish me luck this weekend, Im looking to shock the lacrosse world...and show them the ol'guy still has some fire in him!
JB
aka "olderbutwiser"
Whats up folks?!?!?!?
OK so some of you have already started asking about last weeks game, and whether or not I am ready to hang myself, and the answer is NO, I am actually OK with my performance from last week.
Early in the game things looked good. On the first draw I hit the whistle just right and pulled it out the front, except that the ball did not go very far and I over ran it. the next two were violations on Alex Smith. Then I left the ball on the X twice and started to worry that I was not getting enough of the ball. And for anyone who faces off they know that when you start to worry, you start to lose. Because Alex was immediately diving down on my stick, I could not tell how much if any of the ball I had in my stick. He was apparently doing this intentionally (we spoke after the game). Accourding to Alex I was winning the draw but since he was able to dive down and cover my stick fast enough, I was unable to trust that I had enough of the ball to get it off the X. he was then using his forearm to push my stick back and remove the ball from my stick (crafty, I know). At this point I was actually abandoning my clamp and reverting to a swim move that would tie him up making it a 50/50 with the wings. This was my ultimate goal anyway as the last thing we wanted to do was allow Alex to create offense with his fast breaks.
By the fourth quarter I was spent, I mean almost every face off was like a wrestling match, with his wings showing no signs of letting up (note his wings play is rediculous, they picked up at least 12 of Smiths 17 wins). This is when we brought in the fresh meat, and I mean MEAT. As many of you already know NJ selected Stephen Peyser the Middie from Hopkins, and he is no slouch at the X. In college he was able to win like 56% percent of his draws WHILE he was playing two way middie...that is rediculous. SOOOOO when we asked him to spell me in the Fourth quarter, he was way more fresh than he usually is, and definately more fresh than Alex Smith (I seriously beat him in to the ground physically). When Stephen went in we were starting a run and leading the game, 5 out of 6 face-off wins later we were up by 4 and looking prime to win this game. I went back in completely refreshed and won the last couple of draws, and we won the game....SWEEEET.
Anyway although this was a tough one for my ego, I learned that you dont always have to have a great day statistically to help your team win...I had a job to do, and I did it for the most part, and as Peter Jacobs said, my numbers do not reflect how I played AT ALL.
This week I take on Greg Geurenlian and the San Francisco Dragons (oh and Lax Spots own Hunter Lochte)...Geurenlian is quite an interesting character...he is a complete steak and paints his face (HUMMMMM, I WONDER WHO HE LEARNED THAT FROM) yeah a face-off man who paints his face with eye black . . .WIERD! and original
I've added a few pics, one is of Alex and I after the game last weekend and the others speak for themselves...I wonder if Mr. Geirenlian is a lax spot member???
Whats up folks?!
OK I am a day away from the rochester game and I feel like I did in college going into the final four...WHY? Well like I said this is a big match up for me this week, not just because I want to play well and I want the team to win. Alex Smith is more than just another oponnent to me, he is a friend and many people call him my protege. As complimentary as that is, it is also a bit on the nerve wracking side. There are high expectations for both of us in this game. My coach and team knows that I have a detailed scouting report on Alex and should be able to couter everything he does. His Coaches expect him to beat up on his OLD coach, having youth on his side. Well which one of us has the advantage??? I sure dont know, I would like to believe it is me though!
Alex and I have been talking and texting eachother all week...we have said anything from "who do you think will win the NBA championship?" to "Justin, are you going to take your wheelchair out to take the first draw?"...yeah its been like that. Anyway last night after a series of texts back and forth about how he is now and always will be my &!%@#, I finally told him I had to stop talking trash and start focusing on this weeks match up. I do not like to get too caught up in the talk, it makes me forget my goal, and this week my goal is to kick the crap out of "The Alex Smith".
We usually trade scouting reports on who we are playing from week to week but this week he did not respond to me when I asked him for a detailed report on Alex Smith...WIERD. As I said before I actually have more information on Alex than anyone in the league, I coached him for two years and taught him everything I could (yet not everything that I know). He sure has evolved into a great X man, but I am not sure I am buying all of it. I just cant stop thinking about him as the 17 year old that I used to beat up on in 2001-3. I mean he was pretty good then, and was better than most College guys in high school, so can he really have gotten THAT much better? I like to believe I have evolved a good bit as well over the years, my Face off I.Q. is off the charts and im in pretty good shape.
Anyway like Rage says "Know your enemy" and I believe I do, problem is so does he!
For those of you who have CN8 check out the game this weekend at 7:30p or if you are near a computer it will be live on ESPN 360, Check it out!
Thanks again for reading(and as always sorry about the spelling and grammer!)
JB a.k.a. MIAGISON
What’s up ladies and gentlemen?! Well it has been a while since I have posted so I have a lot to tell you about. The last time I wrote I believe I was coming off my first game back and I had a subpar afternoon at the X. I also told you that I expected to rebound pretty strong. We had a bye week and then headed out to Denver to take on the high powered Outlaws, and high powered they were. Jeff Snider (their face off man, and the most recent MVP of the world games) definitely makes the short list of face off men who I truly respect, I rank him in the top three or four, I have ever played against. To tell you the truth I went into halftime 4 and 8 (NOT GOOD) but I went in at half time and refocused. We went back and forth a few times and then I finally found what I had been looking for since the first game...RYTHYM. I was able to rattle off 13 wins in a row, it felt great. Unfortunately it made no difference in the game, we lost 19 to 11 and even though I came out on top of the face off battle, my first half performance inevitably led to my being sat down for this past weekend’s game against Boston.
As many of you may know New Jersey Drafted this kid Brennan from Syracuse, and I am sure you were all thinking, I must be Pi$$ed. Weeellllll I was, and this past weekend they played him to "see how he did against a common opponent"...here is the kicker, Jenkins who is the starting X man for Boston and the "common opponent" would not be playing in our second game. Instead good friend of mine, Ben Defelice would be taking the draws. Even though I know that Ben is a fantastic face off man, I also know that he does not regularly take face offs. In short I was real nervous, but I should have had more faith in my friend, because he dominated at the X, It was unreal.
Although I was pleased to see that my spot should be secure, it is bitter sweet. What is disappointing is that I know I could have helped us with that game since face offs played a major part in our loss this past weekend. Our offense was forced to push the issue, so to speak because we almost never had the ball in the second half, so when we got it on offense we were really forcing stuff. I also have to say that although it seems like my spot is secure I actually feel bad for this Brennan kid, to be honest he is a real nice dude, and I think he could be pretty good in this league, he just needs to be eased into the game. I think face offs in this league are one of the hardest transitions to make. EVERY face off man in this league is great, not good, GREAT, and realizing that is the first step in becoming one of them. Since it is likely that I will hang up the cleats if I get through this season in one piece, I think this kid could really learn from my experience. One of the things that I do really well is teach facing off, and it would be really smart if this kid would open his eyes and ears and let me pass along my knowledge of the game. Don’t get me wrong I have not decided if I will play next year or not but I am seriously considering hanging them up. My goal was to get back on a team and have a successful year, and if I succeed in doing so I would be fine with handing over the reins to this youngster.
Anyway I expect to be back in the lineup this week, and it should be a real good match up too. We play Rochester and some of you already know this but I actually coached Alex Smith in high school. His father found me and contracted me out to work with Alex. Alex is a carbon copy of me and my style, only he has a few more tricks up his sleeve and youth on his side. This will be like Mr. Miagi and the Karate Kid squaring off for the first time...I like to believe my wisdom will overcome his youth! As always I will let you all know how it goes...wish me luck!
Wax on Wax off!
JB
WEEEEEELLLLLL HELLOOOOOO,
What’s up ladies and gentlemen?!?!?!?!? Well Week one is over and some of you already know that we lost our first outing 13-9. It was a real bummer because we came back in the third to tie the game at 9 going into the fourth. Then things seemed to unravel. I am not sure if we just ran out of steam or if we just made some mistakes, but either way we did not answer Boston’s 4 goal run and let this one slip away.
As a whole however I think we showed some real good things. We played really well for two quarters but really crapped the bed for the other two. Also should note, the Boston fans are crazy. They have this guy who sits right behind the opposing team’s bench with a crew and he just rips into whomever he can for the whole 60 mins. AND YES HE FOUND MR. BERRY! I have to say it was the first time I actually have been heckled on this level...what made it worse was that the face-off battle was a pretty fierce one. Jenkins and I went back and forth for four quarters with him finally getting the edge in the fourth...I should also note that this was the first time since day one of training camp that me and my wingmen had a chance to play full field together(also note that Boston had full field scrimmages EVERY WEEK of training camp)...NO EXCUSES THOUGH, Jenkins and his wing men did a great job, as Jenkins always does, he did a great job of tying me up, knowing that I like to get off the X quick....OK back to the heckler, this guy actually had me believing I had barely won any face-offs all night...it was not until much later that I realized that until the fourth quarter I was actually winning the battle . . .and the power of the heckler is pretty interesting!
Anyway I watched Boston vs. Rochester last night and all I can say is WOW, it was like a highlight reel, Rochester and Boston rattled off like 12 diving/trick goals including a one handed underhand behind the back shot by John Grant Jr....seriously check out the highlight, I would not be surprised to see it on ESPN. Anyway I was interested in the Face-off battle for obvious reasons, mostly because I hold Alex Smith in high regard and I wanted to see how he faired against the man who gave me fits the previous week.
Alex and I have the exact same style, in fact I used to train him in high school, so it only makes sense that we would play like each other....WOW, Jenkins laid the smokes to his A$$. I believe Smith was 13/31 at the X which was real surprising...it also made me feel better about being just under 50% against Jenkins. . .I cannot wait to play Jenkins again in June...I’m gonna be a whole new man, since I will have several games under my belt by then, and I will be real hungry, for a piece of him.
I will end with this story...In 2001, my senior year of college and without question my best year of college lacrosse we played UVA in the first game of the season. We lost 11-7 and I was just under 50% in the game against, none other than Dave Jenkins. This was the only sub 50% day I had all year and we ended up in the final four. Later that year, in the MLL Combine I had the chance to play Jenkins again, and went 100% (in only like 6 attempts) but still, it was a WAY different story than in earlier in the season.
I do not believe in coincidences, I do believe that history repeats itself, and I expect to have a great season according to the way this one has started!
Keep tuning in, we play Denver next week and we will have some new faces (I am betting that the two most important ones will be Rabil and Peyser, soo sick) who will likely play a big part in the rest of our season. Wish me luck against Snider! (And as always sorry about the poor spelling!)
JB
Whats up guys, I thought I should jump online and fill you all in on what is going on withme and the pride. As I said in the last blog I made the team, what I did not tell you all is that I am in fact starting this weekend against Boston. Now ordinarily I would be relieved except that I have to have a pretty good showing on saturday night, I mean all indications are that they are very happy with how I came to camp. . .in shape, with a much improved defensive game and all fired up. Thing is the draft is the following week and we have 9 picks. . actaully pretty much the whole team is probably a little on edge since we are clearly going to have a big draft.
I did not mention it a before but in week two of training camp I pulled my groin, I did not mention it because I did not want to seem like I had an excuse if I was released. since I was not and I am starting, I can tell you all that I was able to rehab it every day for the last two weeks and I think I will be close to 100% on saturday night. I am a little nervouse however about the lack of face-off time I have had since training camp started. Since they changed the face-off AGAIN, going back to saying "set" before the whistle, I am a bit nervouse that my timing will be off, it has been 7 years since I have taken a face-off that was done this way. I have been practicing at home but as I said I have taken very few live draws in training camp. . . .I did experience some success while doing it so I think I will be fine.
I think this weekend is going to be pretty sweet. I am hoping to catch up with Jay Horowitz
( a former Towson Teammate) and two of my best friends in the world (Josh Scout and Chuck Fry) are coming to the game and staying the night to hang out in Boston. I just hope I put on a good show and the team comes out with a win!
I am flying into Boston saturday morning on the same flight as Ben Defelice, a good friend and one of Saturday nights opponents. When I arrive I have 4 hours to waste until our walkthrough so i plan on either going to the hotel or simply grabbing a bite in the city.
Wish me luck guys, so far so good but it is a long season and as you may remember it was not just my goal to make the team but to "make it stick"!
Since I like to listen to music before games I was hoping that some of you would give me some ideas for good pump up music. . .What is YOUR favorite song to listen to right before you step on the field??? maybe it will make its way into my ipod for saturday night!
talk to you after this weekends game!
JB
aka "sirclampsalot"
What’s up ladies and gentleman?
I know it has been a while since I have written so I figured you were all getting worried about the ol' dog...well good news, I am NOT cut! In fact I cannot see how this could be going any better. It is truly amazing what being in great shape has done for my game, and not just facing off. Doing the power hour class and the training regiment that SOFletes sent me, I have actually turned into quite a decent defensive middie. . .I know, I know, you are all thinking I have taken some peodi (spelling???) or something, but it is true. Since am in better shape, and my footwork is highly improved, I am actually playing good defense, which inevitably will be the part of my game that gets me on the field. As I see it no matter how great at face-offs you are, in this league you will lose face-offs. . .it is a fact of life, every face-off man is good. . .the best ones however can win 50-55% of the draws and play defense for just long enough to keep the other team from scoring when they are on the field. Therefore I knew that I had to get my butt into good shape and learn how to play defense! And I did.
OK let’s talk about the team, and training camp. I truly like the guys on the team, many of them I played with or against at some point in my lacrosse career, so the transition has been easy. We are trying to change the way we play as a team this year, by getting up and down the field more and pushing transition. Although many of you have probably heard that Hughes, Harrison and Hubbard all went to
The team has taken on a new train of thought and winning mentality. I cannot wait for our first game in
Anyway, I’m keeping this one short (mostly because I am at work!), this is the last week of training camp and then we head to
JB
aka "DONTSLEEPONMYDEFENSE"
Just taking a moment to thank Mr. "Hard". I am not sure I have ever worked as hard as I did last evening and this morning. I just kept hearing the same quote over and over. "You'll get cut". Now regardless of who you are, I am certain of this; you are either a complete moron, or a brilliant strategist. either way I win, because of "Hard", and other babling idiots (mostly friends) I am more focused than I have been throughout this whole process. And the best part of it all is that no matter what happens I can honestly say I gave it my best. If this does not work out at least I will have gotten back into shape, and lost over 20lbs. Im pushin 30 so taking off weight, and training is not as easy as it used to be (esspecially since I have not trained seriously since college, not even when I played for L.A.).
Now for the last couple of months I have not paid any attention to weight increases(on max outs), in fact I have been so busy trying to make my weight training another form of aerobic workout I have completely forgotten to test those things. A couple of days ago I was able to jump on the bench and the squat and test those two movements, and boy was I suprised. When I started I could only get 275lbs up once if I was really feeling good. On this day I was able to get 315lbs up four times, and it was after a power hour session (who knows how many times I can actually get that up if I am not so drained!)...squats were also much improved, from 350lbs 6 times to 450lbs 6 times, and I feel pretty good about both of these increases (since they came in a 2 and 1/2 month period).
In the meantime I will continue to work my ass off and I will be thinking of you Mr. "Hard", in fact I will be putting the face of every person I want to beat down in my head as I hear the words "You'll get cut"! Make sure to introduce yourself someday, I cant wait to meet you.
I am probably not going to post a blog for the next week, so I can clear my thoughts and focus on lacrosse. But I want to thank everyone who contributed to my blog and to this website. The men who started it have a great idea here and I hope it continues to grow. I will return with more posts as training camp continues. Wish me luck, unless of course you are "hard", in his case just keep running your mouth, it is the only thing you do well (yeah, I know who you are, and you should be focusing on your job right now, not this website).
Thanks again
JB
TRAMPLE THE WEAK
and
HURDLE THE DEAD
Whats up folks?
Two more weeks and Im getting a bit nervous...after all of this training and talking about training I want it more than ever. Im finally down to about 220 and intend on coninuing to lose weight through the first couple of weeks of training camp. I saw steve berger of the long island lizards last eveing and he is already talking trash about picking up all of my GB's. . .I asked him to wait until I made the team to bring the garbage. Either way I have some serious butterflies growing here, which is a good thing. Over the years I can remember that in the games I was most nervous I played the best, in those I was relaxed I usually had a sub par day. I suppose the nerves keep me grounded.
I am still doing power hour and I have been running in the evenings on those days....Then on Tuesday and Thursdays I am doing interval training on the treadmill, urg and bike, followed by a weight circuit with mike (my trainer) essentially we do the workout that SOFletes sent me only with some variations from week to week. I usually follow that workout up with some live draws and face off drills with the WAC "clampers". It is good because by the time I get out there I can generally NOT feel my upper or lower body from the circuit and intervals. In fact it is humbling because the average weight and height of the WAC face off men is like 150 and 5'7, and when I am in this condition even they can muscle me if I dont get off the X quick. It has really kept me on my toes.
I have been trying to keep myself busy with some fun activities on the weekends to keep my mind off of all this. this last weekend I went to Towson, and spoke at a alumni dinner, then went to the TU/Drexel game. I have to say, Drexel is BIG. They had some real horses on that squad, and they have come so far since I graduated. Unfortunately the tigers lost but it was a real nail biter, it came down to the last 20 seconds, but the "gers" could not punch one in to tie it up. Either way it was a great weekend, and watching them play got me even more fired up to suit up for another season.
I am still interested in hearing what you all might have to say about gearing up for a season of battle on the field. what gets you fired up?
well ladies and gentlmen, we are about four weeks away from training camp, and it is crunch time. i have increased my cardio, continued to push myself in "power hour" and to be honest i continue to crush the weights.
i recenty realized that this was all working when i decided to throw on a shirt that i have actually have never fit into. another gift from sofletes from a few years ago. he got me a large, and said it was because i was a meathead and figured i would want something tight...i think he got the large with the intention of letting me know that he thought i was fat. either way i am officially willing to wear this shirt in public(well at least in the gym), it reads:
the first rule of "ioc" is:
you dont talk about "ioc"
the second rule of "ioc":
you dont talk about "ioc"
and if this is your first day in "ioc":
you have to fight
(SEE PHOTO)
Just a little spin off of a great movie (fight club). by the way "ioc" is a recon marine unit (at least i think) and yes i do know that it was made for meat heads to wear but hey i think i am a meathead at heart. dare i say "metro meathead"...i am defintely a "metro redneck". anyway i love that i can wear a large and at worst i look like one of those jerks inthe weight room in a wife beater, who is doing curls in the mirror, grunting, and taking frequent water breaks at the water fountain near the yoga studio, i love red bull. ok i think you get the idea.
lets get down to business. today i got an e-mal from trey reader of the new jersey pride, wanted to know what size jersey i wanted, uhhhhh hello xxl. and for cryin out loud how many options do we really need for elbow pads...some of these things freakin things cover your whole dang arm..what ever happened to taking it like a man? i have requested the absolute smallest elbow pads that are available, and the smallest shoulder pads that warrior makes, even though i have no plans on wearing shoulder pads. what about the shafts? ummmmm, dont they just sell titanium anymore? oh, you mean there are 400 different variations of titanium and several hundred "alloy mixes" out there...i chose two shafts that i never plan on using...red diamond thingy-ma-jiggers, that will be traveling to southern md to my wifes cousins, that is of course if they dont already have one.
now to the heads...i mean i dont have a freakin clue about the heads...i use an edge that i baked in 2001 and a blade that paul cantebene gave me since they are hard to come by anymore(the original blade mind you) soooo what is a "clutch" and a "truth"? nevermind i'll just take one of each, by the way in the case you were wondering i would like my ferrari in black, thats right baby dont forget the navi in that joint.
huh, you arent buying us cars. . .what about an apartment for the season? no d***ok well i at least get a signing bonus dont i? huh? well i know i get a new helment and some new gear, that and the oportunity to smash heads with some dudes that i quite honestly believe are over rated (no names, sorry).
the count down has begun, in the next couple of weeks i will be pushing myself to the limit. i would love to hear any of your comments, on how you like to get ready for the begining of your season. how do you relax, get pumped up, and how do you get your mind in the right place to compete for a whole season of pounding it out on the field?
hopefully some of you can give me some suggestions for how to get geared up that i dont already use...thanks in advance!
Whats up Folks?
Im in a pretty good mood today, as it is my birthday SWEEEEEET. I started the day off with "Power Hour" and then hit the road for some client meetings, and got back just in time for a office lunch honoring yours truly. Although it was a pretty awesome jesture, they surprized me with one of my favorite meals from BEFORE I started training...It was a sandwich called the Mayflower...16 inches of sub with turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce, BRUTAL. of course I ate as much as I could as not to be rude, but man do I feel like crap! The Ladies in the office dont seem to get the training thing, but none the less they are very thoughtfull.
OK Back to Lacrosse. I am starting to get the itch real bad, the other night at WAC practice it started to feel like everything was falling into place. Im hitting the whistle well, reading my wing play, and getting the ball to the right people after winning the face-offs. not to mention my intensity seemes to have grown immensely, I actually think some of the younger guys on the WAC team are scared of me. And why not? Im completely mysterious to them. All they know is that I used to coach at WAC, I used to play in the MLL and I am about twice their size, oh and my idea of mental training for the washington college "x"men it to tell them exactly how much they suck (of course in a constructive yet blunt manor). Either way it feels good to be more like I was in college, INTENSE.
A few weeks back Trey Reeder from the New Jersey organization sent me a few questions about who I am on and off the field, and today they were posted on the "Pride Website". This is when it really hit me...IM BACK. New Jersey always treated me well, even when I was just out of college, because of this I promised Pete Jacobs (the head coach) that I would get into the right kind of shape to help his team to compete(face offs are an area of concern, as they should be).
I think today will end up going in the catagory of "set back" once my evening is over, since I am going to dinner with the family tonight and lunch was clearly not the kind of meal I would have normally eaten. However, as a whole I am on course, and cannot see any reason why I will not be ready for this season.
In the meantime HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEEE!
Berry
aka "twentynineandmyhandsarestillfasterthanyours"
OK, so it has been a couple of weeks since I posted, sorry. Between work and working out and finding time to spend with my wife, I have been a bit busy. So when I got back from the ski trip I was eager to get back in the weight room, I was also eager to get back on the scale. The thing is I have been building my cardio, and eating healthier but the weight had, simply NOT been "falling off" like mike, and I had hoped. Sooooooo, I started "logging" my eating habbits...yeah I said I was "logging" my eating habbits...SWEET.
As it turns out I was WAY over the top in carbs. I though all of the whole grains and granola would be helping me lose weight however, since I was eating sooo freakin much of it I was just staying the same. Now dont get me wrong, I have probably put on 7-10lbs of muscle, so I was losing fat, just not at the rate I wanted to.....long story short my weight had actually gone up, WHAT? 240lbs REALLY?!?!?! I mean my endurance is up my strength is up and my stamina is great. . .F-WORD!
Since I was "Logging" my eating, we came to this conclusion I needed to start on a high protein, veggie and fruit diet with limited carbs. . .as it seems I have plenty of FAT for my body to feed off of for energy. Now I am not cutting carbs out comepletely so I will still have some extra energy source...
In two weeks time I have dropped almost ten lbs. . .now this is the progress that I was lookging for....I am sure however some of that is water weight, so I have to stay ahead of it by eating right.
Now, if you were ever a wrestler you would know that the human body in ideal circumstances (meaning, if you eat right and excersise regularly) will "Float", as my father used to say, two pounds over night. that means I will lose two pounds every night, and if I excersise and continue to eat right I can get ahead of that two pounds..thats right Breier, this is the secret!
OK, so what is the deal, with the right foods? Man this is the hardest part, the following is an example of what I will eat in any givin day:
7:30a--two hard boiled eggs, and a peice of fruit
10:00a--celary with some(but no too much) peanut butter
12:00n--salad with chick peas, black beans, carrots, Bell peppers, and a can of tuna
3:00p--an apple
6:00p--Chicken (no buttery, or oil based sauces, just bake it and eat)
Steamed cauliflower, with pepper NO salt, or butter
Canned corn again NO BUTTER OR SALT
7:00p--a peice of fruit for desert if I really want it
The thing is none of this would be that bad except that when I cook I want some flavor. Veggies are much harder to eat when you steam them and dont put anything on them but pepper. . .Chicken is the same, the only saving grace is oregano, other than that I dont put anything on it, it does not make for a very extravagant meal....Note: special thanks to Shannon my wife for eating this flavorless food with me, I know it sucks sometimes!
Now here is the kicker, if you eat like this for a week or so, and force this "flavorless" food down, your body will actually begin to crave it, you will actually enjoy steamed cauliflower with pepper. . .these foods are actually pretty good as they are...most of us are just so used to "More flavor" and "Extra Cheese". . .In short the american eating habbits reflect our society. . .MORE IS ALWAYS BETTER....WRONG!
OK so I have conquered eating...task complete...sooooo, what else am I doing? You might wonder why I titled this post "6:00am REALLY"...well, as you may recall I wanted to increas my time with Mike Duquette, and as it seems he teaches a class at 6:00a Monday/Wednesday/Friday at the college. This way I can work with him EVERY DAY of the week, and three of those days I can get home to Shannon and the dog by 5:30p instead of 7:00p. . .This has definately been BETTER for me...besides the 5:00am wake up of course!
This class is all the things that Mike and I would normally do only more advanced and for twice as long, and the best part is I dont have to pay a dime for this, since I am an assistant coach at the college this class is FREE, SWEEEEEEEET. Some 15-20 people come to the class regualarly, including my mother, the health nut, who also happens to be a beast in the weight room! (just a little shout out). Alot of the excercises are weight inhanced and everyone is given the appropriate weight before the class starts (example: if we are using "plates" I would be given a 45lb plate and my mother would get a 10lb or 25lb). We ususally do our dynamic stretching and move into footwork, followed by several short circuits and then one 20 minute circuit, finishing up with some more stretching for the last five minutes...the class totals an hour, hence the name "Power Hour" (Sorry fellas there are no shots involved).
Oh yeah, On Tuesdays and Thursdays I am doing cardio, Last night I thought it would be a good idea to do some stadium stairs....BAD MOVE...the womens lacrosse team was practicing, so I could not exactly stop after the first one. . .so I had to forge through until they left the field to avoid looking like a slacker....BRUTAL. Followed that up with some live draws with the team and some full field "situational face-offs". . .This week has been a monster!
Until next time
JB
P.S. I hope Shannahan is reading this stuff, I am looking forward to meeting him at the X. . .we used to have some great battles in college.
Sweeeeeet, Im headed for Deep Creek MD ladies and gentleman, after an awesome valentines day dinner, that only cost me one arm and one leg, the boys are headed out of town for a couple of nights to relive our youth. Myself and a couple of buddies are going skiing, one of whom is former LA riptide teamate Jon Fellows, this should prove to be a fantastic couple of days!
I am not only excited about the vacation but the idea that I can use the skiing as a workout. If you have ever been to WISP you would know that it is NOT a very hard place to ski. Black Diamonds are more like the greens in vermont so I am not all too worried about getting hurt. In fact I am really excited to be skiing during a time that I am in pretty good shape. In years past I have gone, but I was not playing and not keeping in shape, creating body aches and the desire to leave the hill earlier than my friends. not to mention when you get fatigued and try to continue you are increasing risk of injury....and dont worry, I always know when the right time to stop is, I have already blown out my knee, I dont need to do it twice.
Continuing with my thought that this is a great opportunity to get a big workout in, I am all together pumped, the guys who I am skiing with are poretty good skiers and if I can keep up with them I can probably burn some serious calories. We purposely made the trip so that we leave this afternoon and wont have much time to hit the bars tonight, that way we are not sluggish in the a.m. this way we can feel alright about hitting our favorite Deep Creek spot, the Black Bear Tavern, live music and cold bevi's!!!
anyway I got a couple of really great workouts in on Monday, Tues, Wednesday, had to take last night off and obviously traveling tonight, so I have to get a good workout from this weekends trip. My trainer and I have decided to up the amount of time we spend together, by one more day a week. Reason being, I have noticed that I make significant progress on the days we meet and when we do not I feel like I could be doing more. this way I get my a$$ handed to me more often and when I workout myself I cen feel confident that it is a much needed break...although I must say they do not feel like "breaks".
I am still doing the workout that my meatstick marine buddy sent me, but I have decided to ad some flare to it. I start with 30 mins on the bike on randome hill at level 10 to get the blood moving. then I do whatever the first superset is in its entirety, then immediately to the treadmill for 10 minutes of sprints. I follw each superset with 10 minutes of sprints on the treadmill and end with some abs....KILLER
OK I will be sure to fill you in on the ski trip...one of my buddies is single so the rest of us are pulling for him!
Justin a.k.a.
"BODIEBERRYONTHEHILL"
OK
So I gave it almost a week but I could not hold back any longer...The freakin g-men pulled it off. Can you believe it? Anyway it is still sinking in for me too, but I have to say Karma sure did bite the Patriots in the a$$ this time. I wont go to far into it, but with all the indescretions going around about the patriots, I am starting to think that maybe they have been a little too good to be doing it honestly...I mean come on, Peyton Manning calls over 60% of his plays by himself, he is clearly the BEST quarterback in the league, yet Bradey is regarded as better. . .WHY? Well before now it was simple, Bradey had won three freakin championships...
Does anyone else think that if the Colts were providing Peyton Manning with the coverages during the games dont you think he would absolutely desrtoy whomever he was playing against ? anyway I digress...the g-men gave it to the Pats real good this time around, and it still feels great.
On to this weeks workouts.
This week has been tough, I was quite frankly hung over for almost two days after the big game. I had worked out saturday and sunday so I didnt feel bad taking monday off (generally I go 4 days on and 1 day off) but even tuesday was tough. I worked pretty hard though, infact I think I was feeling kind of guilty because I had indulged soo much, therefore I may have pushed a little too hard.
I have been trying to recover from Tuesdays workout for two days, not to mention my workout with mike yesterday was a slammer, we were pressed for time so we fit a 30 minute ciruit into 20 minutes, I thought my legs were going to explode. Then I went out to the field to beat up on some college boys. Since they had forgotten the balls I sent a freshman to get them while I did sprints with the rest of them. Well I called them sprints but since they had just gotten done doing sprints with the rest of the team and I was coming off of a circuit, we all looked a little more like wounded race horses. . OK I looked like a wounded race horse, they were more like shetland pony's!
Finally the "Frosh" got back and we went right into live draws, the rules were the same, no letting up until the ball was off the ground. I have to say for a bunch of tired guys we really got after it.
Today I woke up and it all caught up to me, I was supposed to do another circuit with Mike Duquette but I thought it would be better to hit the bike for a while(to get the lactic acid out) and get a major lift in...that I did. I have to say the new workout is defintaly making a difference, I can actually see the beggining of a six pack starting to emerge, and my legs and upper hamstrings are clearly stronger and more defined than maybe ever...now lets not get excited even in my best shape ever I have never had more than a 4 pack, this just means I am starting to get into the kind of physical shape I will need to be in to take on the MLL's finest.
Anyway tomorrow is going to be the best worout of the week, I am hitting the gym hard follwed by some sprints and then going to do some scrimmaging with the team (WAC). I fully expect to be spent when it is all over.
I will end on this note, although I love the Giants and I love football, I am real glad it is over. for the most part I do not drink that often. outside of football season you can expect maybe a beer or two on the weekend and maybe a few glasses of wine with dinner during the week. This football season really put a tax on me, and it was most definately hindering early week workouts. Now it is over, and I can comepletely focus on diet and conditioning...until next time "ALL HAIL THE NEW YORK GIANTS".
JB
Whats up folks, its been a few days since I posted, but today I get to write about what I am referring to as "stage two". As many of you may have read in the last post comments I am volunteering with the washington college lacrosse team, and today was my first day.
I started with another great workout in the gym, starting with some interval training on the bike, followed by another intense pump with the weights. Again supersetting and or "tri" setting everything with no rest, except to move from excercise to excercise. Now it sounds like I am doing a circuit, but it is more like several small circuits with very low weights and fast, high, reps. I was SPENT when I left the gym...but my day was far from over.
Stage two: WHISTLES
I made my way out to the field and met up with the team, they were just starting stretching, so I had some time to catch my breath, but not long. Coach Clarke asked me what I wanted to do and we both decided that I would get about a half hour with them to start, including the face-off warm up followed by live draws. after that I would be taking whomever was not participating in certain drills and going live, one player at a time.
When we first started I grabbed the guys and requested their best effort, no matter how tired I looked I requested that they beat me into the ground, they were simply not to let up, I expected them to fight with me for every GB and make me earn every face-off. you may think that should be what I expected however in the past when I took draws with them they would stop after I pulled the ball out. to be honest as far as the draw goes I am far superior, I have more experience, have more training and to tell you the truth draw wise it is clearly a mismatch. However as I get more and more tired these guys are more than capable of winning some draws. With there being 4 of them and 1 of me I get tired quickly. Anyway these guys got the picture, no draw was to be an easy one for me and I promised them when I lost draws I would make them work to get the GB. and make me work they did in dead...they are all smaller and quicker on their feet than me, and none of them like to lose, if there is one thing these guys will help ME with it is getting the ball off the ground. history tells me that when I am hitting the whistle, my opponents have a tendency to get up and try to beat me to the ball, instead of doing a move. Great face off men hate when people do this to us...and when these guys at WAC lose a draw they are really good at pressuring me to pick up the GB, needless to say these guys will make me better at this part of the game.
Man, that first 30 minutes was intense, these guys made me work, and I salute them for their effort, it felt real good to get physical. after that the guys had to do some full field transition, while I did some stretching and some sprints. about 20 mins later, coach clarke called for me again. this time I would be taking draws with whomever was not in the current drill, that meant I would have one guy at a time take about 5-10 draws with that player and then the next guy would rotate in...I probably took 30 to 40 draws almost one after the other...BRUTAL
at this point i was SPENT, I got some water and rapped a bit with some of the recruits that were on campus for the weekend, one dude had a towson lid on, so he got the most of my attention...nice kid, good sense of fashion.
anyway to say the least this was a productive day, I got to hear some much needed whistles and got to reconnect with a team what I have alot of love for.
To sum it all up my training is in full swing, I have almost all the pieces of the puzzle in place, and month one is over, three to go!
until next time
OH SNAP, I almost forgot tomorrow is the big day, giants/patriots. . .i can hardly contain myself...lets go big blue!
CAPTAINQUICKWRISTS
whats up folks, i am sure if you have been reading my blogs you have also been reading the comments that have been made by the resident "hater" sofletes. if you have not figured it out he is actually a friend of mine. in fact he is one of my best friends, and probably the only person i know that is capable of killing a man with only one hand. he is a "recon marine" which i believe is the marines equivalent of a navy seal ( i am sure that he is going to be mad that i compared the two...as he is surely much more bad ass than a seal) any way, meatstick is the only way to characterize this guy, however he is also a training genius. in fact if he were still in the chestertown area he would be training me along side mike duquette.
so in the last couple of weeks i have put on some serious muscle, i have my bench back up over 300lbs, my squats however are not making as much progress. i am still capable of moving over 350lbs from the squat but it is hard to make any real gains there since i do not have a workout partner in the weight room. it is easy to get someone to spt you on the bench but not too many people want to stand behind you and mount you from behind while you grunt out squats...at least i know i would not be itching to do that for someone i do not know.
anyway back to the task at hand, it has become evident that i am bulking up pretty quick, i gave my marine buddy a call. what is my next step? i asked. we talked about it for a while and decided it was time for a "300" style weight training program. a little hesitant i brought what he sent me this morning to mike (the personal trainer). am i ready for this yet?. . .mike took one look at the workout and said "can you send me a copy of this tomorrow?" if you are ready for this i think it is absolutely the best thing for you..and the decision was made, no more low rep power movements, it is time to start stripping all this access fat off of my increasingly "thick" physique.
i started with mike, ladder drills, circuit and we finished up with the theraband...i made the misteak of telling him about a drill i was thinking about creating. we came to the conclusion that we would call it "resisted bear crawls" , where mike throws the thereband around my body and resists as i bear crawl sprint from one end of the squash court to the other, pair that up with the other drill i made the mistake of telling mike about, "stance resistance". this is the face-off mans equivalent of a hitting the sled in football, only we again use the theraband while i explode from about 5 feet away from the wall, out of a face off stance. i am reaching for a spot that is 30 degrees to my right and 5 feet in front of me.. i am to get back in my stance promptly and as soon as i get back in my stance he blows the whistle again(sets of 10 three times as fast as we can do it)...this is usually the last thing we do, and it always crushes me.
i was pumped to try the new workout, since "day 1" was the equivalent of what i did yesterday in the gym i started with "day 2"...everything on these workouts is a superset with lower weights and high reps, in some cases it is a "tri set", but that was not today. today was chest and some explosive movements followed by some sprints..i hate sprints.
anyway, i have to tell you about this one thing that my buddy calls "man makers" ...i told you he was a meat stick. this is where i took a 40lb dumbell in each hand, did a push up with them in hand, when you get to the "up position" you are to bring one dumbell up while keeping your body locked in the same position.(like a bent over row), you do that for 10 reps on each side, superset it with what is basically a elbow to knee squat jump, and repeat it five times...needless to say this crushed me...finished up with some sprints and some dry heaving and i was on my way home for dinner...sweet
one more day is over...i am starting to feel like some real progress is being made...i cant wait to see how i feel in two more weeks after i really get into this high rep workout!
oh yeah, i hope all of you are fortunate enough to get the nfl network. . .the superbowl coverage is sick...i am growing more and more confident that the g-men will be coming out of this game with a win and a big ass ring!...i think i will send them a letter and request to buy my own ring, as i am definitely a part of this team...i deserve a ring d***it!
until next time, im going to go and eat some lightning. . .shannon (my wife) is having a hard time finding recipes for it but she is coming along!
jb a.k.a. humbledbythepigsuitcomment
well ladies and gentlemen over the last couple of weeks you have been so kind as to listen to my whining and complaining about how difficult of a time i was having getting used to working with my new trainer and getting back to "game" shape. for this i thank you, that is why this weekends blog is a little different.
last friday i would have to say was my best weight room performance to date, i got after it pretty hard. three sections, 10 straight minutes of a full sprint on the bike, some serious chest, 10 more minutes on the bike, some serious triceps, 10 more minutes of full sprint, followed by back and biceps, followed by abs!!!
i left feeling pretty good about myself, the bike sprints were particularly satisfying! i came home to the dog, and the nfl network...sweet, no wife for a couple of hours(her sister was moving into college at salisbury...even though i told her that the mascot of the school was a flying rat). now dont get me wrong i love spending time with my wife, she is clearly my better half but sometimes i like having some time with my dog and my big ass tv. anyway i made some dinner and geared up for the last day of waterfowl season. around here goose and duck hunting is what makes the world go round, and i am no different than the rest of the people in this town. unfortunately work has kept me from hunting as much as i would have liked this year but sometimes that is just the way it goes. saturday however, was going to be different, my stepfather got me the invite to one of the premier hot spots in the area, at a local doctors "offshore" blind. i had heard roomers about this place, so i was excited!
5:00am comes around and my alarm hit me like a tone of bricks, man its early. we made it out to the doctors house by 5:45 and started our way out to the blind. this place was great, and i wish i could explain all the factors that made this blind special, but i will start with the fact that it was in the middle of the chester river and it had a stove(for the ham, egg and cheese sandwiches), an oven(to toast the bread) and a coffee maker in it...needless to say it was a more civilized hunt, well at least it started that way...i soon found out that most of the men who were occupying the blind (all men who i have known most of my life, and my mother) were complete clowns(i mean that in the best possible way, these guys were flat out funny)...it was an entertaining day, a great group of guys to say the least!
anyway we were fortunate enough to kill our limit in "blue bills" (16) and a couple of other birds, man it was a great hunt! special thanks to dr. "a".
at this point you are likey asking yourself why i am telling you about this hunt, well it is simple: sometimes you have to take a step back when you are working for something special, a goal, or when you are testing yourself. as long as it does not interfere with your goal, you should "work hard and play hard". in my case i needed to "slay some ducks". now do not get me wrong, i still went for a run, and watched what i ate, but i allowed myself to fully embrace the "male being" this morning...thats right i was all man. there is something about getting up early, setting up a modern day hunting rig, and hunting a wild animal. yeah yeah i get it ducks are not exactly like a wild bore, or a bear, even a deer. still until you have experienced what it is like to have ducks "decoy" into your rig, just after sun up while you plot to unload the birds ultimate demise into its chest, you cannot judge the situation. it is a combination of hand to eye coordination and timing. this is more than sport, it is how our forefathers fed their children!
anyway i feel completely recharged, i cannot wait to get up in the morning and hit the weight room...i am having a hard time convincing my wife to rub my back after workouts but i think i will prevail, she is a sucker for giant traps, and fortunately i happen to have a pair for her to work on!
all right folks...i will talk to you in a couple of days, oh and apparently the story about my biting through a keg at the o.c. touney has gotten out into the media, i was really hoping to keep that a secret...dang it!
unitl next time!
justin berry a.k.a. "ifyouhesitateiwillabuseyou"
Well Ladies and gentleman, "The time is now and the place is here". This is aquote from my favorite series of books by Dan Milliman. This particular quote comes from "The way of the Peacefull Warrior" and I suggest all athletes and competitors get a copy. This book changed my life when I needed it the most. Just after my father died when I was 19 and just starting my sophmore year at Towson, a great friend (Jim D'Annunzio) gave me a copy of this book, and it helped me not only get past the pain of my fathers passing but taught me how to overcome physical pain as well.
Which leads me to this weeks post. While in college you practice for at least two and a half hours on the field and another hour and a half in the weight room, and if you were like me you spent the beginning of the season in the breakfast club at 6:00am with Coach Ross, because you did not make the "run test". When it was all said and done you averaged four hours a day doing something athletic. Presently in the year 2008 at age 28 (29 in March)I am trying to fit four hours of exercise into about an hour and a half...BRUTAL. Not to mention my recovery time is NOTHING like it used to be.
SOOOO "The time is now" last evening was my first Plyo's and power movement session of the week. Now I am not positive but I think my trainer was trying to make a point. I was not hung over from a GIANTS game, I was not tired for over working, I was actually feeling pretty good, and I let him know that before we started. BIG MISTAKE. We started with some pretty simple "ladder drills" you know one foot in, one foot out, that kind of thing. Followed by some of that dynamic stretching, so far so good! Finally we started the Circuit training, WHAT circuit training was not part of this deal, but apparently I do not reserve the right to complain. The "deal" is that I trust my trainer to get me ready and I dont ask questions...BAD DEAL.
OK back to "The time is now" about half way through the FIRST round in the three round circuit, I started to black out, you know seeing stars, legs locking up, muscles completely failing, GOOD TIMES. As I was trying to keep it together long enough to make it through the "power pushup" part of the circuit, I simply fell on my face. I truly didnt think I could do any more of them, I could not see two feet infront of me, but I could hear Mike (my trainer) saying "Dude, you got this, come on" and it reminded me of the book! it was at this moment that I had my first thoughts of failure, or thought that maybe I was too old for this, in short I was actually doubting myself. Now anyone who knows me knows that I am, well a little bit ummm, lets just say, self confident, yeah thats right ,self confident. So as you can imagine this feeling of doubt was not a good one for me. As I lifted myself up to my feet and was about to say something retarded like "dude, I need some water" I noticed that Mike was looking at me like, he knew I wanted to quit, so he made the decision for me, he just started counting down from ten (this means its time to move on to the next excecise), and we just moved on. With the quote "The time is now and the place is here" running around in my head it became quite obvious that I needed to get through that circuit right then or I would never reach my goal. And Get through the circuit I did, and I very well could have called it a night after my workout with Mike, but I even found the energy to make my way down to the weight room, and pounded out some serious weights. I drove home completely drained, slept like a baby, and woke up feeling alot less sore than I thought I would.
I now remember how it feels to really want something, to push yourself just a little farther than you think you can. I remember that physical pain can be overcome with the drive to succeed, and training my mind to think this way again will be hard but it should not take too long, as I am certain that I can still take it to the next level!
Unitl next week
CAPTAINQUICKWRISTS
P.S. GIANTS BY 4 IN THE SUPERBOWL
Well ladies and gentlemen, its week two and I am still alive. I must say as much as I love the Giants they are putting a little bit of a cramp in my monday workouts. Its a good thing I only have to do a couple miles on the treadmill, some lower body and some power movements (but thats all!).
First lets get this off my chest GO BIG BLUE, we are Superbowl Bound BABY!
OK On to the workouts. I find myself more and more motivated, Just today I saw a post from an old friend and fellow blogger Hunter Lochte his quote was FAAAAAAAAAAT. Now this is an old running joke we have from our days at
So how does that tie into today's post?
Simple....I have figured out over the years that my body structure is that of one that can GAIN or LOSE weight rapidly! In order to keep weight off I absolutely MUST work out at least 5 times a week and I need to eat alot healthier than I did when I was 21. I am still right around 230 but I can already see the difference in my body...I am starting to see that "Lean Muscle", that my trainer is always talking about, it just has not yet overcome the FAAAAAAT.
Tonight I am going to be sluggish being that I got after it pretty good watching the G-Men, but as far as food was concerned I was pretty good...mostly ate meat and veggies....not sure the Bud Light was too good for me (although they say there are alot of electrolights in that stuff, OK who am I kidding)...hopefully by my mid week post I will have something more exciting to tell you about, since tomorrow is my dynamics and therabands day (Tuesdays and Thursdays).
Until Next Time
THAFASTESTHANDSINTHAGAME
Well ladies and gentleman, Week 1 has begun and i could have waited until the end of it to fill you all in but i figured my experience so far was too good not to tell you about it. Last week i went in for my physical and body fat testing. brutally honest, my trainer was. i beleive the words he used were "fat, but not too fat, i think we can drop 30lbs and 2 waist sizes", so what will i do with all my freaking work clothes, that crap is expensive. what a p***like i didnt already know i was over weight, now i am really motivated. anyway he gave me my diet perameters and gave me until monday the 14th to get ready.
Justin berry
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