Tuesday, September 9, 2008

LIGHTWEIGHT!!!!!

I have been working out for the past couple of weeks, in the morning. I work out over the summers at home, and that is the time when I am most able to gain considerable muscle mass because I have a personal trainer (a friend who graduated high school with me and is a bodybuilder) and I am able to eat the things I need to (i.e. lots and lots of meat) without worrying about a meal card budget or class schedule. But I am still trying to consistently work out so that I don't lose the work I did over the summer. If I can gain even more strength that's great, but it's not looking promising, because I am already feeling the effects of decreased protein and carbohydrates in my diet (and just decreased food intake in general) and it's also difficult because I have to work out early and don't have time to wake up an hour beforehand and eat a meal. The biggest factor, though, is the fact that I am working out with two other guys. One of these guys is a big guy and lifts about the same as I do (usually a little less, but occasionally a little more on some exercises), but the other is smaller and I am finding it increasingly difficult to concentrate fully on my own workout, and at the same time try to guide these other two guys through theirs. They're racking up dues real fast.

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