Helicopters, Jets, & Humvees ... Oh my!

Oh the joys of living less than 2 miles from the largest Marine Corps Air Station is getting to hear the roar of the Jets and the helicopters.  Some are extremely loud...I sometimes forget this when I have been away at school and come back home.  But you know what?!  I love it!  Hearing and witnessing the Harrier fly directly over my house makes me smile.  As the sign outside the front gate says, "Pardon Our Noise, It's the Sound of Freedom."  The sounds of the aircraft are music the ears of the Marines who fight on the ground, for there is nothing Marines like more than to have Marine artillery behind them, Marine intelligence in front of them, and Marine aircraft overhead.  It does get a little annoying when they fly over at a good part of your favorite TV show or when the vibration from the sounds begins to shake the walls, but that feeling goes away once you stop and think about who is flying those aircraft and what it means to the country and the Corps. 

AV-8B Harrier = awesome, amazing, and loud

 V-22 Osprey

I also love when I'm driving down the highway and then I'm passing a convoy of Hummvees!  When my family visits, they get a kick out of that.  And when we are on Camp Lejeune and the road says "TANK XING".  Ya know instead of railroad crossing or something normal, we have tank crossings...gotta love it.  And I do!!

  Guess who was at the gym again today?  Pauly D.  Yupp a Marine who looks just like Pauly D.  Did I tell yall about him?  Ok 2 weeks ago I was at the gym and so was 'Pauly D'.  He had headphones on and was singing extremely loud (attention whore?).  He was singing Selena Gomez "Love you like a love song"!  wtf!! So he comes over to me and this is our conversation-

Pauly D - "Do you like Selena Gomez?"

Me - "No"

Pauly D - " :-O Why not?!"

Me - "Because I'm an adult!"

Pauly D - "Oh so what you only like rap?"

Me - "Umm no I didn't say that.  I just don't like anything I hear on the Disney Channel."

Pauly D - "Oohhhh you got jokes!"

Ok that was the gist of it.  But ANYWAYS...he was there again today...singing the same song!!  Wow...moving on though, today was Back & Cardio so here is my workout:

Wide pushups

Superset-

Bent over barbell/dumbbell row (whichever you choose, but use correct form!)

Seated Cable Rows

Resume normal sets..

Wide-grip lat pulldown

One arm dumbbell row

Close grip lat pulldowns

Stairclimber - 25 minutes

Now, today I did 3 sets of about 8 repetitions.  This is because I increased my weight to about 85% of my max.  On a few, I wasn't sure about the weight I should use and it ended up being a little light, so I did more reps.  The stairclimber absolutely killed my knees...i know I shouldn't do it, but I need cardio.  I just do...and I'm stubborn and can't listen to my body's pain signals.  In my nutrition class though, I had to do a Diet Analysis project that included a 3-day average of my diet.  I found that I'm not getting enough calories, carbs, protein, magnesium, and potassium.  I also found that I'm getting twice the amount of Zinc I need and I'm above the toxic level for Vitamin A (yes it can be toxic!).  I think I am going to take my multivitamin every other day as opposed to every day.  I need to start eating more I guess.  More egg whites maybe or oatmeal.  You've got to give your body the fuel it needs to work and I'm not doing that, so I guess that's partially why I'm not getting as lean as I'd like.  

 Ok this is long enough!  Thank you for reading, and I hope you get something out of this!