Adam's 'Get fit Westside style' Journal

[Adam]

just a few more from nov.29th
Really hard trying to get a back pic with a cell!

[Adam]

workout
bike 14 min warmup
bench 25kgx25 45kgx8,4 75kgx3,3,6 95kgx3,3,3 110kgx1,1,1 120kgx2!!! 100kgx9 LOL see note* 75kgx12ish??
skulls 70lbsx8,8,12
chins BW+70x5,5 BW+45x9
track laps
walk, jog, run, jog, walk, jog, run, jog, walk, walk 10 laps total
stretching junk
done
weight 176 lbs changeroom scale 80kg
Thank god for caffeine! Only had 5,5 hours sleep last night cause I was over friends place till 3am and I can NOT sleep in.........ever!
Bench was pretty awesome! I hit 1.5xBW quite good.......so I went on to rep two and nailed it!
*note = On the bench 100kg 220lbsx9.......I tried for 10........thank god I set the safety pins up perfect! haha Half way up rep 10 I knew it wasn't going so I just threw it back hard over my face! Had the adrenaline pumped like a mutha ****a! lol
I went short today cause Im feeling pretty beat up. Heavy deads tomorrow!!!

[Adam]

workout
bike 20 min warmup
deads up to 165kgx1,1 185kgx1,1 205kgx1,1!!! Thats 451 Lbs.!! 165kgx4,3!!!! Once I broke the floor these shoot up! Grip being issue
jumps onto platform ~30", worked my way back to ~70" away from 30" base again!
Megaset side bends with 45 plate 10,10,10
done
weight 176 lbs changeroom scale
this took about 2 hours! LOL
Long day, no food, blah blah blah!
****in wrote off now, very very tired!
got my 2.5xBW+ deadlifts though!
Next week/in a few days, I may go for a double bodyweight squat
had 5 hours sleep agqain last night, that makes 3 in a row, but I got to see my friends that I haven't met up with in months so its all good.

[Adam]

workout
quick one
bench up to 75kgx1 said **** it
rows 75kgx8,8,8
jumps on to 30" platform, 30 min worth, got as far away as 74" from platform!
cardio, bikew 10 mins hard
done
weight 177 lbs changeroo

bench, well, i was pissed off going into workout, had waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to much leg drive and the bench slid back over half foot when I pushed up on 75kg! Then hit my head getting up cause i was an extra half foot bvack in the rack
jumps were great
busy busy busy **** **** fuc
gone for a few weeks

[Adam]

K, gotta keep this short, flight leaves soon

last buncha days I worked out in camp, highlight was db press 90's for 5.

today

workout
db rows 90x6,6 100x6 110x6 115x6,6,8
chins 70x5,4 45x7,6,5,4
jumping onto platform ~30" high - 45 mins worth or more, got up to 75" away from platform and still made it! Buncha near misses but I did get it in the end
cardio bike about 20 mins all out, LCD was broke
done
weight 178 lbs changeroom scale - gained weight from camp food
I spend a week in camp, home for 4 hours sleep, hit the gym, unpacked and repacked, and gotta leave in 2 hours for my redeye flight!

[Adam]

K
Been working out everyday, weights then cardio
did some deads yesterday up to 405x3
cardio, getting really good considering the humidity out here compared to alberta, and I have no fan so Im SOAKED in sweat by the end! yesterday I slowly took my HR to 178 BPM from 150 BPM over 10 mins - twice. and Today I held 160+ BPM for 10 minutes, then took the HR to 178 BPM over 10 more mins.
I can't find anywhere to jump in the gym yet, I'll look more tomorrow as its a etc day and cardio.

[Adam]

hmm, few days behind here!

worked out everyday up to the 23rd. was on vacation then at home so had access to gym.

Was at my job up till 2 days ago, didnt get to the gym new years eve or new years day, got my cadio in though lol

on the $$ side of it, I downsized the house that Im building, to the effect of ~35%, 'only' going to be ~$650K+ now.......instead of the Million I was quoted! Haven't bought any stocks in the past few weeks, right now my portfolio is going up in value a bit, sitting around $30K, but I have around $12K in trusts paying me 3% dividend EVERY month! I love that! I'll probly be buying more in a week or so, will be either Suncor (they are still at a steal price right now) or more of my ultra high dividend stocks that pay every month.
Also buying a truck/suv in the next few weeks, in short I've had it with my car and winter driving.........well, below -25C my car is suicidal! driving straight then veers 3 feet to the left/right on its own! Scares me. Buying the new vehicle I'll probly be leasing it so I can write off the full lease at year end. Im expecting to earn about $170K at work again this year, plus I still have my rental property that pulls in over $80K annually.....so theres no question that I'll be in the highest tax bracket!
Also I'm going to be making a trip to Vegas really soon, nothing is set in stone yet but I want to head down before the end of February for a few nights, will be hitting up the Dominican too sometime fairly soon. Too cheap to go on vacations there!
I'll update after my workout, today will probably be upperbody and jumps and cardio. We'll see!

[Adam]

workout
bike 10 mins
bench up to 105kgx3,5,4 75kgx10
rows 75kgx5,5,5,5,5,5,5
skulls 70x8,8,8,8
db rows 110x5,5,5 120x6,6
jumps about 25 mins to 30" platform, got to 70" away from base for multiple jumps
bike about 15 mins hard.....no LCD as per usual, brought the HR to the 180 range
done
weight 175 lbs changeroom scale

great workout gettin back into it.
but **** on the way home........2 km's from gym and the car slid into a gaurdrail! its -35C. out here so EVERYTHING is froozen up. It was an ultra slow speed so not much damage, being my Lincoln though it'll run around $2K or more, I previously busted the same stuff 2 years ago in a hit and run!
Just have to say again........**** its cold out! lol No better tomrororo either!

[Adam]

workout
bike 12 min warmup
deads up to 165kgx1,1 very good! 185kgx1 205kgx1,1!! 165kgx3
power cleans 75kgx1,1,1,1,1
clean and press 75kgx1
jumps to 30" platform about 20 mins worth, got to my 70" away for a few sucessive in a row
megaset side bends with 45 x 8,10,12,10,8
done
Great workout, felt sleepy at the start but once I had 165kg on the bar I woke up! haha
did my 205kg 451lbs for a single, wasn't happy with the speed of it so 15 secs later I got up and ripped it up again! bit slow mind you

[Adam]

workoutsssssssssss
misc day
bike 12 min warmup
jumps to 30" platform about 30 min worth
jumps S.S. with burpee's.....5 sets with short rest - These are absolutely brutal, I love it!!
front planks and side 2 sets each
jogging 6 laps - 1 kilometer
done?????????
weight is still 176lbs on changeroom scale! Weird I say!
great misc day workout

then......

picking at ice, about 260 sq/ft, 90 mins straight with only 2 - 5 min breaks, minus 25 celcius out here too......i was sportin a spring jacket unzipped and an undershirt! lol
NOW its time to eat!!!!!!!!

[Adam]

workout
bike 12 min warmup
bench 95kgx3,3 105kgx5ish? few more sets.....memories gone today
skulls 70x8,8 80x8,8
db rows 90x8,8 115x8,8,8
jog and bike intervals - jog on lap (one min) then bike one min - 20 mins worth, I'll be doing this more! Not so boring as straight joggin or biking!
weight.......you guessed it 176 lbs
yup, feelin like a big ol' bag of **** right now! Terrible sleep last night that was only 5 hours also, only had one feeding this morning and no other ones till 5 mins ago, 7 hours without food turns me into an *******! lol
have to switch my sleep patern around too for tomorrow, workin nightshift tomorrow, think I'll just go pass out soon and be done with it!

[Adam]

Just finished my 'little' supplement order online. All I NEEDED was creatine........$600 later and I have one kilo of creatine and a bucnh of other junk! lol
Still got 8 more tubs of Nitrean here so it'll be 2 monthhs before I needto refuel with atlarge!

[Adam]

workout
bike 12 min warmup
squats 100kgx3,3,3,3,3,3,5,5
jumps onto 30" platform about 45 mins worth, made it to 78" away from platform!!
Megaset side bends with 45 plate 12,12,12,12,12
buncha leg raises
power cleans 45kgx3,3 55kgx3,3,3,3 65kgx1,1,4
jog S.S. with bike - 22 mins worth - jogging one lap followed by biking until i cleared that minute plus a minute. Got my jog lap down to 38 seconds! Key to remember - keep body loose when jogging.
done
wegith 175.5 lbs on changeroom scale - little deviation from 176lbs.......must be cause I worked out an extra 40 mins! haha

[Adam]

Little note for myself:

Look into buy a few (8-12) one week timeshares.

On ebay get them for ~$800 - ~$1200, and the annual maintenance fee is ~$600 - ~$800. Works out to a hundred bucks a night stay but its a better accomadasion then a hotel.

[Adam]

wow.......its been a while!
im on my PDA so i''ll update later.

been busy EVERY day for the past 5 weeks, home only to sleep.
went to Phoenix for a week......****ing loved it! Gng to buy a place down there.
I've still been working out frequently, but only heavy enough to maintain.

weight February 4th, 171 Lbs changeroom scale

[Adam]

K, still busy as ever! On a off night now and tomorrow night, but I got over 5 weeks of catching up to do on everything from reading the mail, cleaning apt, and makin food for next week..........so yeah, pretty busy!

My trip to Phoenix! Jan.28th to Feb.3rd - I freaking loved it! Absolutely beuatiful reseort I stead at, in an upscale area, everything was perfect.......I was ~5 miles from Paradise Valley, spot where all the celebs and sports stars live! Gretsky and Nash to name two!
I was in the city of Scottsdale, population apparantly ~230K, very nice area on the North East of Phoenix, I only went to visit one condo community on my last day in the trip, far North of Scottsdale, it was close to perfect! Only thing missing was Palm Tree's.......but they aren't allowed in that area of Phoenix
I'd talk for days about how much I enjoyed it! But Im in a rush, so............got to the Grand Canyon.........pretty big! haha
On the financial talk...........I'll probly be buying 2 properties in Phoenix, one for me (I'll be the youngest Snowbird) and a Rental. Having the rental Property will allow me to fly to Phoenix for 60 cents on the dollar!
I've still got MUCH more reading a research to do on all of these matters, mainly the foreign stuff as prior to last month I had about zero knowledge on this ****.

Right now Im still able to get loads of Overtime at work so I'm taking it while I can, with the market in the condition as it is, I can work one hour of overtime (at double time) and invest it, come 12 - 18 months chances are the invested money will double, so my one hour of work will turn into 4 hours of work equivilant a year and a half down the road.

Still working on the house I'm building too, sent out for architectural approval, came back with one note that they want changed so I gave the go ahead to make the change and now I have to wait to get work permits to start Excavation!!!

Workouts..............Back to working out every day before work. 2,000 meters on the Rower at a 2 min or less pace for 500 meters. I'm getting LEAN! I'm back to my chicken/steak and rice for work too.
My sleep has also improved 1,000,000 times over!! I figured out my doseing and junk, Caffeine and thermo's, I take right when I get up at 3.30 am/pm, workout and have shake and oatmeal, 3 times at work I have small steak and rice, one protien shake at lunch, get home and have bran flakes and shake and MELATONIN. Im just takin gthat on work days, and only 3 mg's.

worked out today, bench and lats
I forget all of the weights! haha
skipped cardio today cause I was running outta time
weight 173 lbs on changeroom scale

[Adam]

workout
bike 10 min warmup
squats 185lbsx10,10,10
deads up to 185kgx1,1,1
burpee's BWx10,10,10,10,10
Megaset sidebends with 45 plate 12,12,12,12,12
intervals - bike 70 secs , jog one lap 50 secs. 12 sets
done
weight 173 lbs on changeroom scale

pretty good workout............nothing to note really.........still in a big rush, only got 3 hours left till bed then work till tuesday....then I get a 20 hour break from work where I get too sleep twice, hit the gym, tan, get groceries, cook food for a week, get done whatever banking I need to do..........****!
If I get a chance to in a bit I'll start blasting through 'The canadian snowbird in america' book. Bought it last week but didn't get more then 5 minutes free at once yet!

...............I'm gone!

[Adam]

K.........wow..........been busier then **** since that post! Haven't even been at my own house in 2 weeks, and 16 hours from now I'll be gone for another 10 days minimum!

I am working out every single day though, I'm staying at work camp and using the gym there. some cardio and weights everyday. Diets good for the conditions Im in, so much tasty food that I gotta turn down Instead, I get about 10 eggs for breakfast and supper each and a huge serving of whatever meat that they have, polished off 2 massive steaks a few days ago for supper! Dinner everyday is my own stuff, steak and rice and protien shake.

Im pretty damn lean now, holding water right now from camp (salt)

Still got ****loads of stuff on my plate, housing, investments, rental property, gym, work, work, work!
Speaking of work.........we had a fire there tonight, my 20 lbs extinguisher was no match for that sucker........6 of us with 20 lbs'ers and one 120lbs tank got it under control though.......barely!

Im TIRED! bedtime now and hopefully I wont wake up for at least 12 hours

[Adam]

well............be REALLY busy........as usual

just got home yesterdsay from nearly 3 weeks in camp. Camp's great, working out everyday, sleeping everyday, and hot meals.........it is like jail.......but I get paid

anyways though..

workout today
bench up to 105 kg x 5,4,3
skulls 70x8,8,12,15
db rows 110x8,8,8
chins BWx12,14,15,12,8
cardio 20 mins of hit.....long sprints 30sec
done
weight 178

[Adam]

still going on the rower every morning before work.
Best time has been 7:48:00 for 2,000 meters
Today I started onto 2,500 meters, time was 9:55:00

being in camp for 3 weeks before gave me a few extra pounds I guess thats what happens when you eat 20+ eggs a day + 1 pound of meat + rice + potatoe's LOL I indulged............on healthy foods though

[Adam]

K, still busier then you can even imagine!
Off for 24 hours then gone for at least another week,
still doing my morning workouts on the rower. Im up to 3,000 meters at under 12:00 mins. This is immediately after I wake up in the morning so by the end of the 12 mins my body is pretty much depleted of all energy! haha
Gym tomorrow and the next day, upper tomorrow and legs on wednesday.

On the business front: Things are coming along nice........tomorrow is a dedicated tax day........organize all receipts and deductibles'. My home is getting closer.....yet again, to starting. Preapproved from the bank for the mortgage and CMHC (mortgage insurance) comes tomorrow for my principal residense. THEN I can start implementing my plan.........liquidate my stocks into cash, buy another rental property with the large downpayment, get a re-advanceable mortgage, after taking possesion of said property pull the equity out and re-invest it back into the market. This makes the Principal portion of the mortgage tax deductible along with the interest portion (because of its Rental status).

After reading numberous books and around a hundred articles this is finally coming to a close!
With work...........back to having NO life outside of work. I have a few master plans that Im working on like the one above that I want to get started first.

Also on the business side of it..........might be taking a certification course soonish in diet/nutrition/rehab. Just for the credentials........and to back up my new future endevour

Im out to bed, down to 23.5 free hours now!

[Adam]

workout
upper body
bench 75kgx3,3,3 95x3,3 105kgx1,7!! 75kgx15
skulls 70lbsx8,15,14,12
bb rows 75kgx6,6,6,6
chins BWx20
done
weight 175 lbs changeroom scale

Great workout.......for upper body considering I've done upper about 5 times this year! haha Bench was excellant, 231lbs x 7 non failure!

Time to get in gear now and start filing taxes

[Adam]

gotta keep this short........still busy as **** for my remaining 4 hours of 'off work' time........

workout
bike 10 mins warmup
squats up to 125kgx5,5,3 75kgx10ish
megaset of cleans/leg riase/boxc jumps 5 rounds
megaset sidebends with 45 plate 20,15,12
done???????
weight 175 lbs changeroom scale

busy busy busy.............just found a great deal on vitamins though.........bought a ridiculouse amount! lol
omega's, glucosmaine, flax.....blah blah blah.......got around 50 bottles

and im out!

[Adam]

gotta be quick, still in a rush for the past...........3 months! ****

workout yesterday, bench up to 185x10,10,10 did a bunch of chins and some pushdowns and 20 mins on the bike

todays workout
squats to 185x10,10
burpee's 3 sets of 10
row 1,000 meters 2 min pace/500 meter
bike 20 mins nice intensity, 80% max HR
done

appointment soon witht the accountant, then a 5 hour drive back to fort mcmurray (in edmonton now) and gotta be up for work at 3.30 am tomorrow. I'm almost burnt out now from being busy, Im still heading home for a week in may 20th=26th but I may freak out before then! lol still working pretty much everyday the 16 hour days. still working on all financials aspects of my llife with taxes/investments and still working on getting my house built, and still working on buying more rental properties.
and THAT is why I am getting burnt out! ............oh, and I workout everyday too before I go to work for my 16 hours

[Adam]

K, quick and easy summary of the days since last post...............

Daily scheduale
3.30am wake up
4.00am Rower for 2-3,000 meters
4.30am breakfast
5.00am get on bus for work
8.00pm get home
8.30pm eat
9.00pm 'relax for 10 minutes'
9.15pm bed


I'm really really close to being burnt out now......going to take a few days off of working then I'll go another straight 24 days of work before I go home for the week.

Overall I'm still amazed at how much stress and exhaustion that I can handle! Don't know if its something i should be proud of though????????

anyways...........