today, i woke up with minor cold symptoms so i decided to call in sick for the morning. then i felt better went to work, only to find out that i felt pretty dizzy while i was there. so i decided to go home after only 2 hours at work after a stop at the gym. when i got home, my smallville download was finished and i got to watch tonight's episode about 5 hours early. that was a real treat.



i feel so bad for lex. i've always wondered how someone so generous got to be so evil. and we did get more than a glimpse tonight. it looks like it was just a bunch of circumstances (almost none his fault) lead him to become evil. along with lionel luthor, i also partially blame jonathan kent. lex admires the kent and wants to be somewhat part of the family. and to do this, he is just trying to do good in the way he knows how. but every time lex opens his heart, jonathan just spits in his face. it's true that lex might have his own agenda, but when you break it down, he's only looking for the obvious truth that is not being told. he's not like everyone else in smallville that looks the other way when something mysterious happens. he knows that clark and the kents are lying, and that just makes him more curious that i can't blame him for.



after the show, i met up with ray and got some pho. then i came home and watched some american idol auditions. i felt pretty bad for the dude in the yellow pimp jacket. it's not like i don't agree with the judges. it was just painful to see a guy give it all and see his dreams get crushed on TV. his tears were pretty raw reality stuff. he has my sympathy vote. then after that i saw some forensic science stuff on court tv, and discovery channel. then i got a massive urge for carne asada chips. so i headed down to el coti. i figured it couldn't hurt too much when i was bulking up. if i was cutting up, i would be really disappointed at myself right now.



i'm on my 5th week of hypertropy specific training (HST). it is not a supplement. it's just a training routine. basically, over the course of 1 week, you do 6 reps of each exercise. every time you work out, you increase in weight. and every week, you decrease in the number of reps. so if you work out 3x a week, you do 2 reps of each exercise with a little bit of variation. and the results for me are phenomenal.



before HST

bench press: 105 lbs

shoulder/military press (machine): 65 lbs

squats (dumbbells): 20 lbs x 2

dips: 96 lbs of assistance

wide grip chin ups: 112 lbs of assistance

calf raise: 270 lbs

shrugs: 75lbs

precher curls (machine): 55 lbs

skull crushes: 55 lbs

leg curls: 65 lbs



after 6 weeks of HST, i should be doing:

bench press: 135 lbs

shoulder/military press (machine): 100 lbs

squats (barbell): 155 lbs

dips: unassisted

wide grip chin ups: 32 lbs of assistance

calf raise: ~500lbs

shurgs: 115+ lbs

preacher curls (machine) 95 lbs

skull crushes: 75 lbs

leg curls: 100 lbs



after my 6th week, i rest for one week.