Lifting

bum

2009-07-06T07:50:00.001-07:00

im in a kind of limbo right now between bumming and looking for jobs. so far, ive had to resort to almost desperate measures by asking my last employer if he had any work for me and thinking about applying to a restaurant as a waiter. i suppose i could just devote all my time to studying for my actuary exam, but honestly, with everyone else working i feel guilty just doing that. gotta find a job...

they call me loso in case u dont know so

2009-06-19T07:20:00.000-07:00

fridays should be optional work days, cause rele who works 100% on fridays? who works 100% on any days actually? the past 2 hours ive been here, ive done maybe 30 minutes of legit work. TGIF.

i havent played frisbee since last weeks MCUDL, and that was barely for 8 points. work is definitely not sympathetic towards my frisbee pursuits, and it sucks that by the time i get home, any type of pickup/summer league game is already over. next week, goin down to CT for a round robin scrimmage. i need all the ultimate i can get.

lifted with blase two nights ago and im still feeling the effects. fuk he pushed me hard. it amazes me that people can push themselves that hard every night. my tummy just grumbled.

i had these lychee gummies that i bought from the hong kong supermarket down in chinatown. i finished them fast cause they were so good. i gave them to some people in the office...i hope this makes me a hero.

gonna be a long day

2009-06-16T07:20:00.000-07:00

at work. i dunno how to feel about this internship anymore. at first i thought it was pretty good cause i learned some things, but now i feel like my time can be better spent studying for the act sci test at home and i really need to study for that shit. that shit is not easy. now i hate commuting to work and i dread it all the time. it actually makes my summer shitty. my ideal situation would be to, of course, have an actuary internship at some insurance company, but since i know thats impossible, right now im just trying to get some admin. job to make some money. all im gettin here is a travel stipend, though the unlimited metrocard is awesome. i cant really judge how much the experience here is going to help me either because im definitely not going to work for an executive search firm in the future for my field of study. lookin foward to tomorrow (my day off).

Lifting needs to be done.

2009-06-02T08:32:00.000-07:00

Pronto. started work yesterday and so far, its been very good. the only issue i have with it is that i hope im learning things. i really dont know how much of what ive been doing is going to help me with wat i will be doing. really, i would not complain at all if i got fukin paid. its an unpaid internship, but they do give me a travel stipend and a unlimited metrocard which is sweet, but honestly, such a big, bureaucratic firm can definitely afford atleast a small sized stipend for me. there are 3 other interns, all of whom i think dont get paid. one of them is basically there jus to be a bitch, which i feel kind of bad about. the other one, a girl, seems pretty smart and me and her basically share the bulk of the work. the office itself is really nice, including the people. and i have a pretty balling ass desk and cubicle.

last night went to korean bbq with danielle, maygen, and peter. pigged out. i dunno how to eat korean bbq but still enjoyed it. on the way out, the hostess said "bye" to me in korean, which i tried to say back in korean, but it was misconstrued as "sit down". afterwards, we had bing soon which was da bomb. slept over maygens.

six flags last sunday was awesome. best six flags trip so far. at first we got there kinda late around 12ish, which is probably prime time at six flags so it was pretty busy. first ride was superman, which had 45 min line. not bad not bad. all the rides afterwards though had like a 20 minute wait tops. we rode nitro twice, dark knight, that log ride, batman, bizarro, and some others. kindga ka and el toro were closed. wow, six flags, how r ur two best rides gonna close on the same day. afterwards i played thast 3 pt shootout game and OWNED. i won a knicks banner.

work has been pretty boring so far. mcudl tonight. i holla.

livin's easy

2009-05-27T14:52:00.000-07:00

so far ive gone to lifetime only twice. i feel like i lost the motivation and drive I had last year to work out. now when i go to the gym, i just do it cause i force myself to. also cause we're paying $300 a year for family membership and i aint wasting that shit. first time i went i was so sore afterwards that i needed atleast a 2 day rest. last week i worked out with blase and he basically pushed me to work out even though i was in no mood to. lifting is ass. but im still gonna keep doing it.

last monday was my first practice with crafty in a while. more generally, it was my first time playing frisbee in a while. all ive been doin concerning ultimate lately, is watching it, which has taught me one thing: playing is so much better than watching. i dont wanna be one of those old alums or players who lost all their skills/talent and resigned himself to coaching or watching frisbee games. practice overall was decent. it was rele hot in prospect park and me, kahyee, sach left 3 hours early to be 20 minutes late.

Summer '09

2009-05-12T20:56:00.000-07:00

im back baby.

1) internship (ive had 5 opportunities, just need one job)
2) crafty (its gonna suck so much commuting to the city)
3) MCDUL (rutgers machine loves me)
4) gain 15 lbs (157 now, goal: 170-172)
5) lift 3-4X a week at lifetime (<3 the 24 hour service)
6) study for actuary exam (i must pass my first exam before recruiting season)
7) catch up on naruto/bleach (i can do definitely do this one)

hill sprints at the high school

2009-01-15T16:25:00.000-08:00

during junior and senior year of hs, i remember i could do at least 8 hill sprints and be ok. after 2 years, i cant do 4 without being almost puking.

fresh prince of bel-air

2008-12-22T17:41:00.001-08:00

Jazz, in response to the question of whether or not he will accompany Will, "speaking...hypodermically..."

no, but seriously i need to 4.0 this semester

2008-11-11T11:29:00.000-08:00

ya seriously i need to 4.0 this semester

i need to 4.0 this semester

2008-11-11T11:20:00.000-08:00

i need to 4.0 this semester

its the remix to ignition

2008-10-21T08:53:00.000-07:00

hot and fresh out the kitchen. i gotta say, having a cast on for 4 weeks on my arm was one of the most annoying experiences of my life. i couldnt write, type, or play any sports. those 3 activities themselves take up like 50% of my time. it was hard to even like wipe my butt with my left hand or put on clothes. im so glad im not a cripple, no offense to cripples. but seriously, i dont think i could last a year without going crazy. im gettin surgery to get the pins out of my pinkie in 2-3 weeks. this whole thing is costing my a fortune, even with insurance. after the surgery and 2-3 more weeks i should be about 100%, which by then, fall season ultimate will already have ended. my right hand is free right now and goddamn it feels so good. the doctor actually gave me a splint to wear but its painful to wear so i dont. i took two midterms last week. man i hope i do well on them. if i dont, imma go loco. ESTA LOCO. i kinda miss jersey right now. for some reason i like jersey in the fall

updates

2008-09-25T11:09:00.000-07:00

i felt like updating today so i will. schools started and ive rele become used to nyu life- to the point where i actall;y enjoy it here. playing with crafty has been a blast. playin in club, i dont feel confident at all sometimes. i even dropped the disc a couple of times, something ive never experienced in hs or college. but overall i think i became a better player, or atleast a more useful one. crafty also made regionals , placing 3rd at sects, where i also broke my finger rele badly. im in a cast now but mite get surgery next week. im also typing this whole entry with one hand which is a bitch. ive been attending all my classes which i think is an accomplsihment. ibetter get good grades.

olympics

2008-08-14T13:56:00.000-07:00

ive been spending too much time watching olympics. im not rele sure who to root for when china goes against usa, which happens very often in alot of the events.

less than a week till school. aghhhh

she move like da boss

2008-08-10T21:49:00.000-07:00

lately ive been swimming alot more instead of lifting. i think this week i swam three times and lifted once or twice, kinda forgot. swimmings more of a complete workout and the feeling i get afterwards of exhaustion is great. i feel accomplished after that. im a horrible swimmer though. i only have about 8 more days till i leave for nyu. part of me (the bigger part) wants to stay here in jersey where life is so damn easy. i have no worries besides work but other than that, my days are always open and carefree. the other part of me wants to go back to nyu to see the people i miss, mostly maygen. nyu life is so different from my life here that i feel like im not ready to go back yet. ive jus started to fully enjoy my summer and now i gotta go back.

talk like a boss

break

2008-08-05T22:55:00.001-07:00

i think im going to try to play as little ultimate as possible the rest of this summer and fall. i need some time to fully heal my ankle and my left wrist which has gotten rele bad. i cant do a push up now cuase of the wrist pain.

todays workout was ok. i need to start some more core exercises. damn i hate those.

only two more summer weeks left. i actually dont wanna go back to nyu. summer life is so chill and carefree.

exhausted

2008-08-01T07:30:00.000-07:00

yesterdays summer league game pissed me off because 1) the others teams girls dominated our girls and 2) they didnt respect them so they poached the lanes.

i finally got caught sneaking into warren racquet. damn that place was nice, i wish i could stay there.

lost to orange

2008-07-29T22:10:00.001-07:00

it was lame. i couldnt even see the disc on the last point. it was like 9 PM.

i snuck into warren racquet again. i swear those people dont even care if ur a member or not. this time i just walked right past them. i did the same workout as last time except no abs. damn they were sore from that last workout. i wish i could keep the increase in muscle when/after i work out. i feel like i lose all that afterwards.

8 reps X 3 = dumbbell press 45 lb eahc
6 reps X 2 = shoulder 35 lb
8 reps = shoudler 30 lb
8 reps X 2 = seated press 120 lb
8 reps X 2 = shoulder lifts 15 lb each
8 reps X 3 = incline dumbbell press 35 lb each
"21" X 2 = 40 lb bar
8 reps X 3 = shoulder machine 90 lb
8 reps X 3 = fly press 60lb
8 reps X 3 = triceps 65 lb

new workout schedule

2008-07-28T10:01:00.000-07:00

tuesday - YMCA lift, skylands
thursday- YMCA lift, skylands
friday- YMCA swim
saturdayORsunday- WRC lift

im going to try really hard to adhere to this schedule. i have to lift 3X a week and swim once.

first day of work was decent. the thing about working fast and efficiently is that when i do, my boss gives me more work, so i usually work at about a 40% rate.

man i rele wanna work out.

G5 G5

2008-07-27T18:22:00.000-07:00

damn i cant help but like that jesse mcartney song. im actually not looking foward to going back to school. i realized how awesome summer is. ive basically been chilling with friends, playing sports, and eating all summer. the thought of work has not even entered my mind. my internship was pretty chill too and i actually had fun some days. i start my first day of work tomorrow and i know that will prolly be chill too. i dont even remember how life was like at nyu. i remember alotta walking around.

day

2008-07-26T15:37:00.000-07:00

i sneaked into warren racquet club today to work out. there are a ton of workout machines and like 4 separate rooms to filled with dumbbells, treadmills, machines, etc. the only problem is that some of the machines r so damn old. theyre clunky, rusty, and look like contraptions from Saw. i had a pretty good workout though

u got any spare change? cause im gonna be spent today.

2008-07-24T09:13:00.001-07:00

avatar is the greatest show/anime ive ever seen.

dear diary

2008-07-22T21:26:00.000-07:00

today was not a good day. i shall recap: first i had to go to nyc to fill out paperwork for the new job. of course i was late and i couldnt find the train parking lot so i parked at the cluck-u-chicken parking lot. the train came late. the other train came late. when i finally got home it started pouring, and i walked back to the parking lot, only to see my car totally gone. i literally shouted and cursed in the rain. i called jake (thanks jake) to pick me up and also the towing guy and he told me itd cost $400. i curse again. i get home and my mom go to pick up my car and the tow guy is so fukin sketchy. he tells us only to bring cash and makes us follow him to his "lot". really, this guy couldve charged us $5000 and we wouldve had to pay. wtf made him earn $400? picking up my car and driving it 3 miles south? bullshit. there wasnt rele anything we could do so we paid the motherfuker and i drive to the late skylands game where we end up getting demolished by red and i only play like 3 points.

not a good day at all.

spent

2008-07-21T17:16:00.000-07:00

i am. hit the weights i did. eat my subway sandwich later on i will.

lazy

2008-07-20T18:44:00.001-07:00

damn i was supposed to work out today but i was too lazy and tired from yesterdays tourney. the tourney itself was alotta fun but oppressively hot. last friday i worked out pretty hard. i guess today ill just do some core exercises. dark knight was amazing. i was exhausted from watching that movie.

i start my new job next week. finally ill have some money to play with.

another ticket

2008-07-17T10:39:00.000-07:00

im always late for everything. yesterday i was in a rush to catch the train so i opted out of paying the parking fee. when i came back there was a ticket on my windshield. i jus paid the 30 buck ticket now but it sure pisses me off when i do stupid shit like that.

yesterdays workout was pretty tiring. im getting kind of sick of the same routine every time. either im going to up the weight or change some exercises. i was thinking of changing my diet too but i have absolutely not willpower or desire to do that. i should be able to eat w/e the fuk i want to at 19. i think ive always taken for granted how i can eat any junk food and not gain any substantial weight. then again, ive always been active so i guess i work it off, which is actually kind of a problem cause ive been trying to gain weight. college helped with that though. i was 140 the end of senior year and an exhausting spring season and right now im around 155. if i were 3 inches taller and 15 lbs heavier my life would be PERFECT.

boring skylands

2008-07-15T20:51:00.000-07:00

today got a haircut. went to dairy quik and cluck u with blase and sach, therefore causing me to have a stomach aches during the skylands game tonight. i prolly gave like 50% effort but it didnt matter since we won by a large margin anyways. saw baik and jacob before that at D&D. baik has a mushroom haircut and looks skinny. he also spilled apple juice on me.

nyc tomorrow for an interview. damn i hope i get this. this is becoming more of a blog about my life than a lifting blog. o welll.

changes

2008-07-14T09:01:00.000-07:00

im leaving my internship by the end of this month. cant waittt. i havent worked out in a while too. today i better be fukin spent.

edit: actually quit my internship today. figured i might as well since the real estate business is not for me at all. anywho, my workout today was pretty lame due to my rele sore wrist. after the tourney, it feels extremely sore and theres a sharp pain whenever i twist it. also my right shoulder is acting up again and it hurts whenever i rotate it. all this pain is just so annoying when im working out. i forced myself to endure the pain today jus so i could lift since i hadnt in such a long time. haha, during one of my sets i saw a random baby sleeping in a carrier-thing. it was the weirdest thing. i just finished my set and i turn around and theres a random baby sleeping. i wonder if the mom was like waiting around, seeing if i would take the baby.

plasma and puss

2008-07-13T10:49:00.000-07:00

friday after work and meeting like 3 other new interns, i went to leslie's for his "birthday party". met up with voo and ktae and had some fun. spent so much money though. ever since ive been going to nyu ive been trying to spend as little money as possible. anywho, slept over leslies dorm, and woke up 3 hours later to get to petes house and we head up to madison for a frisbee tourney with crafty. the tourney itself was pretty fun i guess. we lost our first two games, which was pretty disappointing. i always thought this team was rele good, but i guess there are alotta rele good teams. the best part was when we spent like half an hour trying to figure out how to open the watermelon the coordinator gave us. we finally decided to use a spike and poke little holes and then crack it open. we then realized we had no spoons, so we used ziplock bags as like hand covers to scoop watermelon onto our hands. hahaha, it looked so barbaric but it was fun and so good. after 4 games, we went to the beach and a seafood place. back into the car for the ride back to brooklyn. by the time i got home from the train it was already 2 AM and i felt so bad askin my dad for a ride home. the whole time i was gettin home from brooklyn to nj, i was all sticky, smelly, and sweaty. i was literally like jus roasting in my own foulness. it was disgusting. u know u smell bad when u can smell ur own B.O. i woke up this morning with plasma leaking from some bad scrapes on my knees. it was leakin so much that i had to get paper towels to stop it.

sore

2008-07-10T19:44:00.000-07:00

everywhere. i didnt think id be this sore after playin ball and a game of ultimate. granted it was a pretty intense game where we won 16-14 against red, but i feel dead tired now. shit, im tired.

good workout

2008-07-09T16:07:00.000-07:00

this morning i decided to take off a day from my internship and look for jobs. after asking around and applying to a bunch of places, it looks like i will probably have some sort of job soon, hopefully by the start of next week. i realize that i make it so hard for myself because i always do things last minute. i shouldve started looking for internships in like february, instead of may, and jobs in like may, instead of now. its such a hassle now since most people dont wanna hire a college student for jus 1 month and a half.

after the job search i went to go work out. it felt pretty good and im pretty tired and sore now. i kinda wish i had a workout partner though. it seems like everyones working, busy, or out of the country right now.

i havent done any core exercises at all. man, i hate those.

skylands game

2008-07-08T19:32:00.000-07:00

craziest thing happened at skylands tonight. so i was walking back towards the field after drinking from the water fountain and as im walking, i see on the field that a shitty throw is thrown and a guy goes to layout for it, except that his form is horrible and he basically flings his body, head first, shoulders back, into the ground. at first it looks like he might have dislocated his shoulder, but as im walking back, i can see that hes like staring straight at me rele dazily. he jus keeps staring at me while he's lying on the ground, not moving. finally, he starts having a seizure and everyone attempts to hold his head down so he doesnt injure his head. his whole body is spazzing out and eventually he stops, incoherent words and drool coming out of his mouth. i think then, people started freaking out and calls were made for EMS. five minutes later, like 3 cops, 4 EMTs, and 2 paramedics came along with the kids parents. it mustve been pretty horrific for his parents to just see their son lying on the ground like that, completely motionless. anywho, that was probably the worst injury ive ever seen in ultimate.

the game itself was shitty. it was too hot and just a messy game. games like these make me not play hard at all and when i dont play hard, i usually dont have that much fun. i guess i did have a good workout though, i did sweat alot.

i spent a good portion of the day actually looking for jobs. and when i say looking, i mean going OUT and walking into stores asking for any open positions. the majority of them said to go online and apply. haha, funny thing happened when i walked into modells though. i asked if they were hiring, and the girl was like, "NO, u do NOT wanna work HERE. PLEASE, god no u dont wanna work here. " when i was walking away, she was literally still shouting at me, DONT WORK HERE. hahaha.

bored at work

2008-07-07T11:35:00.000-07:00

....so i decided to write a post. i kind of just wanna go home and work out. i dont think i've been this antsy to go work out. today has just been a realllyyy slow day. there are so many interns here now. before it used to just be me and tom, now theres like 6 other new interns. i guess its pretty cool since they keep my company. anywho, cant wait to work out today and skylands tomorrow. i need to play ultimate.

edit: today was a bad work out day. eating before working out is pure shit. i felt like puking with each rep. i dont think its that bad for everyone else but ive always had stomach problems. i remember i used to wake up school mornings nd not eat breakfast for fear of having to take shits in first period. anyways, i prolly only did like not even half of my workout because i saw some people playin bball and decided to join in and work out afterwards, though inside i knew i wasnt going to. bball was fun but i got so tired and sweaty so i decided to just go home. i guess ill make up for it tomorrow.

first one

2008-07-06T21:31:00.000-07:00

i decided to keep a journal just to record my work outs. ideally by the end of this summer, i'd like to become a lot more muscular, not just in terms of getting more muscle mass, but definition, veins, tonage, et all. blase rele taught me alot bout lifting. the most important thing i learned from him was that originally, whenever i lifted, I was not nearly trying hard enough. each set is supposed to be done so that u can barely do the last rep. and even though i still kinda dont follow that rule now, the idea is still there and it helps me push myself.

i work out at the ymca mostly. even though they have limited free weights (no weights between 12 lb and 30 lb....wtf!?), i like the environment there. not alotta people r there and its just nice. it only cost $67 for 2 months too.

so basically my regiment looks like this 3-4X a week:
40 lb dumbbell chest press - 3 sets (8reps each)
35 lb incline dumbbell chest press - 3 sets (8reps each) * god i fuking hate these*
30 lb dumbbell shoulder lifts - 4 sets (8reps each) * love these*
115 lb back lift - 3 sets
12 lb dumbbell deltoid lifts - 2 sets (12 reps each)
32.5 lb triceps pulls - 3 sets (8-10 reps each)
12.5 X2 lb biceps "21" - 2 sets

my last workout i increased the chest press to 45 lb. i shouldve done that in the beginning but whatever. ive noticed changes in my body lately and i have to say, its one of the most exhilirating feelings. to see ur body change and knowing that u have the potential and power do it with some motivation and effort, its an incredible feeling. i have to say it has really helped with my self confidence. i can see how some people are "addicted" to working out. im going to continue working out this summer. its actually one of the things i look foward to at the end of the day. something to relieve stress and direct my energy into. im most likely going to lift monday, wed, friday, and either saturday/sunday. also, if possible, i plan to swim on one of my off days. i wanna use my moneys worth. haha. i think swimmings good for toning the body, like after u get muscle mass, swimming is good for showing that definition. combined with ultimate, tennis, and basketball almost every other day, i'll be rele physically active, but i like that.

as far as ultimate goes, it really saddens me that i cant jump anymore due to my sprained ankle. its such a bitch becuase whenever i play, the first 15 minutes always hurts and my ankle aches so much. i feel like i lost a good 8 inches on my vert. i think the only way to get that back is to stop playing anything at all for atelast 3 months, but i dont think im willing to do that. i used to be so confident in my air game, but now its like whenever i jump, it jus pains me. on the bright side, i feel like i have become a better ultimate player in general becuase i know how to play right now. i learned that i can play my best if i only play like 7-8 pts a game instead of playing the entire game like i always did in high school. haha, i look at footage and im always poaching, not guarding my man, and not running hard at all. crafty has taught me alot. i hope nyu is a good team next year too.

high hopes