Sorry Everyone

I haven't been able to post anything, I am currently doing stuff for the army and am very busy. Ill be back in the fall with some more exciting tips and motivation! Stay strong and keep working out hard and eating healthy, you can do it. Summer is around the corner. Thanks for all the support.

Matt

To the next level, PUSH!

A lot of people when they go to lift weights or they go running, once they get tired or feel like they can't knock out one more rep and cutting themselves short. I know this is almost cliche in the workout world, but in order to get those rock hard results a little quicker and better, you need to push yourself over your limit. I am not saying you need to do this every single workout, but close to it. You need to progress, that's how you get able to lift heavier weights, or run an extra mile. Lets say you are trying to lift 225lbs on bench 8 times, you get to 6 or 7 and then quit..if you would have got someone to spot you and did the extra 1-2 reps that pushes those muscle fibers to work harder and then when they repair over night, "wahlah" bigger muscles! When your going on a run and you get to the 1 or 2 mile marker and you are pooped, try spring the last .10 mile or running and extra half mile and try running it at the same speed or even faster. The harder you push yourself to run farther, even if you have to slow down and jog another mile, your body will slowly get used to this and "wahlah" after awhile you'll be able to run that extra mile you've been running slow on faster like it was just the first mile. Now pushing yourself to the next limit to get better, faster results is great...but remember! RECOVERY! I mean this in getting the proper amount of sleep at night 7-9 hours, also consuming some healthy carbs and proteins after wards. You can push yourself all you want, but if your not eating right or recovering your body well enough, all that hard work won't pay off.

Partied hard last night, now what?

I am using this an example because the past few months I have been really clean about what I eat and not drinking alcohol. I had some good friends from VA come visit me in KY. Went to Louisville 4th street live for mardi gras. Didn't eat too bad, still ordered chicken and broccoli for dinner, but appetizers, alcohol, and late night slices of pizza hurt. Lets say your in the same ball park. The night before you partied, drank, and ate a bunch of starchy, carby, fatty foods. What's the best step for the next day. Well upon waking up, lets hope you got some good sleep..drink at least 16oz of water or more. Go for a run, or do some kind of cardio workout for about an hour. You don't have to do hardcore cardio because your body is pretty drained and dehydrated from the night before. Make sure you start eating good again for breakfast, eating your proteins and fibers and healthy fats. Keep drinking lots of water all day and get back on your daily eating good, working out program. If you want at night, hit the gym for some weight lifting (light workout, lots of reps-burns more calories). Give your body some much needed rest and get back on track. :)

For those trying to build muscle and burn fat

Besides using protein and creatine supplements there is something else that you could/should look into taking. That supplement is another body produced amino acid that you get enough of usually but adding more will help the process of getting more muscle quicker. This is ARGANINE. I take this in my pre-workout supplement before I lift weights to help the process of burning fat and building muscle.
The benefits and functions attributed to oral supplementation of L-arginine include:

• Precursor for the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO)
• Reduces healing time of injuries (particularly bone)
• Quickens repair time of damaged tissue
• Helps decrease blood pressure

New progression photo.

I took this on monday, not flexing or anything just showing you that carb cycling and proper nutrition are working very well (along with cardio before breakfast and lifting at night). Abs are starting to come in and body fat is at 10%. I am very happy where I am heading, hopefully in 3-4 weeks before I got back to VA ill be some what where I want and then when summer comes ill be satisfied. But ill never really be satisfied, ill always want to improve and get better!

ill post another before i leave so thats another 2 1/2-3 weeks away. I have this posted under progression photos now as well.