Its been a busy year for me and I am very thankful for that. I have done a lot of traveling this year in comparison to other years and I am down to the last appearance for a while. This year I will be in British Columbia for the BC Provincial Championships and on the Sunday I will be at Popeye's Kitsilano for a store signing.
I am feeling very proud to head out to BC, its an honor for me to be part of a great Canadian show and see some Canadian fans out west. I keep hearing how beautiful BC is, I haven't had the chance to visit yet so I am definitely looking forward to it!
On the technical side right now things are still pretty straight forward. I am doing about 9-12 sets per bodypart and lifting as heavy as I can. Therapy is going great, I am seeing a new chiro and am also going to be seeing Alvin Brown this week. I hear he is one of the best to work on BBer's so I am looking forward to it.
Food wise there is much less pressure dieting for guest appearances than for shows..obviously I guess. I set my meals up in the morning and pretty much know what I want to eat. Some days I will eat 2 chicken meals, 2 steak, one egg white and one shake. Other days I will eat 4 fish meals, 1 steak, 1 shake. It really is nice to have the freedom and as long as the food is really clean I keep getting tighter.
My weight was down to 274lbs this morning and I am feeling ready to hit the stage, a couple more cardio sessions and that should about do it. My cardio is the stepmill first thing in the morning about five days a week. I don't like doing any cardio on leg days but other than that I am on it!
After this appearance I am looking forward to a forced layoff. I have been ordered by the boss (hany my trainer) to take a week off and do nothing. He says I am not even aloud to drive by the gym..lol. In my twelve years of bbing I have never really had time off. Even after shows when I take time off its not really time off. I still get in and do some light training or some cardio or something. This will be the first lazy week in a long time.
So I'm trying to decide what to do with myself. Its definitely going to be nice to get into therapy for the whole week and really heal up. Other than that I'm not sure though. I'm thinking possibly a vacation, maybe just a week of TV and take out..lol.
I guess I have a great problem. I love my job so I never take time away and when I am ordered to I really don't want to....how many people can say that! Its easy sometimes to get into the mindset that we always want more, more, more. Not very often do we take a step back and really appreciate what we have and what we have achieved in life.
Always train hard, stay focused, chase your dreams and make them reality....anything is possible if you're willing to believe in it and work for it.
Sacrifice Without Regret,
Fouad 'Hoss' Abiad
