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06/26/06 Monday 8:30 PM calves, neck abs (overall balance strength)

• Calf Raise (standing) – 267 lbs x 15, 20, 15
• Neck – 36 lbs x 15, 15, 6
• Abs, lying leg raise – 12 lbs x 15, 14, 11
• Abs, crunch – 36 lbs x 25, 15, 11
• Abs, obliques – 11 lbs x 20 x 3 per side

Partial workout. 30 minutes in duration. Will save legs and hams for tomorrow.

06/27/06 Tuesday 3:30 AM Workout 2A 1st half (core strength)

• Reverse wrist curls – 12 lbs x 50, 30, 30, 30
• Wrist curls – 45 lbs x 15; 67 lbs x 8; 77 lbs x 8; 87 lbs x 4, 4, 5
• Squats – 135 lbs x 5, 6, 5; 157 lbs x 5, 5, 8 fail good

Crazy or not, I am really proud of myself. It was 3 AM and I did it. I worked out. And I did squats no less. And forearms. I know the weights were light, but hell, it was 3 AM for Pete’s Sake. All things considered, I did good. My lungs were congested when I wfirst woke up. But, I got it out of my lungs first. And then worked out. I sure feel pooped though. I wanna go back to bed, but I cannot. If I did I would never get up. I will go to work and then I will rest.

06/27/06 Tuesday 12:00 Noon Workout 2A – 2nd half (core strength)

• Shruggs – 339 lbs x 8, 6, 4
• Stiffs – 157 lbs x 4, 6; 179 lbs x 6, 6
• Rows – 157 lbs x 4, 4

Nice. I am glad to have finished with a second workout. I am pleased with the results. Vascularity is coming back too.

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Today is Sunday. It is a day after Evan Almighty. When I was called to work on Evan Almighty as an extra, I had no idea that there would be huge running in the film. Well, we are not talking about some jogging in and out of a frame. These were 200 yard dashes! My recent bout with Pneumonia damaged my lungs some I think, so the 200 yard sprints on the film were interesting to say the least. Yet, I am glad I did it. The heat and humidity just took the starch out of me.

When you add the all out sprints, it was definately a workout. What is interesting is that of the 1000 folks there, I was among the fastest. LOL. I was outrunning lots of folks. The first two sprints had me gasping. The third, I was able to recover. It showed me that running is in my future. I need it. A lot. Sprints mainly, but running nevertheless.
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This is Wed. and it is my first workout since 5-27-06. That makes it 17 days of poor diet, massive stress, tons of cortisol and just out and out depression since my last workout. That’s 17 days, folks!! I just managed to get the weights into my brothers apartment this past Sunday. Let’s see how it goes.
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So much has been said about Glutamine and it’s role in building muscle. The shelves of Sports Nutrition stores are jam-packed with a vast array of Glutamine formulas, but the question is this: Is it hype or is there something to the claims surrounding its muscle-building potential?

I found a very interesting article by a nutritionist/MD by the name of Carl-Marcus Lokrantz. You may visit his home page

The following is an exerpt from this most interesting sports nutrition article. A link to the entire article is at the end of this post, which begins thusly:

Glutamine is a non-essential amino acid, that is, the human body can synthesize the amino acid and it is not required through the diet. Glutamate is produced when an amino group is added to keto-acids. In turn keto-acids are formed by transamination (removal of amino group) of amino acids. Glutamine is formed when an amino group is added to glutamate by the enzyme glutamine synthetase. Glutamine/glutamate is found in great concentration in muscle tissue, gut tissue and blood circulation.

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This is Monday, and I have been away from my home with all my stuff in storage for 3 days now. I have not worked out since last Sunday. Unless somethine changes I will end up dying here at my brothers. I have no motivation. I have no vision for my future.

I am in real jeapordy at this point. My lungs are not doing so well in this apartment. My brother has yet to clean it once since he moved in here. I was a fool for trusting him and I was a fool to walk away from a place where I felt phyiscally well. I am paying the price.
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