Reality Check People...

Ok I am not heartless and yes it is sad that Ed McMahon, Farrah Facet and Michael Jackson are gone... but good God people get a life... every day common people are dying every day. We have our regular day to day people, men and women who are moms and dads over in Iran/Iraq that are dying.. maybe the media could spotlight them once in a while?

I do not need hours on end of endless blabber on TV about the death of a celebrity. Yes it is tragic, yes it is awful, yes they are icon's - I mean for heavens sake I was born in Gary Indiana, I worked for one of the very first photographers to ever photograph the Jackson family, but can we get back to reality.

I'd rather see some spotlight on the news of the life lead by one of our men/women who are not going to come home and see their family... what were they all about, what did they do as children, lets here from their families...

In my mind they are MORE important, and are doing more for me and my freedom then any celebrity has or ever will.

Why Yes I am STILL lifting....

just not been good about posting it...

Chest day - Monday

Flat Bench

1/8 @ 115
1/10 @ 115
1/6 @ 125

Incline BB Bench

1/8 @ 95 x 3 sets

Incline DB Press

1/12 @ 40 x 3 sets

Dips Unassisted (weak very weak)

1/8 @ Bodyweight x 3 sets

Cable Cross

1/15 @ 20 x 3 sets

Incline DB Fly

1/10 @ 25 x 3 sets

Back Day - Wednesday

Wide Grip Lat Pulldown

1/12 @ 100
1/6 @ 120 dropped to 100 for 6 more
1/8 @ 120 dropped to 100 for 7 more

Deadlifts

1/8 @ 155
1/8 @ 175
1/8 @ 175

One Arm DB Row

1/12 @ 55
1/10 @ 55 x 2 sets

Close Grip Lat Pulldown

1/12 @ 120
1/12 @ 120
1/5 @ 140 drop to 120 for 5 more, drop again to 100 for 5 more


Ok can someone splain please WHY a lat pulldown machine jumps in 20 lb increments? Sometimes going from 100 to 120 is a large jump.. Yes the back is a huge muscle area but still.

Back day is hilarious for me when the gym is full. I hit it at night, cause, well I slept in a bit on Wednesday... but its like the world comes to a standstill when a woman puts the bar on the floor, loads it up, and deadlifts...

I almost feel like charging for the show ya know.. oh well its funny and I get a kick out of it most times... just in a happy place for the most part these days so whatever peeps, stop and stare, take pictures....

For a VERY Special Friend

We’re joined in a friendship that time cannot sever.
With bonds we have built, we’ll remain friends forever.
We’re welded in spirit, attached by our hearts.
We’re fused by the feeling that friendship imparts.
We’re tied by emotions, connected by dreams,
Reinforced by our hopes, unified by extremes.
No longer a function of time or of space,
Our love is a substance that life won’t replace.
No matter how distant we’ll always endeavor,
To sense the full meaning of friendship forever.
*************************************************************************************

not my words, but speaks volumes about a special friend...

I still say most people have NO idea how to be a friend, but thank GOD there are some that do...

What gives???

biked last night a bit over 20 miles, not as fast as my last ride BUT we did a bit of a hillier course and took one hill 3 times... seated... high gear!

Woke up at 330am, felt good, had a nice peppy 4.5 mile run... and that is peppy for me not anyone else... averaged an 11:10 pace -see told you not peppy for anyone but me. Felt fine afterwards, but about 1/2 hr after getting into work I started to feel sick..

HHHMMM maybe its work!

IFBB Tampa Pro

http://www.ifbbtampapro.com/

gonna be there to cheer on a friend, might as well set up some photo shoots! Cause hell I'm having fun with all this..and I will be about 4 weeks out from my own BBing competition...

Heat Freak

I think I am going to survive Florida just fine when I move... yes my long hair will be forever in a ponytail, but then my friend Chay gave me a link to these really cute clips that can make a ponytail look pretty snazzy.. http://www.flexi8.com/ - so it won't be so bad..but I like the heat and humidity...

Ok can do w/o the humidity but if I have to get the heat and humidity comes along, so be it.. everyone pisses and moans its so hot..yet whilst in Florida in June, I was out running, in black long pants, sometimes at 10 or 11am.. Yesterday in IL we had 91 degrees and 100+ heat index, at 5pm, and I was out running on the prairie path loving every ounce of sweat i produced.

dunno.. maybe after a year or so in Florida I'll be moaning about it too, but I think I'm like my internet buddy Amazon Blonde and I'm a sicko that loves that kind of weather...

See how I feel in August when I am in Florida again... Can't believe at in like a bit over 12 weeks... I will be a Floridian! the whole living arrangement is still up in the air, but things will or are working out perfectly and just as they should...

Link to Saturday's Shoot w/Gene

http://store.orangephotography.com/p962612703

Few shots from Saturday

Robin/Kevin were doing great staying there for me and out of the way of photogs.. they managed to snap some pics in the process...

All Dolled up.. sort of

Robin snapped this in the hotel lobby after Colette had done my hair and makeup for shoots, tan was done the night before... I was still in grungy clothing, that jan tana spray tan just gets on everything and I had an hour before the first shoot...