I'll Tell Who Bodybuilding Is NOT For...

Hang on a minute - first I have to clear something up. I have a brother that I really love. I mean I really think he's special and value his opinion. But he's a joker. Likes to clown around a bit. It would be fair to say that I have sometimes struggled to know the difference between when he is serious and when he is joking - and that should let you know that not all of his jokes are terribly funny. So when I asked him if he had read my blog lately, he replied, "Yes. You whinge a lot".

Whinge a lot.

Whingealot.

W.h.i.n.g.e.a.l.o.t.

Whinge.....alot.

No matter what way you say it, fast or slow, it still says the same thing.

Well, I swallowed this unprovoked attack and decided to mull on it a while. 3 weeks actually as I didn't want to write in this blog again until I had something truly positive to say. It's taken a while and, in this time, I have forgiven the said brother as he is currently on a sugar-free diet and tells me that he has a sudden 'respect' (perhaps my word, not his) for my way of life and the few little negativities it might bring.....such as starvation and body breakdown. In fact, I feel just a little smug that I'm a bit down the path on this whole clean eating caper and he is at the first step......sorry bro, it's definitely pretty hard at the outset...hehe....but no moaning for goodness sake!!

So...on with the show!

WHO BODYBUILDING IS NOT FOR:

* those that do not like lifting weights (ok - pretty ridiculous but I had to start somewhere).

* those that  like food. Fullstop.

* those that like company to chitter chatter with everytime they work out.

* those that like their spare time to remain spare.

* those that like to remain pale skinned.

* those that don't like bling on their bikinis.

* those that don't like the pain of screaming muscles.

* those that don't like cardio on top of an empty stomach (I'm told this is necessary closer to comp time and it sounds gruelling).

* those that read this blog and have little thoughts like, "OMG she's crazy!!", or, "tuna in olive oil on top of lentils sounds disgusting!", or, "who on earth would want to get muscly like those girls in the competitions??".

So I'm not whinging, merely pointing out some of the hard bits in a new and novel way!

As far as my training is going, I had a little chat (NOT whinge!!!) to my trainer about the monotony of some of the exercises and she assured me that this is the way the cookie crumbles when it comes to putting on muscle. It takes dedication to the solid forms of compound exercises which means less of the dynamic and exciting bootcamp style - think more shoulder press, deadlift, chin ups (hey Kyles...finally got 5 in a row out!!! Woohooo!), and then of course, squats, squats and more squats! I'm heading into a new program sometime this week that will take my reps right down and the weights right up. It'll be really intense and my split will go from 6 sessions per week to about 3. The upside is that I can fill in the gaps with some more bootcampy style circuits as long as I keep up the intensity of the weights.

Foodwise, all is going good. I am going to be introducing some more carbs over the next few weeks to keep 'tricking' the old body into responding better. It will mean a small weight gain which, for most of us, is a hard pill to swallow but I knew this whole challenge would mean trusting someone who has been there rather than relying on my own very limited knowledge of such things.

Oh yes - green tea. I've started on this awful, dreadful mucky stuff!!! I would go as far as to say that I believe anyone who says they truly love green tea is telling a little fib. It may be a fairly 'white' fib, but I reckon it's a fib nonetheless!! I'm told the antioxidant values and some other guff are the reason why it's in my daily diet, but it's still like awful medicine to me and I literally shut my eyes, skull it down and chase it with .......something nicer!!

On that - off for a late dinner of tuna stir-fried veges - YUM!!

Talk again soon!