Addicted much? hope so =P

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Still alive >_< its been an interesting few weeks, spent the most amazing 2 1/2 weeks with my girlfriend over the xmas/new year holidays, and literally had the best holidays of my life! I have had 3 solid weeks of cheat days and have gained a respectable 3 pounds >_< i have noticed a lot of muscle growth and little is any tone loss... haha i burn a lot of a calories in my day to day apparently >_< My shoulder has been feeling A LOT better and i have gotten my flat bench back unto 225, my dips back unto 305 and have been getting a wicked pump going. My mono i still acting up and has been trying to slow me down but i won't allow that >_< haha life is good ALWAYS!!!

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Had a really good workout tonight, i feel like i am slowly but surely getting better =D My shoulders are feeling so much better, and my energy is starting to come back to me, my weights are rebounding wonderfully, and i am happy to report as of yesterday i have been attending the gym for 2 year, and body building for 1 year. It has been a wonderful year with an untold amount of amazing things happening to list a few

Moving out of home
Moving up form a 1999 gran dam to a 2006 Envoy
Becoming a beast
Unicycling
Getting my wonderful girlfriend (which ranks 1st by the way)
Growing up =D
Got mono and told it where to get off =D

Haha this year should be at least as awesome if not more

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Hey, its been a while O_O but i am alive an well, the last couple weeks have been a complete 180 for me, i was doing all my usual workouts and getting no pump... no adrenaline, and just no real drive. But literally from one workout to the next i was a completely new person! My weights have rebounded, and i get a crazy pump from thinking about lifting weights =D I have gotten super vascular looking and have gained 4 pounds. It has been an epic few weeks as far as the gym has been concerned, been missing my girlfriend =D haven't seen her in 2 weeks and 2 more to go before i see her >_< Just sucks coming home to a dark empty apartment every night >_<

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Subbed!

Got some reading to do, but good to see training has been going great

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HEy thanks man, if you read the first post and the last post your pretty much unto date >_<


I don't even know where to begin >_< Life is becoming better then i had EVER hoped! My mono is long gone, and my approach to the gym is back x1000000! I have been having the best workouts i have EVER had! I did 3 reps @ 225 on the flat bench bar bell with no spot, the last rep was a killer! I would guess it took me 15-20 seconds to get proper extension but i did it! I had done quite a bit more incline bench then i usually do so i was not as fresh as i could have been, but it didn't matter! I destroyed it! I got 3 reps with 4 plates doing dips! I had an audience! It was rather awesome! I have started doing dead lifts, even though my hips have been feeling insanely crumbing lately dead lifts don't seem to be causing me loss of sleep due to hip pain so i can handle discomfort >_< I started last friday and i am now unto 225 for 3 reps, with the assistance of my haulin' hooks, after 2 1/2 hours of weight lifting i get kind of tired so i will try later next week to squeeze it in earlier. I have been feeling huge lately, with a intense attitude towards everything. Its been amazing =D

I am glad to report i am still very happily with my girlfriend =D we are approaching 6 months! I finally broke down and told her about my most intense scaring from all the drugs the doctors had me on >_< she hadn't noticed... i was kind of shocked but she didn't bolt out the door so i was pretty happy =D It's my teeth... i absolutely with an utmost passion hate them and have had many thoughts of smashing them out of my mouth... i think 9/10 girls i have ever talked to found teeth to be there #1 turn on about a guy... which made me epicely sad... being diagnosed and put on prednizone at the age 1 one and not getting off it till 11 cause me some severe issues... ones that i cannot afford to fix... I seriously think i have found a keeper =D hehe i only wish we could spend valentines day together... stupid kingston... want to hook it with a chain and pull it into the burlington harbour >_< haha i will make it unto her on the weekend though =D

Work has been going very well, we have been in the works of entering the realm of youtube so we have filmed a walk through with my father on a 12' unit =D We are also filming a time lapse of a trailer 1 photo every 30s seconds on a go pro hd hero 2, it is looking pretty epic!

heres our youtube channel, for you camper i am sure the name is familiar =D coming into our 45th year!

http://www.youtube.com/user/TaylorCoach1967

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Hey, i have been rather busy >_< hehe although i have not missed a workout in quite some time =D My weights have really rebounded, 4 plate dips for 3 reps 6 workouts in a row, 225 for 3 reps on the flat bench bar bell, i have been doing a lot of hand stand push ups on a sideways dumbbell, tons of chin ups, my physique is looking pretty good =D

I need some advice, how the hell do all you guys/girls remove body... i absolutely hate body hair... it holds sweat and it just looks un attractive... i have been shaving for years but shaving is costing me a fortune in razors, causes me a lot of razor burn, and takes a hell long time... i have purchased nair ready-to-use was strips with no heat wax, i am going to try it and see how it goes... it does not seem to be getting me excited... but if its costs me less, does a better job, and is quicker, then i am game =D But seriously how do you do it?

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Hello and good day, i have been trying to slow down my posts on here and just have more exciting posts when i do. I have been having some exceptional workouts, with an amazing pump and getting myself past my platue i suffered through with mono, i have gotten yet another cold but and 90% through it, it has just been a rough winter as far as colds have effected me but its been a good winter for workouts =D I hit 245 lbs for 2 reps on the bar bell flat bench (after watching a trainer at the gym do 245 close grip and wanting to match him), i have been killing my drips and getting the most amazing triceps pumps EVER! been doing more arms, 90 lbs on the cheater bar.

I decided to measure myself lately due to the lack of weight gain, my finances have been tight since i moved out and have found living on my own challenging, no surprises >_< but having a girl friend and doing an additional 4000 kms of driving with gas prices how they are and holidays and such has just made it that much harder, so buying lots of food is not in the budget... or really even possible at the present moment, so i am doing some thing to help,

1- working harder to make more money
2- spending less (no unnecessary purchase NONE)
3- Trying to acquire some sponsorship (hard to do when you don't compete...) and have achieved some success (free weight lifting gear, and supplement discounts)

so i am trying to get sponsorship and do product testing while logging my progress how am i going to log it?

1- Photos - i am working to get permission to have my friend (a professional photographer) come in an photograph me lifting from time to time
2- measuring, biceps, chest etc
3- written log (kind of like this one)

So i have measured my biceps cold and warm... no idea what i was supposed to do but i now have both

cold present day - 13 3/4" Warm Present day - 14 1/2"
Cold 2 years ago 10"

i feel like that is some substantial improvement in a very respectable amount of time, my weights have sky rocketed, my body does not even resemble my former self and i have had some of the most bizarre and yet flattering comments lately...

"you should seriously try out for the olympics"
"how long have you been a gymnast?"
"you would make a beast rock climber"
"if i tried that it would tear me in half"

so i feel like those little things are a sign that i am not the only one that has noticed improvement and its not all mental >_< hehe

My parents meat freezer decided to stop working last night so they had a ton of meat to cook up or chuck... so they made me up a nice 10 lbs bag of sausages and home made burgers to cook up this evening =D haha i will be eating like a KING!!!!

Life is hard... but its awesome... even a bad day is a good day... hehe and to top off all my awesome ongoings lately me and my girlfriend are still going strong =D this long distance thing has not destroyed us, and we are looking forward to spending a fabulous fun filled summer together =D WOOT!!!! hehe


Hair removal... searched it up on here... even more lost... tried waxing... both my back and my chest >_< figured there was no point in doing the whole test it and see how it works out... slapped to large strips on with only one result... hehe it wasn't terrible... but when i was tired from a bad sleep, intense workout, and long day they hurt!.... hehe i am considering that hair stuff that burns the hair and wipes off? or continue waxing? my back turned out great but ran out of time and did not get the front done, not sure if i can do it to myself... but i suppose i will have to try >_< haha would love some suggestions?

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If you start squatting you will put on more weight all over.

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If you start squatting you will put on more weight all over.

i miss squats... and leg press... my last 3 attempts had me almost cripple for a week.. seems every attempt even with low weight high reps end up causing my arthritis to flare up... makes 9 hours a day on my feet extremely difficult, the hugely fluctuating weather may have something to with it, i found it much easier to do during summer time, but i will be unicycling and biking all the time so it will be interesting to see how it works out. I have not been able to do my near hanging sit-ups on the decline bench because my hips start to ache so bad after 6 reps... its been crappy... >_<

Unicycling as a workout? its basically like doing a 1/2 squat position while walking up stairs... and down... >_<

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I don't understand how you can do all this cycling but your hips bother you from a few squats.