A slightly bizarre week.

First, I am still having these damn nagging rib pains with the muscles surrounding my ribs on my right, lower back area under my latt.  I cannot figure out what the problem is but it only flares up when I am doing legs or back, usually.  Again, it is that pain that you usually get when you get a cramp after drinking a lot of water and then running or doing cardio.  It hurts to breathe and as much as I think it is a slightly pulled muscle, it is not keeping me from training 100% as far as strength but it IS cutting into my leg workouts because I get nervous squatting as if something is wrong and I don't want to get injured again.  I have contemplated taking a cruise week and letting it rest but the bitch is that I just did that about 4 weeks ago so I have only been back 100% blasting for about 3 weeks so I hate to cut back, already.  I may be forced to, though.

Second, I hate to "show off" eating a ton of food and then proclaim how awesome it is and how much leaner I am but I have little choice.  I filmed the "burger battle" last Sunday for the DVD where myself and a good friend who is also a foodie went to as many of the 12 best burger places in Denver to see how many burgers we could eat in that day.  We got to 8 before it got unfun but where you would think I would gain weight from this (they were gourmet burgers, not fast food type burgers), I ended up losing 2 pounds by Thursday of this week.  I looked significantly tighter, as well, and this is all after having my weight stable for the last 4 weeks due to my last diet change of increased calories.  I was also strong as hell all week.  Obviously, I am not going to start burger loading every Sunday by eating 6 to 8 burgers but I mention it because it obviously resulted in a metabolism surge that a lot of people don't understand when it comes to off season nutrition.  This is precisely why even in the off season you should off set your calories either with a Skipload or a Cheat meal or meals once a week.

I am currently 218 and in about as good of a spot as I could be right now with size and condition.  I am going to continue to drive home the point that most people in their 40s can be in incredible condition and still carry a lot of muscle on only TRT dosing.  I just had 2 guys on the same day ask me if I was doing a show in the gym yesterday.  I may not be impressive to YOU but to some I still carry the look that I could be competing sometime soon.  It was quite flattering and it added a little bit of extra effort to my workout, I admit.

One thing I have not yet said until now and was going to hold off and not say until the DVD comes out is that I plan to compete next year.  I plan to compete on only my TRT dosing because I am thoroughly convinced that I can get into wicked condition and still hold a lot of muscle and I think I can continue to promote TRTbodybuilding by showcasing what can be done on these small, healthier doses.  I understand to the younger crowd that seems silly but I honestly don't give two shits what the younger crowd thinks, anyway.  I was getting out of competing because I thought I would not be able to carry anywhere near the muscle I am carrying on TRT AND I figured competing without improving would be boring.  Now, the thought of proving my point and being in incredible condition while on TRT is a challenge that motivates me to want to get back on stage.

Okay, maybe I will have ONE burger this weekend.  Just one.