The Brotherhood of Iron

[Being_the_Don]

Thanks, bud.
Yeah, I'm wanting to get a iFlip vid camera. Than I can start recording some videos. T-Bar rows are freakin' awesome too.:box:

On another note, I know some check out the journal. Probably wondering what I eat or recipes for stuff. Every morning I'll usually have 6 whole eggs plus some a cup or so of quick cooked oatmeal. Than a piece of fruit or two in the AM with a couple tablespoons of natty peanut butter.!!!

ALWAYS and always I have green tea every morning whether from tea bags or via peach mango crystal light green tea!!! (mmmmm!)

When in a pinch (as I work at 5 am most days) I'll leave something over night in the fridge, 2-3 scoops whey protein + 1 cup of oatmeal + 2 tablespoons of olive oil. These are what I consider my "bulking" shakes. Quick efficient and really pack the calories in after you take a couple in for the day.

Yet I had a weird concoction this morning. I think many of us overlook the biggest link in our bodies when it comes to nutrition and building up your body. YOUR STOMACH!!! I'm a big proponent of having some digestive enzymes everyday, big fan of greek yogurt and kefir (closest thing to raw milk I can get) with the beneficial bacteria/probiotics. Which I think help tons maintain/improve stomach health.

So this morning I had 2 scoops whey protein added to 1 cup quick cooking oats. handful or so of frozen blueberries. Topped off with Kefir non flavored plain milk. To top it off one packet of novella (like splenda but with probiotics).

Walla super breakfast with carbs, protein, fruit+antioxidents and beneficial bacteria!!!

I'm soon going to start adding some mineral support. Also, I always use Redmond's Sea Salt, as it's unprocessed and has more trace minerals than I can count. I highly recommend it as far as sea salt goes.

I welcome any thoughts, things that work for you, or brands you recommend that work for you as far as digestive enzymes/mineral supps and all that. Of course I stay on top of fish oil, which I'll megadose when my joints are feeling a bit more beat up than usual!!

SONG OF THE DAY EMINEM "NOT AFRAID"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0GKO8AsJ6w

Interesting fact where I shop for food at times is the same place Eminem gets all his food from, he lives in a gated community only 30 minutes or so from me. I talk to his little assistants from time to time

I have a cup of green tea every morning. I like oatmeal, but I tend to eat mine with milk. This morning I went to the gym did dbbp 4 sets at 225 with 4 sets of flat bench dB flys and 4 sets of neutral grip pull ups mixed in. I had tea, 2 frankfurters w/ 1 ketchup packet, 1 regular slice of wheat bread, a thin spread of grape jelly (for the carbs since I didn't have anything else on hand), and water. When I do morning workouts I prefer to not eat a lot of calories, just enough to get me started.

 

[CarlitosWay]

very pissed my new gym closes @ 7 pm on saturday WTF?!?#@!? @? anyways found this vid of Layne Norton, a natty bodybuilder.

Many come onto this sites health and fitness forum to learn how train/eat to look their very best and from the get go I've said it and I'll say it again training and eating like a natural bodybuilder will get you there THE FASTEST http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIxM2xA3utc

 

[CarlitosWay]

Alright ladies and gents, Carlito is back with some progress pics. Have been training, just been too lazy in typing everything up or writing my training down...few nights here or there, went out for a few drinks and some debauchery...Yet I rarely ever drink, so 2 nice sized cups of beer can do me in very fast LOL

Last sessions I can recall
legs
seated calve raises
lean away thibs leg extensions
ramped up to 3/4 of stack for 8 (like 190 lbs I believe)

V-SQUATS (facing pads, real deep, slow and explosive, hmmm really love these.)
4ppsX6

Highbar squats
225X8 (machine v-squats did my legs in real good , so accordingly I couldn't lift a lot on barbell squats form was solid on squats and felt all my legs doing the work)

glute ham raises
had a hardtime setting these up, have to figure out some better way, tried them in the lat station was just awkward, than I used a barbell with 225lbs plus dbs holding it in place, yet I'll try using 25lb plates next time as I didn't feel real "secure" with how high the bar was sitting.

just did bodyweight work, god these are no joke!!! focused a lot on the negatives and had to do push offs from the bottom, will def focus on getting my hams strong in these as I'm sure they'll bring them up tremendously.

chest/bis/tris yesterday
hammerstrength incline (did barbell work at first wasn't feeling it yesterday, 2 hrs of sleep, real tired+loaded barbell =dangerous)
2pps+50x6
rp

x2

db flat pressing work (again very weak, wasn't expecting anything special yesterday, so focused on perfecting form)
80x7
70xfailure (+ rest pause got like 9-10 reps total)

standing cable low-high flys
30lbsX12
50lbx8
40X15

close grip bench press in smith machine
worked on form, feeling tris real good..nothing special

tricep overhead cable extensions
3 sets

ez bar drag curls(nice slow negative)
ramped by 20 lbs over 3-5 sets
work set 105 lbs X 4
rest pause
+1
rest pause
+2
105x6 not toooo shabby. Not even 2 1/2-3 years ago, I was struggling to squat 85 lbs for a few reps, now I'm ez bar curling 100+ lbs relatively easy.

reverse cable curls
35x15
40x12 (use other arm to help left side as it's a bit smaller/weaker than other side )

that's all she wrote.....

updated pics

wheels
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47968496@N03/4596177263/

back
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47968496@N03/4596177069/in/photostream/

random pose under some good lighting....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47968496@N03/4596206973/

what heavy pinwheels/reversecurls/hammer curls can help build if you have ****ty arms...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47968496@N03/4596177359/

some fav muscle building meals....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47968496@N03/4596793124/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47968496@N03/4596177447/in/photostream/

EDIT: also lately I've been making it a good point to do some real good ab work after doing legs and doing back....consisting of a lot of roman chair ab work(knees to chest failure, than knees to side failure, than other side), decline reverse crunches, hanging leg raises and kneeling cable crunches...I'll do little circuits and hit them hard until I want to cry like a little girl...and want to puke

 

[CarlitosWay]

eating 3 nice big steak kabobs for breakfast wihlst sipping on some crystal light peach mango green tea = money .....

Anyways on to the sessions...

Friday had a light upperbody session, just worked on form nothing real serious as far as weights went

(did standing calve raises inbetween rest periods, making it a goal to hit calves hard as hell every time in the gym so 4-5 times a week...ramping to heavy top sets into drop sets after)

Low incline db press
35 lbs
60 lbs
75 lbs X 10 (good controlled reps)

Wide grip hammerstrength machine
3pps+70X4
rest pause
3pps+50X3
rest pause
3pps+50X1

low incline db flys
25lbs/warmup
40 lbsXfailure

ez bar drag curls/laying dead tri extensions superset
2-3 supersets

Was kind of nice had the whole gym to myself.....no one in my way no bs.

yesterday legs

Thibs lean away leg/sissy extensions
3 warm up sets
top set 170lbsX10 ooowch

hack squats
2-3 warm up sets
top set 3ppsX6

high bar olympic squat
2-3 warm up sets
295 X 1 PR (mind you this was after leg extensions and hack squats!)

deep, form was good, ***** was a grinder as I stopped right at parallel which I think is harder than going deeper and getting that nice little stretch reflex out the bottom.

seated calve raises.....than gym closed was putting plates away, last one in the gym again and they turned the lights off on me while I was still putting plates away LOL

 

[CarlitosWay]

light rear delt work/rotator cuff work/broomstick scapulae stretching

Incline BB Press
barXmany reps
135X5
165X2
185X1
205- fail (hmmm incline was a bit higher than when I hit 205 for 4-5 reps)
195X2

Will use an adjustable bench next time and use a lower incline, just seemed more like I was doing a shoulder pressing movement and not so much emphasis on chest......

LOW WIDE GRIP HS MACHINE PRESS
2ppsX8
3PPS+35x6 pr
REST PAUSE
3PPS+25xREPS TO FAILURE

low high cable flys
50 lbs
70 lbsXfailure continued...
into 50 lbsXfailure

smith machine close grip bench press
2-3 sets

floor dead tri extensions
1 warm up set (40 lbs)
80 lbs X failure
rest pause
80 lbs X failure

barbell curls
2-3 warm up sets
110 X2

ez bar cruls
90 lbs to failure (8-10 or so )
rest pause
90lbs to failure

pin wheel forearm curls (didn't really count just repped them out)
55 lbs to failure
rest pause
55 lbs to failure
than into...
partials to failure....

ok session....need to stay on top of my eating more. Feeling a bit stagnate in some lifts and my bodyweight, time to stop bull****ting around and push it to another level.

 

[cuzza]

Good going mate!

This is prolly my favourite log on here, not stuck with the SS/5x5 dogma that seems so prevalent here and willing to try what works for you. Effort!

 

[Fuglydude]

Nice wheels! Haha, my stomach started to growl as soon as I looked at those pics of your meals!

Ever thought about switching to my world of max effort lifting, cutting the volume and just focusing on strength/power output for a while? Your methods of training combined with your diet are obviously working for you, but sometimes you need to change things up drastically to stay fresh, motivated and keep your body guessing. I bet a 455 lb deadlift, 365 lb squat, a 225 lb powerclean and pull ups/dips w/ 100+ lbs around your waist would make you just as sore as your current regimen, and be just as effective, especially if used in combination. These forms of training are more CNS-intensive, so you have to rest more. I know you said you have a physical job, so that takes care of conditioning/cardio... With max power style training, you'd only be lifting 3 days a wk, maybe 4.

One of my buddies trains a lot like you, higher volume, bodybuilding-ish with slow controlled movements... I'm training with him today... He's 5'11" - 220 (12-14% bf) and on test/tren, and training with me is still gonna whoop his ass. He calls me up when he wants an intense leg or deadlift day.

Your style is obviously working for you, but sometimes you just need a change to keep things fresh! Just my 2 cents. Keep it up though, this is a wicked work out log.

 

[Perfect10]

Dude, you're strong as ****! Good going!

 

[CarlitosWay]

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Nice wheels! Haha, my stomach started to growl as soon as I looked at those pics of your meals!

Ever thought about switching to my world of max effort lifting, cutting the volume and just focusing on strength/power output for a while? Your methods of training combined with your diet are obviously working for you, but sometimes you need to change things up drastically to stay fresh, motivated and keep your body guessing. I bet a 455 lb deadlift, 365 lb squat, a 225 lb powerclean and pull ups/dips w/ 100+ lbs around your waist would make you just as sore as your current regimen, and be just as effective, especially if used in combination. These forms of training are more CNS-intensive, so you have to rest more. I know you said you have a physical job, so that takes care of conditioning/cardio... With max power style training, you'd only be lifting 3 days a wk, maybe 4.

Yeah well of course I always try to get stronger on reps and lately have been working on my high bar oly squats and deadlifts (getting my form back into the groove now).

I'm going to start doing dls when I'm more fresh to hit some bigger weights

One of my buddies trains a lot like you, higher volume, bodybuilding-ish with slow controlled movements... I'm training with him today... He's 5'11" - 220 (12-14% bf) and on test/tren, and training with me is still gonna whoop his ass. He calls me up when he wants an intense leg or deadlift day.

haha nice...

Your style is obviously working for you, but sometimes you just need a change to keep things fresh! Just my 2 cents. Keep it up though, this is a wicked work out log.

Thanks will do, planning to keep it going non stop... lots of good people here and encouragement!!!

Good going mate!

This is prolly my favourite log on here, not stuck with the SS/5x5 dogma that seems so prevalent here and willing to try what works for you. Effort!

Thanks bub... Yeah all routines work to an extent, but everyone has different goals .

Dude, you're strong as ****! Good going!

Ha yea for my size I'm not too bad, yet much room for improvement, you should see some of my buds. One of my friends just back squatted 405 lbs for 50 reps (sets of 5 until he got to 50!)

I'll follow your journal too, send you my best and keep training hard! :box:



today I did a light leg work out :rock: as I was feeling pretty tired/beat up today from work and lack of sleep (other day took a pre-workout supplement before training and late at night, very idiotic of me).

high bar oly squats.
245 lbs x 1
225 lbs X 5
225 lbs X 5
225 lbs X 5
225 lbs X 5
225 lbs X 5
225 lbs X 4
225 lbs X 3
225 lbs X 2

Than more doubles and triples until I completed a total of 50 reps......1-2 minute rests between sets, all squats were buried. I usually don't do straight sets like this with the same weight as I like to ramp up to somethin a lot heavier...yet just tried something new today

than after

tri-superset combo
lean away leg extensions
leg curls
seated machine calve raises

3 sets ramped up (all exercises done one after another)

 

[CarlitosWay]

http://mdtv.musculardevelopment.com...nth/2983-freak-of-the-month-shawn-bellon.html

Guy is a cerified BEAST I aspire to be around this size one day. Don't necessarily have to be real lean.

Shoulders/back today ...legs are wrecked... lots of food is a MUST!

 

[CarlitosWay]

Shoulders/back

seated shoulder barbell pin presses (top portion, barbell @ forehead height)

top set
185 lbs X 3
Rest pause
X1

high rep set after
135X10

standing db laterals
17.5 lbs
35 lbs to failure

neutral close grip lat pulldowns
top set was almost whole stackX6 reps (don't know exact weights)
than back off set with 3/4 of stack to failure

T-bar rows
3 plates + 25 lbs X 7? reps No pr really need to start bringing a notepad to the gym again so I can start setting some more prs!

2 plates X 14

standing cable curls done like in front double bicep pose (don't know wtf you call these lol)
3 sets

face pulls/hanging leg raises superset
3 sets

baddabing badda boom....was so hungry like 1/2 through work out .makes sense diet was pretty light for the day

breakfast 8 poached eggs
pre-workout meal seasoned ground beef+rice/broccoli
post workout 50 grams whey protein + 90 grams corn starch

post workout meal 12 raw salmon sushi rolls + one sashimi white tuna
**** load of green tea + water and some weird soy bean soup lol (****in' hate soybeans but soup was rather good)

Became good friends with Sushi guy, his name is Jung Lee or some **** like that something you would hear on Mortal Kombat or Street fighter

pre-bed meal
2 cups cottage cheese + 1 scoop chocolate whey protein
+2 tbsps peanut butter
fish oil
fiber (so i dont get congested like a mofo, I have baby wipes always on me though LMAO)

 

[CarlitosWay]

legs session today

went in with back/hammies feeling a bit sore still, hmm could be cause I've been living off of so many freakin' shakes and mimimal whole food..never dipped below 200 grams of protein but still ..need to get sleep in order tho that's for sure too...

deadlifts
135 - warm up
225 warm up
315 warm up
365 X 1 clean ass rep
loaded up 405 ...FAIL



Getting me some ****in' ammonia caps this is bull****, It comes down to more more mental than anything i think also...going after 4pps side **** this **** and getting it by the end of this month!!!!

lean away thibs leg extensions (went up with two legs, lowered negative portion with only one leg, did this with both sides, BRUTAL)
3 sets
supersetted with
standing calve raises

(was sharing a machine with a cute girl, she even loaded the 45 lb plate up again after I was done warming up with it and she finished using it <3 cute )

standing machine calve raises
3 sets ramped
390 lbs X 7 I think

my v-squat ghetto machine power squats (done facing pads)
4pps + 10 X6 ...mmm felt good nice and heavy.

that's the machine
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Quadriceps/LVVSquatH.html

lol real power squats...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNycmI1dyBQ&feature=channel
I try and replicate this except I use a more narrow stance and I'm a bit more upright, after leg extensions my quads get hit real ****in' hard.....to the point they go into muscle spasms after and through the night....

after that I just did hyper extensions
bw warmup
30 lbs warm up
50 lbs X10

I straddled the weight on my upper back using an ez curl bar and tucked inbetween my traps (as if high bar squatting) and I kept my upper back tight.....slow negative/on the way down, and exploded up from the bottom.

than next leg adduction/hanging leg raises(ab work) super set
3 sets...

hit hanging leg raises for like 19-20 reps on last set...all controlled ouch.
Hope getting my abs/erectors/hamstrings/glutes/quads/back strong as hell will make up for my small hip size when it comes to doing deadlifts and heavy barbell squats....only time will tell...and lots of food !!!

 

[CarlitosWay]

foam rolled legs/back real good..

broom stretch for shoulders/scapulae

shoulders

seated barbell pin press (forehead height)
BAR - Warmup
135 - Warmup
165 - Warmup
185 X 2
rest pause
X1 (grrr....no pr actually did worse than last time)

165X5
rest pause
X1

seated db lateral raises
20 lb dbs/ warmup
35 lb dbs/to failure

neutral grip dual cable pull downs
warm up 1/3 stack X 8
warm up 1/2 stack X *
220 lbs X 4
(bet to heavy didnt get full ROM so I dropped weight)
200 lbs X 6

back off set
160 lbs X 8 (good controlled stretch and contraction)

Hammer Strength Low Rows
1 plate - Warmup
2 pps - Warmup
3 pps Warm up
3 pps+10 X 7

back off set
2pps+35 X 11

Barbell shrugs/face pulls super set

shrugs
135 - Warmup
Face pulls (rope attachment) 10-15 reps

225 - Warmup
Face Pulls 10-15 reps

275 - To failure
225 - To failure

than I did a new ab exercise

barbell windshield wipers
3 sets
vid for demo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w6pgIDsp18


On another note I've really been liking Apocalytica a lot lately and this cover for Metallica's - "Nothing else Matters" is just nasty good....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbTozgoj9OQ

Oh this is also real good

Rammestein + Scala and Kolacny Brothers (choir version)
with lyrics/translation
Beautiful and almost creepy vibe to it....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5dsaxcJ0sQ

 

[CarlitosWay]

Low Incline barbell press (yea real low incline! say 25 degrees)
barbell warmup
135 warmup
165 warmup
195X2 No pr grrrr...son of a ***** (going to work with 190 next time and start moving that up a lot higher in reps)

hammer strength wide grip press machine
4ppsX7 PR (did 8 but think guy helped me on last rep so I won't count that, I only need a lift off @ start but he spotted me the whole way through on a machine?LOL)

standing low/high cable flys
3 sets
20 lbs - warmup
35 lbs - failure
25 lbs - failure

ez bar tricep extensions/ez bar drag curls superset
40 lbs warm up
70 lbs warm up
tri extensions 100lbsX 8 (6 + restpause +2)
drag curls 100lbs X6

didn't have time for some forearm work oh well....didn't do calves as well which I'm trying to hit 4-5 times a week, cause of the little ****s they are.

Anyways was happy about the pr on the hammer strength machine, got a funny look when I asked a guy for a little lift off (hard to get it out the bottom with a lot of weight) I got a holy **** "That's a lot of weight!" look lmao

Anyways new pics, arms are little bastards for me.. They're playing catchup to my back/chest/Legs at the moment..

Oh btw I hit a pizza buffet the other day (was cheap like 6 bucks) on top of my other meals/snack, like 15 slices of pizza, some bread sticks, small salad LOL,+ another thing or two. Was rather nice..... Yeah it's rough being naturally lean !!!

Arms look so small here...wtf http://www.flickr.com/photos/47968496@N03/4673504642/

Seems I've been leaning out some....due to budget constraints, I'm not able to eat as much as I'd like. Yet what can one do? Sucks!

 

[CarlitosWay]

oh pics of foood....

Here we have some flax omega-3 enhanced spaghetti with some bourbon wine pasta sauce, + dried basil and Parmesan sprinkled on top. All on 8-10 oz of ground beef (yeah it's under there!)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47968496@N03/4672880951/in/photostream/


Cheap breakfast
8 scrambled eggs
fresh pico de gallo salsa (cilantro, onions, green onions,jalapeno, lime juice too I think?)
black beans
Redmond's Sea salt
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47968496@N03/4673504468/

 

[CarlitosWay]

Why I love bodybuilding, proper nutrition and testosterone ... Look at this guy at 80 ****in' years old and looks better than 1/2 of the 20 year olds these days. It's down right sad, yet guys like him inspire me. 100+ db presses at his age? NUTS.

part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIgaAfJs_Fo&feature=player_embedded#!

part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-QsyUSqxrk&feature=related

A a great guy, another vid. His attitude is all class. I have short bi insertions/muscle bellies he gives me some hope!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B78allIGnhc&feature=related

shoulders/back
seated db press 3-4 sets
shoulder lateral raises 2-3 sets

hammerstrength high rows (supinated)
3-4 warm up sets
top set 2pps 6-10 reps
dropset
1 pps+10 6-8 reps

hammerstrength low rows (real focused on feeling a nice pump and squeeze)
3-4 sets
2pps+35 on top set 6-10 reps
2pps or so on lighter set 10-15 reps.

Did some arm work day after
spider curls 2-3 sets 6-10 reps (70 lbs X8 on top set)
standing ez bar drag curls 2 sets 5-10 reps (75 lbs X 5 than drop set 55X8 or so)
laying tricep ez bar extensions 3-4 sets 10-15 reps + rest pause (75X8, rp, + 4)

Hammer/pin wheel style curls 55 lb dbs - 2 sets 10-15 reps (some body english)


chest
low incline press tris were a bit sore still from other day, effected my pressing a little
3-4 sets top set 80X7
drop set 55X12

hs wide grip press
3pps+10 X8

machine flys
2-3 sets


did legs yesterday, lowerback is still recovering a bit...so went light and did nothing too crazy
seated calves raises 3-4 sets 6-10 reps
leg extensions 3-4 sets (top set 210 Lbs) 8-15 reps
v- power squat
2pps - warm up
3pps warm up
4ppsX8

supersetted with laying leg curls 3-4 sets 6-10 rep area

in and out...now I'm doing sprints today. 30-45 minutes, quick intervals 60-70% than a few at 80-90% then a cool down.

 

[CarlitosWay]

incline barbell bench press
175X6

decline barbell bench press
185X6
215X4
rest pause
215X2

seated dip machine
2-3 sets
top set 245 lbs to failure.....

laying ez bar tricep extensions
65 - warm up
85 - warm up
95 lbs X 8
drop set
65 lb to failure

standing low high cable flys
20lbs warm up
25 lbs X 15
30lbs ps X 12

 

[CarlitosWay]

Leg extensions
3-4 sets
top set 230 lbsX11

seated calve raises
3 sets
than drop sets to failure

machine power squats (only listing top set)
4pps + 25 lb plate X 6 pr

unilateral leg press (one leg at a time)
90 lbs X 9
70 lbs X 12

leg curls
3 sets
top set 110X8
dropset
85lbs to failure...

after did some swimming (not very well mind you), jacuzzi, sauna, hit on some women....fun fun

scale at this new gym I went to said I weighed 160 lbs? WOW....I look incredibly lean though, this is not what I want at all though, not at this point. Food budget is real tight though. Will definitely have to do some major eating next day or two.

 

[CarlitosWay]

back-biceps
warm up with hammer grip chins BW 1 set just repping it out

onto HS supinated high rows
2-3 warm up sets
1pps+35X8

Hammerstrength low rows
3-4 sets
top set 2pps+35X11-15 reps

barbell rows
top set
2pps+25X6 (bit of body english on last reps)

standing ez bar drag curls
2-3 warm up sets
100 lbs X 4-5
dropped weight a bit
90 lbs X 6-8

standing hammer curls
25 lbs 10-15 reps
35 lbs 10-15 reps (god arms were so fried from drag curls lol)

chest/tris
broom stretch/rotator cuff work
seated calve raises

low incline dumbbell bench press (resetting numbers and just really getting form down and will move up from these numbers, kind of a little break you could say elbows have been acting up a bit)
3-4 warm up sets
top set 70 lbs X 10 (deep stretch all chest, great mind muscle connection)

decline barbell bench
2 warm up sets
top set 215X5 PR (glad I had a spotter almost lost it racking it and dropped it on my neck yikes)

back off set
185X10

standing low cable flys
2-3 sets
20 lbs 15 reps
25 lbs 14-15 reps
35 lbs 10-12 reps

smith close grip bench press (ego is taking a hit but reassessing if I'm hitting everything properly is my main goal)

1pps+25X8
1pps+15X8

hooked up with a nice cute chic recently. Real happy about that, she's classy/fun as they come too. Literally will go out of her way to pay for things without me mentioning nothing, saying things like "Oh yeah you payed for this or that that one time, I'll take care of tonight". Definitely could be a keeper. Now if I could get her training it would be awesome!!!

 

[CaptainJ]

Gotta admire your dedication and enthusiasm for training
It's all really what it boils down to, you can do anytihng if you are dedicated enough. Keep it up!