The New Regime

So I've been staying in pretty good shape now for a pretty long time (okay... I've been in damn good shape...). My intention was never to be a 'bodybuilder' though, but to be in overall better condition and my purpose was always more function than aesthetics (I gave up on aesthetics along time ago...) and I worked out so I'd be better at handstands and climbing and martial arts. I invented the 'Power Quotient' so I could measure how strong I was getting at the same time as measuring how fast I was getting and I trained in multiple disciplines. I also started lifting heavier and heavier weights in the gym.

Lately though, as I talked about in my recent article, people seem to be doing incredible things with their bodies that make some of my handstands and stuff look lame. Sure I maybe look a little more buff than those traceurs and break dancers... but as that's not what I'm going for I'm starting to think maybe they've got the higher PQ and that's what I should be doing. I myself have been practicing with handbalancing and similar moves more and more and have found it has a number of strenght and health benefits. It trains balance at the same time as strength and it has countless other uses besides.

Thus I am changing my training routine as an experiment and I thought I'd let you chaps in on it. From now on I will be doing resistance weights training only twice a week - on a Wednesday I will do pecs (because that's when Simon comes round and that's tradition) and on Monday I will do biceps (because Monday literally was just the first day that came into my head). The rest of the time it will be literally just handstands, press ups, pull ups, dips, handstand pressups, inverted press ups and literally any crazy bodyweight exercise I can come up with. The target? By three months I am going to be able to do a one handed hand stand (argh I wish three months wasn't the first amount of time that came into my head just then... that's tough...). I will also stop using protein shakes to try and build a lighter and more ripped physique (my girlfriend will like that too).

Sp with you as my witness... Let's see how this goes!

Deep Heat

Deep heat is a product designed for muscle pains and aches. It causes the muscle to relax and gives you a feeling of 'deep heat' and a numb sensation. I know what you're thinking… A numb sensation that could maybe be used to power through workouts?? Thinking the same my gym buddy and I put it on and waited for our muscles to go numb and then the workout began. It could be a revolutionary way to train, a great way to power through the burn and to push your body past the limit… A bodybuilding supplement in sheep's clothing (sheep that dress like toothpaste tubes…). Here are the results of our experiment:

Don't bother, it doesn't do anything.

There you have it! Yet another triumph from the Biolab!