Where's Ryan?

Friday, August 29, 2008

24 Hour Ghetto Workout



" Do not try that at home, this will dislocate all you sh*t"

People will do anything to lose weight...


Even sacrifice their dignity...

The saddest part is these are approved by the now defunct AAU bodybuilding federation. Man, at least today there's no deceptive marketing fueled by the bodybuilding industry... Oh wait,I LIED! Now the rubber pants come in the forms of powders, pills, and liquids. I guess things never change.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

It's on my face...


I've been super frustrated by my job lately. Super.

But today-
It's a nice day.
Warm.
Sunny.
A day you hate to be on the clock.

I walk by a guy who's working on one of our many lawns on campus.

"Hey man, you dont look like you want to be here today" he says to me.
Damn, am I that obvious?

I have to give thanks to my saboteurs for days like these yield the most rewarding workouts.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Small Days

I've often heard that girls have "fat days" or "ugly days" where they just feel like they look crappy or fat, even though nothing's really changed. Well I think bodybuilders have "small days" where u just dont feel big enough and the dysmorphia kicks in.

I was having a "small day" until I spoke with Joyce.This made my day.

My friend Joyce ran into a guy who went to my High School this weekend, and took a shot in the dark to see if he knew me.

Joyce:
i was like do you know ryan yokogawa?
me: haha
i can totally picture u saying that
Joyce: joey, "yea, he's buff right?"
me: LOL
This was NOT my rep in HS (see post below) so I guess I can end my "small day" early...

Friday, August 22, 2008

I done came up

Bottom row. 3rd from right. 140 lbs. Damn.

How Michael Phelps Won 8 Golds...

3 words: Gene Doping and Repoxygen.

HERE:

Don't get me wrong.
The new suits and the fast pool helped.
And of course, the guy has gifted genetic predisposition for swimming.

But I'm skeptical- am I the only one who sees the guy is barely breathing hard at the end of a race?
This will never be looked into because there's too much money at stake. Sponsors want Phelps as a champion and dont care how he did it.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

The Truth About Nutrition


Fad diets come and go, but the bodybuilding way continues to be the tried and true method of achieving a desirable physique. It aint easy, and it might not be pretty, but it works.

Some more myths dispelled:
From T-Nation

Add an Inch...


So last night I was watching Oprah (yes, I watch oprah, but don't tell anyone!)

Dr. Oz was on and he said that obese men gain 1 inch of penis length for every 35 lbs they lose.

If that's not incentive, I don't know what is! If you need me, I'll be on the treadmill and not eating carbs...

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

The Reg Park Way To Serious Size And Strength


Reg Park, the original Hercules, and the man Arnold credits for getting him into bodybuilding, has had his training regimen featured on T-Nation. He did it back before the days of creatine and muscletech and all those other health and fitness break throughs. We tend to overanalyze and over-complicate this here iron game. They take it back to the old school.
HERE:

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Got $3 Million I could borrow?

If you know anything about me, is that I love music.

I wake up in the morning, hop in the shower- music on the radio or on the cd.
I drive to work, music in the car.
I get to work, music on my iPhone or from the PC.
I go to the gym at lunch and have my Rammstein fed to me via iPod shuffle.
Then back to the work pc.
Then back to the car.
Then dishes at home with an apple tv with 20,000+ songs.

I keep the soundtrack to life rolling, because to me, music is like ranch- adding it to anything makes it instantly better.

You can feel this guy's pain- he's given his whole life to something and it's as if the world doesn't care. There's a lot of bodybuilders who can feel his pain (giving your all to something and only have your efforts recognized by a small, marginalized faction of the athletic world.)

If only I had $3 million...


The Archive from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Sub 4 dollar gas!

Exciting!

Good use for Old CDs

It sorta reminds of prison, where the weights were taken out, and they improvise workouts any way the can. Well for those who feel trapped in their cube or office (Me? Never!) here's an idea. There's no excuse for mediocre biceps! haha...

HERE:

I've seen dummies train...

But never puppets!

Kanye West "Champion Video" Official Directed by NEON from nabil elderkin on Vimeo.

Michael Phelps Eats 12,000 Calories per Day

And he does it in 3 meals!

Breakfast: 3 fried egg sandwiches, 2 cups coffee, 5-egg omlette, bowl of grits, 3 pieces of french toast, 3 chocolate chip pancakes

Lunch: 1 pound pasta, 2 ham and cheese sandwiches, energy drink (1,000 calorie)

Dinner: 1 pound pasta, 1 large pizza, energy drink (1,000 calorie)

And he has a wicked moustache...

From Yahoo:

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

The Return

So for the last 10 days, I've been "cruising." In my training protocol which basically calls for me to lift as heavy as I can with good form, I MUST have programmed time off from the gym every 8-12 weeks. This break, also called periodization, ensures that I train as intensely as I can during my "blasts" and then "cruise" to provide my CNS, joints, tendons, ligaments, and muscles a break from the all out beating I'd been giving it the last few months.

I knew that I was ready for a break because my body was feeling achy everywhere, I was NOT sleeping well, and to top it off I caught a gnarly cold.

There are a few ways to take a break- you can stay away from the gym altogether, go to the gym, but just lift lightly (like I know how to do that, haha.) So for the past 10 days I've been cruising by staying out of the gym (except to train Carrie, help an embarrassed young man re-rack a 70 lb barbell to the top of the weight tree, and to do a lil cardio) playing H.O.R.S.E. and beach volleyball. I've also given my GI tract a break and scaled back the meals.
Beach Volleyball! This is how I cruise!

But all that's over now. 6 eggs and a bowl of oats for b-fast and Today I get to jump back into the gym. I knew I was ready when I saw this commercial. It got me itchin to be physical with those weights. Gotta get my 200lbs on!

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Hey Spain, Real Classy!



Wow, what year is it?

Here:

Racism still alive they just be concealin' it... (or not even trying to conceal it at all!)
-K. West

Monday, August 11, 2008

Found My Favorite

Shot from the Contra Costa. I saw Kevin Levrone hit this shot at the 1998 Grand Prix, and I was like, eh, I'll give it a shot.
(Quality's a lil crappy, it's a screen cap from my phone.)

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Long Live Sport

I been watching the olympics all weekend, and saw this nike spot. Crazy. I'll be writing more about the olympics later.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Prejudging, May 08

So I've already posted my night routine during the finals, but judging happens in the morning, where there's less fanfare and hooplah, and the judges can take their time and really assess the competitors physiques.

Here is the video

Monday, August 4, 2008

If you cant find work in your meaning...

find meaning in your work.


I've oft flirted with the prospect of training people and helping them achieve their health and fitness goals, but science is my trade.

Today I read that Randy Pausch, who recently died of pancreatic cancer, took 2 drugs, Avastin and Tarceva, that my company discovered.

When he passed I felt a great sadness, but knowing that the effort my company put forth may have extended his life for even one day, but likely many more, brings me peace and imbues my daily toiling with much more meaning.

I believe when you change your body you can definitely change your life; I can't say that I'll never pursue the training gig, but helping a skinny guy get buff or a fat lady get skinny will never hold a candle to giving a good man more time with his family.

I quit

For all who have wondered if they could enjoy the benefits of exercise without the pain of exertion, the answer may one day be yes — just take a pill that tricks the muscles into thinking they have been working out furiously.

HERE:
(Thanks Geoff)

Hard-core:

Hard-core
-adjective
  1. unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated
  2. pruriently explicit; graphically depicted
  3. being so without apparent change or remedy; chronic
This is what minding my own business in my cube looks like, if you needed a visual.

So I'm sitting in my cube on Friday, minding my own business and having another light hearted chat with John. It's my last day of training before I take some time off. It's also my final date with deadlifting 405 (that's 4 plates per side,) which laughed at me last time and hardly moved.

"I've made a decision" says John.
"Oh ya, what's that?"
"I'm gonna come lift with you, need to help you get that 405 up," He responds.

One thing about John is that the guy is a driver. He drives to and from LA like it's nothing. The bay area is practically his second home.

I thought that John would come through, bring some clothes and some protein, and stay a while. But trip is something different: no pleasure, all business.

"So you're going to stay a while?"
"Nope, just here to lift," then back on that 101 to 152 to 1.

Our training program relies heavily on intensity- the guy drove 2 hours to lift with me so I really had to bring it, and as a result beat all of my lifts in reps and/or weight.

405 (see pruriently explicit) escaped me, but I did set a personal record at 385. Can't be mad at that, and another epic battle with the iron went down in the record books.

John Cristobal-
-adjective
unswervingly committed, uncompromising, and dedicated!