Gym

Well... Today was my first day at the gym with my bulk routine... Man I crushed my chest and shoulders like I never have before... Pretty interesting the look on some of the faces out there on the amount of weight I was using... or lack of weight... Pretty big egos out there in the gym... Like my bro Franz says... "This is Bodybuilding not strength training"

I timed myself and I was able to get through all the sets, post shake and showered in 1hr 25min.

This is very doable and the best part is the earlier the less people doing nothing are in my way :-)

Legs tomorrow... That should be interesting as I FN hates legs...

~Hanz out

30 more days

Well gang... I have 30 more days until my training starts full time. Even though I have implemented the workouts and the diet into my life I still get to cheat time to time until them which is a bonus. However, the cheats are fewer and fewer as my body is losing the cravings for them.

Monday I officially start the gym and will time myself on chest and shoulder. I have to keep my workouts at no more than 90 minutes per day per Franz. This is also very important so I can keep on schedule for work.

Slept in today until 6:58. Seemed so late getting up at that time... LOL

Pounded a quick shake then proceeded to cook meal 1 fresh. It was very nice not having to eat it precooked as I do all week.

Time to put together the BBQ grill, rotate tires, wash, wax and clean out the PT and Caddy before we relax tonight by the fire pit.

Tomorrow I get to work on Cody's car... Very exciting because we get to do this together so he can learn how to do simple mechanics on cars :-)

~Hanz out

Man... Really dragging this morning. I was even in bed by 8:30 last night. Crush shoulders this morning then it is my wonderful 2 day break to recover. I am so looking forward to recharging for hitting it extra hard next week.

Very excited about joining the gym this afternoon. Monday morning 5am will be my first test at how efficient I am there crushing chest and shoulders. Good thing about hitting it at 5am is I won't have to deal with all the nonsense that goes on in the late afternoon when everyone and their grandma are in there. That gets very frustrating, almost impossible to work out the way needed.

Note to self: Only make cream of wheat in a 1 day batch. Anything older gets very dry :-(

~Hanz out

About time to crush the arms... Woke up a little foggy so pounding my meal is going slower today. I find the later in the week the slower I go in the morning. I will have to check and work on the mental status a bit :-)

It seems like time is just slowly going by right now until I hit my first crush session with Franz. Why does everything go fast when you don't want it too and slow when you want it too speed up?!?!?!

Time to stop typing and start getting busy for the day...

~Hanz out

Time is flying and before long I will be in full swing of my training. Monday I start my routines at the gym. I have most of the workout (what I can do at home) down for the most part and have my meals down to where I can down them very fast. In fact it is 4:05 and I am already done with meal #1.

Very excited to work with Franz on the 5th, 26th and then July 5th again on work outs. I get to learn how to crush it Franz style :-)

Time to make my pre-shake and get ready to crush it early so I can head into work a little early today to catch up from yesterday...

~Hanz out

A Days Worth

Here is a picture of my daily meals... Some of what is not mixed and measured out yet :-)

~Hanz out

So I get woken up with another bat this morning. Our cat Zeus is quite the bat cat but when we had the bird fly in our home was a big chicken and ran from it. Go figure.

I think I have figured out where they are coming in and will take care of that problem this evening.

Up at 3:30 this morning and am about to crush chest and shoulders. Breakfast went down very fast... I am actually still a little hungry. I will pound the pre-shake in a few and hit the workout. Picked up a ton of chix on Saturday from Hy-Vee. They rock!

Friday I join the gym in Ankeny so starting next Monday I will actually be able to do all workouts prescribed by Franz in a very efficient time. Even though I have the day off I will be in the gym right when it opens at 5:00am so I can have the true feel of the morning workout... I am guessing I might go in on Sat or Sun and play around a bit at the gym to get an idea of my surroundings and get a mental plan for each days workout :-)

~Hanz out

Yahoo... It is a day off and I slept in... Just pounded a shake and getting ready to prep meal 1. Should have gotten up earlier for this meal :-(

Working on the grocery list for the next week... Mine is sooo easy since I duplicate my meal plan everyday.

Assembled the swing for Jules last night and we hung out at the fire pit until about 11:30. It was a good night!

~Hanz out

Foggy

Mind is foggy this morning... I am glad that I have the weekends off and will sleep in on those days!

I think my posts will start coming in the evening now to gain a little more time in the mornings. Almost finished with meal 1 and cup of java. I have always been an extremely slow eater. To the point to where I irritate others. I am having to train myself to eat faster which is very hard for me since I have done this my entire life.

So the deck is done, fire pit active... Now I must set up the swing this evening for my Jules. Tonight is supposed to be in the 60's with low wind so I think when it is set up I will grab the laptop and a book and had out back and set a fire and hang out for the night until my gals return for a movie they are seeing with a friend. Some dairy of a kid show. Never heard of it... Jules said it sounded good for Olivia.

Well... It is time to get busy... I think I have proved that 3:55am is the time needed to eat, pack, blog for me to make it out of here by 4:30am. Now if I post in the evening I can save 10 minutes. Winter could be interesting, especially those days that it takes a good 90 minutes to get into work because of the inclement weather. Oh well... I don't have to worry about that for another 5-6 months :-)

~Hanz out

So I wake up this morning and all is going fine and my pace is going very well to be on track when Christian tells me there is a bat in the house... So I go find it and get rid of it... If you are a fan of PETA sorry about that... Too bad... Yes I got rid of it. A magazine works very well as your weapon :-) Still trying to figure out how you are supposed to catch a bat safely without harming it or yourself and let it loose... How the hell do you catch a bat flying like crazy safely without getting bitten?!?!

Anyway... Now I am off schedule a bit. Today is arms day which is good since I can do most of that here. Can't wait to start up.

I am very happy and satisfied with my modified meal plan... Meal #1 will now also be meal #2 which is awesome since it is so easy/quick and so good. I went from protein pancakes and grapefruit to 1/2 cup cream of wheat with 1 scoop chocolate protein powder, 6 eggs and 1/2 grapefruit... All very easy and can be prepped the night before. All though Jules says it is gross to precook the egg whites they taste just fine heated up in the micro wave for 30 seconds :-)

Time for my pre-shake...

~Hanz out

Well I got to sleep in untill 5:15 today since I have the day off. Going to the zoo with Olivia on her field trip so I have extra time to work out this morning with out as much of a rush.

Tried my new meal plan today for meal #1 and it rocks... Frans did great with it. I added about 1/4 scoop protein powder to my cream of wheat and the chocholate really hit the spot.

I think I am going to join the new gym earlier than expected... I am sick of doing these pseudo workouts at home. I can at least get in some sort of routine, get used to the surroundings, have a better idea on timing prior to my training sessions with Franz that are coming up.

Speaking of Franz... His professional pics rocked big time... Go to the following and check them out... www.jandmimagery.com PW: stinkham

I can't wait until next spring to have mine done :-)

~Hanz out

Groove

Still trying to find my groove in the mornings. I have to stop hitting snooze and get straight up at 3:45 to allow enough time I think. I got up right at 4am today and it is proving not to be enough time. I am trying to figure out how I am going to have enough time to cook my protein pancakes in the morning. Franz is correct, they are dried out... Even through I left gooey they are dried out some... So for each bite I chew then take a drink of coffee or water. Not going fast enough... Maybe I will just drink the first meal and pound the grapefruit really fast. Meal 2 I have no choice but to precook and bring to work.

Here it is 4:28am and I am still to eat my grapefruit or finish my protein pancakes. I tried the entire diet yesterday and Steve was right... I had to force myself to eat and get it all down. I even forgot the rice.

I know that when I get my groove it will all be good and flow well. This is why I am glad to have a little extra time to prep this way prior to when training starts.

So tonight we go get Olivia's birthday presents after work. I can't believe my baby turns 6 tomorrow. It just seems like yesterday that she was born. We are both excited (Olivia and me)because I take tomorrow off and go on her field trip with her to the Blank Park Zoo. She thinks that is really cool and has big plans :-)

~Hanz out

What a Monday :-)

So I wake up at 3:50 this morning so I can stay on schedule... 28 minutes later I am still trying to get all my protein pancakes down and have not even started my grapefruit yet. They are sooo filling it is hard to down them all. I am glad I have time to get used to this because here before long I won't have the time for this... I will be out the door at 4:30 to hit the gym when it opens at 5:00.

Just so my bro Franz new menu plan... It looks very good... He is going to get huge which rocks. I can't wait for this year to roll by and competition time to be here... I am so excited. My only wish is that I would have started this at the same time with my bro Franz did last year. I am just glad going to his comp inspired me to do this.

I started watching posing from competitions on YouTube. If anything it was a very good laugh.

Ahh... 1 more protein pancake to go... Told ya it is taken me forever to get them down :-)

Exciting week ahead... Lots of work, taking Wednesday off to go to the zoo with Olivia and her class, Olivia turns 6 Wednesday, T-Ball practice Wednesday and Thursday, birthday shopping Tuesday night, Staining of the deck Friday evening, Set up patio furniture Saturday. And the list goes on and on...

Protein pancake almost gone... LOL

Better stop typing and start eating so I can go upstairs and do my so called W/O at 5:00.

~ Hanz out

Super Sunday :-)

What a great start to a great day... Finally able to make my protein pancakes and have my grapefruit... It all rocks!

Tomorrow is my first early morning workout... I am finally adjust at getting up at $am each day. I need to do better planning on meal preparation in the evening for the next day... Still need to contact Hy-Vee and Fairway on pure boneless/skinless chix breasts... Gotta get the ones without all the crap they inject them with... Think I will purchase 80lbs at a time. At 1.5 lbs per day it will last me 53 days :-)

I am loving adding the diet plan into my lifestyle while still eating some fun stuff for the next 6 weeks. I so can't wait to compete next spring... A lot to do between now and then... I am so excited to see whee I end up for competition weight and what class I will be in.

~Hanz out

Up at 4:00am on a Saturday - How crazy is that?!?!

SO I get up this morning all excited about protein pancakes to only find out we are out of the type of oatmeal I need to use... BUMMER! Slammed a quick shake and will go make some eggs before long.

I have a lot on order and arriving. Started some of my supplements today which are taken in the am and afternoon.

Saturday and Sunday will be my off days post 14 weeks out of comp. So I am just sitting here waiting for it to get enough light out so I can start working on the deck again. I better wait long enough not to wake up 100% of the neighbors when I get the skill saw going :-)

I actually got a lot of the plank cut and laid yesterday evening when me and my gals returned home from Ames. Screwed one end down both sides and now Cody will finished screwing in the planks. I hate that busy work!

I am hoping to have all plank cut and laid by 11:00am this morning so I can frame for the lattice work and gate then return materials to Menard's by early afternoon today.

Should be a very productive day...

~Hanz out

Friday May 14th - YAHOO

Maybe I get a little crazy but TGIF... Now I can go with my Jules tonight shopping so I can start implementing a portion of the new diet into my lifestyle over the next week. I can also get the deck finished... That is if the rain stays away. Everyday the forecast changes. We are now supposed to get more rain this Sunday.

Maybe that will be a good day to just chill with the fam and pester Franz :-)

I will probably borrow the truck and return the extra supplies to Menard's and purchase the stain and lattice late Saturday if I finish laying plank in time.

~ Hanz out

May 13th and dragging

Alarm went off this morning and needless to say I was not jumping up and happy to get out... It is cold here and I think waking several times the night before caught up to me... I hit the snooze 1 time and got up 5 minutes later.

Next week I begin my workouts in the morning... 1st meal then shake then workout. Then shake again and get ready for work. Gotta get in the routine of the early morning workout since I have always worked out in the evening in the past.

After the 5th of June when Franz and I meet up I will start my new membership where I will be doing my workouts full time... Need to become acquainted with the surrounds so I can be as efficient and effective as possible each day when I start my training the 28th.

I figure with all my preparation and planning ahead I will hit the ground running strong with limited if any set backs or problems.

Off the topic of pre-planning for my training... Sounds like it is going to be wonderful weather this weekend so I should have the deck completed and stained. I should have SBA (stained before assembly) but I said the hell with it.

Looking like I over bought on some of the materials which I knew was a potential. But I would rather over estimate on the planning and return than minimize the risk and run out and have to return and spend more outside the budget.

~Hanz out

Up nice and early

So I get up right at 4am this morning... Actually, I was so worried I would miss the alram I woke up several times thoughout the night checking the time because I wanted to ensure I was up on time.

Gotta start getting my body in the habit of these new changes coming up. Gotta start planning my days differently. At least the morning portion and prep work the night before since I will have limited time in the AM. Could get interesting in winter. That could be some really early mornings to make it to the gym by 5am. What is sad is that I am already thinking of the next winter and it is not even summer yet :-(

I have several projects to shore up between now and the 1st of June so I can be ready to hit the next phase in my prep. I don't want to rush my vacattion over but it is frustrating at the same time I really can't get started until it is past. There would be no way to stay on task and I refuse to do this half ass at any point of the training when I begin.

The good thing is it does allow me some time to prep. I am able to become adjusted to the times, bring the diet into my lifestyle with the sacrafices yet, and train with Franz a few times. It is all working out for the best... I am just restless and want to be doing it now!!! :-)

~Hanz out

6 1/2 weeks until training

Well this is day one of my post... I continue to work out but at the level I am used to. I begin tech. and posture training on workout with Franz come the 5th of June. Jules, Olivia and I go to KC for the visit. I am so excited for this visit. I have my meal and work out plan from Franz all ready and plan to start implenting some of the diet into my life while keeping some of the other junk in it until my program starts Monday, June 28th. At which I will not be on anything but my prescribed diet for a very long time :-)

Biggest thing I look forward to in the next week is the protein pancakes and grapefruit in the mornings. I am also going start getting into the early am routine of first meal at 4am and working out at 5am to get my body adjusted so when the 28th rolls around I am fully adjusted.

I already eat about every 3-4 hours now so the little adjustment down to every 3 hours is no big thing.

I plan on posting before pics, progress pics and just fun pics so I invite you to follow and check daily :-)

Profile along woth some pics shold be 100% updated by the end of this week.