We are all sold out of Pedialyte.

I recently got back from a 5 day trip to Mexico with my girlfriend.  We’d heard the horror stories and the warnings, but non of that would happen to us, right?  We wouldn’t get sick, however,  here I am over a week later and still not right.  With a doctor’s appointment scheduled for tomorrow, I assume this should be “fun”.  We must not have been the only ones though to fall ill from Montezuma’s revenge, as the fridge at the resort was stocked with Pedialyte, and yet by day two of being sick they were completely sold out of them.

Can you hear me now?

Liftrestrepeat was down for awhile…I renewed the site over the phone, and got stuck with LiStrestrepeat for a couple of months and couldn’t access this site as it was put on back-order.  Awesome.  Funny thing, I also ordered a product over the phone around the same time (I usually do everything online) and guess what?  I got the wrong DVD; I ordered Kettlebells From The Ground Up, but received Kettlebells From The Center.  This was not as big of a deal as LiStrestrepeat, as I ended up keeping the DVD and I think it’s great.  However, I’m one to often complain about the lack of human interaction in today’s world, but now I’m not so sure how I feel about that.

Thug Muscle

Yesterday after leaving Titan Fitness I found myself walking behind a group of suits, one clutching vary large protein containers in each hand.  This looked very out of place, and  as I got closer I noticed what appeared to be a shirtless image of 50 Cent on each container.  Huh?  I got closer…”Street King” was emblazoned on each container.  “Excuse me,” I said to the gentleman, “is that a real product?”  He paused for a moment….”It will be,” he responded.  So, there you go, ground-breaking news: 50 Cent has a protein powder coming out called Street King.  WTF?

Training

It’s challenging when you’re battling Montezuma everyday, but yesterday I got it in.  I performed the following:

-SMR-everythang.

-Rib Roll-10-15 breaths per side x 2

-Half-Kneeling ankle mobs 15 per side x 2

-Half-Kneeling KB Halos 10 each way per side x 2

-Rollbacks 8 x 2

-1LSLDL with dowel

-Half-Kneeling Lift 10 per side x 2

-Some pull-ups

-Some push-ups

-Stretch some

And then followed it up with some post workout protein and Immodium.  The whole workout was performed barefoot, but I really have been enjoying my Men’s Merrell Barefoot Trail Glove Shoes.  I got these a couple months ago based off of a recommendation from Brett Jones.  Next I will be trying out the New Balance Minimus, which have a little heel (really tiny compared to other sneakers, but the Trail Glove has none).  I think these maybe a little better for cruising around the concrete jungle that is Manhattan.

Until next time.

Happy Monday.  In case your dragging today, I’ve included a motivational image; look at those guys getting after it with bars loaded with barbwire.  If you’re still thinking your gym sucks because they don’t have a glute ham raise get over it, or maybe you just need to watch this video.  No excuses.

In my last post outlining my goals for 2011 I forgot one thing: to increase my use of social media.  I don’t know why I said increase, I don’t really use it at all, but that’s about to change.  I’ve gotten myself a Twitter account now and need to update the Facebook account which I haven’t really touched in a couple of years.  I’ve been one of those stubborn types who criticizes social media and wishes for the days of no cell phones and books that had actual, tangible pages.  Well, I don’t think I can hold out any longer, after listening to a recent podcast and hearing Michael Boyle say this about social media:

“What you realize is that the influence is being wielded by the people who are using the internet, whether you like it or you don’t like it…You’ve got to be on Facebook, you’ve got to have a blog, you’ve got to be on Twitter.  If you’re not doing this stuff then you’re falling behind…if you don’t embrace the current marketing with in that business, then you’re probably doomed to fail.”

Doomed to fail!  We don’t want that, so social media here we come, from now on every time I bench press, go to the bathroom, or write a new blog post, all of my “friends” will know!  Not quite, but Boyle is right it’s time to step up my internet presence, I’m falling behind.

This might seem ironic, as I’ve had a blog for some time, but I’ve never gone out of my way to tell others to read it.  And I always thought having a bunch of “friends” I don’t know on Facebook was kind of weird, but if the guys who don’t train people are getting all the praise simply because of their web presence, well we can’t have that then.

In other random news, I’ve finished Dan John’s new book Mass Made Simple.  I will write a review once I do the program.  It will probably be a little bit until my body can handle the squatting load in the program.  Bodyweight for 50 reps!

Also, Eric Cressey put out a nice blog post last week entitled 5 Reasons Direct Rotator Cuff Work is Necessary in a Strength Training Program.  Check it out, and remember to program your traditional cuff work like cable external rotations after all of your upper body lifts, to further prevent impingement.

My 29th birthday recently passed.  For my birthday my girlfriend got me two pairs of shorts, and neither of them fit.  Upon reporting this to my friend Greg he sent me the following text: “Size, the best gift of all”.  I found this text hilarious and realized that I have truly become a meathead.  As most people are looking to drop a size or two, Greg and I are currently on the quest for “size”.  We are both looking to gain about 13lb this summer (lean “size” if you will), this will put Greg at 245 and myself at 200lbs.  We must be off to a good start because last weekend when we showed up at a beer distributor looking for two empty kegs we didn’t even have to tell them why we wanted them, the teller looked at his coworker and said: “they want them for the gym”.  $60 bucks and about 10 blocks later we were sitting on our kegs in the subway.  Part of our summer lifting program is to workout outside more often using odd objects like kegs, tires, sandbags, etc.  We plan on doing this every Saturday, starting next weekend.  We will finish each session with a cookout, it will be awesome.

We got some odd looks when we arrived at Times Sq. with two kegs.