Coming off the high from the weekend in the Bahamas was a little tough. I had a little too much to eat on Sunday flying home...what can I say, airports have the best junk food (Cinnabon!).
Anyway as soon as I woke up Monday my ass was back on the stepmill and getting ready for the next appearance. I have to say it was a little hard to sleep this week. Even though I was only there for a couple days I got used to the huge soft bed at the Pelican Bay Resort, just an amazing place. Hopefully Silvera's from FRECON can bring me out again next time they have a big event in the Bahamas, a BIG thank you to them.
It was nice this week though, I actually had a week where I didn't have to travel. I was feeling good physically and didn't drive up to Burlington (T.O area) to see my therapist. I actually ended up seeing my deep tissue therapist here in town. I have realized after years of treatments there is no one treatment that will keep you healthy. Your body is very complex and when we put it through the punishment we do it takes a variety of things to keep us running smoothly.....at least I need it anyway.
I realized I need, deep tissue massage, acupuncture, graston's, chiropractic work, foam rollers and laser treatments to keep my body healthy and all injuries at bay. I know most of the pros I talk to or most guys my size usually see some type of therapist once or twice a week to stay healthy. Knowing that others are going through it makes me realize its just part of the game and has to be done.
So being home was nice, I got to rest, relax and not have to pack any meals. I seem to have a bigger sense of focus and attention to detail when I am home and have everything I need at my fingertips. I am getting ready to guest pose at the Southern States which is a very big show and I am trying to bring a nice physique for the fans out there. The last couple weeks training has been hard and heavy which is a big change from the higher volume stuff I was doing. I think my body responds better to the heavy, low volume type training. The one thing I can say for sure is, I think its a good idea to keep your training style changing every so often.
There was one problem with being home though. As some of you know who have read my blog in the past, I seem to have a shopping habit when I am dieting. I have been dieting for about four weeks now and even though it hasn't been hard I am still entering the shopping zone...and this is what brought it about....
Most of you know I am being trained by Hany Rambod. Once a week or so I send Hany pics so we can assess my physique and keep things moving in the right direction...herein lies the problem. I have been working off a ten year old Dell laptop with a very old video card. I would take photos at the gym and come home and upload them onto my computer, resize them, look at them and send them off.
One night Hany called me and as we were talking he mentioned a couple areas he thought still needed work. I completely disagreed with him and said 'you're crazy things are looking great'. He again, disagreed. Later on the next day at my girlfriends house I decided I wanted to look at the photos again to see what Hany was talking about....in shock I looked at my pics and wondered why I was half the size from the pics on my computer! After calling my brother (computer tech) I found out because my video card was old it was making all my pics look much bigger than they should be! It was like looking in a funny mirror at a funhouse. Here I thought looking at the pics on my Dell, I was ready to stand next to Jay Cutler, only to find out I am the same size as Jay Cutler the Chicago Bears quarterback! Needless to say Hany got a good laugh out of it all and thought that maybe I would finally bust my ass since now I can see what I really look like...lol.
So this brings us back to the shopping. I spent the next two days researching online, talking to my bro and bothering numerous Best Buy employees (who I think were just scared of me) to find out what computer would be best for me. Gotta say it killed the shopping craving and although I was completely stressed out, I finally ended up going home with a new MacBook Pro with all the bells and whistles.
Its probably waaayyy too much computer for my needs but like everything else in my life, its extreme. There is no grey, just black and white. I guess that's what makes us all similar. I train numerous clients, female and male and there is only one common denominator to all of them...intensity. We are all extreme, we all want to win at all costs, we are either eating a large pizza in one sitting or chicken and yams, or in my case, buying a ten year old computer in the classifieds or the newest laptop on the market. I guess the only thing that separates us is, who is willing to sacrifice for what they want....your right, it always comes back to that!
Sacrifice Without Regret,
Fouad Abiad
