What was I doing?

So I'm trying out the blogger app, but it's not the reason I'm on my phone. Did u ever pick up ur phone w the specific intention of doing a certain task but then u stare at that grid of icons blankly thinking "what was a doing?" I think it's the digital age version of walking into a room then not remembering why. But the room is still there so now we can forget ourselves in multiple dimensions

Spasming Muscles

So talking to my coach about spasming muscles. If you have a muscle that keeps acting up first thing to rule out is water and electrolytes. Make sure you aren't dehydrated or depleted as often these situation lead to spasms and cramping. If you still are having persistent problems with spasms its time to look at the location of the spasm - usually necessitating foam rolling of the area and the surrounding area. This can often be the case if the spasming worsens with activity because it could caused by the muscle becoming "swoll" and clamping down on a nerve or blood vessel. Usually with a nerve the sensation will shoot down the extremity following the path of the nerve, though if it is a offshoot nerve it will still be localized. if the muscle is cutting off the blood supply to the area it creates a depleted state meaning that the area thinks you are dehydrated/depleted and is starving for nutrients. The best way to correct these kinds of situations is through foam rolling, massage and stretching, and usually you have to be diligent about this, it's not often a one time cure all. Of course, as always, maintain your fluid intake and eat clean! ;)

Great Plyo session today - Trying to bring in that elusive glute/ham tie in. Knee wasn't so happy about the workout though about an hour after haha but a little ice and i'll be back in business! speaking of business time to teach myself Adobe Photoshop Elements 10, i used photoshop way back on my PC but now I have  a Mac (which I love btw) . but i'm hoping to this will help me with developing my website and the newsletter for Matador Performance. i've got some neat ideas in my brain now the trick is to get them to "paper"

insomnia

so i wrote earlier about being up for a long time then sleeping for a long time, well its back to being awake - only this time i really should go to bed, i have to be up early tomorrow morning, unfortunately i'm not any where near tired, so i'm hear typing on my blog, hopefully with practice i'll get better at blogging and the thoughtful words will flow from my brain to my fingers. but for now i'll just ramble on until i stumble upon a topic, i pulled up to the keyboard with the notion of discussing insomnia, it is a subject i'm quite familiar with but then when i got here to this window my mind went blank about what to say about it. granted prior to getting to this window i checked gmail, facebook, edited a few settings and finished off my cup of hot cocoa (well that's what i pretend it to be, it's really heated up protein shake - chocolate peanut butter flavored - but it's close to hot cocoa if you haven't had hot cocoa in awhile and have forgotten what it tastes like).
hmm i hear an ornament being banged around outside my office - wonder which one Max pulled off this time. I know it is him because Salem doesn't do those types of things, he is much more of a tap pens and pencils around til they fall off the table type of cat. needless to say i spend a lot of time picking stuff up.

talking to my mom about the movie the social network, it's freaky how much the lead character looks like my cousin Josh. i just saw the movie for the first time about a week ago, i really liked it, i also can remember all this going on way back since I had facebook back when you had to have an .edu address.

Day 1 of New Program

So my holiday threw me for a loop - I was one of those unfortunate souls that had to work on Black Friday - fortunately a short shift at Ulta from 12 midnight to 5 am but in conjunction with my personal training and regular life I ended up being awake (and busy) for 28 hours straight. Needless to say I have been a little out of it - I spent the better part of the last 24 hours asleep. Woke up with a headache today and felt really funny - dizzy even. Wasn't sure I was going to make it to the gym, as it was I missed my morning cardio because, surprise surprise, I was asleep. I however managed to get my preworkout drink in and not wanting to waste it did get to the gym - ended up having a rather successful training session despite the feeling of tension headache and dizziness.

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays! I'm new to blogging and more accustomed to simply being video'd at the gym and posting it on YouTube (channel plug - visit JeniroseMuscle to my vids!) anyway, I'm not a writer so bear with my errors in grammer, spelling, etc or my frequent trips off topic since my attention span is about a nanosecond long. I am however very knowledgeable in what I do. I'm a NPC Figure Competitor and a Personal Trainer (website plug - visit www.jenirose.com for more info!). I have a couple of degrees and an avid reader with no problem asking questions if I don't understand something - I think this has developed me into a well rounded individual - and will continue to do so :)
So today I scheduled as a "cheat day". I knew I would be baking cookies to send home and knew I would at least want one. It can be difficult though on cheat days because you spend all this time restricting your regimen to only certain foods, certain meal times, in accordance with workouts, then you have this day where you are suppose to take in extra calories and depending on the schedule it can also be a rest day - like today ( I try to make these coincide since often the gym is closed on holidays). Well anyway you feel like you are falling off the wagon so to speak because of how not like usual it is but really you have to step back and think that it is fueling you for the next step. What is the next step - I start another round of muscle building for next season - god I can't wait to go back into cutting routine - though admittedly all that cardio sucks and gets extremely boring after awhile. But I certainly feel better about myself when I'm leaner (like competition lean - like extremely lean, I don't like this somewhat lean) anyway coach says to enjoy the process ok I'll try.....
anyway I just wanted to get a start on this - sort of like the lead in Avatar- I just sit here and talk - we have to get use to documenting everything, good science is good observation etc etc so here I am  - we'l see where it goes...
til next time- Happy Thanksgiving!