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Thanks, Mac!

I never did post a pic of my completed tattoo.

Here it is.

It is from a 1913 stained glass window by Johan Thorn Prikker.141488

Thanks for your support, everyone!

Well, so yeah, I kind of fell of the edge of the planet as far as posting here.

At some point (August?) I decided I would rather go out drinking with my friends than enter the 2013 Novice...

Thanks, Curt (also, see below, an item of possible interest to you).



Thanks! I'm trying to see if I can take it a bit further this time. I've NEVER so far had decent quad separation on...

Thanks, gentlemen. Yes, that was my big mistake I used to make ... getting fat just makes you work way too hard on the other end, next time you compete.

I'm doing things different this time around. I last competed in March, 2010. Within a month after that, I had rebounded so badly that I had gained 30 pounds (163 on contest day to 193 a month...

All is still good.

Chest/shoulders/triceps today.

It shouldn't be long before I'll be posting the first batch of progress photos. White, pasty, and kinda soft, but definitely on my way to...

I will stay young, Baldie. I just saw photos from my high school reunion 2 weekends ago. I only found out about it at the last minute. It is amazing
how people "let themselves go".

Next year,...

I am still planning on entering the 2013 NPC Novice Michigan bodybuilding contest. Given that the 2012 Novice Michigan was held on March 17, I am going to assume a date of March 16, 2013 for my...

Thanks. I feel the same way.



Thanks.

I turned 54 yesterday. I still feel much younger than that.

I celebrated with a leg workout in the morning, and a big cheat meal in the afternoon. I had *several* slices of pizza, and a frozen...

Thanks, guys! Cameron and Tracy Bodner are great coaches, indeed.



My wife made ham-and-cheese quiche, and our dinner guests brought something called "German Chocolate Pie" ... it
was kind of...

Hanging out at my new weight plateau of 186 pounds. Cheat meal tonight!

I made a quick trip, Saturday only, to Jr. Nationals in Chicago. It was just the thing I needed to get my motivation going again.


I saw a lot of people I know. It's funny how I "don't have...

Hanging in there. Lifting sessions are going great, and I haven't missed any. Cardio, not so much. I'm trying to see if I can slowly
shed fat even without much cardio.

I'm at 189 pounds. ...

I may be applying for a name change for this thread, if such a thing is possible, since I have reduced the magnitude of my ambitions for 2013.

I plan to enter the 2013 NPC Novice Michigan here in...

Thanks, everybody. It feels good to be back! I still can't get on these forums during the day at work, though. Whatever virus is on this site crashes my computer at work.

Wow, it has been way too long since I've posted in here.

Things are much the same. I am still training hard, but have scaled down my ambitions to match my resources and abilities: I plan to ...

It's a good feeling. Even the guy who said my craigslist ad was taking down because I look like a roid monster, was inspiring in his own way.

I think that there are some folks in the world who...

Motivation sometimes comes from unexpected places.

I thought that competing in 2008, 2009, and 2010 (one contest each year) would re-calibrate my mind so that I considered myself a true...

This is frustrating. My PT ad on craigslist keeps getting marked for deletion. The lastest guy to flag it is some guy who thinks it is illegal for anyone but a medical doctor to specify exercise...

I'm very glad you wrote, Hammerfit! That's gold there; awesome stuff!

I do need to find my niche. It will come with time.

I plan to come back by here and read this at least once a week. ...

Alright, my pity party is over. The whining lasted most of yesterday, and then I began to make plans.

I will still work out at my current gym, because it's the best one around, 24 hour access,...

I am having trouble replying to threads since the Rx site upgrade.

I am at a real low point right now. Two more personal trainers have come into the gym. I found out from the manager that all...

Today was my 2nd day in the gym, after recovering from my cold/cough.

Still not quite at 100% strength, but man it feels great to be back!

I'm thinking cherry jello with ham chunks submerged in it.

I'll send my wife an email requesting this, and see what she says. :D

Thanks, Baldie. I will work a bit harder on the hydration.

Thanks, James. I'm getting better. My energy is back, so I worked out (chest, shoulders, triceps) yesterday morning. It felt good. I'm still trying to kill this nagging cough, though.

Thanks...

I was sick with a nasty cold all last week. I missed 5 consecutive days of working out. :mad:

Saturday morning I felt more energetic, so I did a leg workout. By the end of the day, the cold...

Rumours of my demise are greatly exaggerated ... I am still training for the 2013 Masters Nationals. I'm in a steady rhythm of 4 lifting workouts per week, and 45 minutes of cardio on the days I...

Indeed.

Some days you just show up at the gym. And try as you might, it still feels as if you are merely going through the motions.

And then there are those "magic" days, like my leg workout...

Thank you very much for your kind words.

I don't make any money off it, either. I am lucky to break even.

Often, I just end up giving the painting to the model.

One of these days, I'll...

I've been doing approximately the same chest/shoulders/triceps workout for a few years now. I will swap exercises in and out, but the basic structure hasn't change a whole lot.

For some reason,...

I think that I have mentioned here before that I make oil paintings as a hobby. I almost always lose money on the paintings themselves, but I figured that maybe if inexpensive reproductions were...

Wow, I have not been updating here at all, have I?

I have had a relaxing summer, perhaps too relaxing. I didn't get 1/10 of the things done that I was supposed to get done. Which is bad, even...

Thanks for reading it!



Actually, Baldie, I wrote about my "depression" before I came to Pittsburgh. Being at Nationals and meeting you and the others (plus finding a really cool Anglican...

I get funny thoughts when I do cardio.

Check my latest blog entry:

http://hotrodanglican.blogspot.com/2010/08/of-race-car-drivers-and-nuns.html

You would not believe how much the 48 hours in Pittsburgh improved my attitude!

You make a good point: At least I have a job!

Thanks very much for the prayers. I know they work!

Thanks; that is my plan.

I am not doing well at the moment.

I am so depressed that I have been seriously considering skipping Pittsburgh this weekend. I'm still hoping to make it out, and I hope it helps counteract the...

Things are going, anyhow.

I haven't put together a perfect week of lifting/cardio/diet in over a month now. Either I've gotten injured, and can't lift as I'd like, or else I didn't get the...

The fellow in the linked article below goes to my church. I don't get to talk to him a lot, because he usually attends a different service than I do.


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Thanks! I just now noticed this.