Planet Fitness

OH MY GOD!!!! how could they allow this place to even exist? there were some people that got offended when i made fun of fat people, but screw that! after knowing that there are gyms like these that are going mainstream and "everyone" is feeling more "comfortable" going to those places, i really don't regret ever making fun of fat people and i will continue to make fun of them and hopefully give them a hard time whenever i can. why? becuase, they are giving bodybuilders in general (no, not in general, but they are specifically targeting bodybuilders) a hard time and trying to keep them out of gyms. Planet fitness bought the "gold's gym" name, so now they're just a huge franchise that incourage fat people to get fatter, and try to keep everyone from becoming a lean, muscular, fit bodybuilder.
they have a huge drawing in the middle of the gym with a picture of a huge bodybuilder lifting weights, sweating, wearing a tank top and a bandana... he's in a huge circle with an "X" mark on him... as in, no bodybuilders.... their rules are:
NO GRUNTING
NO LIFTING HEAVY WEIGHTS
NO DROPPING WEIGHTS
NO WEARING BANDANAS
NO WEARING TANK TOPS
why?.... i'll tell you why... actually... i'll let managers from planet fitness tell you why...
"we want a gym where everyone feels comfortable in. having bodybuilders lifting heavy weights and grunting is annoying and makes other clients feel uncomfortable and brings their confidence down." ....
basically, this gym wants fat asses to get fatter... and no bodybuilders allowed because bodybuilders will know that their personal trainers are idiots, and the products they sell are overpriced shit.. so, they won't make any money off of them...
here's some feedback from a guy (bodybuilder) who tried to register with them after they opened near his office:
"I was happy to find out they were putting in a gym right near my office which I could get a discounted membership because we are in the same building. I went in to pre-register and I just wanted to ask some questions before I signed up. The girl told me before I barely opened my mouth that "This might not be the best gym for you." I asked why. She said they don't encourage BBers and powerlifters. I said what?!? Yeah, she said 80% of their clients are beginners or novices and they have a "no discomfort" policy. I said well the whole point was to get more fit, lift more weight, get bigger. She went on to say they have no squat racks, only smith machines. No leg press and the dumbells only go up to 80lbs! I asked how you would do deadlifts and she said they probably wouldn't want anyone doing deadlifts because you usually drop the weight and it makes noise and SCARES other people!!!What a disgrace. I've heard people talking about planet fitness but I thought they were unlucky. It's all true. It's really is totally a gym designed for pussies.
And what's with the heavy lifting making other feel uncormfortable????? Do you get uncomfortable when a guy in your gym lifts bigger weight than you? Hell no! That gets me ready to work.No grunting, no dropping weights, no tanks tops.I should have said "Well shit! Am I allowed to break a sweat?"Oh and here's the kicker: The girl I was speaking with was about as soft as a bag of wet hair. Now I'm not saying she was fat but I'm sure her ass had more dimples than a golf ball. Not trying to poke fun but her ass looked like a pillow that was stepped on by a football team with cleats. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind a full figured woman but I had trouble leaving that place. Not because I wanted to stay but because of her gravitational pull. Hell, she had her own weather system. And the other girl? I could have easily put her in my back pocket. Definitely a beans and rice type.The only thing getting a workout in that place is the line of krispy kreme vending machines."

here's the video of the guy (correction officer... big dude), who got kicked out because he was "grunting"... otherwise known as breathing heavily while squatting 500 lbs... look at the manager for god's sake!!! she should jump her fat ass on those treadmills for 7 years and shut the f*** up!!!
i'd really be ashamed to be a manager of a FITNESS CENTER if i were that fat...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ6OrO1f610

f***ing fat asses taking over gyms...

Excerpts from the Diary of a Pissed Off Bodybuilder

Natural food and crap

I get a lot crap from people about the things I eat. They take a look at my food and say “why do you eat that? Why don’t you eat natural stuff?”… Natural? Are you f***ing kidding me? Chicken breasts, oats, olive oil, and honey… HOW IS THAT NOT F***ING NATURAL!?!?!? I’ll tell you how, people don’t even know what natural means anymore. They think natural means whatever your mama cooks. News flash! Most of what you eat isn’t natural.
I was having a conversation with a guy at work and he was talking about his relative who was into bodybuilding and s***. He was saying how whenever they all gather up, they’d try to convince him to quit taking protein powders because they aren’t natural and they aren’t good for the body. So I asked him if he knew what protein powder was. Ofcourse, he gave the typical answer of “chemicals”. So, I explained how they made protein powders and asked him about his daily diet (not diet per se, but what kind of food he usually ate). He gave the typical answer that most people would give… “cheese sandwiches, kabsa (white rice with chicken and other stuff), soup… etc” … I don’t know about you, but nothing about that is natural, to me atleast. Why? Because, cheese is filled with preservatives and has enzymes and chemicals added to it to make it last longer and taste better. Kabsa has maggi in it. I don’t know about you, but I don’t think a 1x1 inch cube that has a chicken in it is natural. Also, you put tomato paste in kabsa, which is also filled with preservatives and chemicals. Soup? They have them in bags that’ll last 2 years… I’ve never heard of vegetables and chicken broth that last more than a month, I don’t think that’s natural. Bread? We use white flour to make bread… where can you find white flour in nature? No where! It goes through so many processes to get the final product you won’t even imagine. What do we feed our little kids? Nedo powdered milk… what the hell is that?
Now, I know a lot of you will say “you’re an idiot! Those things are healthy and natural. If they’re not, what the hell do you want us to eat?” … that’s not my point. My point isn’t what’s healthy and what’s not. My point is that almost everything we eat isn’t “natural”. Does it mean it’s not healthy? No! it could be healthy. We’re human beings, we think. God gave us the ability to further enhance what nature has to offer. We enhance food by enriching it with extra vitamins, mineral, more protein, more complex carbs, more healthy fats… ofcourse, we have the other end of the spectrum… fast food… where foods are stripped of any nutritional value whatsoever… hence, it tastes much better :) … but most people think “supplements” aren’t healthy because they come in green tablets in a plastic container. THEY’RE CALLED SUPPLEMENTS FOR GOD’S SAKE!!! You SUPPLEMENT your nutrition with those things! You can’t eat every single kind of food that contains all the vitamins and mineral and crap you need every single day in the right amounts! ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE!!! Sometimes, you can take supplements that’ll improve your health by providing you with nutrients you can never get in food (in the right quantities). For example, I was buying some ginger root extract the other day and another customer saw me grab and asked “what’s that?” I told him what it was. So, he said “why do you need that?” and I told him that it aided in digestion and it doesn’t make me bloat after meals. He said “it’s not healthy taking that stuff from pills. I’m sure it isn’t natural… you should just eat ginger, it’s healthier and it’s natural”… what the f***?! How many kilos of ginger would I have to eat per day? I’d probably f*** up my whole GI track by eating that much ginger! You just can’t get that much in you naturally. Ofcourse, the pills are natural, and they’re just ground ginger roots… So, I hope you get my point. If not, who cares?

Best site to purchase protein

GOD DAMN!!! I found it!!! I used to see banners of this company all the time and never bothered to click it!! I just thought they sold regular name brand protein… I was soooooo wrong. This site is so cool and YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN CUSTOM PROTEIN MIX!!! It’s a bit expensive but it’s worth it for those who want the purest and best kind of protein out there… other than protein, they sell all kinds of s***, including waxy maize carbs (vitargo). You can make your own blend, choose from many flavors, add vitamins and enzymes… lots of stuff.
I’d personally recommend serious bodybuilders to get some whey isolates (ion exchange or hydrolyzed) for post workout protein, and get some micellar casein for your bedtime shakes. Buy in bulk, it’s cheaper.
www.trueprotein.com

It’s close… 10 days out

Damn… I only have 10 days left til contest day… It feels like just last week I competed in my first contest… and that was more than a year ago. Funny how things turned out this year. First they cancelled the contest… then brought it back… then delayed it… when they delayed it, I found phil… learned more things in 7 weeks than I have in 4 years… 2006 has just been a great year, and this contest will be a good way to end the year. How do I look? Shitty, but that’s not important. I did my best. I’m much better than last year and that’s all that matters to me. Cuz when I think about it, I really don’t have the right structure to be a good competitive bodybuilder. I’ll probably never get first place (freakin’ chest and love handles), but that doesn’t mean that I’m not gonna train and diet to get there. Anyway, I can’t wait til Sunday to start the “process”. Finally, I get to eat a good amount of carbs. Yeah, it’s brown rice, but who cares, atleast I won’t be hungry. I haven’t cheated in 5 weeks… and that really plays tricks on your mind… sometimes I just say that I’m never gonna compete again and that I’ve wasted a lot of time bodybuilding when I could’ve been doing something else… but after I eat a good meal, I start saying “something else? Like f***ing what? Cruising in cornice like all the other retards out there?” … no offense to anyone who cruises for 12 hours a day, but I just hate driving. I’m just tired all the time… It sucks… but, you gotta do what you gotta do, I guess. The thing that really bugs me is the water… I hold a LOT of f***ing water… phil told me not to worry and we’ll get rid of that the last couple of days… BUT IT SUCKS!!! Some people are just lucky and they don’t hold any water whatsoever (like this guy at the gym, adel al jayzani, he used to be the saudi heavy weight champion… the guy is as dry and rip as s*** all year round… he just gets bigger when he preps for a contest… like the old school guys… amazing genetics on that guy… I’m not saying that he doesn’t work as hard as hell to get to where he wants to be, but the genes help). Unfortunately, I’m not like that. I have to wait… and I’ll only know how I really look like on the day of the contest. Wish me luck.

Excerpts from the diary of a pissed off bodybuilder

Stupid Doctors

i had a little arguement a couple of days ago at the gym with a "doctor". Now, I seriously don't know what makes a doctor so qualified to give you some freakin' advice on nutrition and s***... they're doctors... they took like one 3 credit hour course in their career about nutrition. How the hell does that make them experts? Anyway, i was talking with Fadhil (trainer in the gym) about how i like to incorporate lots of fat in my diet and that they're predominantly made up of olive oil and fish oil... and then i mentioned that i cook my chicken in olive oil... and then this f***er jumps in and says: "no no... it's not healthy to cook with olive oil, it's very bad for you. use Afia oil (hydrogenated corn oil)". So i said "what? what are you talking about? that's not right!" and the guy says: "no, i'm a doctor, i know. trust me it's very bad." I asked him to explain... keep in mind... this guy is a doctor, who interrupted the conversation i was having to try and tell me i was doing things wrong... here's exactly what he said: "because, in spain and lebanon they never cook with olive oil... they use it raw." i seriously didn't know whether i should laugh or cry... i just kept looking at him and said: "and??? is that it?" ... HE HAD THE NERVE TO SAY YEAH THEY DON'T COOK IN IT!!! WHAT THE F***!!!! so i decided to educate his ass and explained how it gets partially hydrogenated when you cook in it but still it's mostly unsaturated but afia oil is already hydrogenated and cooking in it makes it worse and how it has a very high level of triglycerides... he laughed and shook his head and said: "but that doesn't matter. it's not healthy." ...
Just to be clear, i have tremendous respect for doctors who like to think and do research and never stop learning... those are very bright doctors. but sadly, the majority are idiots... just like my physician... who let me insist on taking my semi-annual check up and blood work. i told him i wanted to do it and he said "you don't have anything to worry about... you don't need to do it." what kind of a doctor would say that you don't need to worry about your health?

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People hear only what they want to hear

We are all victims of this crap, including myself. But sometime, this s*** gets ridiculous. I’ve been facing many problems with this issue at work, and in the gym. Let’s talk about my work first. My supervisor came into my office (ok ok, cubicle) and he brought up a project we were working on (mostly me) that failed miserably about 4 months ago (no wonder it failed, they put me in charge). Anyway, he told me that he went to management and told them that we’re working on it again and we’ll have it done by the end of November. Now why the f*** would you go and do something like that? … I asked him that question, ofcourse I rephrased it first, and he said: “I remember you saying that there is a solution and it could work.” I just looked at him, raised my eyebrow as usual and said: “I told you that there was a theoretical solution that would never work in real life application. I told you that we need someone to be in the field 24/7 for 3 weeks downloading data from the panels every 14 minutes. That’s not a solution. I just told you that to show you how impossible this project is!!!!”… it was hopeless, cuz after saying what I said, he put his fist on his chin, stared at the table… then looked at me and said: “So, you’re saying there is a solution!” … Pointless… I swear he’s driving me insane.

Another situation that always happens in the gym is this one:
I know a guy that trains in my gym (it’s not my gym, just the one I go to. I wish I had a gym. I’d just sit there, eat and train… that’s the life… anyway). He’s been training there for… hmmmm… about 4 years now… his body hasn’t changed… not one bit… and from day #1 he’s been asking me the same questions and we’ve had the same exact conversations. I swear it’s almost a daily thing now and I just say the exact same thing over and over and over again to him but he’s not hearing what he wants to hear. He just blocks everything out and waits for me to say what he wants me to say. This is how it goes:
Him: “Now, I don’t want to get bigger or anything, I just want to keep my size and take off all this fat. I tried higher reps, but it didn’t work.”

Me: “you don’t do higher reps to burn fat. Keep the same rep range you always use. It’s just a matter of diet and cardio.”

Him: “I’m on a very healthy diet. I do cardio sometimes. But it just won’t burn off.”

Me: “you don’t have much fat on you (he’s about 8-10% fat), the diet gets complicated at this stage and you have to really be strict.” (that’s all I say because I went into the details with dieting about a million times with him, but he still won’t listen)

Him: “look, I’ll tell you what I’ve been eating lately. For breakfast, I have 2 pieces of toast and 1 egg. For lunch, I have some rice and beef or chicken (it’s from the dining hall at work, worst and most overpriced food I’ve ever seen… ya3ni). Dinner, I have a small bowl of fat free yoghurt if I’m at home, or I just eat something from a restaurant if I go out. I think that’s good, isn’t it?”

Ofcourse we’ve discussed this a million times, but he still won’t listen

Me: “ Your diet is f***ed up. You wanna seriously burn fat, you have to diet seriously.”

Him: “what’s wrong with this diet?”

Me: “Everything.”

Him: “what do you suggest?”

Me: “I told you about 2 million times what you should do.”

And then we start the discussion where I tell him to go right and he says what if I go left? And we have the same conversation the next day. 4 years of this crap. It doesn’t bother me anymore. But still, it delays my workout sometimes. I hate talking at the gym. I go there to workout, and not socialize. Some people don’t understand that. Especially the ones that start a conversation while you’re squatting out your heaviest set.

Update

I feel like s***, I look like s***, and I’m as hungry as s***. It’s times like this when I start doubting myself and I feel like I’m gonna get kicked off the stage come competition time because I have the worst looking physique. I’m tired all the time, I have no interest in anything, and I just want to get this shit over with and eat my double whopper with cheese, fries, and chocolate cake. My weight fluctuates between 86 kg and 88 kg and it’s driving me insane!!! Why? Because I know I’m holding s***loads of water (from the daily weight fluctuation) but I don’t know how much water!! My love handles grow and shrink every 12 hours because of this… I want to know how much fat I have left but I can’t… the water is just blurring everything up. If I decrease sodium and lose water, I’ll look as flat as s*** and I won’t be able to lift worth s***. So, that’s a no no. I’m gonna compete in the 85 kg class, yet I look like I weigh 65 kg… Just… crap… it’s all crap… I WANT DONUTS!!!!! Sometimes I ask myself why the f*** am I doing this? well, I guess it’s just something I do… you know. Some people play xbox. I just diet my ass off and feel like ass all the time. They’re all a good waste of time. WHAT THE HELL AM I TALKING ABOUT??!!! F***ing diet… I hate this s***, but I just can’t stop. 3 more weeks… crap. Maybe I need a vacation from work… or a bullet through the head… whatever.

Excerpts from the Diary of a Pissed Off Bodybuilder

On monday, i made an appointment to see the doctor on tuesday at 6 pm... reached the hospital with maryam last night at 5:58 pm... 2 minutes early... guess what? didn't see the doctor til 7:20 pm... i guess making an appointment, according to al mana hospital, means that you're going to be at the hospital at that time, and not actually seeing the doctor at that time. at 6:50 pm, i wanted to go up and complain but there was a woman screaming at the receptionist with the same problem and when she was done and went to the waiting room, the receptionist mumbled "delay? i'll show you what a delay is you..." and put her file under a stack of other files... So, knowing that if i act like a "man" and start yelling and complaining, the same thing would happen and i'd be delayed even more. so, i just shut the hell up and waited...
As i predicted, we saw the doctor and he said "yeah, you have cracks and fractures in the bone... let's put a full slipper cast on it and come back in a week" ... i waited an hour and 20 minutes for that? i could've done that!!! oh, you should've seen the certificates on his wall. he had about 25 certificates of "attending confrences" and they looked so freakin' cheap... it looks as if my little brother designed them and printed them out on a 30 riyal printer...

Just to give you an update, i'm about 4 weeks and one day out right now and things look pretty good. my love handles are almost non existant, and i actually have an ass now (if you don't get it, people with love handles will). The diet is going pretty well, not much of a pain in the ass as last time, but still, i get as hungry as hell all the time and my last meal is usually at 7 pm... so i sleep with stomach pains from hunger. My last cheat meal was more than 2 weeks ago and i've cut out all diet sodas and drinks last week. So, it's nothing but water to drink. One thing i've noticed since i've stopped all the diet sodas and artificial sweetners is that i don't crave sweet stuff any more. it's weird. i have a MEEEAAANNN sweet tooth, but yesterday i passed dunkin donuts on the way back from the hospital, and i was as hungry as hell, and i didn't even look twice or think of a donut :S ... weird... When i go grocery shopping, i don't even look twice at candy or chips. I think diet sodas make me crave sweets even more... this morning i weighed in at 190 lbs, waist was 32.8 inches... although bigger than it used to be... i'm the leanest i've ever been right now and it's only getting better... hopefully by 2 weeks, i'll only have water to lose.

Supplements

Ok, since I haven’t talked about supplements much in past couple of months, I’ve decided to write something up. I’ll share with you the supplements I’ve used, what works, and what doesn’t

Whey protein

Probably the best food supplement you can ever ask for. I don’t care if you’re a bodybuilder or not, you would be better off taking in a scoop or 2 of this stuff everyday to make sure you get some good quality protein in your system. Now, if someone would want to take in more than 250 grams of protein per day, he’d better have 2 or 3 tubs of protein in his kitchen or else he’s in for a severe case of indigestion and the s***s (don’t count incomplete sources, and actually know how much protein is in food… I’ve seen people write down that 250 grams of chicken breasts have 100 grams of protein and they actually count the protein from oats). Whey protein is easily digested and absorbed in your body, which makes it great for post workout nutrition, and breakfast (great for breakfast if you’re gonna eat another meal an hour or two after that).

There are many kinds of whey proteins out there… concentrate, isolate, hydrolyzed, hydrolosate, ion exchange, super duper 100 internation micro filtered kryptonite plutoniumized chemically engineered whey protein… they’re all almost the same to me… I’ve tried most of them… no difference… just gas… ofcourse, the better it’s filtered, the easier your body will absorb it, but come on! The difference is almost 5 times in price! I’d opt for a combination of concentrate/isolate/hydrolyzed. Cheap, effective, and sometimes tasty. Remember, if you get gassy, change the product… unless you’re eating over 250 grams of protein, then you will be gassy no matter what.

Creatine

So many different kinds these days, and they do basically the same thing. They fill your muscles with water and make them use a lot more energy. Good product. Very cheap (DO NOT BUY CELL TECH!!! it’s expensive as s*** and it his an ass load of sugar in it). Buy in bulk, and if you don’t mind the taste, buy bulk CEE (creatine ethyl ester). Why? Because you don’t need as much carbs to shuttle it in the muscle, no loading phase, you only need to take in a couple of grams a day instead of 20-40 grams, and it’s as cheap as hell. Ofcourse, if you opt for something like cellmass by BSN, you’ll burn your wallet quick. I get mine for around 350 riyals a kilo… that’s a lot of CEE =) … ofcourse, you have the Creatine Di Malate, Kre-Alkalyne creatine, and I don’t know what else… I haven’t tried Kre-Alkalyne, but Phil says it’s good… hell, if Phil told me to take a piece of s***, sprinkle some cinnamon on it and eat it, I’d do it…

Ephedrine HCL

The s***heads put so many regulations on buying this crap, it’s not worth buying these days. I love this stuff. But it’s hard to come by. It’s a good fat burner… I hate that word… fat burner… it just slightly raises metabolism, makes me sweat like hell, and gives me an extra boost while I’m working out. It used to be as cheap as hell. Now, since regulating the s*** like it’s heroin, the price got jacked and they sell it in packs of 24, 12.5 mg per tab. And I think the maximum amount you can buy is 3 packs a month or something… that’s like a two week supply for me… so screw it, I’m down to my last 4 tabs now (probably be done by Wednesday) and I won’t buy that stuff again (unless I find a good quantity for a good price). Oh, don’t use it for more than 8-10 weeks… that stuff’s really heavy on the prostate… If you’re going “oh my god oh my god oh my god”, don’t worry, it’s just to be safe. People who used it for 5 years straight at heavy doses got slightly enlarged prostates. So, I don’t think a couple of months per year is going to be a problem (I’ve been using it for around 4 years now… not straight, but a lot… no problems… my PSH is fine)

Ginger root, Bromelein, and Papaya extract

You never thought I’d mention those, did ya? =) … I’ve been using them for the past 2 months and my digestion has improved IMMENSELY!! (thanks to massive G on promuscle). Really, if you have a lot of food to process, I’d advise you to use these three.

Fish oil

If you don’t know the benefits of fish oil, you’re missing out on a lot. The benefits can be summed up in these words: “it’s probably the healthiest thing you’ll ever put in your mouth”… and, seriously, some people don’t get it. I tell most people to take fish oil and when they do they say “yeah, I take 1 in the morning, and 1 at night”… WHAT THE HELL!!!?? What I’d suggest is to calculate how much fat you need (say 100 grams), get half of that from the food you eat, the other half from fish oil, olive oil, and flax. Hell, I take in about 30 of those 1 gram caps of fish oil per day!... I wish I can substitute the olive oil with more fish caps (yeah, I drink the olive oil straight… tastes like ass, but it’s quicker that way), but it gets expensive with time…

Yohimbine HCL, and Senepherine

Remember when I talked about fat mobilization? Yeah, these are the guys that mobilize that fat. BUT THEY HAVE TO BE TOPICAL!!! As in cream or gel, and not oral. You don’t want a systematic release of these supplements because it defies the whole point. (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, please read my “Fat Mobilization” post). Remember, they aren’t fat burners (they might slightly raise metabolism), they’re fat MOBILIZERS… as in they’d release fat FOR YOU TO BURN… if you don’t burn it, it goes straight back to where it came from. I’ve tried 2 products for this… lipoderm-Y (and ultra), and Chizeled. Lipoderm-Y wasn’t that impressive… nothing major… lipoderm ultra was very good, but it doesn’t even stand close to chiseled. Too bad they stopped making chiseled cuz I’m down to my last bottle =( … but, it really burned the s*** outta my love handles. If you’re cutting, this would be a nice addition to get lean all over.

Multi Vitamin

Oh come on!!! I don’t need to explain this

Vitargo

This is some gooooooood s***!! But it’s very hard to come by. Vitargo is a heavy moleculed sugar… perfect for post workout. It’s designed in such a way to released a sustained release of insulin in the body and it fills the muscles up real good. If you are allowed lots of carbs in your diet, I would seriously recommend that you invest in this supplement. The only problem is that it gets expensive… and shipping costs make it worse. But, I say it’s worth it. (this supplement is sometimes referred to as waxy maize).

Cranberry extract

Good for cleaning up your kidneys without the extra cals from the cranberry juice

Milk thistle

Very good supplement for liver health

HMB

A bunch of crap

Muscle tech products

A bunch of over priced crap

MRP (meal replacement)

These are very good for people who don’t have much time to cook and don’t like the taste of tuna. The only problem with these are the carbohydrates. They’re mostly dextrose or maltodextrin… so you won’t get much quality carbs with this product… or fat… the good thing about MRP though, are the flavors… damn, there are like 2 billion flavors! It’s been years since I’ve had an MRP… but I remember the Met-Rx vanilla MRPs were to die for!!!

The best supplement you’ll ever find (if you can find it)
Liquid Aminos made out of Beef Extract

These are my secret little protein that Phil told me about =). They’re very expensive, and extremely hard to come by. Cost me 2000 riyals for a 2 month supply… but it’s worth every penny. It’s basically liquid steak =) … the best kind of protein out there. The problem with your body is that it digests and absorbs beef very poorly. Beef has the best amino acid ratios for building muscle. Solution? Liquid beef extract aminos!! Very light on the stomach, easily digested, and absorbed really quick and efficiently. If you’re wondering about the taste, well, it tastes exactly like hershey’s chocolate syrup. Yup =) .. bodybuilding made easy.

Well, that’s it for supplements I guess… I’ve tried many more (wasted so much money on this crap when I was in college) but I can’t remember any.

Excerpts from the Diary of A Pissed Off Bodybuilder

Al-Mana Hospital… Revisited

By now, you probably know that I hate hospitals more than anything else. I hate the way they smell, I hate the way they look, I hate the nurses there, I hate the doctors, I hate their stupid f***ing handwriting that no one can read, I hate waiting for hours just to see the doctor for 5 minutes… etc. The reasons why I go there is to either get an excuse for work if I’m sick, or get a full medical check up with blood work. Other than that, if I was dying, I’d try to cure myself. Anyway, yesterday Maryam banged her little toe on the door real hard and it snapped (not the door, her toe…). Since I wasn’t the one that was hurt, it’s part of my responsibility to take her to the hospital (I can f*** around with my own health, not someone else’s. I can’t tell maryam to “take it like a man and put some ice on it for 6 weeks”). So, we headed out to Al-Mana shitty hospital. Something I’ve noticed since it was probably the first time I went to the emergency room over there… The emergency room is located in one of the most crowded areas in khobar. To make matters worse, there was a detour right before the corniche/pepsi road intersection (now, if you’ve never been to khobar, you’re probably wondering why the f*** would they call a street “pepsi road”?... the pepsi bottling factory is located there, so it kinda stuck to the road’s name for the past … I don’t know, 15 years?). So, it took me about 40 minutes to reach the emergency room. It got me thinking, if I had someone that needed medical attention ASAP, he’d probably be dead half way there! (if you say “why don’t you call an ambulance?” … get real… they’ll probably be there in 2 hours… they have to have dinner first… a couple of cigarettes… talk about stocks maybe… then attend to the patient… and they choose the longest route to be able to chat longer). Anyway, we reached the emergency room and had to wait in line behind people with real emergencies on their hands… you know.. like a cold or a flu… after about 30 minutes, the doctor saw my wife (the nurse was a real bitch, I could write a whole f***ing book about how much of a bitch she was… so I’ll just leave it be), the f***er started bending her toe up and down… WTF?!?!? My wife started screaming and was about to kick him in the face and she said “IT HURTS!!!! STOP IT!!!”… and the doctor/asshole looked at her like she was a freak and said “I need to do this to know where it hurts the most”… she looked at me as if she was going to say “how stupid can this guy get?” and she said “you can ask where it hurts the most and I’ll tell you”… you know what he said? “no, it’s ok… I know now.” Anyway, he took x-rays, turned out to be multiple cracks in her toe and the front of her foot. Then, the mad scientist (gypsum cast technician) arrived. When you see the technician throwing shit around the room and yelling “do we have micropapertape? Micropapertape!!! No? what do we have? This? I guess it’ll do… where's the blah blah… no? ok… maybe this one… hmmm… what did I forget? What did I forget? … hmmmm… nurse!!! Do we have large cotton? No? hmmm… maybe this will do… which foot is broken? How bad? From the ankle? Toe? Where? Ok…” …. When you hear that, you kinda freak out… and the nurse was talking to my wife, and after she talked to her, my wife looked at me like … like she was scared shitless I guess… Anyway, after we were done, Maryam told me what the nurse said. She asked maryam if her foot hurt, maryam said “yeah”… so the nurse told her “you haven’t seen anything yet. It’s gonna hurt a lot more when he starts bending it.” … f***ing sadistic whore… and now I have to make an appointment with Orthopedics tomorrow and wait 4 hours for the doctor to say “hmmm… looks fine… come back in a month”…

for all you chubby people
Now you can be happy... cuz now, you're above average... as in you're considered to be thin. what the f*** is this world coming to?

http://www.nbc10.com/money/8605455/detail.html
http://sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/body_comp/a/aa012599a.htm (read "what should your body fat percent be" and "how much is too much")
http://funny2.com/facts.htm (press cntrl+F and search for the word "waist"... read that line)
http://www.vidyya.com/vol7/v7i16_7.htm

for those of you who don't want to read, here are the main points:
- the average dress size in the US has increased to F***ING SIZE 14!!!!
- the average bodyfat percentage (or considered to be normal) is 15-18% for men and 22-25% for women
- The most popular waist size for men in 1985 was 32, in 2003 it jumped to 36... that's the MOST POPULAR... and not average... i would assume that the average is around 40 these days
- from 1960 til 2002, The average height grew by 1 inch... and weight increased by 25 lbs.

i don't know about you, but this is a problem... now, i know that we aren't the united states... but from what i see, we're following the same unhealthy path that they are...
you know what the real problem is? it's that the only solution for this is a balanced diet and moderate exercise... but somehow, everyone is steering away from that solution and jumping into all of that "cow piss diet plan that'll help you lose 7 billion lbs in 2 minutes!!" ... to all the people out there who are out of shape and fat as f***, i'm not telling you to go out and be the next ronnie coleman... i'm telling you to f***ing move a little and watch what you eat... how hard is that?
we should stop shit that makes us lazy. you know what i mean? most of my friends make fun of me because i look for the furthest parking space i can from the place i'm going to... why do i do that? because it takes me one minute to find a parking space, it gives me a nice 5 minute walk, and when i leave it gives me another 5 minute walk and i don't have to face alot of traffic to get out of there. but it really drives me crazy when i know that most morbidly obese people i know drive around for 20 minutes to look for a parking space right infront of the door of chili's ...

it's official, making fun of black people, and FAT people will get you into trouble. Making fun of everything else is "humor"... except these two things... they're "herrasment" ... what a joke...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/01/jelly.belly.ap/index.html

For those of you...
who always bitch and brag about not being able to bring their food to work or whatever, YOU CAN!!! i don't care if you work in the middle of the desert. with this little recipe, you'll be able to eat a nice, healthy, TASTY, protein rich meal that doesn't smell, and won't need any heating. I know that 99% of you can bring any kind of food with you to work, but you're either:
1- too lazy to get up and prepare everything the night before or that morning
2- you're afraid that people will think you're "weird" because you bring food with you to the office
3- (this probably should be no.1) because you hate the way the food tastes and you don't want to diet anyway so you create an excuse not to.

i will tell you about a friend of mine (true story) that desperately wanted to lose weight (he did it the wrong way and then gained it back) and these are his excuses for not bringing food with him to the office... (FYI, i have seen where he works. so i know what he can bring to work with him)

me: take some chicken breasts and potatoes with you
him: i can't, we can't cook there
me: i know you can't cook there, cook them at home, and heat them there in the microwave
him: i can't, we don't have a fridge or a microwave (he's lying his ass off. the fridge they have over there is better than the one i have at home, and their microwave costs more than my car)
me: then take some tuna instead of the chicken
him: i can't, i don't have a can opener
me: you don't need one. they're already ready to open...
him: but i can't eat tuna without washing it first
me: then wash it
him: at the office??? i can't!!
me: wash it at home, put it in a plastic container, and take it with you
him: i can', it'll smell.
me: OK!! FINE!!! DON'T EAT!!!
him: why are you angry?
me: BECAUSE YOU'RE LYING!!! if you told me you didn't want to eat that shit in the first place i would understand!!!
him: you know how hard it is man... i don't think i can do it

That's the shit i have to deal with.... anyway, here's the recipe, and this stuff tastes better than chocolate cake... I swear!!! to me atleast :)

Chocolate oatmeal cake
1/2 cup oats (about 5 tablespoons full)
2 scoops chocolate protein (i use EAS 100% whey for this) ~ 46 grams of protein
Cinnamon
2 pack of Equal sugar substitute or whatever (has no calories)
2 teaspoons honey

ok, you mix the oats and the protein in a container (small container would do), add a little water (maybe 150 ml or so) and mix with a spoon. the protein should dissolve in the water and the oats should look soggy... like cereal... don't drown the oats though... just make them a bit soggy... put it in the microwave for one minute and thirty seconds on high. take it out, sprinkle some cinnamon on it, drizzle 2 teaspoons of honey on top, and sprinkle the 2 packs of equal on top.

that's 46 grams of protein, 40 grams of carbs (30 complex, 10 simple), and 3 grams of fat. you can bring some fish oil capsules with you to raise the fat contest if you like.

now, if you tell me that you can't take that to work with you, you're a f***ing liar!!!