Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey....the Rocky Road flavor is absolutely delicious.

I just stick with chocolate...ON is a good one. I use Dymatize.

Insomnia last night, didn't fall asleep until 5AM after my hockey game....so the gym is a no-go today. I will do a double tomorrow morning before the MoB Herf.

My new goal is 3 sets of 10 at 115lbs on the bench. Did 9/8/8 today... I should have this in no time. I can't wait for the day when I can walk into the gym, throw a 45 on each side and bust sets of those out... :-)

A 45# plate on each side is not that much. You will be there in no time! :-)

it is when you are 5'9" and weigh 142lbs... hahaha :-)

jacked up my knee on the treadmill wed night, that kinda ended my work out week. hopefully it'll get better by Monday, thinking the gout is kicking in.

That sucks Greg. Treadmill gives my knees and ankles a fit sometimes. Nothing serious but some joint pain that is for sure. But then again, 260 lbs isn't kind on the joints either.

Back, Shoulders and Biceps on Friday. Nothing special.

Started on Glucosamine/Condroiton/MSM and Fish Oil today, my shoulders are just raw lately. :-)

Give Universal's Flex a shot Tom. I've been using it for years now. Everything comes in a nice pack and at 24$ for 44 days worth it's decent.

Where do you find that at, Frank? Thanks. :-)

Where do you normally order from Tom?

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/univ/flex.html

That's about as far as I go with joint supplements. Anything more and I'd just be better off buying some Deca... :-) :-)

The reviews look great, I will be picking this up Monday...wish I hadn't already opened the $30 bottle of G/C/MSM.

Thank you Frank! :-)

Same old same old... 105 push-ups this morning. Have 2 months of uninterrupted daily floor pushing now.

Doing 100 reps of various ilk with the 12lb hand weights. About a month into this and it is ... kinda fun. Do them in 5 uninterupted sets of 10 from various angles and positions 2 times a day. Looking for lean strength vs adding mass.

I can't believe I didn't stumble into this thread earlier.

Picked up a can and started today...hoping it lives up to the great reviews. :-)

To be honest Tom, I think the joint support combination takes time before it starts to work. I'm not 100% sure exactly why, maybe I'll do some more research later, but it took some time before I started noticing change. Biggest thing I noticed was when I got up in the morning, there was a chinese fire cracker going off down the hall as I limped into the shower.

Busted some easy Squats tonight. Did some leg presses, hammy curls, leg exts, cardo then rolled out. Been feeling a little under the weather lately. Hacking crap up, but no fever so playing it safe for now.

Still hammering away.

Today was my mixed day (hit a little of every muscle) on a 5 day rotation.

I am down 6lbs in just over 2 weeks so I am pretty sure I am keeping my muscle up.

Pull ups (still my least favourite exercise) however my reps are coming up so I guess I am getting better at it.

Also upped my single arm DB rows to 100# (first time ever at that weight) OMFG it is heavy but manage 4 sets 8/9/8/7.

Over all I still have my motivation up, but man results are slow and painful compared to losing weight.

Also have been doing legs as part of the rotation, another thing I never did in the past.........I am sticking to the routine.

Keep hammering it D'Ball hell it wasn't that long ago I was around 115 on my bench and I am nowhere near 5'9 142. It comes up in fits and starts..........I felt I had plateaued forever then it shot up 20lbs in a couple of weeks.

I figured out why my elbows were killing me, it was over extension on my DB flies, corrected my form as well as glucosomine 2 times a day and pain is gone.

Reading the reviews I figured at least 3 weeks for any noticable results....think it will be longer Frank? I don't care, I will stay with it at least 90 days, but hope to get some results much sooner.

Not sure what this means, but it doesn't sound good. :-)

Backing off the cardio and the super strict diet for a while. It was boring me to death. Upping the protein and concentrating on lifting heavier. I much prefer this type of working out. I feel awesome after a heavy (for me) workout. I'll stick with this through the end of the year and then maybe switch back to a fat-loss program for a while beginning in 2011. As long as I stay around 250 I'll be happy, but I expect some strength and muscle gains as well. I seem to be stuck at this weight and around 26% bodyfat. I'd like to be about 225 and a lot leaner, but we'll worry about that later. I want to pack on some muscle right now.